President Obama said that the Republican nominee was “unfit” to serve as president due to his inflammatory statements of Kzhir and Ghazala Khan, a Gold Star family whose son died protecting his fellow soldiers, and his lack of basic knowledge on important policy issues. Members of the group referred to him as a “fear-monger”, “racist”, and even a “fascist”. They’re the founders. In fact, I think we’ll give Hillary Clinton the – you know, if you’re on a sports team, most valuable player, MVP, you get the MVP award – ISIS will hand her the most valuable player award. “Now, they’re analyzing: ‘Did I really mean that?’ ‘How could I say that?'”
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“These are supposed to be battleground states, but right now, they don’t look that way”, said Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion.
“You should never joke about something like that”, Ryan said at a press conference after winning the Republican primary in his state of Wisconsin.
Kenawell, along with some other protesters, backed Sen. Speaking on CNN, the former NY mayor defended the comments, calling them – seriously – “legitimate political commentary”.
Gutierrez said he believes Clinton learned during her husband’s presidency that cutting the budget deficit, as Bill Clinton did in his second term, drives economic growth. Those are my thoughts on her. “If at the end of 90 days I’ve fallen short because I’m somewhat (not) politically correct even though I’m supposed to be the smart one and even though I’m supposed to have a lot of good ideas, it’s OK. She’s a corporatist. She does everything for her donors, and that’s not helping anybody but her and those donors”. Bernie Sanders’ decision to support Clinton. But I have a lot of respect for Hillary.
“She doesn’t talk to reporters very often”.
But in a tweet Friday criticizing CNN’s coverage, he said the network reported his claim “so seriously”.
“What I’m looking for is a president who has a good sense of humour about ISIS, assassinations, and Russian cyber warfare”, senator Chris Murphy of CT wrote, sarcastically, in a post on Twitter.
Critics have speculated that Trump’s refusal stems from his fear of a political backlash should they show that he still pays little or no taxes, makes scant charitable contributions or owes substantial money to Russian banks or oligarchs.
He will also lay out proposals to prevent terrorist attacks in the U.S., including banning individuals from countries where Washington can not adequately vet visa applicants, and increasing cooperation with willing Middle Eastern allies, CNN quoted a senior Trump campaign official as saying. “He’s just a fear-monger”. “We want to fight against hate and all the things he brings”.
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Dave Sutor is a reporter for The Tribune-Democrat.
