Coffman’s ad came as the latest signal that the Republican Party is significantly divided over Trump, despite Trump’s declaration Wednesday that his campaign had “never been so united”.
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House Speaker Paul Ryan is reaffirming his support for Donald Trump in his first comments since the Republican nominee declined to endorse the speaker in his upcoming GOP primary.
Requests to Trump’s campaign for additional explanation were not returned.
“The candidate is in control of his campaign”, campaign chairman Paul Manafort told the Fox News Network, highlighting his inability to control the nominee. “I will vote for Hillary, I will talk to my Republican friends about helping her, and I will donate to her campaign and try to raise money for her”.
Party chairman Reince Priebus appealed to the NY billionaire’s adult children to help amid new signs of a campaign in trouble. Trump on Wednesday dismissed suggestions that the GOP frustration was hurting his campaign. Trump wrote on Twitter: “There is great unity in my campaign, perhaps greater than ever before”. I don’t want to do this. He says Hillary Clinton has pledged to make that investment.
Trump “doesn’t appear to be a Republican, he doesn’t appear to want to learn about issues”, Armitage told Politico. But they could only hope Trump’s slide won’t continue. “And I’m pleased to do it”.
Whitman’s endorsement follows on the heels of a similar endorsement from Republican congressman Richard Hanna, who called Trump “deeply flawed”.
The Hewlett-Packard is the latest addition to a growing number of prominent Republicans who are actively speaking out against their party’s presidential nominee.
Trump feuded publicly with the family of deceased Army Capt. Humayun Khan after they criticized Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric.
He then asserted that November’s general election may not be on the up-and-up. “He’s incapable of changing. He’s irremediable”, said Republican strategist Rick Tyler, who previously worked for Trump adversary Texas Sen.
Whitman joins other key Republicans who have announced their backing for Clinton, the former secretary of state. “And he’s only 5 or 6 points behind”, Bennett said.
Clinton is headed to fundraisers in the Denver area this evening before a campaign event in Las Vegas on Thursday. Even more staggering, Clinton had reserved $98 million in TV ad time, compared to Trump’s $817,000, NBC also reported.
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Donald Trump’s campaign posted $80 million in fundraising last month in conjunction with the Republican Party, mostly through small-dollar donations it solicited from supporters online and by mail. Manafort dismissed reports of a so-called intervention by Priebus and other high-profile Republicans, including Gingrich and Giuliani. “The only need we have for an intervention is maybe with some media types who keep saying things that aren’t true”.
