“Donald Trump holds views that are antithetical to our values not only as Republicans, but as Americans”, the group wrote. Tim Kaine, D-Va. waves to the crowd as he is introduced during a rally at the J Douglas Galyon Depot in Greensboro, N.C., Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016. He wrote on Twitter: “There is great unity in my campaign, perhaps greater than ever before”.
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Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H. Trump’s running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, has enthusiastically endorsed Ryan.
“The framework of this election favors Donald Trump”.
Mike Pence offered his support Thursday to Republican Sens.
Trump has proposed banning Muslims from traveling to the USA, spurring criticism from officials in both parties, including Ryan and other top Republicans.
The Republican presidential nominee said Tuesday that he was “not quite there yet” in endorsing his party’s top-ranking elected official, and in the same interview spoke highly of Ryan’s opponent, Paul Nehlen. The district is comprised of more moderate voters, suburban mothers and Hispanics – all voting blocs Trump has struggled with.
Recently, Donald Trump, who is badly trailing in polls to Hillary Clinton, has begun claiming that the presidential election will be “rigged” against him. The phrase echoed Ryan’s own words in May, when he demurred on Trump, saying “I’m not there right now”, before eventually going on to support him.
“He won the delegates”.
Senior Republicans including GOP chairman Reince Priebus, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich were reportedly considering an “intervention” meeting with Trump.
“There’s a conflict within the Trump campaign”, Mr Manafort told ABC’s Good Morning America. “That adds a little bit of – more of a learning curve, that would normally be the case”.
He continued to say that Republicans are angry because Trump is seemingly close to Clinton in the polls. “That would be awful”, he said during a campaign stop in battleground Florida.
“I never heard of somebody complaining about being cheated before the game is over”, Mr. Obama said during a news conference today. “But I don’t think it’s very smart on the front of Donald Trump”. “We’re going to focus more on Hillary Clinton”. “If they want to be president, they have to start acting like a president”.
Sean Hannity on the set of FOX News Channel’s “Hannity” at FOX Studios.
“I don’t like doing this”. And she’s making a point of acknowledging the deep economic anxiety that helped fuel Trump’s rise in the primary polls.
“Ultimately it’s the American people’s decision to make collectively”, he said. “These newspapers, the media folks, they are so dishonest”.
Concern about Trump was spilling into at least one congressional race.
Former Trump adviser Barry Bennett acknowledged signs of poor morale among the campaign staff he maintains contact with, but said it would be silly dismiss Trump’s chances with three months before Election Day.
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Ryan, meanwhile, publicly declared his support for Trump, but said such endorsements aren’t “blank checks” and pledged to speak out against the businessman’s divisive positions if necessary. With his party, he raised $82 million in July, finishing just a little short of Clinton’s $90 million, mostly through small donations. “Only someone with real-life experience outside politics can bring the bold, fresh, fearless new leadership it will take to win”.
