Trump at first pleaded ignorance about Duke and groups he’s been involved in, then later said he disavowed Duke’s support.
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It’s the product of the Our Principles PAC, founded by Katie Packer, who served as deputy campaign manager on Mitt Romney’s 2012 Republican presidential campaign. If you would send me a list of the groups, I will do research on them.
“Hey, my speculation’s as good as anybody else’s, because I can think of no reason that he would purposely dodge, when he’s not dodged it before”.
It was unclear whether Trump would be damaged by the support of a white supremacist.
“I don’t care how bad the earpiece is, Ku Klux Klan comes through pretty clearly”, Rubio said during a rally in Tennessee.
“As someone who staged one of the most agonizingly helpless and drawn out endorsements in his own party, the Mayor is hardly someone to listen to on these matters”, Christie spokesman Kevin Roberts said. “We should all agree, racism is wrong, KKK is abhorrent”. I would have to look. “So, I don’t know”. Most television shows avoid phone interviews – they need pictures – but the interest in Trump and the ratings his appearances bring has led to that rule being bent by many.
The video’s release coincides with GOP furor over Trump avoiding questions about Duke.
Frank Sesno, media and public affairs professor at George Washington University and a former CNN Washington bureau chief, said Scarborough “like so many on cable television and on talk radio, has been captivated by the Trump phenomenon”.
‘If they violate the pledge, I would do something that would make them very unhappy, ‘ Trump said. Trump asked a reporter who raised the subject on Friday.
Jared Taylor, who runs the site American Renaissance and made robocalls for Johnson’s super PAC, wrote to BuzzFeed News that he didn’t know what to make of Trump’s comments on Duke.
Other Republicans, from South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who supports Rubio, to Mitt Romney, who has so far declined to endorse a candidate, also jumped on Trump’s stumble.
Trump’s comments came two days before 12 states – largely Southern – vote on Super Tuesday. Jeff Sessions, said on Monday said Trump needs to make clear where he stands. “Oh that’s pathetic”, Hillary Clinton said.
Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign has raised more than $36 million in February and is pushing his supporters to help him top $40 million for the month by the end of the day.
“He did it because he’s desperate”, Trump said of Marco Rubio.
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Mr Rubio and Mr Cruz acknowledge that time is running out to prevent the former reality television host from becoming the Republican Party’s presumptive nominee, as the race to collect delegates for the party’s nominating convention this summer continues.
