USA military veterans denounced Donald Trump and delivered petitions Thursday to Capitol Hill, urging Senator John McCain and other Republican elders to withdraw endorsements of their party’s presidential nominee.
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Ryan made his comments on the “Jerry Bader Show” on WTAQ radio in Wisconsin.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) – Republicans’ frustration with Donald Trump has reached new heights, with party leaders scrambling to persuade their presidential nominee to abandon divisive tactics that have triggered sinking poll numbers and low morale.
NEWS BRIEF Days before his primary election, House Speaker Paul Ryan is keeping Donald Trump at arms length.
The event, with more than twice the number of media than protesters, came during the quiet August congressional break in Washington but amid a firestorm of attention for Trump’s campaign, caught in a series of scandals in the wake of the Democratic convention in Philadelphia a week earlier.
“You would think that we want to be focusing on Hillary Clinton, on all of her deficiencies”, Ryan added. “She is such a weak candidate that one would think we would be on offense against Hillary Clinton”.
Both Mr Ryan and Mr McCain had criticised Mr Trump’s feud with the family of Army Captain Humayun Khan, who died in the line of duty in Iraq in 2004 and was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for bravery after his death. Ryan responded with a statement defending Khizr Khan, who spoke at the Democratic convention about his soldier son, saying in a his son’s “sacrifice should always be honored”. “If anyone has earned the right to say whatever they want right, it is Gold Star Families”. The reassurance from Manafort comes just days after Trump snubbed Ryan by stating, “I’m just not there yet”, when asked if he would endorse Ryan’s reelection as House Speaker.
“He’s going to support Paul Ryan, he does support Paul Ryan, he said he’s going to work with Paul Ryan”.
“Paul Ryan is loved in our state because he’s a conservative who has advocated for conservative policies”. Pence endorsed Ryan Wednesday.
“With regard to other issues, I just – I’ve seen my role as simply amplifying the points that Donald Trump is making”.
Pence senior adviser Marc Short, however, later told CNN the IN governor merely gave a “non-answer” and didn’t intend to suggest he wasn’t endorsing them. A Ryan campaign spokesman pointed to Ryan’s previous comments condemning Trump’s proposed Muslim ban.
“I say, ‘Mike, you like him, yes”.
Trump’s slap at two of the nation’s most prominent Republicans escalated party turmoil barely a week after a convention meant to promote party unity.
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Miller also sent a tweet quoting a conservative writer who called me “unabashedly liberal and very biased against conservatives”.
