The Trump campaign has also criticized Curiel for his membership in the group La Raza Lawyers of San Diego, which is related to the National Council of La Raza. I don’t know what’s in his heart, but I do think, I hope and believe that he’s going to improve the tenor of the campaign, the tone and the kind of campaign that he’s going to run. Ryan calls for the use of “high fencing” along border areas, but steers clear of the billionaire candidate’s signature issue: building a wall to keep people from illegally entering the United States from Mexico. “That means taking the fight against terrorism to the enemy”.
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Ryan termed Trump’s remarks “textbook racist” and said they should be disavowed.
“I’ve known Paul Ryan since the early 1990s, and I can tell you this: His values, his principles, his integrity-they have not changed and they never will”. He advocates relying on “local forces” in Iraq and Syria to defeat militants but indicates Republicans must be prepared to deploy USA troops if necessary.
A Washington Post opinion column said that Ryan may not be able to save the party from Trump. In addition to waterboarding, Trump has said he would order the military to kill family members of extremists who threaten the USA, a position he has since retreated from after being heavily criticized.
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Speaker of the House Paul Ryan told Donald Trump that he condemned his comments about a judge’s Mexican heritage, according to an interview on ABC News’ “Good Morning America”.
