“I haven’t asked for his endorsement at all”. “The Democratic political world has seen how he responds to attacks”.
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Republicans reacted with dismay Wednesday as Donald Trump’s campaign descended into disarray.
As noted above, Toomey does much better when you focus only on likely voters – trailing by just one point even as Trump trails by 11.
The first noticeable split between the two came during the Democratic convention, when Trump encouraged Russian Federation to find and make public missing emails deleted by Hillary Clinton from the private servers she used while secretary of state.
Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson says Donald Trump should apologize for disparaging the bereaved parents of U.S. Army Capt. Humayun Khan, a Muslim who was awarded a Bronze Star after he was killed in 2004 in Iraq. Usually it’s opposition research that sinks nominees. I understand Trump is giving them a chance to back off.
Manafort says of Trump’s spat with the family: “We’ve put it behind us”.
After quickly dispatching reports of disarray within his campaign by vowing his organization has “never been so well united”, the Republican nominee turned to slamming President Barack Obama and the Democratic presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton, over a report that the USA shipped $400 million to Iran at about the same time Iran released four American prisoners. Trump jumped at that bait like a toupeed catfish. The fact that the Khans are warm, honest people with a family backstory that would win awards at the Sundance Film Festival only makes Trump’s behavior all the more horrific. He had to dig deep and do worse. Earlier this week-in a move straight out of a Will Ferrell movie-Trump kicked a baby out of a campaign rally. Let that marinate for a minute.
The feud between the GOP’s presidential nominee and Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan again overshadowed Trump’s Clinton criticism, underscoring the rising concerns from party leaders over the NY billionaire’s unorthodox candidacy and its impact on the future of the party. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Sen.
Late on Tuesday, Meg Whitman, a prominent Republican fundraiser and chief executive of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, endorsed Clinton’s White House bid, calling Trump an “authoritarian character” and a threat to democracy.
For a majority of the 2016 presidential race, Trump has been at a major disadvantage in regards to fundraising.
“America’s been humiliated in so many different ways”, proclaimed Trump, who rallied his supporters as usual without a teleprompter, although he did appear to glance at notes on his podium.
Top GOP officials in the Republican party are reportedly exploring how to handle the possibility of Donald Trump quitting the race, according to an ABC News report.
COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (AP) – Hillary Clinton is criticizing Donald Trump’s use of outsourcing at his companies, part of an effort to undercut the business record that has formed the basis of his presidential pitch.
Trump’s national finance chairman, Steven Mnuchin, said the fundraising showed the breadth of support for Trump among average voters.
There have been reports that senior GOP officials are in talks of replacing Trump on the presidential ticket.
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Meanwhile, a Franklin & Marshall College poll in Pennsylvania shows Trump trailing there by 13 points among registered voters – his biggest deficit since April.
