“You know the Republicans, honestly folks. our leaders have to get tougher”, Trump said.
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In his initial endorsement of Trump earlier this month, Ryan said Trump made it clear to him he respected the separation of powers between the three branches of the federal government and backed policy supported by Ryan that would make those separations clearer.
“Well, actually I would say a temporary ban would be probably a prudent thing to do at this point just so we can assess”, Ricker said.
“A candidate who can not win the support of a majority of Republican delegates voting their consciences does not deserve to be the nominee and certainly has no legal right to be”, they argued.
According to Clovis, Republican leaders need to “figure out what they want”. Mitt Romney and I didn’t agree on everything.
House speaker Paul Ryan, the top USA elected Republican, on Tuesday distanced himself from presidential candidate Donald Trump’s proposed ban on Muslims from a variety of countries in a further sign of establishment unease with Trump’s agenda. They are the most likely to recognize the insidious effects of radicalization before it’s too late, and the best positioned to help us block it.
A huge hurdle for “Never Trump” Republicans is that the alternatives – Ted Cruz and others – are still considered by many to be “untenable”. But they have also triggered heavy condemnation from minority and human rights activists, and his political opponents – many of whom have called his rhetoric racist.
Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama, the first upper chamber Republican to endorse Trump, on Wednesday told CNN’s Erin Burnett on “Erin Burnett OutFront” that he thinks Trump’s endorsements from GOP leadership are “secure”.
Asked about Trump’s most comments questioning what Obama knew about the terror attack in Orlando, veteran Utah Sen. Give it a chance – let me assess, you know, the security threat to the nation and then we can widen it up. Lamar Alexander took it, telling Associated Press congressional correspondent Erica Warner that he wouldn’t talk about Trump because he wasn’t the nominee yet. Republicans already have a disadvantage with this demographic given that the GOP platform is generally unpopular with Hispanic voters, and nominating a wall-building nativist who says a Mexican-American judge can’t be trusted is obviously going to exacerbate that antipathy. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters he would not be commenting Tuesday about Trump.
“I think he’s going to have a strong campaign, and I think we’re going to see more and more people move toward him”, Sessions said. He said Tuesday that he stood by those comments.
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Here is NBC’s comprehensive fact-check of Trump’s entire speech yesterday – from his assertion that Hillary Clinton wants an increase of Syrian refugees without a screening plan, to his claim that Clinton wants to abolish the 2nd Amendment.
