“I met with six families that were just like incredible people, and a gentleman handed me a check and he said, ‘You know Mr. Trump, this is for your campaign, ‘” said Trump at a rally.
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It was an unusual gesture for Trump, who is known for his refusal to admit mistakes and his tendency to double down when he’s under attack.
“We are working very strongly with (chairman) Reince Priebus and the RNC and with the Republican leadership in the House and the Senate”, Manafort said.
Trump’s use of the phrase “not quite there yet”, echoed Ryan’s own hesitancy to back Trump.
John McCain on Thursday, urging him to rescind his endorsement of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump for a series of controversial statements.
In addition to praising Ryan, Trump also threw his support behind Arizona Sen.
Trump’s victory in the February 10 Republican primary in New Hampshire put him in position to win the party’s nomination, but he trails Clinton in the state by 15 points in the latest WBUR/MassINC poll, 47 per cent to 32 per cent.
Trump also said that he backed Sen.
Among those on the team are John Paulson, a hedge fund billionaire; Dan Kowalski, a former staffer on the Senate Budget Committee; and Steven Mnuchin, a NY investor who is Trump’s national finance chairman.
Republicans have long anxious having Trump at the top of the ticket could negatively impact their party’s candidates in House and Senate races.
According to the Harvard Crimson, the university’s daily newspaper, only 10% of the club’s members meant to support Trump for president, while 80% of club members said they would not support him.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker also skipped the evening rally, preferring to attend an all-you-can-eat spaghetti dinner.
Snopes: Trump did not recently say that he’d drop out if polls showing he’s losing to Hillary Clinton.
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.
On Tuesday, Trump shocked party members when he refused to endorse Ryan, as well as Senators John McCain and Kelly Ayotte.
Eager to change their minds, Trump unleashed a torrent of insults at Clinton. “I certainly don’t trust Hillary, ” Coffman says.
“In one way she’s a monster”, Trump said.
“She is a totally unhinged person”, Trump said.
At the event, Clinton did what she has rarely done during the presidential campaign: take questions from reporters.
The group did not mention an endorsement of Democrat Hillary Clinton in its statement.
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Trump’s attacks on Clinton’s character found their mark with his supporters in Des Moines, who broke out in chants of “Lock her up!”
