He later distanced himself from the remark and said: “If somebody’s a prisoner, I consider them a war hero”.
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Instead, Trump’s support base is largely white and male, though a McClatchy-Marist poll released Friday showed that his support among that demographic had dropped from a 14-point lead over Clinton last month to just eight points after the conventions and his public feud with the Khan family.
Clinton made the comments at a joint annual conference of the National Association of Black Journalists and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.
“We will have disagreements, but we will disagree as friends and never stop working together toward victory”. She said civil rights activist Rosa Parks may have opened up seats on the bus, but the nation’s job is to make sure everyone can afford bus fare.
This week, Clinton picked up the backing of Hewlett Packard Enterprise CEO and Republican fundraiser Meg Whitman and New York Rep. Richard Hanna, the first Republican House member to back her. Clinton herself reached out to Whitman, her campaign said, and campaign chairman John Podesta is also involved in GOP outreach.
Jansen then clarified that she meant the characterization “as a compliment”, noting that the 11-year-old had asked a “tough question” of the Republican vice presidential nominee. On Friday, Priebus announced that he and his wife voted for Ryan.
Ryan was asked by host Charlie Sykes on WTMJ whether there’s anything that would lead to Ryan “cancelling” that check.
But Trump’s assault on Clinton’s character also came as he himself faced stinging criticism from top USA officials, including a damning editorial on Friday in which the former acting head of the CIA, Michael Morell, a well-respected and non-partisan figure, endorsed Clinton and warned that Trump “is not only unqualified for the job, but he may well pose a threat to our national security”.
Ryan, who withheld his own endorsement of Trump for weeks after Trump had clinched the party’s nomination, deflected Sykes’ questions about whether he might withdraw that support.
The Donald Trump show has been playing a back-to-back marathon all week, and to a great degree it has been to Hillary Clinton’s benefit. He says he is still “watching and waiting and evaluating”. He says it’s Trump’s decision.
Politico floated Ted Cruz, John Kasich, Mike Pence and Ryan as possible candidates to replace Trump on the ticket, although many diehard conservatives will probably push for Mitt Romney.
– Before Wisconsin, Trump will hit up Iowa on Friday afternoon.
“I just don’t understand that”, he wrote.
Trump came under significant fire for the comments-most notably from his fellow Republicans.
Nehlen was asked whether he was calling for deporting all U.S. Muslims. She said: “I knew him when I was governor”.
Former New Jersey Gov. Christie Todd Whitman, a Republican, said she was not ready to back Clinton, but said she would not be supporting Trump. The Assembly speaker objects in particular to Trump’s unwillingness to endorse Ryan before the Wisconsin primary, which is Tuesday.
“The economy the media and the Clinton Machine is describing is an economy that doesn’t exist for most Americans”, Trump said.
Fredericks said he plans to travel to Ryan’s district this weekend, and he will broadcast from Wisconsin Monday and Tuesday.
Then Mr. Trump refused to endorse the candidacies of several senior Republican senators who are up for re-election.
Donald Trump has announced his team of economic advisers and it includes numerous people who have been already helping his campaign. It said he will focus on “empowering Americans by freeing up the necessary tools for everyone to gain economically”.
Trump earlier in the week had declined to endorse Ryan, as well as Sens.
That’s one of the strongest rebukes of Trump we’ve heard from any GOP elected official yet.
He conceded Friday he was wrong to claim repeatedly in recent days that he saw a video of a USA cash payment going to Iran.
“So if Donald Trump is the president, I’ll stand up to him, plain and simple”.
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The New York billionaire has cited a $400 million payment the US made to Iran this year, delivered on the same day that Iran released four American hostages. Republicans call it ransom; the Obama administration says it was money the US legally owed Iran.
