Manigault pointed out that the NAACP event was scheduled for the same day as the start of the Republican National Convention, so Trump “made the hard decision” to skip the event in favor of being in Cleveland to hear his wife, Melania, address the convention. Several of them, including West Virginia and Tennessee, don’t have a Senate race and are expected to vote Republican in the presidential, while Democrats are heavily favored to win Senate races in other states, such as NY and CT.
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According to a weekend report by my colleague Todd Gillman, some Trump fans attending rallies in Virginia last week said they miss his former spontaneity, while others said they understand the need to riff less in order to beat Clinton.
Already, GOP senators in IL and Wisconsin are widely considered unlikely to survive in November.
More than a year later, Trump, now the Republican nominee, is preparing to wade back into the heated immigration debate.
These results are also devastating for Trump given that his relatively extreme stances on immigration, terrorism and national security are crucial benchmarks of his primary campaign ― stances that catalyzed a sentiment propelling him past his fellow GOP primary contenders.
“The views are pretty hardened on both sides, and I don’t think anything is going to move that needle”, he said. “They think they have the African-American vote on lock. without any type of return on investment”, she told ABC News on Monday. During this time period I have always been certain that he was not one of us and that his presence in the Republican primaries would either directly, or indirectly lead to Hillary Clinton’s election. Instead Democrats are expanding their list of pickup opportunities, adding IN by recruiting former Sen.
Republicans take comfort in the fact that for now, incumbents including Sens. Rob Portman of Ohio, Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania and Marco Rubio of Florida are running well ahead of Trump in their states. So far, they’re not seeing much of a benefit. It notes Trump made a $2 million personal donation last month, which more than covers the rent. “We are going to keep our country safe”.
Members of the GOP said it’s a waste of time to campaign in a red state, but Democrats said it’s all about the money.
The GOP nominee indicated he would implement some sort of “merit system”, should he become president. This year, polls suggest Trump could fare even worse than the Republicans who lost to Obama.
Hillary Clinton is hiding a severe illness which makes her incapable of holding office and which will soon cause her death (well, at least we might not have to worry about her serving two full terms!).
Trump has seen growing support in the Israeli press and received praise for his Jewish ties.
According to a review of campaign finance records, first reported by the Huffington Post, Trump’s campaign spent $169,758 on rent in July – up more than $133,000 from the $36,568 his campaign paid for the same space in March, when Trump was largely self-funding his campaign.
The top Senate races are awash in money, as donors including the billionaire industrialist Koch brothers have checked out of the presidential race and are focused on saving Senate Republicans instead.
“It’s a sad day when Donald Trump and the Republicans have to rely on scaring people out of voting to try to achieve their electoral aims”, Elias said. Frustrated Republicans say that if none of that ends up mattering, they’ll know who to blame.
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When asked about a “deportation force”, Pence said, “the details and how we do that, we’ll work that out with Congress”.
