“We stood for principles”, Wright said, adding that he “disagrees with anybody who says we’ve been an embarrassment or that somehow we’ve said or done something to makes Utah look bad”. Trump experienced lagging Republican support in the months running into the Republican convention.
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“[Clinton’s] single greatest accomplishment may be committing such an egregious crime and getting away with it”, Trump said about the Clinton email scandal, “especially when others, who have done far less, have paid so dearly”. Marco Rubio of Florida, who is in a tough re-election contest this year. The list was meant to ease concerns about his conservative credentials in the Republican primary.
Other members of the Trump clan to give convention speeches were Mr. Trump’s current wife Melania, his sons Donald Jr. and Eric, and his youngest daughter, Tiffany, whose mother is Mr. Trump’s second wife, Marla Maples. “I can understand his reluctance to endorse”.
Taking away Cruz’s slot would have become the story, he said: “I said, you know, that’ll be a bigger deal if we throw him out than if he reads it and doesn’t endorse; what difference does it make?”
Cruz demonstrated some of the stick-to-itiveness that he has shown in Congress and led him to filibuster the Senate and shut down the federal government.
The boos and chants for Cruz to endorse Trump may have started in front with the NY delegation, which Cruz broke off from his speech to taunt, but it was heard all over the hall. “I’m more concerned about the oneness of America, and that’s why we’re voting for Donald Trump”.
Referring to Trump’s message as a “dark and divisive vision”, Clinton said her Republican opponent “offered a lot of fear and anger and resentment but no solutions about anything that he even talked about”.
Tammi Sturm, 46, of Houston said she appreciated Trump’s “New York humor”.
Clinton will formally accept the Democratic nomination at her own convention next week.
The responses left some of his supporters unsatisfied. “I think he committed political suicide”. Rafael is one of my dear friends. Cruz said Thursday morning he couldn’t support Trump after the real-estate mogul attacked his family. “I am concerned about growing the economy, jobs”. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) to Cleveland on Thursday to call the Republicans a “counterfactual party” and the speeches “a perversion of hatred”.
“I will be your voice”, Trump said.
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Trump then made a surprise appearance in his private box, glaring at the stage as Cruz departed. There is love for Trump in Texas. Fox News Channel was the top-rated television outlet for convention coverage, followed by NBC and CNN.
