In a statement, Clinton campaign spokeswoman Jennifer Palmieri tied Baldasaro’s remarks to Trump’s “constant escalation of outrageous rhetoric” and said the Republican nominee’s “overtaking” of the GOP endangers “mainstreaming the kind of hatred that has always been relegated to the fringes of American politics where it belongs”.
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Later Wednesday, Horn said she condemned Baldasaro’s statement “in the strongest terms possible” and urged him to “immediately apologize”.
“I’m a veteran who went to Desert Shield, Desert Storm”.
At the G.O.P. convention, slamming Clinton was to be expected. Ron Johnson and others did on Tuesday.
Still, the criticism has triggered a backlash from some Republicans who say it’s beyond the pale. The audience responded with chants of “Lock her up!”.
In one of the night’s most outlandish attacks, retired neurosurgeon and former presidential candidate Ben Carson accused Clinton of sympathy for the devil, bringing up her college thesis on the early 20th century American writer and community organizer Saul Alinsky.
The battleground state gave Mr. Trump his first win of the GOP primary season and handed Mrs. Clinton a significant loss to Sen.
Here’s a look at what happened tonight at the Republican National Convention.
The bewildered political adviser further shared his puzzlement on Clinton not being charged by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for mishandling classified information.
“Women like to be educated as to the truth”, Macy said.
Now we know what Trump really thinks about us. Sad!
Clinton wrote a college thesis about Alinsky and has said she agreed with some of his opinions on social change, but disagreed with his view that the system could only be changed from the outside.
Not all Republican delegates are excited by the Clinton bashing.
Trump’s selection of Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as a running mate was created to build bridges to Republican donors who have either avoided supporting Trump or actively opposed him. Al Baldasaro, a Republican and fervent Donald Trump supporter, is nothing new.
“This whole thing disgusts me”, Baldasaro said.
“It’s a rough and tumble sport so I guess I’m not surprised”, Miller said.
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The San Francisco crowd cheered most when Trump talked about defeating Clinton, defeating ISIS, and eliminating sanctuary cities with a reference to Kate Steinle who was killed in San Francisco by a man who was in the country illegally.
