Pence said he spoke with Trump Wednesday morning “about my support for Paul Ryan and our longtime friendship”.
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“He feels like a fool”, a Republican source familiar with the situation said of Priebus.
Republican U.S. Presidential nominee Donald Trump holds a Purple Heart given to him during a campaign event at Briar Woods High School in Ashburn, Virginia, U.S., August 2, 2016. One idea being floated was to have a senior adviser travel with Trump to help him stay on message.
Also on Tuesday, Representative Richard Hanna of NY became the first Republican in Congress to endorse Clinton, although several other Republicans in Congress have said they will not support Trump.
For Republicans, renouncing Trump might not yield much benefit beyond ensuring more headlines connecting them to Trump, something most want to avoid.
Ryan seemed to have settled into supporting the GOP nominee at the party’s nominating convention in Cleveland last month, however, making more recent news cycles all the more curious. ‘We need very strong leadership.
Appearing on Fox News, Trump expressed similar reservations about Senator McCain.
Priebus and the Trump confidants, as well as numerous GOP lawmakers, have been particularly irked by the candidate’s repeated criticism of an American Muslim family whose son, a U.S. Army captain, was killed in Iraq. John McCain of Arizona in their GOP primaries.
Trump’s feud with the Khans was the final straw for Republican congressman Adam Kinzinger, a former Air Force pilot and Iraq war veteran. “I’ve never been a big fan of John McCain”.
“There is great unity in my campaign, perhaps greater than ever before”. I know she’s given me no support – zero support – and yet I’m leading her in the polls. But Manafort insisted that the two are “very good friends”.
“The campaign’s focused and the campaign is moving forward in a positive way”, Manafort told Fox.
In Daytona, Florida, Trump said the news media’s coverage of him was dishonest. “We’re doing incredibly well”. He didn’t mention the spat with the Khans.
Several media outlets reported on Wednesday that the campaign was in disarray and that Trump had rejected advice from his staff to drop the battle with the Khans.
Hillary Clinton’s campaign again outpaced the Trump campaign’s fundraising efforts, pulling in $90 million last month, the Democrat’s campaign said Tuesday, announcing its strongest fundraising month yet.
In withholding his endorsement from Ryan, who faces a primary election next Tuesday in Wisconsin, Trump said he’s ‘not quite there yet’. “He said he’s going to work with Paul Ryan so there’s no issue about that”.
The aide did not indicate whether anyone had requested a get-together of Trump and Ryan, but when asked whether they might meet to patch things up, the aide told Reuters, “The speaker has a full schedule – can’t back out of previous commitments in the (congressional) district”.
Trump spokesman Jason Miller declined to explain the discrepancy between the campaign’s press release and Trump’s words on the stump.
The dissent over the Trump campaign also took other turns. But there was no evidence GOP officials were backing off their support of Trump in the White House race.
His plans have included the ban on Muslims and building a wall along the Mexican border to keep out illegal immigrants. The RealClearPolitics average of recent national polls put her 4.5 percentage points ahead of Trump, at 46.5 percent to 42 percent.
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On Monday night Trump tipped his hand with a tweet.
