Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, who was at the GOP event to introduce Ryan and Johnson, said beforehand that he wanted to hear Trump’s policy positions before deciding whether to support him. “I’m not there right now”, said the top House Republican and 2012 Republican vice presidential nominee in an interview with CNN.
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Kasich did not have a path to secure the nomination outright, but pledged to lobby for his candidacy during the Republican convention in July.
Other Republicans grappled this week with how robustly to support a candidate who shuns the party line on trade and has upset the party establishment with offensive comments about women and immigrants.
“He has a long record that needs to be examined and I think it’s important for us to take seriously the statements he’s made in the past”, he said.
State Representative Jason Villalba of Dallas couldn’t believe what he was seeing as businessman Donald Trump became the presumptive Republican nominee for president.
He is also beginning to take a more traditional route for his likely battle with Hillary Clinton, a Democratic fundraising powerhouse.
“I have agreed to meet but have no idea whether or not the meeting will be successful”, Trump said. A simple image of the Democratic candidate, along with the phrase “the next President of the United States of America” is now displayed there.
The real estate mogul issued on statement on Thursday saying, “I am not ready to support Speaker Ryan’s agenda”, and attacked Ryan on Twitter Friday morning. Trump himself said he could consider Kasich, 63, a former congressman who helped balance the federal budget, as his vice-presidential pick.
Jeb Bush was one of the most vocal critics of Trump on the campaign trail.
“Well, I would certainly consider him”. I’m sorry to be so blunt, but he’s the Speaker, that means he’s the leader.
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Trump told the “Special Report” host that it is “because of a guy like Ben Sasse” that Republicans could be blocked from winning the White House in November.
