Trump also reportedly told members of Congress golf legend Jack Nicklaus would be attending the Republican National Convention, but Nicklaus’ spokesman said that was not accurate. Yesterday Cruz said he accepted Donald Trump’s invite to speak at the Republican National Convention.
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Shortly after meeting privately with Donald Trump Thursday, Sen. John McCain was a war hero because he had been captured.
Sen. Mark Kirk of IL wasn’t in Thursday’s meeting, but it was reported by the Associated Press that Trump singled him out by name, supposedly calling him a loser.
“I think Trump is going to get a vote like Alan Keyes got, which is about 28%”, Kirk said, referring to the Republican who ran unsuccessfully for senator against Obama in IL in 2004. “You don’t talk about somebody who spent five years as a POW and didn’t – could have come home earlier if he used his status because of who his father was”, Flake continued.
“I will just say they had a good conversation, and it was very polite and cordial and reasonable”, Priebus told CNN.
“I mean, I ” m telling you there are ways that are painful – and you never get even so much as a White House pass for some tourists from your state”. “As a proud Republican and transgender woman, I want to support courageous Republicans who advocate for LGBT freedom…”
Likely GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump waves after a meeting with House Republicans, that apparently went better than a sometimes testy meeting with Senate Republicans later. Such consultations would help Trump “get the input he needs from both the Senate and the House”.
Westerman had met Trump before, during a July 2015 Republican Party of Arkansas fundraiser in Hot Springs. Paul Manafort, Trump’s campaign’s chairperson and senior strategist, commented against the alleged rumors after the meeting.
Flake refused to discuss the details of his confrontation with Trump but made it clear to reporters through a tight-lipped smile that things hadn’t gone well. The gunman had pledged his allegiance to the Islamic State, but law enforcement said there were no indications he had direct ties to extremist groups.
“I’ve been somewhat critical in the past, but today I can honestly say there was not one negative moment, there was no awkward moment, it was all positive and united”, he said.
The meeting Thursday was a rare moment for senators to see a more personal side of Trump, who has given many of them heartburn over the last few months.
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“He was very forthright, he was speaking about what he stands for – and what he stands for is making America great, and we can not as a country be weak and expect to be strong in the world”, Texas Rep. Pete Sessions told reporters following the meeting.
