Conway told ABC’s “This Week” that now that she’s on the inside, she realizes “that this audit is a serious matter, and he has said when the audit is complete he will release his tax returns”.
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He said it was Trump who brought up the issue of those who are in the USA illegally and asked the group to share their ideas on how to deal with them.
Democrats argue that this stupendous task, even impossible, would result in the tearing of tens of thousands of families, often installed for years and participating in the country’s good economic running.
Only four days after ascending to her new post, Conway is adding more gasoline to that fire by telling CNN Sunday that Trump’s pledge to deport upwards of 11 million illegal aliens may not be his final policy, saying it is “to be determined”.
“I’m talking about territories now”, Trump told Sean Hannity of Fox News in late July, insisting that his position had not changed but had expanded. If they came from a certain country, they’re going to be brought back to that country.
If confirmed, this would be a change in the candidate’s program, which attempts to start again on new bases to go up in the polls facing Hillary Clinton.
She says the GOP nominee is a “natural communicator, natural connector with people, and the debates are a fabulous opportunity to force a conversation onto substance”.
“To wind down something that is that substantive and that impactful is not easily done”, said Jay Jacobs, a campaign and foundation donor who is also Nassau County Democratic chairman. This strategist had tried to channel the impetuous businessman to make it more presidential.
Pence, who staunchly supported free trade agreements as a 12-year veteran of Congress, looked to square joining Trump, who has made opposing free trade a centerpiece of his campaign. The former secretary of state has said that militant groups like Islamic State have begun using Trump’s proposed Muslim ban as a recruitment tool.
Trump is to hold a news conference and rally in Colorado next Thursday and they said they expect details will come then.
Mook explained that there are a “web of financial interests” that Trump has not disclosed, which has led to “real questions being raised about whether Donald Trump himself is just a puppet for the Kremlin in this race”.
During an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday, Conway was asked whether Trump still meant to build “a deportation force removing the 11 million or so undocumented immigrants”.
Back in April, when Conway was in the Ted Cruz camp, she said Trump should release his tax returns. Bannon joined the campaign with no electoral experience; instead, he heads the Brietbart News Network, an alt-right website that openly promotes Trump’s candidacy, derides other Republicans and is home to provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos, who relishes his role as an Internet troll baiting women and liberals.
Just five months ago, before she worked on the campaign, Conway urged Trump to “be transparent” and release his tax returns.
“Leaders show up where people in need are, and they hear them, and they help them, and you saw that on full display on Friday”, Conway said referring to Trump’s visit to Louisiana to tour flood damage in Baton Rouge.
The campaign also aired its first general election TV ad, which contrasts his strict approach to immigration with what he calls Hillary Clinton’s plan to do “more of the same, only worse”. “We’ve got a great relationship with Chairman (Reince) Priebus”.
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Clinton campaign officials dismissed the idea of a changed Trump as nonsense.
