“I’m not going to get into any hypotheticals”, he said.
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Mr Trump’s refusal to back Mr Ryan had been seen by many as a final straw.
Later in a fund raising email to his supporters, Trump alleged that the Democrats and the mainstream media are doing everything they can to divide the Republican party. People of color constitute almost one-third of eligible voters, making the 2016 electorate the most diverse in USA history. He says it’s Trump’s decision.
Ryan’s office released a statement, saying, “He appreciates the gesture and is going to continue to focus on earning the endorsement of the voters in Southern Wisconsin”.
Ryan is facing a primary opponent, businessman Paul Nehlen, who has praised Trump while denouncing Ryan.
Trump earlier in the week had declined to endorse Ryan, as well as Sens.
By attempting to mend fences with the GOP establishment, Trump made another attempt to pivot after a week dominated by internal struggles and Trump’s battle with the Muslim Khan family, whose son was killed in Iraq while serving in the US Army. Ryan says he wishes it weren’t necessary but “that’s just the way the cookie crumbles”.
House Speaker Paul Ryan’s Republican primary challenger is on the defensive after saying he wants a discussion about deporting all U.S. Muslims. “We have different styles you might have noticed that”, he said. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos called him a bigot. “We need to stand up and say that Donald Trump doesn’t represent who we are and what we believe”.
Party divisions were easy to find Friday in Wisconsin, a state that Trump’s team insists he can win in November.
In a radio interview Friday morning, Ryan did not rule out withdrawing his endorsement of Trump.
Pence’s job is harder: softening Trump’s rough edges and limiting the fallout from what many Republicans see as the nominee’s self-inflicted wounds. “I’m not quite there yet”, Trump said in the Post interview.
In Wisconsin, Trump added, “She’s a monster”.
Donald Trump has announced his team of economic advisers and it includes numerous people who have been already helping his campaign.
Slim possibility or not, “New Day” co-host John Berman joked about Matthew’s political potential: “Already dodging questions – he’s a politician already!”
Donald Trump is an ungrateful man. “Folks, that’s what freedom looks like and that’s what freedom sounds like”, he said before calling Humayun Khan an American hero.
“I was with Mike Pence last week, I will be with Donald Trump when he comes back in the future”, Walker said.
The Trump campaign, with its GOP joint fund-raising operation, now has about $74 million cash-on-hand, compared to the $102 million the Democrats and Clinton have after strong fund-raising in July.
Donald Trump is making a rare admission he was wrong – in claiming he saw a video of a US cash payment going to Iran. “But I’m not going to go down the road of relitigating his past comments”.
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The US government denies the payment was ransom for the release of Americans, which may or may not be true.
