He asserted in an interview published last week that Curiel has “an absolute conflict” of interest because of his “Mexican heritage” and because he is a member of a Mexican-American lawyers association. “I am friends with and employ thousands of people of Mexican and Hispanic descent”.
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“While this lawsuit should have been dismissed, it is now scheduled for trial in November”, Trump said. “I do not intend to comment on this matter any further”. Usually, in a “wrong side of history” situation, the people who will end up on the wrong side of history aren’t the ones pointing out how wrong their side is.
“Some of the Republicans…and in all fairness, they’re some of the people that I went through war with and I won, and there’s a lot of…there’s a lot of anxiety there”, Trump said.
On Tuesday, Ryan was asked for his thoughts on Trump’s repeated attacks on U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel, the judge presiding over the fraud case against Trump’s scam real estate seminar program, Trump University.
Donald Trump ended one of his toughest days of the campaign by doing something he rarely does: reading a prime-time speech from a teleprompter.
It’s unclear whether Trump will take questions from the reporters he will address Tuesday night at his golf club here in the suburbs of NY.
Ryan termed Trump’s remarks “textbook racist” and said they should be disavowed.
In case Republicans still haven’t gotten it yet, Donald Trump isn’t going to stop making racist statements.
Trump is “a bully” whose rhetoric is a “danger to democracy”, but Christie’s defense of Trump was far more unsafe, Whitman said. “My preference is always peace”.
Trump vowed to press on with his characteristic fighting spirit, but – in a nod to the concerns of Republicans anxious Trump may never change morph into a more presidential figure – he also promised to be uniting. Mark Kirk of IL became the first vulnerable Republican senator to abandon support for the real estate mogul and several hours after Speaker Paul D. Ryan, R-Wisconsin, said Trump’s attack on the judge was “the textbook definition of a racist comment”.
With greater scrutiny of Trump now that he is set to formally win the Republican presidential nomination at the party’s July convention in Cleveland, there are concerns about the party’s ability to maintain control of the House of Representatives and Senate.
One GOP senator who had previously indicated support for Trump withdrew his backing.
Langone – who first supported New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and then Ohio Gov. John Kasich in the Republican race – said he still believes Trump has the best chance to get the nation back on track, calling presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton power-hungry and self-centered.
But, credit where credit is due: Republican senator Mark Kirk unendorsed Trump with a pretty impressive statement. Kirk suffered a stroke in 2012 and often uses a wheelchair.
Others avoided the word racist but made their disapproval crystal clear.
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Ryan spokesman said the speaker did not “urge” the party to fall in line behind Trump but stressed the importance of unity. The rise of Donald Trump puts demagoguery and bigotry at the heart of the American conversation.
