Pro-Hillary Clinton super PAC Correct the Record took advantage of the news cycle and released this two-and-a-half-minute attack ad filled with newscasters and fellow Republicans denouncing Trump’s comments against Curiel.
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Clinton also indirectly addressed Trump’s controversial remarks on Warren in a tweet on Saturday.
Warren has become a constant thorn in the side of Trump, as she leads the Democratic charges against the presumptive GOP presidential nominee in a war of wits on both Twitter and in her speeches.
Trump has endured a sustained barrage of criticism from his fellow Republicans since he accused a US federal judge of being biased against him because of his Mexican heritage. Ryan said he would still support Trump, though.
But no matter how much they have condemned Trump, none of these high-ranking Republicans have said that they would consider supporting his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton.
And supporters of the presumptive Republican nominee responded by chanting Donald Trumps’ last name and the familiar “build that wall” chant supporting Trump’s plan to build a wall along the Mexican border.
In an interview Thursday with The Associated Press, Mead said he regards Trump’s comments as clearly inappropriate.
Trump had his best month in May, with an abrupt end to the Republican race after Trump’s victory in the in primary leading to four weeks of fence mending within the party.
By contrast, Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio – who also faces a tough re-election bid – said he’ll go.
Senator Lindsey Graham, of SC, said that it was “the most un-American thing from a politician since Joe McCarthy”, and that Republicans who previously backed Trump should rescind their endorsements.
That rationale is textbook racism, according to House Speaker Paul Ryan. He’d say Trump is a “fun guy” that he hung around with a few times, but ultimately said politics were “way off my radar”.
After that, any Trump mentions are mostly buried in Hillary Clinton-bashing statements or confined to administration-type announcements, like the appointment of a new fundraising chair.
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“Why would I feel compelled to support somebody whose positions I fundamentally disagree with?” he asked, adding that the choice between Trump and Clinton “is not a very good choice”.
