Sen. Collins: Not endorsing Trump right away

Following a conversation with Donald Trump’s chief strategist on Thursday, House Republicans supporting the business mogul said they are resolved to put the firestorm over his attacks on a Latino judge behind them and are now engaged in Trump’s attempt to “pivot” to the general election.

House Speaker Paul Ryan went further earlier this week, calling the comments “textbook” racism.

The latest episode involves class-action lawsuits against Trump University, Trump’s defunct real estate training program.

“No more insults”, Collins said.

Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., described the tone of the conversation similarly.

“We have enough to win”, Manafort said.

Many evangelical and conservative leaders are skeptical of Trump’s candidacy – a resistance that was underscored by the speakers who preceded him on Friday.

Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., said this week that Trump’s denigration of the judge “might spur” talk of finding another candidate. “But do I believe Hillary Clinton is the answer?”

Here’s the thing: Trump is rapidly making it impossible for Republicans such as Ryan, Corker, McConnell and Scott to stay in that self-created limbo.

Labrador said that while he disagreed with some of the comments Trump had made over the course of his campaign, he agreed with the candidate on a number of substantive issues.

Last Thursday, I left work about 5 p.m. and drove to the San Jose Convention Center to hear Donald Trump speak.

Donald Trump on Tuesday climbed down under fire from Republican grandees in an explosive race row, insisting that days of belligerent attacks on a Mexican-American judge had been misconstrued. He’s called Curiel biased, claiming his Hispanic heritage is “an absolute conflict” because Trump has promised to build a wall between Mexico and the U.S. The judge is from Indiana.

Trump’s statement Tuesday represented a cooling of previous criticism he has lobbed at Curiel, but it did not include an apology or an expression of regret.

Walker said he wants to focus on defeating Clinton, but suggested that Trump is standing in the way.

She said she and her husband are trying to teach their children about respecting women and valuing diversity – values, she said, Trump does not represent.

Trump also said two of the people he is considering are retired military officials, but he said they are probably not the strongest choice “because I think I’m going to do very well on national security” anyway.