Ted Cruz agrees to speak at Republican convention

But McCain said Flake is angry at Trump for more recent statements.

“And until we can have an open conversation both of how do you protect the police but also how do you protect the innocent I think we’re not going to solve this problem”, he said.

Ribble says instead Trump spoke only of himself and simply lectured members about getting on board with his campaign.

Trump’s appearance came on a circuslike day on Capitol Hill, with FBI Director James Comey testifying to a House committee about Clinton’s email practices, summoned by Republican lawmakers furious about his decision, announced Tuesday, that Clinton should not face criminal charges. The New York business tycoon asked Sasse if he preferred to have Hillary Clinton as president. Flores quoted Trump as saying: “I’m going to make you proud”. Trump drew 41 of 54 Republican senators to the U.S. Senate meeting.

Trump’s refusal to back down from the matter reportedly has a number of GOP backers concerned about his viability as a candidate, and reluctant to donate to his campaign.

As for IL senator Mark Kirk, one of the few Senate Republicans who outright refused to support Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee allegedly called him a “loser” only interested in maintaining his seat in a contentious Senate race.

While the gathering was not recorded, and we can’t say with certainty exactly who said what, Flake later told NBC News’ Hallie Jackson on camera that the story of the meeting “was reported accurately”.

Trump blamed the media for taking his remarks out of context, noting that he had referred to the former Iraqi dictator as a “bad guy” in the same speech. “I’m not planning on attending the convention”, Dent told reporters.

Trump won grassroots support during months of state-by-state nominating contests with a pledge to ban Muslims temporarily from entering the United States and to build a wall on the US border with Mexico.

The Washington Post reports the tense moments between Trump and Sen.

Cruz added that Trump was a “serial philander” who was “utterly amoral”.

“He is a unifying figure among Democrats”, Balaban said of Trump, “and the prospect of running against Donald Trump and being able to tie your opponent to Donald Trump is one that’s very appealing to Democrats around the country”. How’d that go? The closed-door discussions appear to have gone in a very Trump-like direction.

While Gingrich may be reflecting about his own choice, he said in the interview that Trump’s presidential candidacy is not happenstance.