Former House speaker Newt Gingrich considered as Trump’s running mate

“There are two and a half months until the Republican convention, six months until the general election”, Cruz told reporters in May after returning to Washington.

Political leaders and the 2016 presidential candidates are speaking out about the deadly shootings that have shaken America.

Presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, who was scheduled to campaign with Vice President Joe Biden in Scranton, Pennsylvania Friday, has postponed her event.

Trump drew 41 of 54 Republican senators to the U.S. Senate meeting where he called out three senators who had been critical of his candidacy, according to Republican aides familiar with the meeting.

While Trump is “his own brand”, Clinton is the Democrats’ establishment candidate and is harder for her party’s congressional candidates to run from, Walden said.

The move came as Trump held a tense meeting with Republican senators and sought to make peace with Cruz, his former rival for the presidential nomination, in a whirl through Washington meant to mend fissures within a Republican Party that remains deeply skeptical about his candidacy.

Jeff Flake declined to address reports that Trump threatened to attack him politically during a testy exchange that Sen. “I think you have to expect that you’re going to get Donald Trump”.

But Amandi, whose research spans the state’s diverse demographic spectrum, said Trump appears to be underperforming usual Republican benchmarks in the Cuban community as its GOP loyalties are softening.

“Donald Trump wasn’t my first choice”, said Congressman Joe Wilson of SC, the Republican backbencher who became famous in 2009 for blurting “You lie!” during Barack Obama’s State of the Union address. Flores had said he wanted to see “more vision and less trash talk” from the presumptive nominee.

Cruz’s speech could go a long way towards easing some of that tension and helping heal that rift, as many of his supporters remain deeply skeptical of Trump.

The announcement came a day after Corker met with Trump and his team in NY and the same day another potential candidate, Iowa Sen. “There was not one negative moment”. “So in my first budget, I will commit $1 billion to find and fund the best training programs, support new research and make this a national policing priority”.

About 40 of the 54 sitting Republican senators were present to listen to and question Trump. “We’re the ones that have to start listening”.

Yes, Flake is still pretty upset about Trump’s attacks on John McCain. “He also talked about immigration, the importance of securing the borders”, Boozman said. James Inhofe of Oklahoma told Maclean’s after spending almost an hour with the Donald, the first time the climate-change denier and same-sex marriage opponent had ever met the billionaire.

“If Trump offers the position and is serious about it, which I think he would be after our conversations, listen, I would feel compelled to serve the country”, the former House speaker told Fox News’ Greta Van Susteren. “Very interesting day! These are people who love our country!” he tweeted.