Some Signs of Improved Relations as Trump Meets Republican Lawmakers in Washington

Many GOP congressional candidates in tight races like Rep. Robert J. Dold of IL and Rep. Carlos Curbelo of Florida have said they won’t support Trump while others have said they will skip the party’s convention in Cleveland this month. Jeff Flake of Arizona as a lawmaker critical of him. “Things will all work out in November”.

Rep. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.) left the meeting anxious about Trump’s grasp on the basics of the Constitution. They’re asking the national party for a “conscience clause”, that would free the delegates to vote for any Republican.

The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment from CNN. Addressing Nebraska GOP Sen.

“The two had a gracious exchange”, a Sasse spokesman said.

Well, according to his son Eric Trump and surrogate Sen.

“Donald asked me to speak at the Republican convention, and I told him I’d be happy to do so”, Cruz said. “As a former Marine of 10 years, his comments about veterans and about Senator John McCain’s captivity are just completely unacceptable”, Moody added.

In one of the day’s most confrontational exchanges, Trump chastised Flake for criticizing him publicly, saying that up until now he hadn’t personally attacked Flake but could start to, according to accounts from Flake and other people familiar with the exchange.

In March, following Trump re-tweeting an unflattering picture of Cruz’s wife, Heidi, and threatening to “spill the beans” about her, the Texas senator indicated that he was not likely to endorse Trump.

After the meeting, several GOP senators were seen “emerging from an alley next to the gas station”, suggesting they weren’t exactly proud of their attendance at the Republican gathering. “I think his response was, ‘I want to protect Article I, Article II, Article XII, ‘ going down the list”.

House members said Trump’s speech eased a number of critics fears he is too brash in his demeanor to be commander-in-chief, noting they discussed uniting the party and how to best forward the Republican agenda. He said Trump said “polls are showing he’s doing well in the state of Nevada”.

For Donald Trump the Constitution is yuge…and a lot bigger than it actually is. “Sending our jobs far overseas”.

In part, this reflects the fact that Clinton does somewhat better among Democrats who did not support her in the primary than Trump does among Republicans who did not support him in the primary. “But I don’t know that I’ve met a more composed, brilliant, beautiful-in-every-way person”, Corker said.

Flake, who’s not up for re-election until 2018, told reporters after the meeting: “My position remains I want to support the nominee, I really do. And I understand it, I get it”.