Trump offers assurances to GOP rank-and-file in Congress

The gatherings with House and Senate Republicans came after Trump said at a rally in OH on Wednesday night that it was a mistake for his campaign to remove a tweet attacking Clinton with a six-pointed star placed on top of a bed of money.

FILE – Rep. Charles Dent, R-Pa., pictured at a Capitol Hill hearing in November 2010, says he remains concerned about Donald Trump‘s “incendiary” comments and his “lack of policy specificity”. Trump may not like Flake – he clearly doesn’t – but Flake has something that Trump doesn’t have in Arizona: a tested and able political organization. He will run for re-election in 2018.

Trump, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, and Cruz were bitter rivals during the presidential primary, lobbing personal attacks at each other and even dragging the other’s wife into the race. Deflecting questions about his discipline in public comments, Trump insisted his recent praise for former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was taken out of context and ignored fresh concern about a campaign tweet widely condemned as anti-Semitic, according to Republicans who attended closed-door meetings.

Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump waves after meeting with House Republican members in Washington, U.S., July 7, 2016.

The presumptive nominee planned to meet later Thursday with Republican senators.

Another is that Trump is simply playing a long-game con to promote a new business.

Among local Republicans meeting with Trump: U.S. Reps.

At one point, he turned to Ivanka and asked her to vouch for the fact that he won’t “let you down”.

Reports have surfaced that Cruz told reporters after the Trump summit on Thursday that Trump asked Cruz to speak at the Republican National Convention, and Cruz has accepted the speaking slot. He told Trump he was anxious about his ability to appeal to the broader electorate during the general election.

Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., who has yet to say whether he will support Trump, said he was no closer to doing so after the in-person pitch.

“The room was fun and I thought it was a great mood”, Huelskamp said.

“I’ve actually done very well”, Trump told The New York Times.

Hardy said he was satisfied with Trump’s response. He handled it well.

“Others have pulled out of the convention to contest the Trump agenda”, said Audrey Sasson of the group Walmart-Free NYC. “I think the one thing we agree on unanimously is four more years just like the last eight is not a good place for the American people”.

“He basically said he would be everywhere from now to election day”, said King, who has been critical of Trump’s candidacy. “But he showed today that he could be Donald Trump and still work with Republicans”. A number of lawmakers planned to skip Thursday’s meetings. Senator Mark Kirk of IL is openly campaigning against Trump, going so far as to run television ads saying the presumptive nominee “is not fit to be commander in chief”. Cruz to speak at the Republican convention, and Sen.

RNC Chair Reince Priebus was also at the meeting, which had the potential to be somewhat tense.