Were Donald Trump’s comments about judge “misconstrued”?
Ryan “just reaffirmed his disagreement with the comment, respecting that the people have elected Donald Trump as our Republican nominee, and what we’re going to do is we’re going to use our position in a positive way to help America out”, said Rep. Tom Reed, R-N.Y.
Trump was hounded by Republicans and Democrats for saying a federal judge overseeing a Trump-related case might be biased against Trump because of the judge’s Mexican heritage.
She made her comments on the same day that Ohio Gov. John Kasich, appearing on Fox News, acknowledged that it’s possible that he will go to Cleveland next month and not endorse Trump for president. Senator Lindsey Graham, of SC, said that it was “the most un-American thing from a politician since Joe McCarthy”, and that Republicans who previously backed Trump should rescind their endorsements. “It’s just not how the judicial system works in our country and not how it ever can work”, the governor told The Tennessean.
As a growing number of Republicans publicly distance themselves from Trump for his recent comments that a “Mexican” judge isn’t qualified to rule on the fraud case against Trump University, some in the “Never Trump” crowd are gleefully trumpeting the situation.
Ryan spokesman said the speaker did not “urge” the party to fall in line behind Trump but stressed the importance of unity.
In Iowa’s 3rd District, Democratic nominee Jim Mowrer worked to link Trump and Republican incumbent David Young.
“The Republican National Committee needs to step in and step up and talk to him about getting out of the race”, he said on his daily radio show.
On Wednesday, Warren stood up on the Senate floor to challenge McConnell over the issue and try to move nomination votes by unanimous consent, but he denied her request and disputed her arguments.
“Where do you suppose Donald Trump got the idea that he can personally attack judges, regardless of the law, whenever they don’t bend to the whims of billionaires and big business? And so, you know, the allegations that he is are absolutely contrary to every experience that I’ve had with him over the last 14 years”.
But would it take a life or death matter for Ryan to rescind his endorsement of Trump?
“The “What They Did” conversation focuses strictly on the person’s words and actions, and explaining why what they did and what they said was unacceptable”.
Trump signaled Wednesday in an interview with Bloomberg Politics that he would instead continue to rely on free media attention to make up for his money deficit.
Former rival Carly Fiorina, who spoke immediately before Trump, failed to mention her party’s presumptive nominee’s name a single time during her remarks, which heavily criticized Clinton.