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Title: In blow to GOP unity, Trump refuses to back Ryan, McCain
Source:
Associated Press
URL Source: http://elections.ap.org/content/blo ... trump-refuses-back-ryan-mccain
Published: Aug 2, 2016
Author: Jonathan Lemire
Post Date: 2016-08-02 18:42:12 by cranky
Keywords: None
Views: 1161
Comments: 6
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said Tuesday that he is refusing to endorse House Speaker Paul Ryan and Sen. John McCain just two weeks after pledging to bring the fractured GOP together at the party's nominating convention. He also ripped into New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte in the same interview with the Washington Post. All three have primary challengers, and all three disapproved of Trump's criticism of the Muslim American parents of an Army captain killed in Iraq. Trump's refutation of Ryan, the nation's most senior elected Republican, carried particular derision. "I'm just not there yet," Trump said in the interview. Those are very close to the words Ryan used in the long months before he endorsed Trump, telling CNN on May 6, "I'm not there right now." Ryan never sought Trump's endorsement, his spokesman said. "Neither Speaker Ryan nor anyone on his team has ever asked for Donald Trump's endorsement," said Zack Roday, Ryan's campaign spokesman. "And we are confident in a victory next week regardless." The billionaire celebrity famous for retaliating when he feels insulted also refused to endorse McCain, a prisoner of war in Vietnam who Trump previously derided for having been captured. "I've never been there with John McCain because I've always felt that he should have done a much better job for the vets," Trump told the newspaper Tuesday. "So I've always had a difficult time with John for that reason, because our vets are not being treated properly. They're not being treated fairly." As for Ayotte, who is running for a second Senate term and skipped the Republican National Convention, Trump said: "You have a Kelly Ayotte who doesn't want to talk about Trump, but I'm beating her in the polls by a lot." "We need loyal people in this country," Trump added in the interview. "We need fighters in this country. We don't need weak people." McCain is a locked in a three-way race ahead of an August 30 primary. The primary for Ryan's House seat is next week and Ayotte's primary is next month. All three have said they would support Trump as the GOP presidential nominee. All three chided Trump for engaging in a flap with Khizr and Ghazala Khan, the parents of U.S. Army Capt. Humayun Khan, who was posthumously awarded a Bronze Star and Purple Heart after his death in 2004. From the podium of the Democratic National Convention, Khizr Khan criticized Trump's position on Muslims and asked whether the real estate mogul had read the Constitution. Trump said the grieving father had "no right" to criticize him but later acknowledged their son is a hero. McCain's response was a lengthy denunciation in which he said the GOP nomination does not confer on Trump "unfettered license to defame those who are the best among us." Ryan condemned any criticism of Muslim Americans who serve their country. "Captain Khan was one such brave example. His sacrifice — and that of Khizr and Ghazala Khan — should always be honored. Period," Ryan said. Ayotte declared she was "appalled" by Trump's spat with the Khans. 
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The ... sewer to is ... pc Make love If you ... don't use exclamation points --- you should't be typeing ! Commas - semicolons - question marks are for girlie boys !
If Trump were serious he'd promise to deport McCain to Panama, as soon as he's sworn in as prez. Ted Cruz to Canada too! He's trying to sound cool, but has no intention of doing anything other than, re-directing bribes to himself. Good. Si vis pacem, para bellum Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. if you look around, we have gone so far down the the rat hole, the almighty is going to have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah, if we don't have a judgement come down on us. President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people. --Clint Eastwood "I am concerned for the security of our great nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within." -- General Douglas MacArthur
There is no GOP unity. Half the GOP could have just as well been happy to run as leftist Democrats but there were no openings in the Democratic party when they ran for election.
I expected nothing different from Trump. He's said it many times while campaigning in the primary -- If you like me, I like you." Obviously the reverse it true. But the headline should read, "In yet another blow to GOP unity, this time Trump is the one refusing to back a GOP candidate."
Strong evidence has come out that the Democrats paid $400,000,000 as ransom money to Iran delivered in a "brown paper bag." Nobody in the media much cares. Meanwhile, if Trump spits on the sidewalk, it is breaking news. Trump has the solid support of about 35% of this country. I don't think he can win. Trump should be true to himself, but he probably can't win. Obama has played at being a president while enjoying the perks … golf, insanely expensive vacations at tax-payer expense. He has ignored the responsibilities of the job; no plans, no budgets, no alternatives … just finger pointing; making him a complete failure as a president
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#2. To: cranky (#0)
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#3. To: cranky (#0)
" Trump refuses to back Ryan, McCain "
#4. To: cranky (#0)
In blow to GOP unity, Trump refuses to back Ryan, McCain
#5. To: cranky (#0)
"In blow to GOP unity, Trump refuses to back Ryan, McCain"
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