Trump garners two more endorsements in U.S. Congress

Reuters ^ | 4/28/2016 | RICHARD COWAN

[BlackFemaleArmyColonel]

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Thursday won endorsements from two more U.S. Congress members as he battled to be his party's nominee.

Of the 300 Republicans in Congress - 246 in the House of Representatives and 54 in the Senate - Trump now had the explicit support of 11 with the newly announced public backing by Representatives Jeff Miller of Florida and Bill Shuster of Pennsylvania.

Trump, a billionaire businessman, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas and Ohio Governor John Kasich were vying for the nomination to represent the Republican Party in the Nov. 8 general election.

"Donald Trump is the only person who has what it takes to shake up the status quo and entrenched bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.," Miller said in a statement.

Miller, who will retire from the Republican-controlled Congress at year's end, capping 16 years in the House, has chaired the House Veterans Affairs Committee.

Shuster, also in his 16th year in the House, has chaired a powerful transportation committee.

Trump backers in Congress have argued that many more lawmakers privately expressed support for Trump, but still have to run in primaries and so have publicly remained neutral.

Representative Kevin Cramer of North Dakota, who endorsed Trump this month, said in an interview that the Trump campaign was cranking up its outreach to Congress.

Cruz, a small-government Tea Party favorite, has snared more endorsements from Congress members.

The most prominent U.S. Republican lawmakers to publicly endorse Trump was Senator Jeff Sessions, who has been advising the campaign on foreign policy.

The others were U.S. Representatives Chris Collins, Duncan Hunter, Tom Marino, Tom Reed, Scott DesJarlais, Lou Barletta and Renee Ellmers.

[HarleyLady27]

...AND I guess you would say that Cruz/Ksick are ‘conservative’??? ROFL....

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Analysis - Cruz is a Man Without a Country [North Amer. Law Ctr] –StillReport
The One Big Takeaway from Trump's "America First" Speech –Limbaugh
Trump garners two more endorsements in U.S. Congress –Reuters
40 Layoffs: Glenn Beck’s ‘Blaze’ Empire Continues Decline –DailyBeast
Wealthy, educated voters fuel Trump's East Coast sweep –Reuters
Establishment Stunned as Trump Gains 'Wealthy, Well-Educated' Voters –Tyler Durden
Gilmore on Trump's foreign policy speech (video)
2 LIVE Trump rallies 4/28 Evansville, IN 12pm CDT, Costa Mesa, CA 7pm PDT –RightSide
Why did Ted Cruz send his dad to Puerto Rico? Marco Rubio’s delegates. –WaPo
Trump's 'America first' speech alarms U.S. allies –Reuters
Freep a Poll (voter preference) –KUIK - Oregon
Official Certified List of Candidates [California] –CA SOS
Trump Rally: Trumpsters Speak Out (video)
Woo hoo!! We need your donations to keep FR going strong. –Jim Robinson
Caitlyn Jenner uses ladies room at Trump Tower –TheHill
Donald Trump Doesn’t Need Indiana Anymore –NYT
Cruz and allies have five days to stop Trump –MSNBC
Barrage of Attack Ads Threatens to Undermine Donald Trump –NYT
Melania Trump rips GQ article trying to smear her family –WayneDupree
24% Opt Out of a Clinton-Trump Race [1000 LVs Trump 38 Clinton 38] –Rasmussen
Republican donors deny Cruz, Kasich needed funds, data show –MSN
Carly Calls on Kasich to Drop Out, Proving Cruz-Fiorina Ticket Clueless –Mediaite
Revealed: inside tug of war to run Trump's California campaign –Guardian
Trump needs just 287 more delegates to clinch GOP nomination –TheHill
Ohio Politics Now: Kasich vetting VP candidates –ColumbusDispatch
US denies visa to nun set to testify about ISIS atrocities –JewsNews
Victims of Illegal Aliens Speak Out (Watch Live) –Rattlesnake
Video - Bobby Knight Endorses Donald Trump in Indianapolis (video)
A First: GOP Leaders Like Trump Speech –RCP
Radisson Hotel Chain Is Latest U.S. Giant to Be Snapped Up By Chinese –AP
Cleveland Buys RNC Riot Insurance –Breitbart
John Boehner talks election (Cruz "Lucifer in the flesh") –StanfordTimes
Cruz Hits Boehner for 'Lucifer' Slam –NewsMax
Donald Trump could amass most primary votes in GOP history –NYPost
ICE releases 19,723 criminal illegals, 208 murder, 900 sex crimes –Paul Bedard
Cruz Picks Nation’s Most Aggressive Champion of Offshoring as VP –Julia Hahn
Why the Left Loathes Western Civilization –Dennis Prager
Trump Beat Cruz at His Own Organizational Game in Pennsylvania –NYmag
GOP establishment begins warming to Trump –CNN
Trump blasts Cruz-Fiorina ticket roll-out as ‘waste of time’ –Fox
In Indiana, the Deal to Stop Trump May Be Backfiring –Bloomberg
Education Dept encourages Islam in classroom to stop bullying of Muslims –JihadWatch
The Lameness –Diana West
Democratic Strategist: Trump Will Beat Hillary Like 'A Baby Seal' –DailyCaller
Trump’s Vice President? Expect the Unexpected –FiscalTimes
Free Republic 2016 Caucus Open Discussion Thread C [last regular thread] –Windflier
Free Republic Caucus 2016 04/28 (100th & Last Day) –DoughtyOne
Donald Trump's foreign policy: 'America first' –CNN
Graham rips Trump's 'nonsensical' foreign policy speech –Politico
Mark Levin still at it [Trump bashing after recent wins] (vanity)
Donald J. Trump Foreign Policy Speech (Complete) –donaldjtrump.com
How the Rest of the Delegate Race Could Unfold –NYT
Little girls pepper-sprayed at Trump rally [by anti-Trumpers, headline fails to say] –NYPost

[kosciusko51]

No, Kasich is not conservative by any stretch of the imagination.

As of just a few months ago, Cruz was considered conservative UNTIL he received a GOPe endorsement. I still think he is conservative, but not perfect, and has run a horrible campaign. He deserves to lose at this point.

Also, I hope Trump gets his 1237, so that we don’t se any GOPe maneuvering to put their candidate in.

[BlackFemaleArmyColonel]

LOL

[MichaelCorleone]

Off topic, but...

300 Republicans in the Congress. THREE HUNDRED!

And they collectively did nothing but give obama and the left carte blanche to destroy this great nation, even though they always had the Constitutional authority to do so. Including reigning in a communist judicial system.

Aided, abetted, or given comfort by the likes of FOX, Rush, Mark, Sean, and Medved.

We the People have good reason to be in revolt.

[MichaelCorleone]

You’re forgetting the one variable that will insure Trump’s success as Chief Executive:

The iron clad support of We the People.

[Lizavetta]

How will our support get a hostile Congress to pass what he wants passed? And if they don't he will go to Executive Orders. Which means Congress is irrelevant.

Is that what you want? Someone who can just decree?

[G Larry]

Wait!!

That should be THREE!!!

I’m pretty sure that Boehner’s anti-Cruz tirade was a clear Trump endorsement.

[DoughtyOne]

Yes, but Tead hired two more high schools students and we’ll see a thread later today... </s>

[grania]

After Trump’s incredible victories in the Northeast, anyone in those areas in fear of being primaried or worried about re-election in November better jump on the Trump Train.

[PA Engineer]

It is not flip/flopping that bothers me. It is the: if my candidate does it, it is ok, but if your candidate does it, he’s the devil incarnate.

Who is your candidate?

[kosciusko51]

I don’t have a favorite. I’m on record calling a pox on all their houses a while ago.

And look post #23.

[DoughtyOne]

[PA Engineer]

I was curious. I was a Cruz supporter in the beginning (including financially). I believed what many had posted here about him. It didn't take long for me to see there were many problems with the narrative.

I began to investigate and that is when I turned. There was nothing in the narrative that was true.

[kabar]

And who defines what is a "conservative view?" The National Review? Mark Levin?

We are being manipulated and deceived by "conservative" politicians who know the right buzz words but betray us with their actions. Is Paul Ryan a conservative?

[kosciusko51]

According to you, it certainly isn’t Trump, since he is not an “ideologue”, and conservatism is an ideology.

[kosciusko51]

And who defines conservatism for you?

[kabar]

I don't like labels. Trump is a conservative on the issues that matter most to me, i.e., immigration, national security, and trade.

I find Cruz wanting on immigration and trade.

[kabar]

And who defines conservatism for you?

Me.

[kosciusko51]

Post #13: Trump is not an ideologue. Cruz is.

Post #38: I don’t like labels.

OK, then. Thank you for the discussion.