Posted on 05/06/2016 9:28:46 AM PDT by reaganaut1
Donald J. Trump’s moment of triumph this week quickly gave way to a trying and even humiliating test of his standing as a Republican leader, as a phalanx of the party’s most respected figures shunned the man anointed as their presumptive presidential nominee.
Hoping for a moment of party unity, Mr. Trump had scarcely declared victory in Indiana when the cascade of rejection began, starting with the announcement by George Bush and his son George W. Bush, the only former Republican presidents still living, that they would not back his candidacy. And on Thursday night, Mitt Romney, the party’s 2012 nominee, said he intended to hold to his earlier pledge not to vote for Mr. Trump, according to an audio recording of his remarks. Mr. Romney said at a private speech in Washington that he was “dismayed” by the state of the campaign. “I wish we had better choices,” Mr. Romney said. “I keep hoping that things will somehow get better.”
Mr. Romney’s remarks came just hours after House Speaker Paul D. Ryan, the nation’s highest-ranking Republican elected official, delivered an embarrassing blow to Mr. Trump, declaring that he had not yet proven himself worthy of an endorsement. In Washington, the announcement was seen as giving members of Congress a free hand to deal with Mr. Trump, without pressure from the speaker to rally around him.
Mr. Trump has responded alternately with anger and indifference: He has said that he does not need or even welcome support from all Republicans, and on Thursday issued a brusque statement saying he did not support Mr. Ryan’s policy agenda.
In a Fox News interview Friday morning, Mr. Trump said he had been unsettled by Mr. Ryan’s rebuke
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“So long as Donald stands fast, and continues to speak what is true to the pretentious advocates of a sham virtue, his following will grow—and will gradually include at least a sizeable portion of those now skulking & refusing to come on board. But none of the dissidents are worth compromising principle to win over. That really would be a mistake.”
Well said
As usual, our leaders prove they cannot keep their words to “We the People”. The all swore they would agree to support the nominee, now that it is Trump, they cannot keep their word. Nothing new here. The people are going to get tired of this. Real FAST.
Yesterday it was the NY SLIMES running a story that Trump cheats at golf.
Today the SLIMES is telling me Trump is being rejected by the so-called leaders of the GOP.
Frankly, as a person who has not been on the Trump Train from the beginning, this constant attack mode is going to turn me into an enthusiastic Trump supporter.
People seem to forget that Trump is running against those who don’t want to unite with him...So what??? We knew that all along...
Who cares what the GOP establishment thinks or wants?
They’re not who the American people want and they think their presence is wanted.
If we don’t see them at the convention, we can really look forward to the future of the GOP.
These are those that were serial capitulators, funding obamacare over and over (4 times) . Funding illegal amnesty of 600,000 Mexican children lured here by obama’s illegal executive orders and then they funded their care and feeding to the tune of $17,600 per child per year. These are the republicrats that literally helped pushed our national debt to $20 TRILLION. These are Trump’s detractors. GET OUTTA HERE!!Go Trump !!
I expected this - the MSM is going to do all it can to elect Hillary.
You could see it coming a mile away. More negative fire on Trump.
He’s used to it and he still won.
Before too long there will be a caisson carrying “41” up Constitution Avenue to the Capitol to lie in state. It’s going to attract a smaller crowd than it might have had he been more gracious this late in the day.
Ryan’s Congress has a 11% approval rating. Ryan needs Trump. Not the other way around.
Exactly. Trump won his home state without their so-called endorsement.
Trump posted the following statement on his Twitter account:
“Paul Ryan said that I inherited something very special, the Republican Party. Wrong, I didn’t inherit it, I won it with millions of voters!”
Indeed, worth keeping in mind when we look at who represents the Republican Party. Not Ryan but people who voted for Trump to be the party’s nominee!
They didn’t rebuke him but don’t look for the New York Times to acknowledge it.
The main thing finding rejection here IS The New York Times!
Rejection by the uni-party...well that’s okay...the American Voters are the ones running this election and Trump is our man...so move out of the way or go to another country, because we are NOT voting for any of you....
I wanted Cruz. He’s out so I want Trump. But mark my words on this day, 5/6/2016. Donald Trump will never see the whitehouse.
The Trump university case is going to bury him. The GOPe are working that guilty verdict. And if you think they can’t fix a jury, think again. Whoever Trump’s VP is will defer to next in line, because that was the deal the GOPe made with that person.
On January 20th they will be swearing in President Ryan and Vice President Kacich. And if the rats take Congress, if fongs it up even more.
As usual, our leaders prove they cannot keep their words to “We the People”. The all swore they would agree to support the nominee, now that it is Trump, they cannot keep their word. Nothing new here. The people are going to get tired of this. Real FAST.
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Amen. And those of us who voted for him have been and ARE willing to donate our small contributions. Bernie is proving that that is NOT insignificant!
And on top of that - Hillary is making Trump’s campaign ads for him! LOL! Saw one on O’Reilly with a list of all the promises, i.e. the Wall, VA reform, etc.... Darlin and I were cheering - it’s an ad to scare the snowflakes, but it’ll work for a lot of other people too to convince them that Trump really IS the guy.
Trump’s withstood all the usual BS that weeds out good candidates and gives us the likes of McCain and Romney. I believe he will withstand the challenges ahead and be elected.
Ryan and Romney a phalanx?
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