Top Republicans join Obama in condemning Trump’s words
Source: MSN/Washington Post
Top Republicans joined with President Obama and other Democrats Tuesday in sharply condemning Donald Trumps reaction to the nightclub massacre in Orlando, decrying his anti-Muslim rhetoric and his questioning of Obamas allegiances as divisive and out of step with Americas values.
Trump who just a week ago signaled an intent to snap his campaign into a more measured tone for the general election showed no sign of backing down from his suggestions that Obama was somehow connected to or sympathetic with terrorists, telling the Associated Press that the president continues to prioritize our enemy over Americans.
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The remarkably bipartisan outcry over Trumps positions coming at a moment of national mourning after the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history set off a new wave of alarm within the GOP over whether the moguls promised pivot to the general election would ever materialize. The rift also highlighted the enduring tensions between establishment figures who want to be more inclusive and the bulk of the party, which backs Trumps proposed Muslim ban and has rallied around him as the presumptive nominee.
Some of Trumps most ardent backers defended his response to the Orlando attack, saying drastic measures were needed to keep the nation safe. But most Republicans on Capitol Hill tried to distance themselves from Trumps comments following the terrorist attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando that killed at least 49 people. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) refused to respond to questions about Trump at his weekly news conference.
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What I wonder is how do Republicans cherry-pick when they want to be seen as arm-in-arm with Trump. After all, Ted Cruz has both demonized gay people, as well as proposed patrolling muslim neighborhoods and carpet bombing Syria, which is the same as what Trump has proposed.
swhisper1
(851 posts)TomCADem
(17,382 posts)I guess its Tuesday, so I will double down on my Trump endorsement, but on Wednesday, I will distance myself?
riversedge
(70,084 posts)do once they 'pull the lever'????