2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumLindsey Graham: Trump "unAmerican," and "love of country will trump hatred of Hillary."
Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, another former primary rival of Mr. Trumps, urged Republicans who have backed Mr. Trump to rescind their endorsements, citing the remarks about Judge Curiel and Mr. Trumps expression of doubt on Sunday that a Muslim judge could remain neutral in the same lawsuit, given Mr. Trumps proposed ban on Muslim noncitizens entering the country.
This is the most un-American thing from a politician since Joe McCarthy, Mr. Graham said. If anybody was looking for an off-ramp, this is probably it, he added. Therell come a time when the love of country will trump hatred of Hillary.
Republican hopes that Mr. Trump would tone down his language and heed advice were also undercut after he laced into his own campaign team during a strategy discussion with political surrogates.
On the conference call, reported first by the Bloomberg website and later confirmed by two participants, Mr. Trump argued that talking points sent by his campaign to his allies, directing them not to discuss the Trump University case, were ill advised.
Take that order and throw it the hell out, Mr. Trump said.
He then went further in excoriating his campaign staff: Are there any other stupid letters that were sent to you folks? Mr. Trump said, according to the Bloomberg report. Thats one of the reasons I want to have this call, because you guys are getting sometimes stupid information from people that arent so smart.
SOURCE http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/06/07/us/politics/democrats-trump-presidential-race.html?referer
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(29,704 posts)but it looks like changed his mind again, back to his original thoughts; that Trump is horrible.
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