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Mitt Romney says he won’t support Donald Trump
True to his word, Mitt Romney is refusing to back Donald Trump at this time. Romney cited concerns of “demagoguery” when speaking on the matter at a gala in Washington, D.C., Thursday night. And he’s not the only one. Another powerful Republican holding very high office also refused to endorse Trump yesterday.
According to Trump, Trump should have released his tax returns by now
In February, Donald Trump tweeted that Mitt Romney looked like a “fool” for releasing his tax returns so late in the game, on Sept. 21, 2012. A.k.a today. Trump has yet to release his own tax returns, despite being embroiled in not one but two damaging financial scandals at the moment.
Twitter had a lot of feelings about Mitt Romney’s Trump speech. One tweet spelled who may stand to gain the most from it.
And icymi, Trump responded to Romney (before he spoke) in typical Trump fashion.
Senior GOP officials are reportedly forming a plan if Trump drops out
Citing unnamed sources, ABC News reported Wednesday that “senior party officials are so frustrated — and confused — by Donald Trump’s erratic behavior that they are exploring how to replace him on the ballot if he drops out.” Look, Trump is probably not going to drop out. But if he does, Republicans would turn to Rule 9.
51% of Republicans want someone else
There wasn’t much good news for Donald Trump in a Fox News poll released Wednesday night. Not only is he trailing Clinton, 38% to 44% — a 7-point drop since the last Fox News poll in May, but more than half of GOP voters would rather have someone else as their nominee. The percent of people who think is “hot-headed” and “obnoxious” is astounding.
Mitt Romney won’t be voting for Trump or Clinton
At the Aspen Ideas Festival, Mitt Romney reiterated his disinterest in running as a 3rd party candidate this year. Not only that, but he said he won’t even vote for the presumptive nominees — citing his “conscience.” But he did say he might write in someone else.
The most prominent LGBT Republican group won’t endorse Trump
Donald Trump won’t be getting the endorsement of the GOP’s most prominent LGBTQ advocacy group, the Log Cabin Republicans announced on Saturday. The group released a statement saying although Trump is “perhaps the most pro-LGBT presidential nominee in the history of the Republican Party,” they won’t be focused on helping him.
Donald Trump is now going after John McCain and POWs.
Sen. John McCain, who was shot down in Vietnam in 1967 and spent over five years in a POW camp, recently spoke to the media about Donald Trump’s meteoric rise in the polls calling it “very bad” and “very hurtful.” Trump responded with the above comment. His fellow Republicans were not on board.
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Mississippi school named after confederate leader to be renamed in Obama’s honor
A small public elementary school in Mississippi announced it would make a big change in 2018 by changing its name to honor former President Barack Obama. And while this is a nice gesture on its own, it becomes even more significant when you consider the school is currently named after Confederate president Jefferson Davis. Read more.