To quote a certain “billionaire” hotelier, this seems YUGE: Bookings for Donald Trump’s hotels have plummeted nearly 60% for the first half of the year, according to online travel website Hipmunk. “The decrease in the share of hotel bookings going to a Trump property indicates that this particular audience chose...
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Seemingly unhinged by dropping poll numbers, Donald Trump continues to spiral out of control. The pressure is growing on fellow Republicans to withdraw their support for their nominee. In a piece titled, “GOP, Trump go from ‘unraveling’ to ‘break glass’ mode,” the NBC “First Read” political team writes, “Yesterday morning, we...
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UPDATED 10/7/2016: In rapid succession this month, a number of notable Republican leaders and figures have joined the ranks of fellow “I won’t vote for Donald Trump” GOP and conservative leaders to pledge that they will never support Trump – and outlining why we all must place patriotism and...
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Mike Coffman: History Has Its Eyes on You Yesterday, Greg Sargent of the Washington Post called the question on GOP leaders who have yet to outright disavow their party’s presidential nominee. “If individual Republicans don’t break off their support for Trump’s candidacy now — by, say, withdrawing their endorsements — they run the...
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History Has Its Eyes on You Yesterday, prominent Florida Republican strategist and longtime Jeb Bush advisor Sally Bradshaw joined a growing chorus of GOP leaders in rescinding her support of Donald Trump. Today, Rep. Richard Hanna (R-NY) became the first Republican elected official to publicly support Secretary Clinton. While it may...
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History Has Its Eyes on You Yesterday, Greg Sargent of the Washington Post called the question on GOP leaders: “If individual Republicans don’t break off their support for Trump’s candidacy now — by, say, withdrawing their endorsements — they run the risk of having no choice but to do so after Trump sinks...
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New York’s Rep. Richard Hanna became the first Republican member of Congress to announce support for Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump. Rep. Hanna said that Trump’s attacks on the Khan family made him feel “incensed…I was stunned by the callousness of his comments,” and noted, “I think Trump is...
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Republican strategist Ana Navarro excoriated Donald Trump for his disgraceful attacks targeting Khizr and Ghazala Khan, the parents of fallen Captain Humayun Khan. “Does he have the basic decency?” Navarro asks during the CNN appearance. “Does he have the basic human empathy to be able to be Commander-in-Chief?” “In...
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Donald Trump’s ongoing attacks against the Khan family are the latest, and perhaps most heartless, example of his campaign’s sustained attempts to stoke racial and religious animosity. In their refusal to disavow Trump, Republicans are enabling his behavior and prioritizing party over country. Greg Sargent, writing for the Washington Post clearly summarized the...
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In the fallout over Donald Trump’s disgraceful attacks on the Gold Star parents of a fallen war hero, one thing is notably absent: a response from both Governor McCrory and Senator Burr. As Trump continues to insult Khizr and Ghazala Khan, the Muslim parents of Capt. Humayun Khan, all political leaders, regardless...
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