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In an effort to repair some of the damage he had inflicted on his presidential campaign, Donald Trump endorsed House Speaker Paul Ryan to end a four-day standoff that exposed the deeps chasms in the Republican Party over his candidacy. Trump struck a rare conciliatory tone at a Wisconsin rally on Friday, imploring his party to unite behind him and opening a full-throttle attack on Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.
US presidential candidate Donald Trump has publicly backed House Speaker Paul Ryan days after snubbing him in a spat at the top of the Republican Party. Mr Trump shocked party members on Tuesday when he refused to endorse Mr Ryan and Senator John McCain in their campaigns for re-election in November.
Donald Trump endorsed House Speaker Paul Ryan late Friday, ending a four-day standoff between the GOP's most powerful man that exposed deepening concerns about the New York billionaire's presidential candidacy. Having refused to endorse the speaker earlier in the week, Trump said, "We have to unite" as he vowed to support Ryan in next week's primary contest.
Donald Trump faced an all-too-clear sign of GOP divisions Friday in Midwestern battlegrounds, embraced by party leaders in one state but ignored in another.
Donald Trump is expected to endorse House Speaker Paul Ryan on Friday, moving to mend an intra-party rift that has put the Republican presidential nominee at odds with its highest-ranking elected official. Trump's endorsement of Ryan would come at an 8 p.m. ET rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin, two sources said.
In this June 14, 2016 file photo, House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. speaks s at the Republican National Committee headquarter on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Donald Trump Dem tensions explode in Hispanic Caucus over Trump Senate GOP on edge over Trump's falling polls Trump brings conflict with Ryan to Wisconsin MORE Paul Ryan Senate GOP on edge over Trump's falling polls Trump brings conflict with Ryan to Wisconsin Reagan's son: My dad would back McCain, Ryan MORE 's home state on Friday highlights divisions between the top figures in the Republican Party at a critical juncture in the presidential race. Trump will hold an evening rally in Green Bay, Wis., about a three-hour drive north of Ryan's hometown of Janesville, where the Speaker is campaigning to defeat a primary challenger who has been boosted by attention from Trump.
Siding with his running mate, Mike Pence on Thursday declined to endorse John McCain and Kelly Ayotte in their upcoming reelection bids. "I look forward to supporting Republican candidates in the days and weeks ahead all over the country, and so does Donald Trump," McCain told traveling press aboard his plane when asked point blank if he would endorse McCain and Ayotte.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump waves after speaking during a campaign rally at Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016, in Jacksonville, Fla. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump waves after speaking during a campaign rally at Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016, in Jacksonville, Fla.
" Republicans' frustration with Donald Trump has reached new heights, with party leaders scrambling to persuade their presidential nominee to abandon divisive tactics that have triggered sinking poll numbers and low morale. Party chairman Reince Priebus is appealing to the New York billionaire's adult children to help amid new signs of a campaign in trouble.
Senate Democrats have sent a letter to Republican Senate leaders urging Congress to come back from recess in order to pass funding to address the Zika virus, a legislation that was stopped by the left before the break, Politico reported Thursday. "The problems the American people confront do not disappear simply because Congress does," about 40 Senate Democrats wrote to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Speaker Paul Ryan, according to the website.
House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference at National Harbor, Maryland March 15, 2013. R MILWAUKEE, WI House Speaker Paul Ryan doesn't appear to be hurting from not being endorsed by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
Donald Trump's campaign manager said "there's conflict within the Trump campaign" over the Republican nominee not endorsing the House Speaker. Manafort on Trump: 'He's going to support Paul Ryan' Donald Trump's campaign manager said "there's conflict within the Trump campaign" over the Republican nominee not endorsing the House Speaker.
Since his selection as Donald Trump's running mate, Mike Pence has tried to stay focused on winning over conservatives skeptical of the New York billionaire. On several occasions in the past week, the Indiana governor has found himself in direct conflict with Trump, taking a different campaign tact or running damage control after one of the Republican presidential nominee's incendiary remarks.
Their party in crisis, Republicans' frustration with Donald Trump reached new heights on Wednesday as party leaders on Capitol Hill and inside New York's Trump Tower scrambled to persuade their presidential nominee to abandon divisive tactics that have triggered sinking poll numbers and low morale. Party chairman Reince Priebus appealed to the New York billionaire's adult children to help amid new signs of a campaign in trouble.
Mike Pence is urging supporters in battleground Colorado to convince their neighbors to vote for Donald Trump. But the Indiana governor and Trump's running mate declined to echo Trump's claim that the election could be "rigged."
Updated 1:55 p.m.: Donald Trump's running mate Mike Pence is breaking with the Republican nominee by endorsing House Speaker Paul Ryan in his primary fight. The move comes a day after Trump said in an interview that he's "just not quite there yet" when it comes to backing Ryan, who has at times been critical of Trump's most controversial comments.
WASHINGTON >> Their party in crisis, Republicans' frustration with Donald Trump reached new heights on Wednesday as GOP leaders inside and outside the presidential nominee's campaign contemplated new ways to persuade him to moderate his divisive tactics with the election just 96 days away. Party chairman Reince Priebus and a handful of other high-profile Republicans were considering whether to directly confront the billionaire businessman following a series of startling stances and statements.
In this file photo, Hewlett Packard Enterprise President and CEO Meg Whitman is interviewed on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Top Republican donor and fundraiser Whitman is endorsing Democrat Hillary Clinton for president, saying she cannot support a candidate who has “exploited anger, grievance, xenophobia and racial division.” The Hewlett-Packard executive says in a statement Tuesday night that Republican nominee Donald Trump's “demagoguery has undermined the fabric of our national character.” Donald Trump's running mate Mike Pence is breaking with the Republican nominee by endorsing House Speaker Paul Ryan in his primary fight.
Donald Trump's running mate Mike Pence is breaking with the Republican nominee by endorsing House Speaker Paul Ryan in his primary fight.Pence said in a phone interview with Fox News Channel that he's pleased to endorse Ryan. The move comes a day after Trump said in an interview that he's "just not quite there yet" when it comes to backing Ryan, who has at times been critical of Trump's most controversial comments.