I will not be voting for Donald Trump for president. This is not a decision I make lightly, for I am a lifelong Republican. But Donald Trump does not reflect historical Republican values nor the inclusive approach to governing that is critical to healing the divisions in our country. When the primary season started, it […]
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Trump crosses the line
Recently, I watched in horror as Donald Trump yanked out of his pants pocket what was supposed to be an authentic Purple Heart. He said it was real, but he certainly didn’t earn it. What is more offensive? The fact that it was misrepresented or that he pulled it out of his pants pocket like […]
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Donald Trump plans to ‘jump start’ economy, blasts Clinton
DETROIT — Trying to turn the page after a tumultuous campaign stretch, Donald Trump unleashed a blistering attack Monday on Hillary Clinton’s approach to the economy while promising he would provide deep tax cuts and jolt middle class workers back to prosperity. Trump’s speech to the Detroit Economic Club reflected the Republican presidential nominee’s attempt […]
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Donald Trump to outline economic plan
Update: Donald Trump plans to ‘jump start’ economy, blasts Clinton MANCHESTER, N.H. — Donald Trump is focusing his economic message on boosting jobs and making the country more competitive on a global stage by cutting business taxes, reducing regulations and increasing domestic energy production. With a speech Monday to the prestigious Detroit Economic Club, the Republican […]
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You heard it here first
So this is what I think is going on with Donald Trump — it has been in the cards the whole time. He would run as a Republican. Then, if he won the nomination, he would make sure Hillary Clinton would win the national election by a landslide. How else can anyone explain the outrageous […]
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Trump can’t pass test for acceptability
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump, the man who defied every political rule and prevailed to win his party’s nomination, last week took on perhaps the most sacred political rule of all: Never attack a Gold Star family. Not just because it alienates a vital constituency but because it reveals a shocking absence of elementary decency and […]
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GOP leaders must deal with the fallout
WASHINGTON — “What does this say about your party that this is your standard bearer?” The headlines from President Obama’s excoriation of Donald Trump on Tuesday rightly highlighted his flat declaration that the Republican nominee is “unfit to serve as president.” But the challenge to Republican leaders who fell in line behind Trump was even […]
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Susan Collins says Trump’s comments on Somalis are ‘unhelpful’
Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, appeared at a rally in Portland on Thursday. He cited the state’s Somali community as an example of refugees “coming from among the most dangerous territories and countries” and added that “has to stop.” The comments drew widespread criticism in Portland, a liberal city that is the largest by population in […]
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Trump backs away from claims he saw video of Iranian money transfer
GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump on Friday backed away from earlier claims that he had seen video showing the United States delivering $400 million to the Iranian government, which he has repeated several times in recent days. Such a video does not appear to exist. “The plane I saw on television was the hostage plane in Geneva, […]
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Donald Trump targets Somali refugees during Portland speech
“We’ve just seen many, many crimes, getting worse all the time. And as Maine knows, (this is) a major destination for Somali refugees. Am I right?” Trump asked the crowd at a rally in Merrill Auditorium. “We admit hundreds of thousands into Maine and other places in the United States, hundreds of thousands of refugees, […]