Reply To: Who's Worse – Trump or Clinton?

From Politico:

By the end of the day, Trump had issued a new statement blaming the media for his problems, without apologizing to the Indiana-born federal judge, Gonzalo Curiel, who is presiding over lawsuits against Trump University. Trump then declared he was done commenting on the matter.

But the damage was already done.

Kirk’s statement could hardly have been more pointed had it been written by a Democrat.

Kirk later told reporters that he would write in former Gen. David Petraeus as his choice for president.

It was a stunning repudiation of the party’s nominee by a sitting senator, and one that shows just how much of a liability some in the GOP believe Trump has become. These denizens of the “Republican establishment” were raised on the idea of party unity and loyalty: You back your guy no matter what. But Trump is straining that loyalty to the breaking point for many Republicans, and beyond for some.

“Claiming a person can’t do their job because of their race is sort of like the textbook definition of a racist comment,” Ryan said during a news conference to unveil the new Republican anti-poverty plan. “If you say something that’s wrong, I think the mature and responsible thing is to acknowledge it.”

But then a Trump surrogate bizarrely accused Ryan of being a racist himself, a perfect example of the circus that surrounds the Republican nominee.

[Mitch] McConnell is playing this. These people have run and hid and borrowed the Democratic agenda of playing the race card.”