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Sen. Lindsey Graham: “I Cannot In Good Conscience Support Donald Trump”

Donald Trump (L) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R)

South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham took to Twitter today to make clear that he is definitely NOT on the Trump train:

It’s hard to believe that in a nation of more than 300 million Americans Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will be our choices for President.

As for me, I absolutely will NOT support Hillary Clinton for President.

Hillary Clinton represents the third term of Barack Obama & our nation cannot afford to continue those failed policies at home or abroad.

I also cannot in good conscience support Donald Trump because I do not believe he is a reliable Republican conservative, do not believe he is a reliable GOP conservative, nor has he displayed the judgment and temperament to serve as Commander in Chief.

Finally, I do not plan to attend the Republican convention in Cleveland this summer.

After the election, regardless of who wins, I’ll do everything I can to help new President deal w/ the many challenges facing our nation.

Of course, The Donald wasted no time responding:

“I fully understand why Lindsey Graham cannot support me. If I got beaten as badly as I beat him, and all the other candidates he endorsed, I would not be able to give my support either,” he said in a statement.

“Every time I see Lindsey Graham spew hate during interviews I ask why the media never questions how I single handily destroyed his hapless run for President. As a candidate who did not receive 1% in his own state – compared to my victory at nearly 40% with many others in the race – he has zero credibility.”

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Jeb Bush: “I Will Not Vote For Donald Trump”

Jeb Bush

Just days after Donald Trump became the presumptive presidential candidate for the Republican party, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has publicly announced he will not support or vote for The Donald.

From Jeb Bush’s Facebook page:

The American Presidency is an office that goes beyond just politics. It requires of its occupant great fortitude and humility and the temperament and strong character to deal with the unexpected challenges that will inevitably impact our nation in the next four years.

Donald Trump has not demonstrated that temperament or strength of character. He has not displayed a respect for the Constitution. And, he is not a consistent conservative. These are all reasons why I cannot support his candidacy.

Hillary Clinton has proven to be an untrustworthy liberal politician who, if elected, would present a third term of the disastrous foreign and economic policy agenda of Barack Obama.

In November, I will not vote for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, but I will support principled conservatives at the state and federal levels, just as I have done my entire life. For Republicans, there is no greater priority than ensuring we keep control of both chambers of Congress. I look forward to working hard for great conservatives in the Senate and House in the coming months.

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Battleground Maps Show Trump Starts General Election With Significant Challenge

NBC News is out with their first electoral college projection map for the 2016 presidential race, and it shows Donald Trump and the Republicans begin with a much steeper, uphill climb than Hillary Clinton and the Democrats.

From NBC News:

That map gives Clinton and the Democrats a 253-190 edge in electoral votes, with 95 in the tossup column.

And here’s why Dems have the advantage: They surpass the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency by just winning one of Florida or Ohio.

Or a combination of Colorado and Virginia.

One other thing: Our Tossup designations are very conservative; it’s where we think things *could* be later this summer. But right now, there are more polls showing Clinton ahead in these states than ones with Trump leading.

The Washington Post posits a similar situation, albeit from a different angle.

Were Hillary to win the 19 states (and D.C.) that every Dem has won since 1992, she gets to 242 electoral votes. If she wins Florida’s 29 electoral votes – Boom! She reaches 271 and the presidency. Clinton currently leads Trump by 13 in Florida according to a recent poll.

Additionally, Hillary currently leads in the ten most likely “swing” states.

However you slice it, the Trumpster begins with a tough map to overcome.

For the record, here’s how states have gone in the last six presidential elections (click to enlarge).

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Donald Trump Panders (Badly) To Hispanics On Cinco De Mayo

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/728297587418247168

Should I mention that Taco Salads aren’t even on the menu at Trump Tower Grill?

#Pandering #Fail

Hillary Clinton’s campaign team didn’t miss a beat reminding folks how Trump REALLY feels:

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The Hill: Trump’s VP Top 10 Contenders

Political news website The Hill shares this video round-up of what the folks there think will be Donald Trump’s “Top Ten” Choices for running mate on the Republican presidential ticket.

On the list: Ben Carson, Chris Christie, Marco Rubio, John Kasich, Newt Gingrich, Florida Gov. Rick Scott, New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, Rep. Marsha Blackburn, and retired USMC Gen. James “Mad Dog” Mattis.

You’ll note at least 4-5 of these folks have pointed declared in the past that they have no interest in the veep spot.

We shall see.

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Hillary Launches Devastating Attack Ad Using GOP Candidates’ Statements

Oh yeah, Hillary Clinton was ready for this day. The day Donald Trump actually became the Republican nominee for president.

This ad practically wrote itself.

Using language straight out of not only The Donald’s mouth, but his primary season opponents, Mitt Romney calls Trump a misogynist, Marco Rubio claims he’s the most “vulgar person to ever aspire to the presidency,” and Jeb Bush says Trump needs therapy.

Just put this on repeat for the next six month.

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Today’s Cover Of The New York Daily News

The New York Daily News writes the obituary on the Republican Party as Donald Trump secures the GOP nomination for president 

From Mike Lupica at the New York Daily News:

Of course it is one thing to win a nomination and another to get the 50 million more votes that you need to become President.

Only Trump himself knows if he really thought he could pull this off. He says he did, that the only thing that surprised him, as he said to me months ago, was “how quickly it happened.” No one will ever know if he could have gotten to where he is without the low blows.

But the reason he thinks he can beat Hillary Clinton is because he just put an entire political party out of business. Republican Party. Just put an “i” in the middle. So the initials read this way: R.I.P.

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Donald Trump: Lyin’ Ted Is Becoming “More And More Unhinged”

During an interview with “Fox & Friends” this morning, Donald Trump took some swings at opponent Ted Cruz which included parroting a recent National Enquirer article citing Cruz’s father, Rafael Cruz, linking him to President John F. Kennedy’s assassin.

This was, predictably, followed by Cruz responding to the accusation:

“This man is a pathological liar. He doesn’t know the difference between truth and lies,” Cruz said at a press conference. “He lies — practically every word that comes out of his mouth.”

At various points, he called Trump a “narcissist” and “serial philanderer” and said “morality doesn’t exist” for him.

Cruz also responded at length to the Republican presidential frontrunner’s suggestion earlier in the day that Cruz’s father, Rafael Cruz, was somehow linked to Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin of President John F. Kennedy.

The Texas senator mocked Trump’s suggestions, going on a sarcastic riff to lump in Trump with famous conspiracy theorists.

“Yes, my dad killed JFK. He’s secretly Elvis. And Jimmy Hoffa is buried in his backyard,” Cruz said.

And, of course, The Donald wasn’t about to let Cruz have the last word. Said Trump:

Ted Cruz is a desperate candidate trying to save his failing campaign. It is no surprise he has resorted to his usual tactics of over-the-top rhetoric that nobody believes.

Over the last week, I have watched Lyin’ Ted become more and more unhinged as he is unable to react under the pressure and stress of losing, in all cases by landslides, the last six primary elections — in fact, coming in last place in all but one of them.

Today’s ridiculous outburst only proves what I have been saying for a long time, that Ted Cruz does not have the temperament to be President of the United States.

File this under #InfightingIsFun

Needless to say, all eyes are on the primary in Indiana tonight as pundits and pols are watching to see if Trump can score a decisive victory in an attempt to shut out Cruz from any delegates.

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First Attack Ad Aligning Donald Trump and Down-Ballot Senate Republicans

Should Donald Trump become the Republican nominee for president (and it’s looking like that’s where the GOP is headed), you can expect to see a LOT more campaign spots like this from Democratic U.S. Senate candidates who declare their support for the Donald.

From Connor Eldridge, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Arkansas.