Against him . Snoofrp well, he makes the argument that it the trump that the judge has made some decisions as the case has been litigated that have been unfair to donald trump, how he isnt particularly precise about it. Most of it is his interusuition. What trump has said hes a mexican despite the fact he was born in indiana and his parents immigrated legally years ago. Hes a federal u. S. District judge, and theres been a huge backlash on the right. Arizona senator jeff flake today made a big deal about it. Mitch mcconnell, the Senate Majority leader over the weekend made a big deal about it. House speaker paul rink, the day after he actually got around to endorsing donald trump joined the chorus of criticism about this line that because trump is building a wall the candidate argues that the judge cant be trusted and is somehow slanted against him because hes a latino. There are all those republicans who have been anding to this. Its worth noting that alberto gonzalez, the attorney du
Investigation . Into plus, the tone deaf plea that a rapist shouldnt have to pay such a steep price for, quote, 20 minutes of action. Why did a College Athlete who was found guilty get six months for raping an unconscious woman . Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Donald trump digging in on a heated and inflammatory attack. Mainly, his argument that a judges mexican heritage makes him unable to be fair in his case. Never mind the district judge court Gonzalo Curiel has never expressed an opinion on the wall publicly or that before a republican governor assistant u. S. Attorney curiel had to live under tight security after taking on a mexican drug cartel. Republican officials of all stripes are strongly condemning trumps words six weeks before he officially becomes their standard bearer at the convention in cleveland. Sara murray is joining me. Hes taking the same tone, slamming what donald trump has had to say, saying it reflects badly on our party and our n
Wrapped up. So why is he going after a federal judge . This judge is of mexico an heritage. Im building a wall. Im building a wall. I am going to do very well with the hispanics. So no mexican judge could ever be involved in a case that involves you . Hes involved in a society thats very pro mexico, which is fine. I think he should recuse himself. Thats not sitting well with many republicans and theyre doing everything they can to, well, distance themselves from those remarks. Essentially said he cannot be impartial because hes hispanic. Thats a is that not a racist statement . I couldnt disagree more with a Statement Like that. Look, the comment about the judge the other day was out of left field from my mind. Its reasoning i dont relate to. I completely disagree with the thinking behind that. Weve got all the angles covered for you this morning. Kasie hunt, Hallie Jackson and katy tur are all with me. Kasie, youre covering the Clinton Campaign out in l. A. How are they preparing for
Thats pretty darn good. Thats history made. I think we can drink to that. Good morning, everyone. Really, think about whats happened the last two weeks. This week we nominate the first woman, right, in our history . Youre not going to make a joke, are you . Last week, willie geist, the first Reality Tv Show started. Im not sure theyre equal in merit. We got here with that big dnc leak story. This is huge for this country. 240 years and we now have our first woman. Shes jumping up because i brought my pet cat from connecticut here. You know, mike, whats so fascinating about the United States, there are so many there are so many ways that we are first in the world, so many ways. But when it comes to this issue, israel was ahead of us like 40 years ago with golda meir. 1970 we are last in the world when it comes to letting women run this country. Its always been a little bit of an embarrassment. We certainly broke an important, important threshold. Theres absolutely no doubt about that, b
He should have not made the deal. He would have done something really important. This guy has buyers remorse. If he would have not done everything go home, go to sleep and relax, i would have been a hero. He made a deal with the devil. She is the devil. He made a deal with the devil. Clinton, she didnt take the bait. So far she has not responded to trump calling her the devil. Instead she is focusing her fire on trumps comments on the kahn family and trumps Business Records. Listen to what she said at a rally in february n nebraska. For the life of me i dont know why someone runs to be president of the United States who thinks and says we never win any more. Our country is full of looters. He says he wants to make America Great again. Well, he could actually start by making things in america again. Clinton will be campaigning in colorado. Trump will be in virginia. Thats another Battle Ground state with both spending a lot of time. Kristin fisher, thanks. Donald trump responding to the