Hillary Clinton’s campaign said Thursday that the difficulties Republicans are having finding common ground with Donald Trump show that even the GOP sees Trump as a risk.
“Since Donald Trump became the Republican Party’s presumptive nominee for president last Tuesday, the chorus of Republicans and conservative commentators from around the country rejecting his unpredictable, risky and divisive candidacy has grown daily,” the Clinton campaign wrote in a press release Thursday morning.
“Donald Trump has proven himself to be a loose cannon whose hateful language and dangerous policies will do serious harm to working families and put America’s security at risk, and Republicans are continuing to acknowledge that a President Trump would be too big a risk,” it added.
Since Trump was named the presumptive GOP nominee last Tuesday, the Clinton campaign has capitalized on the lack of party support for the nominee, repeatedly emailing the press with lists of conservative politicians, commentators and pundits who either denounced support for the Republican Party or said they could not yet support Trump as the nominee.
Ryan on Thursday called his meeting with Trump “positive,” but still has yet to announce his support for the party nominee.
Following the meeting between Trump and Ryan, the democratic front-runner’s campaign also released a video titled “GOP Unity” showing various high-ranking Republicans bashing Trump during the primary season. After Jeb Bush, Ted Cruz, Paul Ryan, Lindsey Graham and others bash Trump, the video flashes to a clip of Trump calling for “unity” within the party.
“Good luck with that,” the Clinton campaign responded.
