He flew American Airlines, she flew United. For both, the unthinkable happened

He flew American Airlines, she flew United. For both, the unthinkable happened

White House spokesperson Caitlin Hayden said President Trump is “abhorred” by the announcement of the DNC email dump.

The president who emblazoned a picture of himself sticking his finger on a voter’s forehead, a picture of his Republican party-mate, former Alabama Rep. Ron Paul, and a photo of a well-known Republican strategist being mashed to the ground as he clapped, checked his phone and marveled at his chances of getting to the final debate, wasn’t happy about it.

“I’m outraged,” said Hillary Clinton, the Democratic National Committee’s national spokeswoman. “I know that. I know that that’s a very, very disturbing and disturbing campaign.”

The action that left the Obama-Clinton campaign in the dust represents a turning point for the GOP, which plans to continue convincing Trump voters to vote against her.

“It’s not often that the president is forced to change his mind about a candidate that someone is so desperate to have,” said Mark Warner, founder of the American Conservative Union, a conservative advocacy group. “It seems to me the issue would be a change of position from the president. What does this mean for Trump and his movement?”

As a candidate, Trump has obsessed with taxes and the role of government in the economy. He has expressed admiration for his nuclear-armed secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, who has said he will be a stronger commander in chief if he is elected.

But Trump has also favored a loose talk of taxes and regulations, emphasizing if he is deregulated he will “be ready for a revolution” in America, featured on his campaign websites.

In a win for the GOP this week, Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn said he would place a hold on any Senate vote on the matter.

“I’m not going to let it go to the Senate floor,” Cornyn said. “President Trump needs to follow through on his pledge to the American people to take a hard look at tax and regulation as part of his agenda to hit back at his opponents.”

The decision to fire Comey, the FBI director, follows a shift in the Democratic Party.

Sens. John Thune, a Democrat from South Dakota, and Claire McCaskill, a Democrat from Missouri, said they thought the White House did in fact test the new president’s temperament on Thursday. They took a shot at the Russians but said the White House didn’t test the committee’s findings because the committee found that Trump did not have “evidence” of collusion with the Russians.

“During the campaign, the president’s own campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, said he did not think the FBI or the special counsel had sufficient evidence to charge Mr. Trump with a crime,” Ms. McCaskill said in a statement. “The president’s security team has called on special counsel Robert Mueller to conduct an independent investigation into possible Russian interference in our 2016 election. Although Mr. Trump remains a candidate for president, he is the candidate of reason and integrity.”

Ms. McCaskill said the Clinton campaign’s “asset-management” problems have underscored the difficulty of electing “someone else who can actually lead us. This can’t be the candidate who wins the nomination.”

In a statement, Mr. Trump said he was “disappointed” with the decision by the House ethics committee to fire FBI Director James Comey.

“As the president of the United States and as a person who knows the law, especially in light of the victory of my friend, Comey, I am outraged that today’s decision would make us safer and bring us closer to the great men and women who are helping to guide our country. I am particularly appalled by, and am disgusted by, the fact that Senate Republicans have been unable, and possibly unable, to pass any major tax legislation in 20 years,” he said. “My heart goes out to the families and friends of those killed in the line of duty, and to the entire American people. Thank you.”

[A New Jersey teen who tried to pass a $1.5 million estate tax check to his father shows he was wrong]

Shortly afterward, Trump’s campaign issued a statement decrying the Mueller investigation.

“Until now, there has been no

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