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Donald Trump to hold rally in Green Bay on Friday
- http://www.wiscnews.com/news/state-and-regional/article_b9755677-0c92-586d-b38d-d3b0019f28c3.html -
Donald Trump is headed to Wisconsin, where some of the state's Republican officials have been distancing themselves from politically charged comments he made about the parents of a soldier killed in action.
The Republican presidential nominee plans to hold a rally in Green Bay on Friday, his first Wisconsin stop since the state's April primary. It comes a week after Trump's running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, campaigned in Republican-heavy Waukesha.
But the Wisconsin stop also comes as Republicans in the state who have supported Trump once again find themselves backing away from comments he made.
Trump has been engaged in an emotionally charged feud with Khizr and Ghazala Khan, the bereaved parents of a decorated Muslim Army captain who was killed by a suicide bomber in Iraq. He further stoked outrage by implying Ghazala Khan did not speak while standing alongside her husband at last week's Democratic convention because they are Muslim.
Gov. Scott Walker and House Speaker Paul Ryan, who are both Republicans who have endorsed Trump, said on Sunday that criticizing the family of a fallen soldier should be off limits.
"I don't care what they say. You'll never hear me question anything about a Gold Star family," Walker said. "I've gone to too many funerals, met too many families. What they've sacrificed is
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It's been an uneasy alliance for both Ryan and Walker with Trump. They were both late to endorse him — Walker backed Texas Sen. Ted Cruz in Wisconsin's primary — and they have also previously criticized Trump over comments he's made questioning the fairness of a judge because of his Hispanic heritage and his proposal to temporary ban Muslims from entering the country.
But Walker and Ryan, along with Sen. Ron Johnson, all appeared at the national convention two weeks ago and gave full-throated endorsements of Trump. Walker also appeared at the Pence rally in Wisconsin last week.
Johnson, who is locked in a tight re-election contest with Democrat Russ Feingold, issued a statement Monday praising the Khan family but not mentioning Trump -- a move the Feingold campaign criticized.
"Captain Humayun Khan and all the Americans who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our country deserve our deepest respect and gratitude," Johnson said. "I will always work to serve our nation's service members and veterans, and honor those who gave their lives to defend our freedoms."
The statement stopped short of calling on Trump to retract his comments, as Johnson did in June. Then, Johnson was responding to the controversy over Trump's assertion that a federal judge could not fairly preside over a court case involving Trump because of the judge's Mexican heritage.
Johnson's campaign spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment or whether he'd be joining Trump in Green Bay. Ryan's campaign spokesman, Zack Roday, said Ryan had events in his southeastern Wisconsin congressional district and would not be there.
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Trump decides to "diss" Wisconsin sons when rally scheduled for tomorrow! Senator Johnson, Priebus, Ryan, & Walker will be conspicuously missing! Go figure!
- http://www.wiscnews.com/news/state-and-regional/article_b9755677-0c92-586d-b38d-d3b0019f28c3.html -
Donald Trump is headed to Wisconsin, where some of the state's Republican officials have been distancing themselves from politically charged comments he made about the parents of a soldier killed in action.
The Republican presidential nominee plans to hold a rally in Green Bay on Friday, his first Wisconsin stop since the state's April primary. It comes a week after Trump's running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, campaigned in Republican-heavy Waukesha.
But the Wisconsin stop also comes as Republicans in the state who have supported Trump once again find themselves backing away from comments he made.
Trump has been engaged in an emotionally charged feud with Khizr and Ghazala Khan, the bereaved parents of a decorated Muslim Army captain who was killed by a suicide bomber in Iraq. He further stoked outrage by implying Ghazala Khan did not speak while standing alongside her husband at last week's Democratic convention because they are Muslim.
Gov. Scott Walker and House Speaker Paul Ryan, who are both Republicans who have endorsed Trump, said on Sunday that criticizing the family of a fallen soldier should be off limits.
"I don't care what they say. You'll never hear me question anything about a Gold Star family," Walker said. "I've gone to too many funerals, met too many families. What they've sacrificed is
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It's been an uneasy alliance for both Ryan and Walker with Trump. They were both late to endorse him — Walker backed Texas Sen. Ted Cruz in Wisconsin's primary — and they have also previously criticized Trump over comments he's made questioning the fairness of a judge because of his Hispanic heritage and his proposal to temporary ban Muslims from entering the country.
But Walker and Ryan, along with Sen. Ron Johnson, all appeared at the national convention two weeks ago and gave full-throated endorsements of Trump. Walker also appeared at the Pence rally in Wisconsin last week.
Johnson, who is locked in a tight re-election contest with Democrat Russ Feingold, issued a statement Monday praising the Khan family but not mentioning Trump -- a move the Feingold campaign criticized.
"Captain Humayun Khan and all the Americans who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our country deserve our deepest respect and gratitude," Johnson said. "I will always work to serve our nation's service members and veterans, and honor those who gave their lives to defend our freedoms."
The statement stopped short of calling on Trump to retract his comments, as Johnson did in June. Then, Johnson was responding to the controversy over Trump's assertion that a federal judge could not fairly preside over a court case involving Trump because of the judge's Mexican heritage.
Johnson's campaign spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment or whether he'd be joining Trump in Green Bay. Ryan's campaign spokesman, Zack Roday, said Ryan had events in his southeastern Wisconsin congressional district and would not be there.
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Trump decides to "diss" Wisconsin sons when rally scheduled for tomorrow! Senator Johnson, Priebus, Ryan, & Walker will be conspicuously missing! Go figure!
