Post by Logan on Jun 4, 2016 0:13:36 GMT -6
Gov. Haslam says Trump's attack on fellow governor 'not helpful'
Gov. Bill Haslam said Wednesday he doesn’t believe Donald Trump’s harsh criticism last week of New Mexico’s governor — Haslam’s successor as chairman of the Republican Governors Association — is helpful to the candidate or the party.
At a rally last week in Albuquerque, N.M., the presumptive Republican presidential nominee attacked GOP Gov. Susana Martinez in a speech, saying she “isn’t doing the job,” blaming her for the city’s unemployment rate and apparently erroneously asserting that she was allowing Syrian refugees to settle in New Mexico.
Martinez, the highest elected Hispanic woman in the country, has criticized Trump’s campaign rhetoric over the past several months, had endorsed Florida Sen. Marco Rubio before his withdrawal from the presidential race, has not endorsed Trump and did not attend the rally.
Although fellow Republican governors rushed to her defense, Trump’s top campaign aide, Corey Lewandowski, repeated his boss’s criticisms of Martinez in an exchange on Fox News Sunday.
Read more: www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2016/06/01/gov-bill-haslam-says-donald-trumps-attack-fellow-gop-governor-not-helpful/85263504/
Gov. Bill Haslam said Wednesday he doesn’t believe Donald Trump’s harsh criticism last week of New Mexico’s governor — Haslam’s successor as chairman of the Republican Governors Association — is helpful to the candidate or the party.
At a rally last week in Albuquerque, N.M., the presumptive Republican presidential nominee attacked GOP Gov. Susana Martinez in a speech, saying she “isn’t doing the job,” blaming her for the city’s unemployment rate and apparently erroneously asserting that she was allowing Syrian refugees to settle in New Mexico.
Martinez, the highest elected Hispanic woman in the country, has criticized Trump’s campaign rhetoric over the past several months, had endorsed Florida Sen. Marco Rubio before his withdrawal from the presidential race, has not endorsed Trump and did not attend the rally.
Although fellow Republican governors rushed to her defense, Trump’s top campaign aide, Corey Lewandowski, repeated his boss’s criticisms of Martinez in an exchange on Fox News Sunday.
Read more: www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2016/06/01/gov-bill-haslam-says-donald-trumps-attack-fellow-gop-governor-not-helpful/85263504/