Las convenciones le darán inicio a la elección general, y los republicanos de la Cámara de Representantes están marcando esta ocasión alineándose a Donald Trump. El presidente de la Cámara de Representantes, Paul Ryan, encabezara esos esfuerzos cuando de su discurso en la Convención el martes por la noche, incluso cuando Donald Trump sigue promoviendo sus peligrosas políticas y dividiendo a los estadounidenses. En el momento que los votantes de la elección general comienzan a participar plenamente, los republicanos de la Cámara de Representantes están poniendo su partido primero antes que nuestro país al respaldar a su candidato oficial.
Aquí están algunos puntos sobre las Convenciones Nacionales Republicana y Demócrata y el significado antes del ocho de noviembre:
- En la Convención Nacional Republicana, el “establishment” republicano se alineará a Donald Trump – pero el pueblo estadunidense rechazará su candidatura.
- Votantes de la elección general saben, especialmente los votantes Hispanos, quien es Donald Trump – lo asociaran al partido republicano y a los republicanos de la Cámara de Representantes: Los votantes de la elección general – gente común quienes están en shock y asqueados con Trump y lo que ha pasado con los estándares republicanos – también están desilusionados con los congresistas republicanos que apoyan a Trump. Es claro que los congresistas republicanos están dispuestos a unirse a Trump, y a implementar su peligrosa visión para nuestro país.
- Esto no será “GREAT” para los republicanos: A la solicitud de Donald Trump, republicanos en el Congreso describieron su junta en Washington D.C. como “estupenda” la semana pasada y ahora el presidente Ryan y el líder Kevin McCarthy darán discursos en la Convención Republicana apoyando a su candidato. Esto no cambia que los votantes independientes y los republicanos moderados no están tan “great” con la situación del partido republicano. Esta maniobra política es como ponerle una venda encima de la fractura del partido republicano. Los republicanos surgirán de su convención más dañados y disfuncionales que nunca.
- Después de la Convención Nacional Demócrata, los demócratas estarán más unidos y proveerán un contraste positivo a los republicanos:
- Las convenciones traerán unidad entre los demócratas: Los demócratas, desde Hillary Clinton y el resto de los candidatos demócratas, se beneficiaran extremadamente de la unidad y el impulso de las Convenciones. Esta unidad democrática es gracias al entusiasmo democrático hacia la Secretaria Clinton, combinado por el rechazo y temor de Donald Trump y su potencial de convertirse en el próximo presidente.
- Las convenciones traerán un contraste claro: Hasta ahora, los votantes de la elección general han visto la elección atreves del lente de Donald Trump – y otra vez, no les gusta lo que están viendo. Después de las Convenciones, los votantes de la elección general estarán poniendo más atención a los candidatos en la boleta, particularmente a aquellos republicanos que se han alineado a Trump. Esta evaluación entre las opciones que tienen los votantes en noviembre no solo beneficiara a Hillary Clinton en su contienda contra Trump, pero también ayudara a los candidatos demócratas para el Congreso quienes estarán haciendo responsables a los republicanos que no denunciaron a su candidato.
Es probable que la mayoría de representantes republicanos en distritos competitivos no asistirán a la Convención en Cleveland, cuyo es completamente irrelevante a la conversación. Lo que importa es que los independientes, republicanos moderados, mujeres, Hispanos, y otros alrededor del país miraran con horror como el partido republicano oficialmente corona a Donald Trump. Estos votantes verán en pantalla completa el perturbador estado del partido republicano, cual impactara negativamente como miran a los republicanos de la Cámara con su candidato divisivo, Donald Trump.
Mientras usted camina por los pasillos de la Convención Republicana en Cleveland y considera el impacto que Trump tendrá a la boleta republicana, aquí esta una lista de las posiciones de republicanos de la Cámara sobre Trump:
| District | Republican | Position On Trump |
| AZ-02 | Congresswoman Martha McSally | “But Rep. Martha McSally, a Republican from CD 2 who is running for re-election, hasn’t endorsed or disavowed Trump.” |
| CA-07 | Candidate Scott Jones | Jones: “I believe he is better than the alternatives and intend to vote for him.” |
| CA-10 | Congressman Jeff Denham | Denham: “I will be supporting the Republican nominee.” |
| CA-21 | Congressman David Valadao | Valadao: “Absolutely, I’m going to stick with the winner from my party, obviously.”
Then… “I cannot back a candidate who denigrates people based on their ethnicity, religion, or disabilities.” |
| CA-24 | Candidate Justin Fareed | Fareed: “Fareed supports Donald Trump for president.” |
| CA-25 | Congressman Steve Knight | Knight: “For his part, Knight has kept his distance from the GOP’s presumptive presidential nominee, declining to offer Trump any formal support. He is also planning to skip the Republican National Convention. ‘I have never endorsed for a presidential candidate, and that’s a consistent record I’ve had in and out of politics,’ Knight said in an interview. ‘I’ll be running my own race.’” |
| CA-49 | Darrell Issa | Issa: “Joining Trump on stage were veterans as well as local Republican U.S. Reps. Duncan Hunter Jr. and Darrell Issa.” |
| CA-52 | Candidate Denise Gitsham | Gitsham: “My focus is really on supporting the Republican nominee, whoever that is.” |
| CO-03 | Congressman Scott Tipton | Added Michael Fortney, Tipton’s campaign strategist: “While Congressman Tipton has not supported everything Donald Trump has said or done, he believes that our country cannot afford a third Obama term.”
“Looking at the choice of Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders vs the Republican nominee, [Tipton] will support the Republican nominee,” wrote Tipton’s spokesman Josh Green. |
| CO-06 | Congressman Mike Coffman | When asked if Coffman would support Republican nominee, spokeswoman said “Obviously yes.” |
| FL-07 | Congressman John Mica | Mica said he would support Trump but said he has “a little potty mouth” |
| FL-18 | Candidate Noelle Nikpour
Candidate Rebecca Negron Candidate Carl Domino Candidate Brian Mast Candidate Rick Kozell Candidate Mark Freeman |
Noelle Nikpour endorsed Trump
Rebecca Negron said she would support the Republican nominee Domino backed Trump Brian Mast said he would back Trump |
| FL-13 | Congressman David Jolly | Initially praised Trump and said he would back the Republican nominee, then called on Trump to drop out and said he didn’t know if he would get to point of supporting him by November. |
| IA-01 | Congressman Rod Blum | Rod Blum is “absolutely” supporting Trump.
Blum “shockingly reiterated his support … for Trump on party-first grounds.” |
| IA-03 | Congressman David Young | “Young says he’ll support whomever is chosen as the G-O-P presidential nominee.”
David Young is supporting Trump. |
| IN-02 | Congresswoman Jackie Walorski | Walorski said she will be supporting the GOP nominee in May 2016. |
| IN-09 | Candidate Trey Hollingsworth | On supporting Trump, Hollingsworth said, “I will of course be supportive of our Republican nominee.” |
| KS-03 | Congressman Kevin Yoder | Kevin Yoder has endorsed Donald Trump |
| ME-02 | Congressman Bruce Poliquin | Poliquin was recorded as saying he thought Trump would win and that he would help implement his policy.
Poliquin praised Trump as the only “major job creator” in the race. |
| MI-01 | Candidate Jason Allen
Candidate Tom Casperson |
Jason Allen says he’ll support nominee
Casperson says “my heart is leaning more towards Trump” |
| MI-07 | Congressman Tim Walberg | Walberg will support the nominee |
| MI-08 | Congressman Mike Bishop | Bishop says he’ll support the nominee. |
| MN-02 | Candidate David Gerson
Candidate John Howe Candidate Jason Lewis Candidate Darlene Miller |
All GOP candidates have pledged to support the nominee |
| MN-03 | Congressman Erik Paulsen | Erik Paulsen says he’ll support the nominee, even if it’s Trump |
| MN-08 | Candidate Stewart Mills | Endorsed Trump |
| MT-AL | Congressman Ryan Zinke | Ryan Zinke said Trump is qualified to be president.
Zinke: “It is Donald Trump. And so it’s now to rally the troops around Donald Trump.” |
| NE-02 | Candidate Don Bacon | Bacon said he would support the Republican nominee
Bacon attended the Trump rally in Omaha |
| NH-01 | Congressman Frank Guinta
Candidate Rich Ashooh |
Guinta endorsed Trump.
Ashooh was ready for the question with an answer distancing himself from the presumptive nominee without criticizing him. “Elections are about choice, right? So in a choice between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, there should be no mystery. I’m not voting for Hillary Clinton,” he answered. |
| NH-02 | Congressman Jack Flanagan | Jack Flanagan said he will support Trump if he is the nominee. |
| NJ-03 | Congressman Tom MacArthur | Tom MacArthur “plans to back Trump.” |
| NJ-05 | Congressman Scott Garrett | “Congressman Garrett intends to support the Republican nominee,” said a statement from Sarah Neibart, Garrett’s campaign manager |
| NV-03 | Candidate Danny Tarkanian | Tarkanian: “Democrats also hope to harness anti-Donald Trump fervor to take down Tarkanian, who went further in his support for Trump than fellow GOP candidates in Nevada by introducing the billionaire businessman at a Las Vegas rally June 18.” |
| NV-04 | Congressman Cresent Hardy | Hardy: “‘…He has said that he will support whomever the Republican nominee is,’ said Hardy’s campaign manager Ross Hemminger in a statement.” |
| NY-01 | Congressman Lee Zeldin | Lee Zeldin announced his endorsement of Trump and plans to vote for him. |
| NY-02 | Congressman Peter King | Peter King announced his endorsement of Trump and plans to vote for him. |
| NY-03 | Candidate Jack Martins | Martins has already jumped on the Trump train, telling reporters in May that he’d back Trump as his party’s nominee. |
| NY-19 | Candidate John Faso | “From day one, John Faso has consistently said he would support the Republican Party’s nominee. That has not changed.” |
| NY-21 | Congresswoman Elise Stefanik | “I will support Donald Trump.” |
| NY-22 | Candidate Claudia Tenney | “In contrast, state Assemblywoman Claudia Tenney has said she voted for Trump in the New York presidential primary. “The reason I supported Donald Trump is because we need someone who will shake up the establishment and get away from what’s been going on,” Tenney said during a June 13 radio debate. “Now I don’t love everything he says, but he stands for changing the establishment and they are terrified.”” |
| NY-23 | Congressman Tom Reed | Tom Reed endorsed Donald Trump, and laughably called for moving “beyond bombastic rhetoric.” |
| NY-24 | Congressman John Katko | Katko said he’d “back whoever the Republican nominee is.” |
| PA-08 | Candidate Brian Fitzpatrick | Fitzpatrick said in primary debate he would back whoever PA-08 went for in primary. |
| PA-16 | Candidate Lloyd Smucker | Said he will back Trump. |
| SC-05 | Congressman Mick Mulvaney | “I’ll be supporting Donald Trump, looking forward to that. I actually think it’s gonna be kinda fun to have a new kind of candidate in the race. Not my first choice – I was a Rand Paul guy but I was pretty excited about having someone who’s outside of politics run at the top of my ticket.” |
| TX-23 | Congressman Will Hurd | Hurd “going to reserve” endorsement until Trump shows respect for women and minorities |
| UT-04 | Congresswoman Mia Love | 7/12/16 on CNN’s “The Lead,” Rep. Mia Love said that presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump would need a “positive agenda” to win her support.
5/04/16: Sen. Rep. Mia Love’s campaign manager said she hasn’t decided. |
| VA-05 | Candidate Tom Garrett | Said he would support Republican nominee |
| VA-10 | Congresswoman Barbara Comstock | Comstock claimed Donald Trump has to earn her vote, and has not done so yet |
| WI-08 | Candidate Frank Lasee
Candidate Mike Gallagher |
Lasee: “I’m willing to work with whoever our nominee is. Not going to dis whatever the American people decide. If they decide Donald Trump is our guy, he’s our guy.”
Gallagher: “I certainly intend to support the nominee.” |