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spanone

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Sun Jun 26, 2016, 01:58 PM Jun 2016

Top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell won't say if Donald Trump is qualified for the White House

republicans are not qualified to be a political party

Washington (CNN)Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wouldn't answer questions Sunday about whether Donald Trump is qualified for the presidency, saying he'll "leave that to the American people to decide."

The Kentucky Republican was pressed on ABC's "This Week" about Trump's lagging poll numbers -- and concerns that a series of controversies, which have included attacking a judge's ethnicity and firing his campaign manager, have left growing numbers of voters believing Trump is unqualified for the job.

"I think there's no question that he's made a number of mistakes over the last few weeks. I think they're beginning to right the ship. It's a long time until November. And the burden, obviously, will be on him to convince people that he can handle this job," McConnell said.

He praised Trump for firing campaign manager Corey Lewandowski and for increasingly using a teleprompter to deliver prepared speeches, rather than off-the-cuff remarks.


http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/26/politics/mitch-mcconnell-donald-trump-qualified/index.html
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Top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell won't say if Donald Trump is qualified for the White House (Original Post) spanone Jun 2016 OP
But dayum, he's sure qualified to pick our next SCOTUS judge. CincyDem Jun 2016 #1
what a crazy fookin' year....we were warned!!!!! spanone Jun 2016 #3
Priceless. n/t CincyDem Jun 2016 #5
On the other hand he failed to say he was qualified. Somethime it is what one does not say. Thinkingabout Jun 2016 #2
Cowardly. Afraid to let people know what he really thinks. Scientific Jun 2016 #4
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