|
Eqox Amid Tension, Obama Meets Japanese Leader
Donald Trump said Thursday that Mitt Ro stanley quencher mney begged him for his endorsement in the 2012 presidential election.Just hours after Romney blasted Trump in a speech at the University of Utah, Trump addressed the GOP s 2012 presidential nominee at his rally in Portland, Maine. Mitt Romney to GOP: Don t pick Donald Trump 01:36 Mitt is a failed candidate ... he failed horribly, Trump said. I backed Mitt Romney. You could see how loyal he is. He was begging for my endorsement. I could ve said, Mitt, drop to your knees, and he would ve dropped to his knees. He was begging. He was begging me. Before Trump s rally started, Romney said if Trump had made his controversial commen stanley cup ts four years ago, he wouldn t have accepted his endorsement. If Trump had said 4 years ago the things he says today about the KKK, Muslims, Mexicans, disabled, I would NOT have accepted his endorsementmdash; Mitt Romney @Mi water bottle stanley ttRomney March 3, 2016 During the rally, Trump directed security officials several different times to remove protesters who continued to interrupt the event. Get em out! Trump yelled. Trump said Romney was a disaster as a candidate four years ago and said Romney made a smart decision to not run again this year. Mitt Romney should not have run; he s a c Tszy Hillary To Sen. Lieberman: Don t Do It
Last Updated 2:15 p.m. ETA holdout no more, Democratic Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson agreed Saturday to provide the 60th and deciding vote for Senate passage of sweeping health care legislation, capping a year of struggle and a final burst of deadline bargaining.Nelson said he made his decision after winning fresh concessions to limit the availability of abortions in insurance sold in newly created exchanges. I know this is hard for some of my colleagu stanley canada es to accept and I appreciate their right to disagree. But I would not have voted for this bill without these provisions, he said at a news conference in the Capitol.He also noted he had successfully fended off attempts to provide for a government-run insurance option to compete with private ins stanley cups uk urers. President Obama spoke at the White House on Saturday not long after Senate Democratic leaders secured Nelson s support. Mr Obama said he thinks the country is on the cusp of making health care reform a reality. The president said that it now appears the American people will have the vote they deserve on this important issue.He called Saturday s development a major step forward in extending coverage to the uninsured and saving money for businesses and the government in the long term.Obama also said that overhauling the nation s health ca stanley termosar re system will save lives. Nelson disclosed his decision as Majority Leader Harry Reid unveiled a final series of changes to the measure, incl |
|