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Trump refuses to endorse New Hampshire’s Ayotte, other GOP leaders

Trump refuses to endorse New Hampshire’s Ayotte, other GOP leaders

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is openly taunting the leaders of his own party by refusing to endorse House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte and Sen. John McCain of Arizona in their GOP primaries. Yet thus far, McCain, Ryan and other Republicans who've reluctantly declared that they plan to back Trump for president appear to be sticking with him. Trump made his declarations in an interview with The Washington Post in which he lit into Ayotte. All three lawmakers a

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is openly taunting the leaders of his own party by refusing to endorse House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte and Sen. John McCain of Arizona in their GOP primaries. Yet thus far, McCain, Ryan and other Republicans who've reluctantly declared that they plan to back Trump for president appear to be sticking with him. Trump made his declarations in an interview with The Washington Post in which he lit into Ayotte. All three lawmakers a…