http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/donald-trump-senate-support-224085 Trump support shrinking on Capitol Hill
Many elected Republicans were unimpressed with his attempt to walk back criticism of a judge because of his Mexican descent.
By Burgess Everett and Seung Min Kim
06/08/16 05:38 PM EDT
As Donald Trump’s attacks on a Hispanic judge settled over Capitol Hill like a dark cloud on Tuesday, Sen. Jeff Sessions dialed up Trump’s campaign to relay mounting alarm among elected Republicans about the presumptive nominee’s attacks on a federal judge because of his Mexican roots.
Trump tried to calm the waters a few hours later, issuing a statement that blamed the media and delivering a speech that skirted the issue altogether. But the non-apology walkback failed to placate many elected Republicans, who said in interviews on Wednesday that the GOP standard bearer has a ways to go to show the restraint and discipline it will take to win the presidency and keep Republicans from a down-ballot disaster in November.
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