Charlotte, NC – Trump Says He Regrets Past Remarks That ‘Caused Personal Pain’

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    Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S., August 18, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri Charlotte, NC – Donald Trump expressed regret on Thursday for remarks that “may have caused personal pain” as he sought to refocus his message in the face of falling opinion poll numbers in his first speech since a shake-up in his campaign this week.

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    “Sometimes, in the heat of debate and speaking on a multitude of issues, you don’t choose the right words or you say the wrong thing,” the Republican presidential nominee told a crowd in Charlotte, North Carolina. “I have done that, and I regret it, particularly where it may have caused personal pain. Too much is at stake for us to be consumed with these issues.”

    Trump has made his “tough talk” and brash style a selling point of his campaign for the Nov. 8 election, rarely apologizing even in the face of criticism for past remarks from within his own party.

    Trump recently faced a barrage of criticism when he attacked the family of a fallen Muslim American soldier. Khizr Khan, the father of Army Captain Humayun Khan who died in Iraq in 2004, had criticized Trump at the Democratic National Convention last month.

    Facing a polling deficit against Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, Trump has tried to reset his campaign, announcing on Wednesday a shake-up of his senior campaign staff. In the past week, Trump has abandoned his free-wheeling style of campaigning, instead using a teleprompter at every rally.

    Trump’s new campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, promised on Thursday the volatile Republican presidential candidate would stick to a more disciplined and uplifting message to voters in the final dash to Election Day without crimping his freewheeling style.

    Conway said the candidate’s White House bid could preserve his “authenticity” and still move past a long string of controversies to focus on issues.

    “We would like to take an uplifting, optimistic, policy-centric message directly to the American people,” Conway told CBS’s “This Morning” show, adding she was confident the former reality television star could stick to a sharper message.


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    takeittothem
    takeittothem
    7 years ago

    “Sometimes, in the heat of debate and speaking on a multitude of issues, you don’t choose the right words or you say the wrong thing,”

    When he attacked the family of a fallen Muslim American soldier, it was not in a debate.

    He is a filthy LIAR

    LuckyStrike
    LuckyStrike
    7 years ago

    he didn’t lie maybe he was referring to something else. He should have been more specific, that’s all.

    Proud_To_Be_American
    Proud_To_Be_American
    7 years ago

    Waiting for TRump surragates retract THEIR defence of TRump:

    Carl Paladino (a TRump crony) said that Khan was a terror sympathizer.
    Rick Perry told Khan “Shame on YOU!”
    Sean Hannity said “There’s a lot of controversial findings that I’ve dug up about Mr. Khan.”

    TRump supporters supported his bashing of Khan. (Now, they probably think that it is sarcasm!)

    Look at TRump’s people saying trash about Khan ….
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2HOKZrANaI

    I’m worried about our great country.

    alterknaker
    alterknaker
    7 years ago

    To little to late

    7 years ago

    Too little; too late! Trump should have been more humble and reflective at least six months ago. I’m afraid that he has dug himself into a hole, from which he will not be able to extricate himself. For example, when Megyn Kelly confronted him, in August, 2015, with certain remarks he made about females, he should have stated then that “I sincerely and deeply regret my choice of those words, and I sincerely apologize”. Instead, he attacked Megyn Kelly for months; then, he mocked a disabled reporter, and tried to lie his way out of it. He should have ignored the Pakistani Gold Star Father, and should not have made fun of John McCain, who was held in a North Vietnamese prison, and mistreated for years. Also, the scene of him with a Purple Heart was a farce. Trump cannot win this election by merely attacking Hillary; he has yet to specify what areas of the budget across the board (not just a few agencies), that he would cut. If he loses, he will be because of his big mouth, and his arrogance!!

    takeittothem
    takeittothem
    7 years ago

    He should stick to his teleprompter and read what someone else wrote. That he is good at. Of the cuff, he is a disaster – and he will be a disaster for America. When a crisis will develop, he won’t have the time to read his teleprompter.
    Woe onto us if he is elected, but I don’t worry, he is way way behind his opponent. And polls don’t lie. He does. And how !