1. Who owns the GOP?
Smarting from rejection by House speaker Paul Ryan, Donald Trump tweeted Friday that contrary to what Ryan had said: “I didn’t inherit [the GOP], I won it with millions of voters!”
2. You don’t own me
Republicans disagreed, with multiple House members following Ryan’s lead on Trump. “I think embracing Donald Trump is embracing demographic death,” Senator Lindsey Graham said.
Relax and be gracious’: Priebus advises Trump
3. The big meeting
Behind the scenes, party chair Reince Priebus urged Trump and Ryan to meet.
Reince feels, and I’m OK with that, that we should meet before we go our separate ways. So I guess the meeting will take place and who knows what will happen.
– Donald J Trump
4. Obama: 'This is not a reality show’
Barack Obama said the presidency was “a really serious job”. The election “is not entertainment, this is not a reality show,” he said. Then he was asked about Trump’s taco bowl tweet.
80,000 RTs for taco bowl tweet
5. Hello, GOP? It’s me, Hillary
After both former presidents Bush said they would sit out this year’s presidential race, Hillary Clinton has been personally placing calls to significant Bush family donors to explore possible common ground.
Clinton goes after Bush donors
6. Sanders objects to convention plan
Bernie Sanders wrote a letter to the Democratic party saying that his supporters were under-represented on party committees. “I will not allow them to be silenced” Sanders said.
7. Trump’s solution to national debt: squeeze creditors
I would borrow, knowing that if the economy crashed, you could make a deal. And if the economy was good, it was good. So, therefore, you can’t lose.
– Donald J Trump
Summary
Making America great again by running it like a failing Atlantic City casino ...
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) May 6, 2016
