 A growing number of Republican lawmakers and strategists fear that Donald Trump’s hostile remarks about minorities and his un­or­tho­dox strategy have imperiled his campaign at the end of a five-week head start on Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton that they hoped would fortify him heading into the general election. He also suggested Clinton should be “put in jail” for using a private email server while secretary of state and called her a “stiff.” 
 
 Trump, who after a series of terror attack also called for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States, told CBS' "Face the Nation" that "it’s possible" that a Muslim judge would treat him unfairly. Trump on Sunday again defended his comments about the judge and dismissed Clinton’s assertion that his remarks are “racist.” 
 
 “I have been treated very unfairly by this judge,” Trump told CNN’s “State of the Union.” 
 
 In an extended back-and-forth exchange with host Jake Tapper, Trump acknowledged that Judge Curiel is indeed from Indiana but argued that he’s “very proud” of his Mexican heritage, to the extent he is a member of a “very pro-Mexico society.” 
 
 “I’m building a wall. Walsh, who does not support Trump at the moment, said in an interview that Republican leaders should not hesitate to condemn comments that are “the definition of racism.” 
 
 “It’s very toxic for other Republican campaigns and for the party as a whole,” he said. Trump’s remark on a theoretical Muslim judge followed his repeated comments arguing that U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel, who is presiding over fraud lawsuits against his Trump ­University education business, should have recused himself because “he’s a Mexican.” Trump says his desire to build a wall on the border with Mexico was in conflict with the judge’s ethnic background; Curiel was born in Indiana to Mexican immigrant parents. "We're all behind him now," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on NBC's "Meet the Press," adding that it's time for unifying the party, not "settling scores and grudges."  Donald Trump supporter Newt Gingrich on Sunday sharply criticized the presumptive GOP presidential nominee for his racially-sensitive remarks about the judge presiding over the Trump University civil fraud case. He added: “If a liberal were to attack Justice Clarence Thomas on the grounds that he’s black, we would all go crazy.” 
 
 Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.), a longtime party strategist and Trump supporter, said in an interview that the real estate mogul needs to “move from a primary message to more of a general-election message” and “to start trying to find ways to reach out to groups he doesn’t need to win, but he needs to make sure he’s not annihilated among,” such as African Americans and Hispanics. “But they have time and a bully pulpit like few other Republican candidates in recent times.” 
 
 Rick Wilson, a longtime GOP operative who has been one of the most aggressive critics of Trump, penned a column to fellow Republicans this weekend warning that candidates up for election will be yoked to Trump: “You own his politics. “I’m going to play heavy in California,” Trump said in Redding on Friday. “And Trump's continuing ethnic slurs and rants against everyone, including a distinguished federal judge, I think makes my point rather conclusively.” 
 
 Asked about a recent State Department Inspector General’s report that concluded that Clinton did not receive approval for “exclusive reliance on a personal email account to conduct Department business,” the former Secretary of State would not say whether she accepted the conclusion that she did not follow the department’s rules.
– Donald Trump's claim that a US-born judge is a Mexican with a conflict of interest is "inexcusable" and "one of the worst mistakes Trump has made," according to Newt Gingrich, a Trump ally so staunch he has been talked about as a VP pick. "That judge is not a Mexican. He's an American," Gingrich tells Fox News. "I hope it was sloppiness." He adds: "If a liberal were to attack Justice Clarence Thomas on the grounds that he's black, we would all go crazy." But Gingrich stresses that he's still impressed by Trump, whom he considers a far better candidate than the "much more flawed" Hillary Clinton. "I'm amazed at his speed, how fast he learns," Gingrich says. "He's a remarkable leader. We have a very good relationship." He says Trump is now at a "turning point" where he needs to run a more disciplined campaign. Gingrich isn't the only Republican who has taken exception to Trump's remarks on Judge Gonzalo Curiel, who is overseeing two fraud cases against Trump University, and to Trump's suggestion Sunday that he would also consider a Muslim judge biased. "His comments are offensive and wrong and he should retract them," New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte tells the Washington Post. Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell have also criticized the remarks. On ABC News' This Week, Clinton denounced the remarks as a "typical Trumpism" and an attempt to deflect attention from "very serious fraud charges" by attacking a distinguished federal judge. "Judge Curiel is as American as I am and certainly as American as Donald Trump is," she said.