Donald Trump assures voters his tone won't change


Two days after senior adviser Paul Manafort told Republican Party leaders that Donald Trump would "evolve" as he moves closer to the general election, CNN reports the frontrunner assured supporters he won't change.
"Everything I say I'm going to do, folks, I'll do," Trump said at a Bridgeport, Connecticut, rally Saturday.
He said that includes his plan to build a wall on the southern U.S. border to keep out illegal Mexican immigrants.
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Trump also acknowledged at the rally that running a campaign requires keeping up a certain image.
"You know, being presidential's easy — much easier than what I have to do," he said. "Here, I have to rant and rave. I have to keep you people going. Otherwise you're going to fall asleep on me, right?"
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Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.
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