The Briefing Room
General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: Frank Cannon on March 31, 2016, 12:03:24 am
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http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/trump-campaign-chief-says-ted-cruz-wasnt-involved-in-melania#.stXKpd9AY
Donald Trump’s campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, said in a radio interview on Tuesday that Ted Cruz’s campaign was not involved in an attack ad on Trump’s wife, Melania. Lewandowski’s comments contradict his own candidate’s repeated claims the Cruz campaign was responsible.
Lewandowski made the comments on the John Fredericks Show, where he denied the Trump campaign had any involvement with a National Enquirer story alleging Cruz had affairs with five different women. Roger Stone, a long time Trump aide who is no longer affiliated with the campaign, was quoted in the story.
“I have no control over what Roger Stone does, doesn’t work for the campaign. He’s an independent individual who has no relationship with the campaign in any way, shape, or form,” said Lewandowski. “For them to intimate otherwise is completely inaccurate and it’s a narrative that they want to continue to perpetuate. The bottom line is Roger Stone is as much tied to this campaign as the super PAC that leaked that is tied to the Cruz campaign.”
In the days leading up to the Utah caucuses, an anti-Trump super PAC released a Facebook ad featuring a nude photo of Melania Trump. Trump has blamed Ted Cruz and his campaign for the ad, despite no evidence linking the campaign to it.
“No, everybody knows he sent it out,” Trump told Anderson Cooper on Tuesday, claiming Cruz broke federal election law to be involved in $300 Facebook ad from the anti-Trump super PAC Make America Awesome. ” He knew the people in the super PAC. He knew — I would be willing to bet he wrote the phrase.”
Lewandowski said earlier in the radio interview on Tuesday that Stone was no longer involved with the campaign, and for Cruz to claim otherwise was just like the Trump campaign saying the super PAC was coordinating with Cruz.
“To be clear, Roger Stone is someone who does not work for the campaign. He was a consultant to the campaign up until August of last year and then I’ve had no communication with Roger Stone until August of last year,” said Lewandowski. “For the Cruz campaign to equate that Roger Stone is part of this campaign is akin to us saying the super PAC that put out the pictures of Melania Trump is part of their campaign. Now, they can deny that, and they can say that they have no communication, but the two are exactly equal.”
At a CNN town hall on Tuesday, Cruz noted the only person cited in the discredited story was Stone.
“The story, on its face, quoted one person on the record: Roger Stone,” Cruz said. “Roger Stone has been Donald Trump’s chief political adviser. He planned and ran his presidential campaign and he’s been his hatchet man — he’s spent 40 years as a hatchet man.
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A small primer on Roger Stone....
(http://www.redstate.com/uploads/2016/03/stone.png)
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Uh, oh.
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My head is spinning over all the lies, misstatements, and contradictions coming out of the Trump campaign in the last week. Now, Trump's consigliere admits Cruz had nothing to do with the Melania ad.
In other words, Trump told a bold-faced lie last night on CNN. So, what else is new?
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Statement from John Kasich on the issue....
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My head is spinning over all the lies, misstatements, and contradictions coming out of the Trump campaign in the last week. Now, Trump's consigliere admits Cruz had nothing to do with the Melania ad.
In other words, Trump told a bold-faced lie last night on CNN. So, what else is new?
I get the impression that the Trump campaign people see the wheels coming off the bus and might be trying to salvage what dignity and respect they have left.
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A small primer on Roger Stone....
(http://www.redstate.com/uploads/2016/03/stone.png)
"I'm a libertarian and a libertine"
Well that's not anything to brag about.
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Katrina Pierson
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@KatrinaPierson
Cruz should denounce his SuperPAC for attack on @realDonaldTrump wife. Attacked her because she's a beautiful & successful entanpanuer. Sick
1:16 PM - 23 Mar 2016
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There's just so much there, Frank. I don't know where to start.
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There's just so much there, Frank. I don't know where to start.
I think this is a big deal considering that the Trump folks have been fighting like mad that this was all a Cruz tactic. Trumps number one guy is debunking the whole damn thing now and it looks like they knew it from the very beginning.
How many other smears against Cruz were fabricated inside the Trump camp?
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Katrina Pierson
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@KatrinaPierson
Cruz should denounce his SuperPAC for attack on @realDonaldTrump wife. Attacked her because she's a beautiful & successful entanpanuer. Sick
1:16 PM - 23 Mar 2016
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entanpanuer Is that Latin or Spanish for entrepreneur? Or just butchered spelling?
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Statement from John Kasich on the issue....
(http://i.imgur.com/HFGuSXs.gif)
OMG!!! Thank yo for the humor! Kasich at his best...the demented windmill strikes again!
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I think this is a big deal considering that the Trump folks have been fighting like mad that this was all a Cruz tactic. Trumps number one guy is debunking the whole damn thing now and it looks like they knew it from the very beginning.
How many other smears against Cruz were fabricated inside the Trump camp?
Same question applies to every other candidate. Which candidate is without sin?
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Above all else -- Trump owes Cruz a PUBLIC apology!
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entanpanuer Is that Latin or Spanish for entrepreneur? Or just butchered spelling?
Stupid. Katrina Pierson is a stupid racist.
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entanpanuer Is that Latin or Spanish for entrepreneur? Or just butchered spelling?
She later defended her poor spelling by saying that only snobs spell properly....
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/03/23/katrina_pierson_praises_melania_trump_as_entanpanuer.html
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entanpanuer Is that Latin or Spanish for entrepreneur? Or just butchered spelling?
LOL. I think it was just butchered spelling.
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Above all else -- Trump owes Cruz a PUBLIC apology!
LOL. Any bets on that ever happening?
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entanpanuer Is that Latin or Spanish for entrepreneur? Or just butchered spelling?
It's just another way of saying "I'm stupid" - which is par for the course for a Trump person.
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Wondering if Trumpbart will retract any of their slanted reporting on this?
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She later defended her poor spelling by saying that only snobs spell properly....
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/03/23/katrina_pierson_praises_melania_trump_as_entanpanuer.html
I wonder if she is aware of spellcheck or Merriam-Webster?
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It's just another way of saying "I'm stupid" - which is par for the course for a Trump person.
Were you born that way or is it self attained?
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Stupid. Katrina Pierson is a stupid racist.
??? Racist against who???
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??? Racist against who???
A while back Katrina laid down some twitter posts calling people half breeds and the like. It was some pretty bad stuff.
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A while back Katrina laid down some twitter posts calling people half breeds and the like. It was some pretty bad stuff.
She also tweeted about wearing a necklace made of aborted fetuses.
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??? Racist against who???
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/01/trump-spokeswoman-katrina-pierson-has-a-long-history-of-outrageously-racist-tweets/
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She also tweeted about wearing a necklace made of aborted fetuses.
She's a real weird broad. I have no idea why anyone would choose her as a national spokesman for a political campaign.
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She's a real weird broad. I have no idea why anyone would choose her as a national spokesman for a political campaign.
Tinfoil hat time; She was a plant that didn't get watered.
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Tinfoil hat time; She was a plant that didn't get watered.
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She's a real weird broad. I have no idea why anyone would choose her as a national spokesman for a political campaign.
She has a reputation for getting in front of people, pushing her way in, and staying in front of them until she gets her way. That, along with her abrasive style compliments Trump.
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She has a reputation for getting in front of people, pushing her way in, and staying in front of them until she gets her way. That, along with her abrasive style compliments Trump.
From my point of view the decision to use her is an indictment on Trumps ability to choose solid people. He constantly falls back on the old "I will choose the best and brightest person yadda yadda yadda" when he routinely fumbles on rudimentary topics. If that is true why does he have a train wreck selling him to the American voters?
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From my point of view the decision to use her is an indictment on Trumps ability to choose solid people. He constantly falls back on the old "I will choose the best and brightest person yadda yadda yadda" when he routinely fumbles on rudimentary topics. If that is true why does he have a train wreck selling him to the American voters?
Rafael Cruz, Ted’s Dad, Endorsed Her Congressional Run
Maybe she really is a Cruz plant? :dropjaw:
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Rafael Cruz, Ted’s Dad, Endorsed Her Congressional Run
Maybe she really is a Cruz plant? :dropjaw:
So then why did the smartest man to ever trod the earth hire her?
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So then why did the smartest man to ever trod the earth hire her?
That would be Obama, wouldn't it?