The Briefing Room
General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: SirLinksALot on July 22, 2016, 04:25:53 pm
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SOURCE: POLITICO
URL: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/trump-ted-cruz-jfk-assassination-226020 (http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/trump-ted-cruz-jfk-assassination-226020)
By DAN SPINELLI
A day after accepting the Republican Party’s nomination for president, Donald Trump rehashed a conspiracy theory that claims the man who killed President John F. Kennedy once cavorted with Ted Cruz’s father.
“I don't know his father. I met him once. I think he's a lovely guy,” Trump said at a morning-after rally in Cleveland. “All I did is point out the fact that on the cover of the National Enquirer there was a picture of him and crazy Lee Harvey Oswald having breakfast.”
Trump invoked Cruz’s father during an extended screed against the Texas senator for failing to endorse him during the convention. While Trump and Cruz were primary rivals in May, Trump initially pointed out an Enquirer story which featured Cruz’s father, Rafael Cruz, pictured with Lee Harvey Oswald while handing out pro-Fidel Castro pamphlets in New Orleans in 1963.
More known for its sordid tales of celebrity affairs and alien invasion cover-ups, the National Enquirer has famously broken two major stories: John Edwards’ love child during the 2008 presidential campaign and some early aspects of O.J. Simpson’s 1994 murder trial, exceptions Trump gleefully pointed out on Friday.
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Trump gives credence to the National Enquirer by saying:
“This was a magazine that, in many respects, should be well respected, I mean if that was The New York Times, they would have gotten Pulitzer Prizes for their reporting.”
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I see men in white coats on tRump's horizon.
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Rubio spoke against Clinton.
So, if some say why isn't Trump talking about Clinton, likewise, why isn't Cruz talking about Clinton.
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Rubio spoke against Clinton.
So, if some say why isn't Trump talking about Clinton, likewise, why isn't Cruz talking about Clinton.
Trump is pro-LGBT rights, pro-abortion, pro-universal child care, pro-left on most issues actually. His enemies are conservatives. He proves it all the time.
Today is the day, the first day of the general election campaign. The day to set the tone of his campaign, rally the base, unite his party and try to draw some kind of distinction between himself and the other liberal nominee. Instead he uses his first press conference as the nominee to attack and make insane, mentally ill, accusations against a conservative Republican.
This is really the proof that he trying to elect Hillary.
He has no intention of actually winning this race.
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Rubio spoke against Clinton.
So, if some say why isn't Trump talking about Clinton, likewise, why isn't Cruz talking about Clinton.
Did you even bother to listen to his speech?
Read the text here and see how many times he attacked BOTH Obama and Clinton:
https://www.conservativereview.com/commentary/2016/07/full-text-of-cruzs-speech-trump-supporters-didnt-want-you-to-hear
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I am SHOCKED that Ted Cruz wouldn't endorse this piece of human excrement!
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I see men in white coats on tRump's horizon.
I can imagine that he would scribble insane rants against Ted Cruz all over the walls
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Cruz lives rent free in Trump's head.
Hillary seems to be an afterthought.
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Rubio spoke against Clinton.
So, if some say why isn't Trump talking about Clinton, likewise, why isn't Cruz talking about Clinton.
I thought Cruz was toast. Cruz isn't the nominee why should Cruz be talking about Clinton?
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I am SHOCKED that Ted Cruz wouldn't endorse this piece of human excrement!
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Trump needs shock treatment.
Those 2 lobotomies didn't help any
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Rubio spoke against Clinton.
So, if some say why isn't Trump talking about Clinton, likewise, why isn't Cruz xtalking about Clinton.
Good question. You think that Ted wants Hillary to lose
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Trump-Pence 2016
Because we absolutely must keep conservatives out of the White House!
lol.
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Good question. You think that Ted wants Hillary to lose
The question has a false assumption --- that Ted Cruz did not attack Hillary or Obama or did not talk about them. Just read his speech at the convention again. HE DID. More than once, contrasting what conservatives believe as opposed to Hillary.
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Trump is launching his race against Ted Cruz instead of Hillary.
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Trump is Nixon without the personality...
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This is why Trump will certainly lose. He cannot help himself.
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Trump is pro-LGBT rights, pro-abortion, pro-universal child care, pro-left on most issues actually. His enemies are conservatives. He proves it all the time.
Today is the day, the first day of the general election campaign. The day to set the tone of his campaign, rally the base, unite his party and try to draw some kind of distinction between himself and the other liberal nominee. Instead he uses his first press conference as the nominee to attack and make insane, mentally ill, accusations against a conservative Republican.
This is really the proof that he trying to elect Hillary.
He has no intention of actually winning this race.
Very well said.
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http://jfkassassination.net/russ/testimony/steele.htm
This is the testimony of the man that Trump is knowingly, falsely claiming is Rafeal Cruz.
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I see men in white coats on tRump's horizon.
Unfortunately there is no medication for a personality disorder. trump is so floridly narcissistic and surrounded by enablers- he will never get the insight into his disorder.
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http://jfkassassination.net/russ/testimony/steele.htm
This is the testimony of the man that Trump is knowingly, falsely claiming is Rafeal Cruz.
Lyin' Don won't like that at all.
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http://jfkassassination.net/russ/testimony/steele.htm
This is the testimony of the man that Trump is knowingly, falsely claiming is Rafeal Cruz.
Trump: There is no cure for this illness.
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Steve Deace
@SteveDeaceShow 1h1 hour ago
Why is a candidate flawed as Hillary winning?
Because she wouldn't spend the morning after her convention speech attacking Bernie Sanders.
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Steve Deace @SteveDeaceShow 1h1 hour ago
Why is a candidate flawed as Hillary winning?
Because she wouldn't spend the morning after her convention speech attacking Bernie Sanders.
That is a prize winner.
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This just in, Political's army of democrats still does all the thinking for those who think Cruz did no wrong.
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Jake Tapper
@jaketapper 3h3 hours ago
Fwiw, yes of course @TedCruz (https://twitter.com/tedcruz) denied that the person in the picture was his father.
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This just in, Political's army of democrats still does all the thinking for those who think Cruz did no wrong.
Says the guy who supports the big government proposals of dimocrap Ivanka and her mentally ill ever-lovin' daddy.
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This just in, Political's army of democrats still does all the thinking for those who think Cruz did no wrong.
Apparently Cruz lives rent free in your head too.
Hillary who?
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http://jfkassassination.net/russ/testimony/steele.htm
This is the testimony of the man that Trump is knowingly, falsely claiming is Rafeal Cruz.
So, the man on the picture the National Enquirer claims is Rafael Cruz is actually Charles Hall Steele, Jr. ?
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Look what @Wingnut uncovered. Trump was covering for his own daddy all along!
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At this point, Trump got it just right. He explained that Cruz changed his speech AFTER he handed it in for approval. Trump explained that Cruz has never denied that it's dad in the photo with Lee Harvard Oswald, and saying they were in a photo together isn't saying papa Cruz was involved. Trump explained that it was Cruz supporters that released the photos of Melania, and Cruz NEVER renounced that.
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Well, they've revved it back up. I guess orders came in from HQ saying proceed in full denial mode.
****sheep**** ****sheep**** ****sheep****
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That is what I had heard. I checked into it as much as I could, as I am currently at work, but yeah, that's what I think.
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There was a long delay in getting their marching orders today after the Trumpfit.
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At this point, Trump got it just right. He explained that Cruz changed his speech AFTER he handed it in for approval. Trump explained that Cruz has never denied that it's dad in the photo with Lee Harvard Oswald, and saying they were in a photo together isn't saying papa Cruz was involved. Trump explained that it was Cruz supporters that released the photos of Melania, and Cruz NEVER renounced that.
So you believe Trump is justified in throwing a tantrum against old primary issues instead of attempting to unify the party going forward?
Just more Trumpslaining.
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At this point, Trump got it just right. He explained that Cruz changed his speech AFTER he handed it in for approval. Trump explained that Cruz has never denied that it's dad in the photo with Lee Harvard Oswald, and saying they were in a photo together isn't saying papa Cruz was involved. Trump explained that it was Cruz supporters that released the photos of Melania, and Cruz NEVER renounced that.
Trump is even more tediously venal and pathetic than we had even imagined. Thanks for the tip.
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Trump explained that it was Cruz supporters that released the photos of Melania, and Cruz NEVER renounced that.
They were not Cruz supporters, he had nothing to do with it and yes, Cruz did denounce it
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They were not Cruz supporters, he had nothing to do with it and yes, Cruz did denounce it
http://www.redstate.com/diary/freedomrepublican/2016/03/24/sean-hannity-forced-admit-ted-cruz-zero-connection-melania-trump-ad/
Even Sean Hannity admitted that. @Mechanicos needs to learn to pull the beam out of his own eye before he uses the words "false witness" in the future. Just more lies and Trumpsplaining from him.
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"Today, the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist from the National Enquirer" said no one ever.
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Look what @Wingnut uncovered. Trump was covering for his own daddy all along!
I think the Trump supporters just don't want to face the truth about Trump's daddy.
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At this point, Trump got it just right. He explained that Cruz changed his speech AFTER he handed it in for approval.
The SPECIFIC paragraph in his speech that elicited boo's were THERE in the text of his speech.
See here:
http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2016/07/ted_cruz_speech_at_republican.html (http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2016/07/ted_cruz_speech_at_republican.html)
Search for the text: "vote your conscience"
So, even if he changed parts of his speech, the "offending" ( for want of a better word ) phrases were there in the original text.
So, what's Trump's issue? If Cruz did change something in the middle of his speech, what was NEGATIVE about Trump in the speech? Nothing.
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Larry Sabato @LarrySabato 5h5 hours ago
I spent years investigating Pres. Kennedy's assassination. I can't believe I need to say this: Cruz's father was NOT involved.
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I think the Trump supporters just don't want to face the truth about Trump's daddy.
They have never denied it so it must be true! :tongue2:
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Trump is launching his race against Ted Cruz instead of Hillary.
Who knew the road to the Whitehouse ran thu Ted Cruz's district in TX. Only in the Orange bungholes head.
That would be like going to LA via Omaha! - CDB
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Trump explained that it was Cruz supporters that released the photos of Melania, and Cruz NEVER renounced that.
I have friends who are Democrats telling me that the KKK are supporting Trump's agenda. Do I ever imply in any of my posts that such supporters "proves" that Trump is a KKK sympathizer?
Cruz has millions of supporters, he cannot control nor does he know the character of every single individual who supports him. Some of them, like the KKKers who support Trump, do dirty tricks on the internet.
It was the anti-Trump super PAC, Make America Awesome, that used a photo that originally was published in a 2000 photo spread in British GQ, and republished on March 4 online by the magazine. The ad read, “Meet Melania Trump. Your Next First Lady. Or, You Could Support Ted Cruz on Tuesday.”
Trump claimed that "that super PAC is very friendly to Ted Cruz. He knew all about it 100 percent. So he started. I didn’t start it."
BALONEY.
It is illegal for the Cruz campaign to coordinate with the super PAC. So what Trump is suggesting would violate federal regulations. If so, why did Trump's team not file suit? The law would be on his side.
And there’s no evidence that the Trump campaign has provided to back up the accusation.
Reporters contacted Condé Nast Britain, which publishes British GQ, and a spokesman told them that the magazine no longer owns the rights to the photos of Melania Trump. So, anybody anywhere could have gotten the photo.
The Ted Cruz campaign DENIED any involvement with Make America Awesome.
Catherine Frazier, a spokeswoman for the Cruz campaign, told The Hill that the campaign didn’t purchase the rights to the photo. “Of course we haven’t and Trump knows it,” she said.
So, if you are going to accuse Cruz and his campaign of starting this bloody internet war, you better provide good evidence of it.
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You know, if Cruz would just stay engaged a little he can insure that King Trumpy stays focused on him instead of Hillary. It will insure King Trumpy goes back to running a casino and trying to get his gig back with the apprentice.
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"Today, the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist from the National Enquirer" said no one ever.
No Pecker has ever won a Pulitzer Prize or, ever will. But evidently you can have one run for president on the GOP ticket.
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At this point, Trump got it just right. He explained that Cruz changed his speech AFTER he handed it in for approval. Trump explained that Cruz has never denied that it's dad in the photo with Lee Harvard Oswald, and saying they were in a photo together isn't saying papa Cruz was involved. Trump explained that it was Cruz supporters that released the photos of Melania, and Cruz NEVER renounced that.
Look what I found:
So what was that “nasty” added line in the “first two sentences?”
The text of Cruz’s speech as it was prepared for delivery was released by the RNC before Cruz took the stage and the first few sentences read:
Thank you. Heidi and I are honored to join you here in Cleveland, where Lebron James just led an incredible comeback victory. I’m convinced America is going to come back too.
I congratulate Donald Trump on winning the nomination last night.
Conventions are times of excitement. But given the events of the last few weeks, I hope you’ll allow me a moment to talk to you about what’s really at stake.
Now, Time magazine has a transcript of Cruz’s delivered remarks, and if we put the “added” sentences in bold it reads:
Thank you, and god bless each and every one of you.
Heidi and I are so honored to join you here in Cleveland where LeBron James just lead an incredible comeback victory, and I am convinced America is going to come back too.
(APPLAUSE)
I want to congratulate Donald Trump on winning the nomination last night.
(APPLAUSE)
And, like each of you, I want to see the principles that our party believes prevail in November.
Conventions are times of excitement, but given the events of the last few weeks I hope you’ll allow me a moment to talk to you about what’s really at stake.
So, umm, which one of those sentences were “nasty?” Surely it wasn’t “God bless each and every one of you.” Likewise, it couldn’t have been “I am convinced America is going to come back too?"
Was it, “And, like each of you, I want to see the principles that our party believes in prevail in November?”
Trump said he thought it was very “dishonorable” of Sen. Cruz to add one of those sentences, that Cruz was “implying something.”
- See more at: https://www.conservativereview.com/commentary/2016/07/trump-is-right-ted-cruz-did-add-a-line-to-his-speech#sthash.eRkdIktI.dpuf
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Trump said he thought it was very “dishonorable” of Sen. Cruz to add one of those sentences, that Cruz was “implying something.
Trump is a moron.
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He is not a very bright man our Forest Trump.
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Once again, the brilliant Orange Glorious steps in it. What a friggin' putz. How even the most worshipful of Trumpettes can excuse this defies all semblance of reason.
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Those 2 lobotomies didn't help any
He had a plastic surgeon slice his scalp and take out the hairless piece and sew the two pieces with hair together. Perhaps the surgeon went a little deep and took part of the brain out. According to wife one, he was hurting so much after the surgery and she wasn't, that he grabbed her hair and pulled out locks of it and said, "Are you hurting now?" She ran upstairs and locked herself in a bedroom; came down the next morning and on the bed there were her locks of hair he had pulled out.
That is the president of this country if he wins.
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You know, if Cruz would just stay engaged a little he can insure that King Trumpy stays focused on him instead of Hillary. It will insure King Trumpy goes back to running a casino and trying to get his gig back with the apprentice.
It wouldn't take much. Every 2 or 3 weeks Ted Cruz could announce a new conservative initiative on an issue that Trump is far left on and Trump will never do anything but campaign against Cruz. lol
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It was also an attack on Heidi when Trump backed that Cruz had 5 affairs story. Also the Goldman Sachs slam, which his minions were still chanting as Heidi exited the convention hall. The hypocrisy is amazing since Trump has his own ties to Goldman Sachs and even plans to appoint some bigwig from there to his cabinet.
Trump might not have had anything to do with the Zodiac killer thing
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http://jfkassassination.net/russ/testimony/steele.htm
This is the testimony of the man that Trump is knowingly, falsely claiming is Rafeal Cruz.
Well since Orange Jesus is such a fan of Twitter...let's see what happens when I send out a tweet with the info you provided.
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I don't vote for liberals like Trump.
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I don't vote for liberals like Trump.
Trump is an idiot. All he had to say was "I was hoping Cruz and his voters would unite behind us and defeat Hillary. I think as the election progresses they will have an opportunity to see that I will be much more conservative than they might have thought, and that I will truly work to make America Great Again." And then leave it at that. But the narcissist moron doesn't have a shred of integrity or character. I wouldn't vote for him for dog catcher.
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Idaho - Donnie this morning is just getting his Trumpanzee Brigade primed and pumped for the upcoming battle against the conservatives like me that had just almost swung in the direction of capitulation and was going to vote for him. After the last few days I can see there will be no change in donnie as it is against his character. He can never change and will forever attack the very people he has to have to be elected.
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It was the anti-Trump super PAC, Make America Awesome, that used a photo that originally was published in a 2000 photo spread in British GQ, and republished on March 4 online by the magazine. The ad read, “Meet Melania Trump. Your Next First Lady. Or, You Could Support Ted Cruz on Tuesday.”
Trump claimed that "that super PAC is very friendly to Ted Cruz. He knew all about it 100 percent. So he started. I didn’t start it."
BALONEY.
It is illegal for the Cruz campaign to coordinate with the super PAC. So what Trump is suggesting would violate federal regulations. If so, why did Trump's team not file suit? The law would be on his side.
And there’s no evidence that the Trump campaign has provided to back up the accusation.
Reporters contacted Condé Nast Britain, which publishes British GQ, and a spokesman told them that the magazine no longer owns the rights to the photos of Melania Trump. So, anybody anywhere could have gotten the photo.
The Ted Cruz campaign DENIED any involvement with Make America Awesome.
Catherine Frazier, a spokeswoman for the Cruz campaign, told The Hill that the campaign didn’t purchase the rights to the photo. “Of course we haven’t and Trump knows it,” she said.
So, if you are going to accuse Cruz and his campaign of starting this bloody internet war, you better provide good evidence of it.
The photos of Melania (Knauss) Trump’s GQ photo shoot are all over the web. Just do a Google Image search and you can find them all. All one had to do was lift one of the phots and put it through one of those free “meme” generators.
And the PAC Make America Awesome certainly wasn’t the first.
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See how easy it is to make one? I just made this one, took me less than a minute.
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FWIW – It was Donald Trump who contacted GQ to get his then girlfriend in the magazine, even providing his plane as the setting:
The editor of British GQ says Donald Trump was "very keen" to see photos of his then-girlfriend in the magazine back in 2000.
"We were bombarded by requests to shoot Melania," recalls Dylan Jones, editor of the publication since 1999, speaking to The Hollywood Reporter. "And so, given that she was obviously so keen to be featured in GQ, we came up with a rather kitsch and camp story for her to feature in."
Naturally, Trump himself was very interested in the shoot. Although he wasn’t present on the day, he requested that photographs be delivered to his office.
“We framed the cover and a selection of prints and sent them as soon as we could,” says Jones.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/gq-editor-recalls-donald-trump-878336 (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/gq-editor-recalls-donald-trump-878336)
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Idaho - Donnie this morning is just getting his Trumpanzee Brigade primed and pumped for the upcoming battle against the conservatives like me that had just almost swung in the direction of capitulation and was going to vote for him. After the last few days I can see there will be no change in donnie as it is against his character. He can never change and will forever attack the very people he has to have to be elected.
Sure looks like that way. @biff.