TAMPA, Fla. — Donald Trump called for the Republican Party to fall in line behind his presidential bid Saturday during a campaign swing here in Florida, attacking skeptical members of his own party along with Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. “We have a war to win against a very crooked politician. The Republican Party really should […]
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Politicians face backlash for past policies
What’s wrong with millennials and those working class guys (WCGs)? What do they see in that septuagenarian socialist and that overbearing braggart? The chattering class is baffled. They just don’t get it. For three decades WCGs saw their jobs outsourced and mechanized. Small family businesses disappeared. Whole industries vaporized. Rural economies imploded. Describing the devastating […]
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GOP wants Donald Trump to avoid controversy
UPDATE: Donald Trump apologizes to Pocahontas NEW YORK — Weary Republicans are looking for assurances that Donald Trump can maintain the discipline needed to stay on message as he prepares for a bruising general election run-up against Hillary Clinton. Trump’s conciliatory, teleprompter-guided victory speech Tuesday appeared to stave off— at least for the time being — […]
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Donald Trump apologizes to Pocahontas
UPDATE: GOP wants Donald Trump to avoid controversy RICHMOND, Va. — A half-full coliseum erupted into Indian war whoops as Donald Trump called a U.S. senator “Pocahontas” on Friday at a rally in Richmond, where the mogul-candidate was back to his teleprompter-free ways. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee expressed tongue-in-cheek remorse for calling Sen. Elizabeth Warren, […]
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The Trump-Nixon connection
Donald Trump is much like Richard Nixon. There are many comparisons between their behavior — Trump’s constant argumentative distractions, how he avoids any clear policies and discussions. They set up another smoke screen. Also, the Nixon tapes showed a similar use of crude, paranoid language. Nixon covered up for his criminal Watergate break-in. Trump faces […]
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Donald Trump says he doesn’t need to raise $1 billion
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump distanced himself from his own fundraising estimate of $1 billion, refusing to commit to collecting even half that amount, and saying his campaign didn’t need much money to win the White House. Trump, who has held just two major fundraising events since agreeing three weeks ago to help the […]
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Women Vote Trump PAC aims to raise $30 million for Donald Trump
WASHINGTON — Three of Donald Trump’s female supporters are starting a new super political action committee to help the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. The group calls itself Women Vote Trump and it aims to raise at least $30 million. Women Vote Trump is at least the fourth super PAC backing Trump, who has repeatedly called […]
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Thoughts about Donald Trump
Someone asked me what my feelings were toward Donald Trump. Trump has done a good job at flexing the muscle of the United States Constitution. For years of having lived in a state of political correctness, I was wondering if people as a nation were losing their freedoms. Trump has proved to me and this […]
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Sen. Susan Collins wants Donald trump to stop insulting people
Maine Sen. Susan Collins said she’s still not ready to endorse Donald Trump for president. “I would love to be able to endorse Donald Trump, but he really has to change the approach that he’s taken,” she said Wednesday on CNN. “If I were giving him advice, I would tell him he should own up […]
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Donald Trump promises supporters ‘I will never let you down’
BRIARCLIFF MANOR, N.Y. – Donald Trump sought to charge forward after a tumultuous week with a celebratory speech here Tuesday, in which he marked the formal end of the 2016 primary election while making no mention of the intense scrutiny he faced for attacking a Hispanic federal judge. Speaking underneath crystal chandeliers at the Trump […]