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Minus Trump, Trump campaign stays on message
Politico.com ^ | 08/07/2016 | PATRICK REIS

Posted on 08/07/2016 12:21:28 PM PDT by MaxistheBest

Donald Trump’s campaign surrogates were rigorously on message Sunday morning, brushing past a week’s worth of their candidate’s controversies to relentlessly focus on two related themes: the need to make America great again and Hillary Clinton’s inability to do so.

When Florida Gov. Rick Scott was grilled by Chuck Todd, host of NBC's "Meet the Press," about why Trump wouldn’t release his tax returns, Scott, who’s working on a Trump-aligned super PAC, continually changed the subject to Trump’s promised ability to create jobs and questions about the ethics of the Clinton Foundation.

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Also on "Meet the Press," retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn worked to smooth out Trump's messaging on NATO, saying there is broad consensus around modernizing the treaty organization — pushing back on Clinton campaign attempts to paint Trump's NATO remarks as destabilizing, or even reflective of a shift toward a pro-Russia stance at the expense of some U.S. allies.

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Trump's surrogates got ample opportunity to make their voice heard Sunday on CNN. On "Reliable Sources," host Brian Stelter, who had a highly publicized and combative interview with Miller last week, had a panel composed entirely of Trump supporters, following Trump campaign complaints — including in a Saturday night tweet from Trump himself — that they were working against a biased media.

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TOPICS: Cheese, Moose, Sister
KEYWORDS: 2016issues; election
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"It was, in short, what many Republican strategists have called on Trump to do: keep the focus off his controversies and on Clinton. Trump will have the opportunity to stay on that subject matter this week, when he goes to Detroit tomorrow to deliver a speech about his plans for the U.S. economy. The nominee is expected to outline broad tax cuts, and he has floated the idea of large-scale bond-financed infrastructure investments."
1 posted on 08/07/2016 12:21:29 PM PDT by MaxistheBest
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To: MaxistheBest

Pollutico running interference for Hitlery.


2 posted on 08/07/2016 12:22:13 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: MaxistheBest

“You don’t sweat much. For a fat broad.”


3 posted on 08/07/2016 12:26:13 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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Why doesn’t Politico and others run anything asking about Clinton’s obvious bad health, and her lack of any real campaign. Check out her “campaign” schedule, it is exclusively fundraisers, and “organizing events” most of which are hosted by others, not even Clinton herself. Even Kaine’s schedule is pretty much devoid of any real campaign activity. It appears that Clinton’s strategy is to let her lapdogs in the media run for her.


4 posted on 08/07/2016 12:26:20 PM PDT by euram
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“Pollutico running interference for Hitlery.”

Most of the article is pretty pro-Trump as to his message...we could use more of these compared to what we usually get.


5 posted on 08/07/2016 12:26:54 PM PDT by MaxistheBest
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To: MaxistheBest; WildHighlander57; Conservative Gato; Psalm 144; onyx; Jane Long; PA Engineer; ...
"Minus Trump, Trump campaign stays on message"

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6 posted on 08/07/2016 12:26:58 PM PDT by mkjessup (The 'RATS are the ENEMY!! From OBAMA-'RAT to HILLARY ROTTEN RAT! GET RID OF THE 'RATS!!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Paid Pollutico Whore$ running interference for Hitlery as usual with its pimps pushing it.


7 posted on 08/07/2016 12:27:00 PM PDT by Grampa Dave ((My passion for freedom is stronger than that of Democrats whose obsession is to enslave me.))
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

When Florida Gov. Rick Scott was grilled by Chuck Todd, host of NBC’s “Meet the Press,” about why Trump wouldn’t release his tax returns,


Has Hillary released her tax returns?? Has Hillary released financial reports for the Clinton foundation??? I don’t recall these subjects in the news. Which begs questions about why is one candidate hounded on this subject but not the other?


8 posted on 08/07/2016 12:27:05 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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Blah, blah, blah.

I am watching the “Bloomberg” show which since Bloomberg himself went to the Dem convention, has become very, very anti-Trump.

It is a biased, whining mess.

Like this article.


9 posted on 08/07/2016 12:27:09 PM PDT by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
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Most of the article is pretty pro-Trump as to his message...we could use more of these compared to what we usually get.

You mean compared to some of the stuff we've seen YOU post, right?

Look at the Pollutico headline 'Minus Trump, Trump campaign stays on message', perhaps you've never heard that phrase "damning with faint praise"?
10 posted on 08/07/2016 12:28:31 PM PDT by mkjessup (The 'RATS are the ENEMY!! From OBAMA-'RAT to HILLARY ROTTEN RAT! GET RID OF THE 'RATS!!)
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To: MaxistheBest

Minus Politico, much less BS.


11 posted on 08/07/2016 12:29:54 PM PDT by Red Steel
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Politico: ‘Nuff said. I wonder if the author cleared the article with the DNC before sending it for publication.


12 posted on 08/07/2016 12:37:59 PM PDT by kabar
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Politico: ‘Nuff said. I wonder if the author cleared the article with the DNC before sending it for publication.


13 posted on 08/07/2016 12:38:00 PM PDT by kabar
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To: MaxistheBest

No polls today?


14 posted on 08/07/2016 12:38:27 PM PDT by kabar
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To: euram
It appears that Clinton’s strategy is to let her lapdogs in the media run for her.

Well.... it is what Freepers said she needed to do. Keep her mouth shut and hide.

15 posted on 08/07/2016 12:43:15 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

The short and concise message......
Trump will release his tax returns when Hillary releases the tax returns and donor list for the Clinton Foundation.

These people need to learn to fight back not just stay on message.


16 posted on 08/07/2016 12:45:26 PM PDT by sheana
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Hillary's “campaign” schedule consists exclusively fundraisers, and
“organizing events” hosted by others. Even her running mate Kaine’s
schedule is pretty much devoid of any real campaign activity.....

Hillary is lying low....she knows she's unlikeable and can't afford to lose
votes by letting people hear her cackle. And she certainly cannot dispatch
Kaine to do the heavy lifting campaign jobs.....b/c Hillary made a huge
strategic error picking Kaine as her running mate.

Kaine looks like he's thinking, "what the hell am I doing here?"

His recent confession that he feels "kidnapped" as the VP candidate underlines Hillary's huge error.

17 posted on 08/07/2016 12:48:50 PM PDT by Liz (SAFE PLACE? A liberal's mind. Nothing's there. Nothing penetrates it.)
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“No polls today?”

Here you go:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3457346/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3457338/posts


18 posted on 08/07/2016 12:49:43 PM PDT by MaxistheBest
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To: MaxistheBest

Still at it I see. A real concern troll.


19 posted on 08/07/2016 12:55:33 PM PDT by kabar
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To: Liz

Hillary has had no real press conference in 260 days. I guess that is how she stays on message.


20 posted on 08/07/2016 12:58:33 PM PDT by kabar
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