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Schultz adviser slams Trump for 'childish games,' says top priority is to defeat him
The Hill ^ | January 29, 2019 | Michael Burke

Posted on 01/29/2019 7:07:22 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

An adviser to Howard Schultz on Tuesday slammed President Trum over a tweet Trump sent this week attacking the former Starbucks CEO.

Bill Burton, during an interview on CNN's "Erin Burnett OutFront," called the tweet "childish games" and said Schultz's main priority is defeating Trump. Schultz has said he is seriously considering running for president as an independent in 2020.

Trump in a tweet Monday said Schultz "doesn't have the 'guts' to run" for president."

"You have a president who is setting an awful tone on Twitter. It's taking everybody else down in the gutter with him," Burton said when asked about the tweet.

"Howard Schultz didn't respond to that tweet because he doesn't think that childish games deserve a response. He's not going to respond to a lot of the childishness on the internet," Burton continued.

Burton added that he wasn't "taking off the table that [Schultz will] never respond to a Trump tweet."

"It's so foolish we even have to talk about it because of who the president is. But I'm saying that [Schultz] is trying to elevate this debate. There's nothing more important to him than beating Donald Trump. He thinks he’s fundamentally unfit for office," Burton said.

Schultz gave a similar response to the tweet when he was asked about it Monday, calling it "childish" during a CNBC interview in New York.

“I’m not going to respond to that. It’s childish. I’m not trying to win the Twitter primary,” Schultz said.


TOPICS: Campaign News; Parties
KEYWORDS: 2020; 2020election; billburton; clintonnonnews; cnn; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; election2020; howardschultz; mediawingofthednc; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; schultz; smearmachine; starbucks; trump; twitter
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1 posted on 01/29/2019 7:07:22 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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please run Schultzie. You will rip the dims apart.


2 posted on 01/29/2019 7:09:25 PM PST by freedumb2003 (As always IMHO)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Run baby run.


3 posted on 01/29/2019 7:11:14 PM PST by eclectic (Liberalism is a mental disorder)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Trump in a tweet Monday said Schultz “doesn’t have the ‘guts’ to run” for president.”

ROFL he dared you as a man. Instead of talking the talk, walk the walk..


4 posted on 01/29/2019 7:11:16 PM PST by max americana (Happily Fired every stupid liberal at every election since 08' at work. I hope all liberals die.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Heh heh He’s trolling him.


5 posted on 01/29/2019 7:15:32 PM PST by headstamp 2
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

He’s had a worse rollout than Warren.


6 posted on 01/29/2019 7:17:21 PM PST by aynrandfreak (Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Schultz “knows nothing”.


7 posted on 01/29/2019 7:18:50 PM PST by o-n-money (We should rename California to Newer Mexico.)
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To: o-n-money

In the series, Schultz owns Germany’s biggest toy company before the war.


8 posted on 01/29/2019 7:25:23 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (You can't invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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“”doesn’t have the ‘guts’ to run””

reverse psychology translation: bawk, bawk, bawk ... CHICKEN! ... I double-dog DARE you to run!


9 posted on 01/29/2019 7:31:47 PM PST by catnipman ((Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!))
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
It's hilarious that Trump called him out, basically double-dirty-dog-dared him, it makes for great theater. Imagine, you're a millennial, or slightly older, and the guy who used to run Starbucks, the responsible fair value organic coffee you've loved since your idiot parents first bought it for you, is in the primary against a bunch of tantrum-throwing, old-line, party-line rioters of the Demagogic Party...

Thanks 2ndDivisionVet.

10 posted on 01/29/2019 7:32:37 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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‘”I’m not trying to win the Twitter primary,” Schultz said.’

that’s because he’s a clueless dumbass that’s gonna get his butt whipped on twitter with an attitude like that, followed by getting butt whipped in whatever elections he might make it to ...


11 posted on 01/29/2019 7:34:13 PM PST by catnipman ((Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!))
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To: headstamp 2

POTUS does that a lot.


12 posted on 01/29/2019 7:36:02 PM PST by jospehm20
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Childish, like when Schultz basically told Christians shareholders to go to F’ themselves if they didn’t like pro alphabet soup and queer corporate policies, that kind of childish?


13 posted on 01/29/2019 7:36:37 PM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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“doesn’t have the ‘guts’ to run”

...funny,I used to say the same thing to a neighborhood snot when playing park football just to get under his skin...*smiles*


14 posted on 01/29/2019 7:36:39 PM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73....8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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“He’s not going to respond to a lot of the childishness on the internet”

right. because we all know that what America REALLY wants for a leader is an aloof, elitist billionaire who remains completely above the fray ...


15 posted on 01/29/2019 7:37:08 PM PST by catnipman ((Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The Schatze Toy Company. Klink still works there as the bookkeeper.


16 posted on 01/29/2019 7:38:20 PM PST by o-n-money (We should rename California to Newer Mexico.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Burton knows gutters, that is for sure. Tweeter is more a sewer tho than a gutter.


17 posted on 01/29/2019 7:39:39 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Has Schultz paid the rent yet?


18 posted on 01/29/2019 7:43:09 PM PST by TADSLOS (Who will be our John Brown?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Am I supposed to know who these ass clowns are, and care what they think?

I don’t watch CNN, so perhaps there are important people I’m not aware of whose opinions are super relevant.

They sound like idiots though, so I think I’m better off staying “in the dark”.


19 posted on 01/29/2019 9:14:00 PM PST by enumerated
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As the sun rose over America, groggy patrons were welcomed to a new flavor of covfefe courtesy of Mr. T

20 posted on 01/30/2019 5:08:27 AM PST by red flanker
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