Posted on 01/22/2016 3:16:21 PM PST by xzins
National Review's scathing indictment of Donald Trump will do very little to dissuade most Republicans from supporting him for the GOP presidential nomination, conservative pundit and acclaimed documentary filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza tells Newsmax TV.
"I don't think this is going to dent Trump's real support," D'Souza said Friday on "The Steve Malzberg Show."
"What it will do probably is ostracize Trump a little bit more within the intellectual ranks of the Republican Party, but those intellectual ranks are a small part of the overall strength of the party."
D'Souza also suggested that National Review — founded in 1955 by William F. Buckley and an influential voice for conservative news and commentary — should be going after the Republican elite instead of Trump, who remains the GOP presidential frontrunner.
"We have a mystery, which is here you have a Republican Party and by and large its activists are conservative.
"Ultimately the problem would not seem to be with Trump, it would seem to be with the Republicans who support Trump. So the National Review in a sense is being a little weak in not attacking them because they'd be attacking their own constituency, their own readers."
D'Souza said there are three reasons for Trump's broad-based appeal.
"Number one, he's the most politically incorrect man in America. That's appealing. The other Republicans always seem to hold a little back, Trump holds nothing back.
Number two, he's a Republican candidate for president who's not scared of being rich. Really important," he said. "Look at [Mitt] Romney, who is like so defensive about making money. He allowed the Obama attacks to wear him down. Trump [says], 'I'm rich, in fact I'm richer than you think and I'm proud of it.' Very positive.
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I’m definitely not in the intellectual ranks of the republican party.
Like all the NR smart guys with connections.
Not even a scratch. Should have listened to us gope.I hope Trump picks Palin for VP.
You mean all those smartest people in the room types?
I don’t think she’ll allow it
There’s nothing left to conserve.
Obama dealt a life threatening blow to the country.
Drastic measures are needed.
Top conservative magazine attacks Trump; BACKFIRES big time https://t.co/HReOtonCrg pic.twitter.com/bKlKQy9C34— Allen West (@AllenWest) January 22, 2016
Yep, watched them on Fox last night, and they really do smirk when they talk about us.
The NR attacks will actually increase Trump’s support. A lot of people who have never supported a republican candidate may very well be attracted to one who is under attack by the republican establishment.
We’ll see.
-— Drastic measures are needed. -—
What would those be?
Is NR part of the GOPe yet? I would seem. I haven’t been impressed with NR for some time. George Will and Co. They come across to me as academic elitists and purveyors of the status quo. Who needs it?
I agree. Vote for the conservative most likely to win.
Trump is burying the opposition. Some have noticed that, but have refused to admit it.
They’ll eventually have a wake up and smell the coffee moment.
I bet most of the fellas that released that article have palms like a five year old girl.
20 million illegals here.
20 trillion in debt. 60 trillion more in unfounded future liabilities.
A million Muslims coming this year alone to U S. 300k refugees and rest via legal immigration.
We are in a fight for survival.
Throw out all existing politicians and start over.
Build a wall. Deport illegals. Ban Muslims. Rebuild America. Stop sending jobs away. Sound familiar?
After WFB passed, the Nat Rev became something for the trash.
It should be renamed to The GOPe Review.
Glen Beck is the Pillsbury Dough Boy
He bashes those against Affirmative Action
He wants to ban the Confederate flag
He uses his pageant for gay marriage
He is very P.C.
I also think they’ve suffered from creeping libertarianism.
I’m not sure they have a right to claim Buckley’s mantel anymore.
Keep dreaming. He’d pick Jeb before he’d pick her.
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