Posted on 04/12/2016 7:41:59 PM PDT by reaganaut1
Donald J. Trump and his allies are engaged in an aggressive effort to undermine the Republican nominating process by framing it as rigged and corrupt, hoping to compensate for organizational deficiencies that have left Mr. Trump with an increasingly precarious path to the nomination.
Their message: The election is being stolen from him.
On Tuesday, Mr. Trump berated the politicians he said were trying to stop his nomination and denounced the Republican Party, which he cast as complicit in the theft.
“Our Republican system is absolutely rigged. It’s a phony deal,” he said, accusing party leaders of maneuvering to cut his supporters out of the process. “They wanted to keep people out. This is a dirty trick.”
His charges built on comments in the last few days by associates, senior advisers and Mr. Trump himself, seeking to cast a shadow of illegitimacy over the local and state contests to select delegates to the Republican National Convention in Cleveland in July.
By blaming the process rather than his own inadequacies as a manager, Mr. Trump is trying to shift focus after Senator Ted Cruz of Texas outmaneuvered him in delegate contests in states like Colorado, North Dakota and Iowa, losses that could end up denying Mr. Trump the nomination.
Asked about the appearance of disorganization, Mr. Trump said in an interview, “You have to remember I’m leading.” He added, “I’m more than 200 delegates ahead, so over all, I’m doing very well.”
But in what sounded like a wink-wink aside, he said, “Don’t forget, I only complain about the ones where we have difficulty.”
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Trump is gaining ground!
Go Trump!!!!!
New York Times, Losing Credibility, Begins to Run Out Of Different Ways To Say "We're Being Paid To Support Cruz"
losing ground???? project much?
So you are big on the NYT?
I guess Cruzbots have nasty friends.
Gee, New York Times. Can’t wait to see the Cruzers touting this as “fact”.
I keep witnessing a trend with Trump. Destroy all things conservative.
The New York Times, Losing Ground, Tries to Blame Trump.
Attack the Messenger!
I think they have a negative net worth at this point if GAAP were applied in a thorough, honest, legal AUDIT.
Losing ground? You mean those crooked slimes stole more of his delegates? And told more lies in their headlines?
Well, true enough. Nevertheless, Trump is gaining ground among the voters.
Next week’s headline:
“Donald Trump, losing ground, scores a 50-point victory over his nearest rival in New York State GOP primary”
Every time Trump loses, its never his fault. It just cant be people can not stand him or can stand listening to him.
Trump never takes responsibilty.
If you're looking for something to read ... Charles is very very good ... What it Means to be a Libertarian ... actually the link may go to Losing Ground ... but I'm sure they are all there ... for me it's a top 3 most influential political books book.
60 percent in NY is losing ground??!!
pretty soon it’s gonna be 80 :)
It keeps going up!
Trump is right. Wonder what the idiots are gonna say next week!!!!
It is a nice dream. This country once was great.
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