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GOV. WALKER SPEAKS TO PHOENIX CHAMBER, NO CAMERAS ALLOWED
Breitbart ^ | 3/27/2015 | Rich Tucker

Posted on 03/27/2015 8:44:52 AM PDT by gwgn02

Politicians frequently claim they’ve been misquoted or misunderstood by reporters. See Scott Walker’s spokeswoman’s response to a Wall Street Journal report about his position on amnesty.

But there’s a sure way to avoid that: Keep reporters out of the room.

The Phoenix Business Journal reports that’s what Gov. Walker did when he spoke this week to the Arizona Chamber of Commerce. It was part of a series featuring presidential contenders.

“I’d love to tell you what he had to say that was important enough for him to travel thousands of miles from home, but I can’t,” Travis Arbon writes. “The event was closed to the media.”

However, Arbon adds, “although ‘traditional’ media outlets were denied access, that didn’t stop the chamber from encouraging attendees to share the day’s events on social media through #AZLeadership on Twitter.”

Of course, the real expert at holding meetings behind closed doors is President Obama.

Just this week he huddled with Hillary Clinton without letting reporters know, and his spokesman says he’ll likely do so again. The president also hosted a meeting with Muslim leaders in February and held back a list of attendees for days, despite repeated press inquiries. Expect more such gatherings during the final months of the administration.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: amnesty; cronyism; gop; transparency
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To: gwgn02

This does not make me trust him.

If Walker wants us to believe his White House road conversion to a rule of law stance on illegal aliens he will have to be specific about what he intends to do as President about the border and the 30 million illegal aliens, who are not immigrants because they did not apply to be immigrants.


21 posted on 03/27/2015 9:25:59 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: gwgn02

His speaking to the CoC and the recent revelations about his more moderate position on illegals is very concerning to me. He needs to come clean and he needs to come clean immediately or suffer the death of a thousand cuts.

He can’t woo conservatives and the CoC cheap labor coalition at the same time. Thew chasm is too wide for him to straddle it. What side are you on Mr. Walker? We have a right to know.


22 posted on 03/27/2015 9:27:53 AM PDT by Buckeye Battle Cry (Hey Obama! Wake up and piss! The World's on FIRE!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; SoConPubbie; Kale; Jarhead9297; COUNTrecount; notaliberal; DoughtyOne; RitaOK; ...

PING


23 posted on 03/27/2015 9:28:44 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: stephenjohnbanker

24 posted on 03/27/2015 9:30:30 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can help: https://www.tedcruz.org/donate/)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Conservative talk radio in Phoenix is all over this, and it ain’t in Walker’s favor. Also talking about his NH CoC meeting


25 posted on 03/27/2015 9:34:08 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: gwgn02

It is a 90 minute luncheon that requires tickets. Why does everyone think the media should attend for free as if it were a press conference?


26 posted on 03/27/2015 9:36:49 AM PDT by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: gwgn02

Good grief. Scott Walker has managed - within the space of a single week - to turn me from being a fairly ardent supporter to be a very ardent opponent.


27 posted on 03/27/2015 9:56:52 AM PDT by Yashcheritsiy (It's time to repeal and replace the GOP)
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To: greene66
"This just feeds into that whole sense that the GOP leadership and its elite donor class have a completely different set of beliefs and values that it keeps hidden from its grassroots voter base. That the latter is just lied to and strung along for the sake of their votes."

This is beginning to have the stench of a good cop, bad cop ruse from the upper echelon of the GOP-e leadership and the RNC.

They run Jeb Bush (bad cop) to drive the conservative base insane with worry and offer Scott Walker (good cop) to elicit a huge, collective sigh of relief from GOP voters who mistakenly believe we "dodged a bullet."

28 posted on 03/27/2015 10:04:56 AM PDT by Unmarked Package
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To: GraceG

Closed event and Chamber of Commerce means more statist BS I suspect if Walker is the candidate. The Chamber of Commerce which is currently a fascism supporting gang is every bit as dangerous as the ACLU and any other tyrannical entity out there.
Bad move Walker, really bad move...


29 posted on 03/27/2015 10:39:40 AM PDT by sarge83
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To: gwgn02
Just this week he huddled with Hillary Clinton without letting reporters know...

Why publicize consorting/collaborating with the enemy? Unless it was to warn her that if she runs, he's got the goods on her to put her away, what good could come of such a contact?

30 posted on 03/27/2015 12:46:01 PM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & Ifwater the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: Old Retired Army Guy

But Scott Walker can’t blame other candates of attacking him or accuse them of taking him out, he has done it to him self.
Scott Walker has no one to blame but himself.

He was my 2nd teir canadate if Ted Cruz didn’t get the OK.

Ted Cruz has my full support.


31 posted on 03/27/2015 2:29:57 PM PDT by American Constitutionalist (The Keystone Pipe like Project : build it already Congress)
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To: GraceG

WEASEL WALKER


32 posted on 03/27/2015 2:34:54 PM PDT by American Constitutionalist (The Keystone Pipe like Project : build it already Congress)
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To: blowfish

And you, an outsider, are looking for a rumble I take it?

This bench of ours is plenty deep and just as wide, this cycle. Not one of them is a clown.

Stick with Hillary and the girls. You’ll be much happier. There you will find nothing to insult, no “clowns”, just solid corruption.


33 posted on 03/27/2015 3:01:56 PM PDT by RitaOK ( VIVA CRISTO REY / Public education is the farm team for more Marxists coming)
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To: gwgn02

Mitt Walker assuring the Chamber that not to worry the border will remain poruous and the cheap labor will keep coming across. The 11 million will get to stay. As I have suspected from jump street. Walker is severely conservative. :=)


34 posted on 03/27/2015 3:12:55 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: gwgn02; All

If he hasn’t already, he sure appears to want to, very badly. Had hoped he had gotten squared away on this but he is seriously just making it worse with everything he’s done lately.


35 posted on 03/27/2015 6:34:45 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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