Posted on 07/24/2015 2:55:13 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
A fundraiser for Scott Walker’s presidential campaign called Donald Trump “DumbDumb” in a fundraising invitation and said electing the New York developer would be “a total and complete disaster for the country.”
“As you’ve seen Gov Walker is now well ahead of everyone not named DumbDumb (aka Trump) in the national polls,” wrote Walker fundraiser Gregory Slayton, a New Hampshire venture capitalist who served as consul general to Bermuda during the George W. Bush administration.....
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Mr. Slayton added: “To elect someone who alienates his friends, the guy would be a total and complete disaster for the country and I think everybody admits that.”
Mr. Slayton’s characterization of Mr. Trump as “DumbDumb” comes after his candidate has spent recent weeks carefully avoiding criticizing the New York developer’s incendiary language about Mexican immigrants. The Wisconsin governor did denounce Mr. Trump’s suggestion that Sen. John McCain, who served five years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, was not a war hero.
Mr. Trump’s campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, predicted Mr. Walker will not stand for his supporters questioning Mr. Trump’s intellect.
“Gov. Walker is a good guy and he would not condone such type of negative thinking about the leading presidential candidate in the GOP field,” Mr. Lewandowski said. “I’m sure he will quickly denounce Mr. Slayton and his rhetoric.”
The Walker campaign didn’t comment on Mr. Slayton’s remarks.
(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.wsj.com ...
Trump described himself as “very liberal on health care” and was an advocate of a single-payer health insurance system, a view that puts him to the left of Barack Obama. He long considered himself “very pro-choice” and was in favor of drug legalization. Trump once called Mitt Romney’s self-deportation proposal “crazy” and “maniacal.” Trump said Obama’s $787 billion stimulus was “what we need” and added, “It looks like we have somebody that knows what he is doing finally in office.”
As those comments suggest, Trump didn’t think George W. Bush did a very good job in office. But he didn’t stop there. Trump said Bush was “evil.”
Trump’s financial support for Democrats over the years has been well documented, with checks to Chuck Schumer, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, and others. That’s no surprise, since he said in 2004, “I identify more as a Democrat.” He praised Nancy Pelosi as “the best” when she became speaker of the House in 2007. That same year, he said of a prospective Hillary Clinton in the White House: “I think Hillary would do a good job.”
To put it mildly, Trump is an uncomfortable fit in the Republican party. And that’s why he is unlikely to be there at the end of this process.
.....Trump’s political activism has its roots in the Reform party movement of the late 1990s. He flirted with a presidential bid in 1999 on the Reform party ticket. He has in recent days repeatedly declared his openness to running as an independent candidate in 2016.....
not smart....
Is the Great Gazoo now fundraising for Walker?
not smart by half
General Council to Bermuda under GWB.
Does the fund raiser know that Walker had a 2.59 grade point average at Marquette? I’m reasonably certain that Trump was at least A’s and B’s in college and it is certainly well documented that he is a business genius.
This is not a smart move on the part of those working his campaign, just as it was not smart for Walker to make critical remarks about Trump earlier in the week.
And don’t hit the abuse link. Let that post and thread be worn with pride like all other such posts and threads here.
He got that one right.
Lol...these Gope's just don't know when to stop.
Couple more comments like this and Trump will have about a 60% rating among Independents and Conservative voters.
Well it’s a lot more complicated than that. Part of it certainly goes back to Clinton and the loosening of regulations pushing home ownership and the repeal of Glass-Stegall. So I guess you can blame both parties.
So sorry Donald, the Democrats are just as bad as the Republicans.
No. Walker has surrounded himself with some crappy people. Not promising.
Many Americans took offense when Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump derided U.S. Sen. John McCain’s war record
???
You’re getting desperate...
How..succinct.
Thankfully, the stupid remarks were made by a virtual nobody.
I like Cruz, Walker and Trump.
No need for those three to get into personal fights.
When are these other guys going to learn just to keep their mouths shut and not open them wide enough to slide their foot in ???
The one that didn't post this.☺
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