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Rep. Peter King Praises Trump: ‘He Talks Like a Real Person’
Mediaite ^ | 24 Aug 2015 | Matt Wilstein

Posted on 08/24/2015 4:39:40 PM PDT by mandaladon

Donald Trump got what sounded like something close to an endorsement from one prominent member of Congress on Monday: fellow New York Republican Peter King. Responding to RNC Chairman Reince Priebus’ assertion that Trump’s presence in the 2016 presidential race has been a “net positive” for the party, Rep. King said he agreed that Trump is moving Republicans in the right direction. ADVERTISEMENT

“I don’t agree with everything Donald Trump says, but he’s making other Republicans go off their talking points, he’s appealing to real people,” King told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer Monday afternoon. As a New Yorker, he noted that Trump “may be a billionaire from the east side of Manhattan, but he talks like the guys I grew up with in Queens or Brooklyn, he talks like a real person.”

“I think he’s forcing the other candidates to be more real and to get off their talking points and address issues that the American people are concerned about,” King added, before disclosing that Trump contributed to his past campaigns. He also named Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, John Kasich and Carly Fiorina as other candidates who he thinks would make good nominees for the party.

Invoking King’s contentious history with other Republicans currently running for president, Blitzer pointed out that Rand Paul and Ted Cruz were both missing from that list.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: elections; trump
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To: Nextrush

Yes, I’m glad PK didn’t endorse or mention Ted Cruz.


21 posted on 08/24/2015 5:05:40 PM PDT by duffee (No money to the Mississippi Republican Party as long as joe nosef is chairman)
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To: mandaladon

RINO to RINO..... eye traffic...


22 posted on 08/24/2015 5:06:16 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited (specifically) to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: Above My Pay Grade

Not surprising that one of the biggest RINOs in Congress likes Trump.


Trump is a RINO... seems to be many rinos on FR too..


23 posted on 08/24/2015 5:07:48 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited (specifically) to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: cripplecreek

Hey every vote counts. Trump needs the RINO vote, the Indie vote, the tea party vote and the disaffected Dem vote. :=)


24 posted on 08/24/2015 5:14:43 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: duffee

I certainly am.

King is the idiot who threatened to run to prevent the whacko birds from winning.


25 posted on 08/24/2015 5:27:18 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
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To: JediJones

It seems to me King was denouncing Trump a month ago.


26 posted on 08/24/2015 5:28:19 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: I'd like to drive away not only the Turks (moslims) but all my foes.")
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To: mandaladon

FUPK


27 posted on 08/24/2015 5:30:55 PM PDT by Peter W. Kessler
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To: mandaladon

Friday night, Trump said that only the leaders of the United States are stupid enough to allow birthright citizenship. That has been stated by millions of “real people” for many years. Not by any leaders.


28 posted on 08/24/2015 5:36:13 PM PDT by odawg
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To: Peter W. Kessler

FUPK

Thanks PK ; ) Worth repeating though.

FUPK


29 posted on 08/24/2015 5:38:29 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: hosepipe
Trump is a RINO... seems to be many rinos on FR too..
Do you think Jim Robinson is a RINO?

If there's a Trump/Cruz ticket, are you going to stay home?

Many on this site hope for Trump/Cruz because they know realistically without Trump, Cruz doesn't stand a chance.

30 posted on 08/24/2015 5:40:23 PM PDT by lewislynn (Meghan Kelley...#sand--Rosie, the Don was right-- Hillary, lipstick on a pig)
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To: mandaladon

King RINO has one motivation ... To beat Cruz
This isn’t an endorsement


31 posted on 08/24/2015 5:40:38 PM PDT by kidd
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To: CaptainK

Cruz is not a good strategic pick as Texas isn’t going blue 2016 anyway.

Wisconsin, Ohio, Florida and New Jersey. Gamble that Florida will go red and that leaves Wisconsin, Ohio, New Jersey. Wisconsin is iffy and New Jersey is a pipe dream. That leaves Ohio, that leaves Kasich. Trump/Kasich = Reagan/Bush.


32 posted on 08/24/2015 5:47:40 PM PDT by Fhios (Simplicity is often mistaken for genius.)
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To: lewislynn

Do you think Jim Robinson is a RINO?


I dunno...... or care..... YOU?..


33 posted on 08/24/2015 5:55:10 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited (specifically) to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: lewislynn

Many on this site hope for Trump/Cruz because they know realistically without Trump, Cruz doesn’t stand a chance.


Ah!.. A Prophet.!... Louie the Soothesayer..
(eye brow raised)


34 posted on 08/24/2015 5:58:12 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited (specifically) to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: mandaladon

My first thought, Peter King says positive things, uh oh, what’s up his sleeve?


35 posted on 08/24/2015 6:07:07 PM PDT by slouper (LWRC SPR 223)
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To: mandaladon

The GOPe has a plan.


36 posted on 08/24/2015 6:26:30 PM PDT by slouper (LWRC SPR 223)
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To: hoosiermama; Amntn

‘ping’

May need to re-evaluate my opinion of Peter King

Sir, every breath you take, every move you make, we’ll be watching you. If you be honest show us. If not, show us. WTP deserve more than your party has given...a LOT more.


37 posted on 08/24/2015 7:01:30 PM PDT by V K Lee
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To: Georgia Girl 2

There be many who don’t see that add up to anything significant. Like, you I see many voting for someone they might have never liked or even thought of as a politician...whether it be a rino, elephant, or ass. They, like others, see a man who has no label and as such they would feel more comfortable giving him their vote. Wide base of all types= an epic Flood.


38 posted on 08/24/2015 7:11:48 PM PDT by V K Lee
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To: parksstp; Viennacon
...Peter King has been a lifelong RINO...

Or as Viennacon put it, oh-so-well, RINO SCUMBAG.


39 posted on 08/24/2015 7:34:44 PM PDT by Rodamala
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To: Fhios

Then Cruz on the Supreme Court. Still enough to drive King crazy.


40 posted on 08/24/2015 7:35:49 PM PDT by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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