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5 very smart things Donald Trump has done since becoming the presumptive GOP nominee
Washington Post ^ | 5/19/2016 | Chris Cillizza

Posted on 05/19/2016 8:28:28 PM PDT by GilGil

Donald Trump effectively locked up the Republican presidential nomination on the night of May 3 when he won a sweeping victory in the Indiana primary. Ted Cruz ended his campaign that night. John Kasich followed suit the next day.

It's been 16 days since that night. And Trump, the least orthodox presidential nominee in modern political history, has made a number of very smart moves to coalesce the GOP behind him while also setting the terms of the general election fight to come against Hillary Clinton.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016; chriscillizza; clinton; election; trump
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To: Roos_Girl

Firsthand, firstperson, inside info not for public. :-)


21 posted on 05/20/2016 7:06:46 AM PDT by x_plus_one (Christ is King, Cruz is not.)
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To: x_plus_one

Uh huh. :)

I’ll believe it when I see it. I keep reading about how the great and terrible Cruz is packing the NRC rules committee with NeverTrumps. So far there are be a whopping 5% of the eventual committee that might be NeverTrumps.

Let’s talk more about it in June...if I make it thatong that is. Seems I’ve gotten myself in trouble and am having my comments reviewed prior to posting now. Or maybe it’s just a glitch.


22 posted on 05/20/2016 7:19:49 AM PDT by Roos_Girl (The world is full of educated derelicts. - Calvin Coolidge)
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To: x_plus_one

Pass along to those ‘insiders’... They mess with taking Trumps delegates, the party will pay on the ticket come November... I have already let my congress peep know...


23 posted on 05/20/2016 7:26:35 AM PDT by Just mythoughts (Jesus said Luke 17:32 Remember Lot's wife.)
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