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The Daily 202: Trump ousts his political director. Here’s what that says about him and his campaign.
WaPo ^ | James Hohmann

Posted on 05/26/2016 11:00:23 AM PDT by RoosterRedux

Politico reports that Wiley got fired after clashing with Karen Giorno, who ran Florida for Trump ahead of his big win there on March 15. “For weeks, Wiley made appointments and had discussions with Florida Republicans and appeared to be building a new campaign from scratch,” Ken Vogel and Marc Caputo report. “Sources say he refused, at times, to return Giorno’s calls or take them. Giorno then began calling other Trump campaign officials to ask them whether Wiley had it out for her or for everyone. On Thursday, word leaked back to Trump. He phoned Giorno, concerned.… ‘Tell me what’s wrong?’ Trump asked her, according to one person familiar with the call. ‘Karen unloaded on Wiley,’ the source said. ‘Mr. Trump is loyal. He believed her. … Rick picked a fight with the wrong person.’ At that point, Trump ordered Wiley to stay away from Giorno and to neither call nor email her. ‘Donald is loyal. And she’s loyal,’ a source said.”

According to Reuters, The Donald thought Wiley negotiated a bad fundraising deal with the RNC: “Trump told staffers and supporters gathered backstage before a campaign rally in California on Wednesday that Wiley ‘should be fired’ for his handling of a fundraising deal with the Republican National Committee.… The RNC fundraising agreement included 11 states but not Nevada.… Three sources confirmed Trump said Wiley should be fired after Nevada Republican Party Chairman Michael McDonald told Trump that Wiley was responsible for leaving Nevada out of the deal.”

CNN says campaign chairman Paul Manafort called Wiley yesterday to tell him Trump wanted to fire him:

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KEYWORDS: manafort; trump; wiley
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To: RoosterRedux

A striking resemblence to Jeff Bezos.


21 posted on 05/26/2016 11:32:59 AM PDT by Parmy (II don't know how to past the images.)
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I’m glad to see Trump is not afraid to get rid of people who are not doing the job he expects. Dead wood is a plague in an organization.


22 posted on 05/26/2016 11:35:30 AM PDT by Jenny217
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To: Stentor

His first EO, or Decree, r whatever he calls it should be to instantly repeal Civil Service and his second should then be to abolish the EPA the rest of the regulatory agencies.


23 posted on 05/26/2016 11:41:24 AM PDT by arthurus (Het is waar. Tutti i liberali soli o feccia.)
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To: VanDeKoik

And never leave Nevada out of the deal.


24 posted on 05/26/2016 11:46:30 AM PDT by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors)
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To: ClearCase_guy

I don’t like Donald Trump’s positions on a lot of things; however, the MSM is panicking by making such comparisons. The more outlandish they become, the more votes he will receive, because of alternate media showing and telling enough fair-minded people that the MSM is lying and distorting the story to the point of becoming the propaganda wing of the Democrat Party. There’s nothing that Independent voters hate more than being lied to and fed propaganda. I therefore feel strongly that what the MSM is doing will backfire on them: they don’t have the power to control the message anymore, but they can’t seem to give up trying. Their continual “braying at the moon” about Mr. Trump as well as some other topics will expose their hidden agendas completely and lead them to becoming ridiculed rather than respected. Short version: Truth lovers win.


25 posted on 05/26/2016 11:58:07 AM PDT by anarabismybrotherinlaw
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To: Innovative

GASP! Would the media actually do that?! (sarcasm off)
Well, it is shared by WaPo, what more could be said.


26 posted on 05/26/2016 12:02:14 PM PDT by V K Lee (uTRUMP TRUMP TRUMP to TRIUMPH Follow the lead MAKE AMERICA GREAT)
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To: MNJohnnie
Gee a leader willing to fire people rather then ride bad decisions down in flames.

Wow, that thought just gave me a flashback...


27 posted on 05/26/2016 12:04:03 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (Donald Trump, warts and all, is not a public enemy. The Golems in the GOP are stasis and apathy)
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To: RoosterRedux

Sounds like he was trying to build his own little apparatus within the Trump campaign. It works when somebody competent and knowledgeable and with a fair bit of luck, otherwise you look like a problem waiting to be solved.


28 posted on 05/26/2016 12:21:17 PM PDT by Fhios (Going Donald Trump is as close to going John Galt as we'll get.)
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To: tennmountainman
Looks like he was hired (at Manafort's recommendation) to fill state director roles in battleground states but was making it clear that state directors would report to him.

In other words, he was building his own little power base.

He also p!ssed Trump when he negotiate a fundraising agreement with the RNC but left Nevada out of the agreement.

No idea what the implications of that were, but I would bet Wiley was pulling another little power play.

29 posted on 05/26/2016 12:43:06 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux

This is a complete fabrication, because we know that Trump hates Women, and he would never believe Karen over Wiley. It can’t be true, the media has told me otherwise!


30 posted on 05/26/2016 1:06:17 PM PDT by Paradox (My positions can evolve, but Principles should be immutable.)
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To: COBOL2Java

Glenn Beck as in Wreck


31 posted on 05/26/2016 1:39:18 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: RoosterRedux
CNN says campaign chairman Paul Manafort called Wiley yesterday to tell him Trump wanted to fire him:

When the boss says "push a button on a guy," I push a button.

32 posted on 05/26/2016 1:40:47 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: RoosterRedux
Donald Trump is going to sack a lot of people before he is done.

That's why we are supporting him.

33 posted on 05/26/2016 1:46:38 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (Delegates So Far: Trump (1,238); Cruz (559); Rubio (165); Kasich (161)
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To: RoosterRedux

Reagan fired John Sears (and also lost Black and Lake) the day of the New Hampshire primary in 1980. Yawn.


34 posted on 05/26/2016 1:48:54 PM PDT by Burma Jones
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To: VanDeKoik

“Like it’s the 50s or something! :)”

And I love it.

Trump is going to be a breath of fresh air...actually, he already is.


35 posted on 05/26/2016 2:36:59 PM PDT by Gator113 (~~Vote Trump 2016~~ Just livin' life my way. Don't worry, everything's gonna be alright. 👍)
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