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Trump's post-Orlando message falls flat with Republican establishment
MSN News ^ | June 14, 2016 | James Oliphant and Luciana Lopez

Posted on 06/14/2016 9:08:48 AM PDT by detective

The mass shooting in Orlando, Florida has allowed Donald Trump to seize upon a familiar issue he has used to great advantage -the threat of Islamist militants and his plan to limit Muslim immigration to the United States, offering him what could be a crucial moment to re-boot his sputtering presidential campaign.

But while rank-and-file voters might respond positively to Trump's renewed call for a ban on some Muslims entering the country, his reaction to the massacre showed few initial signs of winning over Republican foreign-policy figures who have spurned the New York mogul.

"It's a missed opportunity to present a different image," said Peter Feaver, a top National Security Council aide in the George W. Bush White House. "He has doubled down on policies I oppose and that aren't going to solve the problem."

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cuckservatives; gope; terrorism; trump
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Trump delivers one of the best speeches by a political candidate in years.

The MSM quote a few Republican establishment types who have nothing positive to offer. Only attacks on Trump.

They quote a former Bush aide, a former Romney aide, a CFR member and Eliot Cohen as Republican establishment people. The MSM and these people are worse than useless.

1 posted on 06/14/2016 9:08:48 AM PDT by detective
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To: detective

Their reaction was written before the speech was made


2 posted on 06/14/2016 9:10:01 AM PDT by BigEdLB (Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back -- Donald Trump)
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To: detective

GOOD. That’s EXACTLY why we are voting for him.


3 posted on 06/14/2016 9:10:07 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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But electrified the American people.


4 posted on 06/14/2016 9:10:44 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: detective

The Republican establishment has become irrelevant.


5 posted on 06/14/2016 9:10:49 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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The establishment will use any means necessary to prevent President Trump from taking office.

Any means necessary.


6 posted on 06/14/2016 9:11:06 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Government is an armed occupation force that taxes the inhabitants to reward its supporters.)
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‘Trump’s post-Orlando message falls flat with Republican establishment’

Another endorsement.


7 posted on 06/14/2016 9:12:03 AM PDT by Pelham (Islam vs the Free World in a death match)
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Yes, Republican foreign-policy figures are so much more important than rank-and-file voters. /S


8 posted on 06/14/2016 9:12:15 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: ilovesarah2012

The Republican establishment...people like Bush, Graham and Romney...are as much the enemy of the people of this nation as are the Democrats and the Jihadis.


9 posted on 06/14/2016 9:12:41 AM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast
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The establishment will use any means necessary to prevent President Trump from taking office.

When is Sirhan's next parole hearing?

10 posted on 06/14/2016 9:13:12 AM PDT by Jim Noble (Cruz never could have outfought Trump.But I didn't know until this day that it was Romney all along.)
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what could be a crucial moment to re-boot his sputtering presidential campaign.

Sputtering???
What planet is the writer from?
Trump is attracting huge crowds where ever he speaks.
Hillary can barely fill a room, that’s sputtering.


11 posted on 06/14/2016 9:13:20 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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The establishment wants to double down on the stupidity of proclaiming Islam as “a religion of peace” despite ALL historical evidence.

We have Americans being killed because they refuse to acknowledge the threat of Islam.

Islam has been at war with everyone else since 622 A.D. and must remain at war with everyone else until there is no one else.

Wake up and smell the jihad.


12 posted on 06/14/2016 9:13:58 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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"It's a missed opportunity to present a different image," said Peter Feaver, a top National Security Council aide in the George W. Bush White House. "He has doubled down on policies I oppose and that aren't going to solve the problem."

Good. Bush's people oppose it...more proof that Trump is spot on!

13 posted on 06/14/2016 9:14:48 AM PDT by pgkdan (The Silent Majority Stands With TRUMP!)
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Trump won the nomination in spite of the Republican establishment. Trump will win the election without them either.


14 posted on 06/14/2016 9:15:27 AM PDT by Rebel2016
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To: detective
"It's a missed opportunity to present a different image," said Peter Feaver, a top National Security Council aide in the George W. Bush White House. "He has doubled down on policies I oppose and that aren't going to solve the problem."

The establishment is quick to say that the policy is not going to solve the problem, but they don't say why it will not solve the problem. Yet prima facie (correct until proved otherwise) common sense is that if the terrorists are not IN the country they cannot commit terror attacks IN the country.
15 posted on 06/14/2016 9:15:57 AM PDT by RainMan (Liberals are first and foremost, jealous little losers who resent anyone who has anything they dont)
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GOPe still clueless.


16 posted on 06/14/2016 9:16:50 AM PDT by The Continental Op
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Hillary can barely fill a room, that’s sputtering.


And many of them appear to be children of the adults in attendance


17 posted on 06/14/2016 9:17:05 AM PDT by patriotspride
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To: detective

Spin, spin, spin.

Just because Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan disapprove does not mean that he nailed it.

Those feckless pukes in the GOPe are so afraid of the liberal media that they are incapable of saying and doing what must be said and done.


18 posted on 06/14/2016 9:17:42 AM PDT by Buckeye Battle Cry (Hillary - Ethically sleazy and politically stupid)
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More liberal media BS ... lies lies and more lies. Luckily more and more people are getting wise to the LSM and their lies


19 posted on 06/14/2016 9:17:48 AM PDT by clamper1797 (We are getting close to the last "box")
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To: clamper1797

So true..
This guy gets it !!!!!!!!!!


20 posted on 06/14/2016 9:18:36 AM PDT by bantam
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