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An Open Letter to Trump Voters from His Top Strategist-Turned-Defector
XOJANE ^ | 3/28/16 | Stephanie Cegielski

Posted on 04/06/2016 7:11:00 AM PDT by justlittleoleme

Even Trump's most trusted advisors didn't expect him to fare this well.

Almost a year ago, recruited for my public relations and public policy expertise, I sat in Trump Tower being told that the goal was to get The Donald to poll in double digits and come in second in delegate count. That was it.

The Trump camp would have been satisfied to see him polling at 12% and taking second place to a candidate who might hold 50%. His candidacy was a protest candidacy.

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I don't think even Trump thought he would get this far. And I don’t even know that he wanted to, which is perhaps the scariest prospect of all.

He certainly was never prepared or equipped to go all the way to the White House, but his ego has now taken over the driver's seat, and nothing else matters. 

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What was once Trump's desire to rank second place to send a message to America and to increase his power as a businessman has nightmarishly morphed into a charade that is poised to do irreparable damage to this country if we do not stop this campaign in its tracks.

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You can give Trump the biggest gift possible if you are a Trump supporter: stop supporting him.

He doesn't want the White House. He just wants to be able to say that he could have run the White House. He’s achieved that already and then some. If there is any question, take it from someone who was recruited to help the candidate succeed, and initially very much wanted him to do so.

(Excerpt) Read more at xojane.com ...


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KEYWORDS: antitrump; cegielski; charade; ego; ibtz; ntsa; protest; stephaniecegielski; trump
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1 posted on 04/06/2016 7:11:00 AM PDT by justlittleoleme
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To: justlittleoleme

Et tu, Brute?


2 posted on 04/06/2016 7:13:34 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("If voting made any difference they wouldn't let us do it." --Samuel Clemens)
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To: justlittleoleme

isn’t this copied from a salon article?


3 posted on 04/06/2016 7:13:46 AM PDT by ghosthost
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To: justlittleoleme
.. You can give Trump the biggest gift possible if you are a Trump supporter: stop supporting him ..


4 posted on 04/06/2016 7:13:47 AM PDT by Byron_the_Aussie (It's them or us.)
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To: justlittleoleme

Why does it feel as if Jeff Roe and his psyops team is behind this drivel?


5 posted on 04/06/2016 7:14:39 AM PDT by TheConservativeBanker
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To: ghosthost

Or vice versa. Who knows?


6 posted on 04/06/2016 7:15:07 AM PDT by Genoa
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To: ghosthost
.. isn’t this copied from a salon article? ..

Free Republic's your one stop shop for lib agitprop, now.

7 posted on 04/06/2016 7:15:26 AM PDT by Byron_the_Aussie (It's them or us.)
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To: justlittleoleme

“Hope Hicks, a spokesperson for the Trump campaign, told Yahoo News that Cegielski was never employed by Donald Trump’s presidential campaign:

‘Evidently she worked for a Super PAC which Mr. Trump disavowed and requested the closure of via the FEC.’

The “Make America Great Again” super PAC went dark as of October 2015 amid ongoing scrutiny of where the money was coming from and going to, and whether the committee had direct ties to the Trump campaign.”


8 posted on 04/06/2016 7:15:55 AM PDT by Pelham (A refusal to deport is defacto amnesty)
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To: Blue Jays

I do not buy it.
The man does not know the meaning of try/attempt/runner-up in his life.
Author of the article is reaching for theories.


9 posted on 04/06/2016 7:16:43 AM PDT by Blue Jays (Rock Hard, Ride Free)
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To: ghosthost

YEP. WORD FOR WORD!!!


10 posted on 04/06/2016 7:17:27 AM PDT by Dick Bachert
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To: Byron_the_Aussie

“Free Republic’s your one stop shop for lib agitprop, now. “

Operation Hate Trump is a diverse crew.


11 posted on 04/06/2016 7:18:16 AM PDT by Pelham (A refusal to deport is defacto amnesty)
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To: justlittleoleme; All

This woman needs sued. She NEVER worked for Trump! Even Snopes knows it!

Stephanie Cegielski Was Not Donald Trump’s ‘Top ... - Snopes
www.snopes.com › Fact Check › Politics › Donald Trump
Snopes.com
Mar 29, 2016 - Claim: Stephanie Cegielski, Donald Trump’s top strategist, wrote an open ... Cegielski worked for a super PAC (which, despite the name, is not legally ... for the Trump campaign, told Yahoo News that Cegielski was never ...

http://www.snopes.com/stephanie-cegielski-letter-trump/


12 posted on 04/06/2016 7:18:17 AM PDT by AuntB (Trump right on Trade, Immigration, Terrorism,Economy, 2nd amend. Without them, we are lost.)
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To: Pelham
Cegielski was never employed by Donald Trump’s presidential campaign

That denial has a Clintonian ring to it.

13 posted on 04/06/2016 7:18:55 AM PDT by Genoa
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To: justlittleoleme

WHAT’S TRUE: Stephanie Cegielski was a strategist for the Make America Great Again super PAC.

WHAT’S FALSE: Cegielski was Donald Trump’s communications manager and top strategist.


14 posted on 04/06/2016 7:18:59 AM PDT by Donglalinger
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To: justlittleoleme

“You can give Trump the biggest gift possible if you are a Trump supporter: stop supporting him .”

Nope: You can give America the biggest gift possible if you are a Trump supporter: stop supporting him .


15 posted on 04/06/2016 7:19:10 AM PDT by yetidog
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To: justlittleoleme

Isn’t this the woman who started a PAC and then was told by Trump to cease and desist? She says she sat in the Trump Tower and was recruited - by whom? The Donald? Or somem people who wanted to make some money on the side from DJT running?

And now the MSM/Uniparty are calling her a top advisor who has defected? What a pack of $hit.


16 posted on 04/06/2016 7:19:18 AM PDT by Aria (2016: The gravy train v Donald Trump)
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To: justlittleoleme

Why bother posting anti-Trump hate propaganda the day after your guy’s big “turning point”? Trump is done for now, isn’t he?

Or maybe you’re thinking ahead to when it becomes impossible for Cruz to win 1237, later this month.

Butthurt hurts, don’t it?


17 posted on 04/06/2016 7:19:22 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: justlittleoleme
.. XOJANE ^ | 3/28/16 | Stephanie Cegielski

Her Twitter page is just sad. Endless crazy lookit me ranting, about Trump. Early onset menopause is a curse we don't talk nearly enough about on this forum.

18 posted on 04/06/2016 7:20:09 AM PDT by Byron_the_Aussie (It's them or us.)
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To: justlittleoleme

Her conscience seemed to get the better of her just as they were being shut down...


19 posted on 04/06/2016 7:20:21 AM PDT by jessduntno (The mind of a liberal...deceit, desire for control, greed, contradiction and fueled by hate.)
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To: justlittleoleme
An Open Letter to Trump Voters from His Top Strategist-Turned-Defector

This title is a lie. The woman who wrote this screed was never associated with Trump or his campaign. She was with a Super Pac that Trump publicly disavowed any association with and he called on them to stop their operations as he did not want or need their help. That stopped the gravy train for the Pac fund raisers who were looking to get rich off of what they could skim off the top of any money raised for the Pac.

20 posted on 04/06/2016 7:21:00 AM PDT by pgkdan (The Silent Majority Stands With TRUMP!)
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