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Minus Trump, Trump campaign stays on message
Politico.com ^ | 08/07/2016 | PATRICK REIS

Posted on 08/07/2016 12:21:28 PM PDT by MaxistheBest

Donald Trump’s campaign surrogates were rigorously on message Sunday morning, brushing past a week’s worth of their candidate’s controversies to relentlessly focus on two related themes: the need to make America great again and Hillary Clinton’s inability to do so.

When Florida Gov. Rick Scott was grilled by Chuck Todd, host of NBC's "Meet the Press," about why Trump wouldn’t release his tax returns, Scott, who’s working on a Trump-aligned super PAC, continually changed the subject to Trump’s promised ability to create jobs and questions about the ethics of the Clinton Foundation.

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Also on "Meet the Press," retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn worked to smooth out Trump's messaging on NATO, saying there is broad consensus around modernizing the treaty organization — pushing back on Clinton campaign attempts to paint Trump's NATO remarks as destabilizing, or even reflective of a shift toward a pro-Russia stance at the expense of some U.S. allies.

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Trump's surrogates got ample opportunity to make their voice heard Sunday on CNN. On "Reliable Sources," host Brian Stelter, who had a highly publicized and combative interview with Miller last week, had a panel composed entirely of Trump supporters, following Trump campaign complaints — including in a Saturday night tweet from Trump himself — that they were working against a biased media.

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TOPICS: Cheese, Moose, Sister
KEYWORDS: 2016issues; election
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To: kabar

Her interview on Fox Sunday was a disaster.


21 posted on 08/07/2016 1:06:02 PM PDT by Liz (SAFE PLACE? A liberal's mind. Nothing's there. Nothing penetrates it.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

“Has Hillary released financial reports for the Clinton foundation???”

I saw earlier that the Clintons are worth 100 million dollars. Where did that money come from?


22 posted on 08/07/2016 2:08:44 PM PDT by cymbeline
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To: MaxistheBest

Why are these “Republicans” trying to force Trump to focus on Clinton. . .no one asked Romney or McCain to focus on Obama. Hmmmmm. . .


23 posted on 08/07/2016 2:10:17 PM PDT by gspurlock (http://www.backyardfence.wordpress.com)
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To: MaxistheBest

Always answer the question you wanted them to ask. Never allow them to control the narrative.


24 posted on 08/07/2016 4:00:14 PM PDT by pas
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