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Donald Trump on debate preparation: 'I am what I am'
CNN Politics ^ | July 29, 2015 | Theodore Schleifer

Posted on 07/28/2015 7:36:37 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

(VIDEO-AT-LINK)

Donald Trump distanced himself on Tuesday from comments one of his top advisers made in an interview while defending the Republican presidential candidate from a decades-old rape accusation.

Trump said in an interview with CNN's Don Lemon aired Tuesday night that he would not fire his top aide, Michael Cohen, after Cohen told the Daily Beast that legally "you cannot rape your spouse."

"He's speaking for himself. He's not speaking for me, obviously, but I did tell him I disagreed with him," Trump told Lemon, calling The Daily Beast a "joke" desperate to remain relevant.

"Michael was extremely angry because he knew (the alleged incident) never took place," Trump said.

The rape claim stems from an accusation Trump's then-wife Ivana Trump leveled at her husband during divorce proceedings in the early 1990s, an allegation she walked back Tuesday.

Cohen has since apologized for the remark, which he characterized as "inarticulate."(continued)

(Excerpt) Read more at edition.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Campaign News; Issues; Parties
KEYWORDS: debates; trump

1 posted on 07/28/2015 7:36:37 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

No arguing with that.


2 posted on 07/28/2015 7:37:43 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (To defeat the democRATs, we must first defeat the Republicans.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If only his fanbase would agree.


3 posted on 07/28/2015 7:38:02 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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4 posted on 07/28/2015 7:41:08 PM PDT by vbmoneyspender
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If the source is CNN, it is not objective. Never let the truth get in the way of your agenda CNN, and as usual, it never does.
5 posted on 07/28/2015 7:41:24 PM PDT by Fungi
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…….. an allegation she walked back Tuesday.

You got to love how CNN downplayed this and didn’t repeat anything that Ivana Trump actually said… that she and Donald “are the best of friends" and that Donald "would make an incredible President.”

6 posted on 07/28/2015 7:45:30 PM PDT by hecticskeptic (In life it's important to know what you believeÂ….but more more importantly, why you believe it.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Sandbagging.


7 posted on 07/28/2015 8:03:56 PM PDT by Red Steel (Ted Cruz: 'I'm a Big Fan of Donald Trump')
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

DT eats Spinich?


8 posted on 07/28/2015 8:25:21 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
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DT eats Spinach?


9 posted on 07/28/2015 8:25:53 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Wow, so he’s paraphrasing g-d now? I knew he though he was a g-d. I’m surprised he doesn’t have a giant burning bush up there.


10 posted on 07/28/2015 8:27:16 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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11 posted on 07/28/2015 8:29:23 PM PDT by Crazieman (Article V or National Divorce. The only solutions now.)
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"I have a lot of money -- much more money than all of them put together, and all of their phony contributions put together -- but you have to understand, I want to be me," Trump said.

What's with the obsessive focus on his wealth? Phony contributions? What's he talking about?

12 posted on 07/28/2015 8:42:47 PM PDT by randita (...Our First Lady is a congenital liar - William Safire, 1996)
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Hillary? Obama? Bush?


13 posted on 07/28/2015 8:44:57 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: nickcarraway

[Wow, so he’s paraphrasing g-d now?

TED CRUZ supporter defining DONALD TRUMP quote ‘I am what I am.’

TRUMP translation: “What you see is what you get.”


14 posted on 07/28/2015 9:25:35 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.)
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To: randita

It is more than obvious that Obama had tens of millions of phony donors who gave $1 less than the amount needed in order to declare who gave the money. All from prepaid debit cards paid for in cash.

It is called election fraud and the Democrats in particular are the masters.

I am no Trump fan boy. I will be voting for Cruz in the primaries, but Trump is leading because he is telling the truth and doesn’t give a crap who he shows to be a phony anti-American jerk.


15 posted on 07/28/2015 9:54:09 PM PDT by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: vbmoneyspender

If only Donald had a pipe in his mouth...and the cap is a pretty good facsimile of Trump’s comb job!

Go Donald! If Popeye could vote, he would be punching lights out with you! The ‘light’ of evil cannot stand the light of Truth!


16 posted on 07/28/2015 10:28:57 PM PDT by GGpaX4DumpedTea (I am a Tea Party descendant...steeped in the Constitutional Republic given to us by the Founders)
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17 posted on 07/29/2015 2:43:14 AM PDT by GoneSalt
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