How Donald Trump tried — and failed — to open a casino in Florida [GOP-e Hit Piece?]

How Donald Trump tried — and failed — to open a casino in Florida [GOP-e Hit Piece?]
Washington Post ^ | 9/19/15 | Rosalind S. Helderman

Posted on 09/19/2015 7:37:48 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper

As Jeb Bush was campaigning to be governor of Florida, real estate mogul Donald Trump sought a meeting with one of Bush’s closest allies in the state legislature...

Trump wanted to discuss his plan to loosen Florida’s gambling restrictions so he could partner with an Indian tribe and open a casino in the state. He met twice with the lawmaker, then-soon-to-be state House Speaker John Thrasher, once for lunch at the 21 Club in New York and again at Trump’s extravagant Palm Beach estate, Mar-a-Lago....

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: 2016; bias; cnngopdebate; cnngopdebatep; media; trumparticle; trumpcasino; vote

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To: samtheman

Big Deal. Who Cares. I want a wall on the southern border.

Americans are fed up with illegals taking American jobs, suppressing wages, and costing us a fortune. And the elites think we give a damn about Jeb and Trump 30 years ago? Are they nuts?

41 posted on 09/19/2015 9:20:30 AM PDT by GOPJ (Immigration, World Poverty and Gumballs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPjzfGChGlE)

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To: SoFloFreeper

Sorry Rosey, nobody died with the casino. Any news about Benghazi, Mena, Vince Foster, Rose Law Firm or the 600 FBI files? Were you even born then?

42 posted on 09/19/2015 9:32:59 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Don't you wish the government would treat us the way it treats illegal alien "refugee" invaders?)

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To: WENDLE

Right. Trump lied — so what?

43 posted on 09/19/2015 9:34:58 AM PDT by plain talk

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To: SoFloFreeper

How Donald Trump tried — and failed — to open a casino in Florida.

New headline” How the GOP establishment failed at EVERYTHING without even trying.”

44 posted on 09/19/2015 9:47:03 AM PDT by Brooklyn Attitude (Things are only going to get worse.)

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To: GOPJ

Americans are fed up with illegals taking American jobs, suppressing wages, and costing us a fortune. And the elites think we give a damn about Jeb and Trump 30 years ago? Are they nuts?

Yes. They are insane. Literally clinically insane.

45 posted on 09/19/2015 11:36:23 AM PDT by samtheman (2014: Voters elect Repubs to congress... 2015: Repubs defund NOTHING... 2016: Trump/(Cruz or Palin))

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To: SoFloFreeper

How Donald Trump tried — and failed — to open a casino in Florida

I heard that ONCE an available woman refused to go to bed with Joe Namath! How about that? /s

I don't know about anyone else on FR but this type of "WEAK $HIT" article is gettin' old fast.

46 posted on 09/19/2015 6:55:16 PM PDT by VideoDoctor

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