Thank you, Joe! We are sorely lacking Trump news here! It’s all over the place elsewhere, but unfortunately I can not post from this computer.
The Trump speech is a fine speech. He is relentless, unmoved by the stony faces, and telling it like it is.
This “values” summit tells me a lot! This group of evangelicals is into PC! They want toned down cornmeal, not a fighter, or the Trump determination to wreck the GOP and the corruption.
Most of that audience squirm and go all harrumphy when Trump exposes Rubio on the Gang of Eight, saying how he changed to redeem himself with conservatives.
Obviously, Trump doesn’t mention it (if he even knows it) but Rubio also recently changed back to his Catholic raising for the same reasons— the one’s that benefit Marco. He was quite clear in his original run for the US senate that he was raised Catholic, but attends a Baptist church with his Baptist family, and is Baptist.
Now with the Pope accepting an invitation to DC and Congress, he is suddenly a devout Catholic again. A fine Baptist Catholic. What a deal. Rubio waffles on both traditions, when it is to his benefit.
What a pickle faced audience. Who are these people? Trump did lay it on them about reality— that it is time for competence.
Meant to ping you to 33. Sorry.
I think Trump realized exactly the crowd this group was. I loved when he held his Bible, given to him by his mom, up in the air.
He hit on Rubio and exposed his Gang of 8 hypocrisy, one more time to these folks. THESE are the ones who need to be reminded of The Rube’s amnesty love.
I also noticed that the audience warmed up, and were actually cheering along with Trump and laughing at his call outs and unique use of terms...they even gave him a standing ovation.
All in all...a great response from this group.
Can’t wait to hear his speech in OK City, tonight.
If anyone has a live link, please ping me!! TIA
Thx for that ping. I think he may have won over that crowd by the end of his speech. We’ll have to wait for the straw poll to find out definitively.
I’s say the crowd was simply more reserved than the rally crowds. The rally crowds have a rock concert atmosphere.
In spite of being reserved this crowd did give Trump a standing O at the end.
I think your assessment is fair. They seemed to be booing Trump but I loved that he didn’t waver. On 60 Minutes he stated that we may have to break some treaties because they aren’t fair and “everything has an end”. Wow! Something that we never hear but need to hear. Who ELSE is doing this?