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The Republican establishment packed the debate audience with Donald Trump haters
Vox ^ | Feb 13 2016 | German Lopez

Posted on 02/13/2016 9:55:35 PM PST by WilliamIII

Something very peculiar happened at the Republican debate on Saturday night: When Donald Trump talked, the audience booed. Yet when Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, and even John Kasich talked, they got loud cheers and applause.

This happened again and again. It even led a spike in Google searches for "Why are people booing?"

Trump, at one point, scoffed that the audience was made up of "Jeb [Bush]'s special interests and lobbyists."

It turns out this may not be that far-fetched. Prior to the debate, the Republican Party decided not to use a lottery system to decide who should be in the audience. Instead, most tickets went to elected Republican officials, donors, and other workers for the party picked by local, state, and national party officials.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: New York; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: 2016debates; 2016election; election2016; newyork; trump
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1 posted on 02/13/2016 9:55:35 PM PST by WilliamIII
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To: WilliamIII

Taht’s what Trump claims, and his supporters parrot it. I see no evidence to support that.


2 posted on 02/13/2016 9:56:19 PM PST by TBP (0bama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: TBP

Trump CLAIMS a lot of things. And he calls Ted a liar.


3 posted on 02/13/2016 9:57:32 PM PST by Sam Gamgee (May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't. - Patton)
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To: WilliamIII

And it was obvious, and the home audience backed Donald even more...


4 posted on 02/13/2016 9:57:49 PM PST by heights
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To: TBP

B***S***


5 posted on 02/13/2016 9:58:13 PM PST by heights
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To: WilliamIII

Didn’t like the live thread?


6 posted on 02/13/2016 9:58:19 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (Get Ready)
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To: Sam Gamgee

Because Ted talks about his record.


7 posted on 02/13/2016 9:58:25 PM PST by TBP (0bama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: TBP

I see no evidence to support that.

Did you read the article?


8 posted on 02/13/2016 9:58:27 PM PST by WilliamIII
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To: Sam Gamgee

Because Ted is a liar. He’s a lying politician who will lie, cheat, do whatever it takes to win. But if he got the nomination the Dems would take him out with a quick lawsuit and the establishment could pop Bush in.


9 posted on 02/13/2016 9:59:21 PM PST by Kenny (RED)
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To: WilliamIII

The Republican Establishment damaged its own brand with that Jerry Springer imitation tonight. It showed neutral voters that the Republicans are not ready for prime time, and that the Democrats are the only people ready to govern. Hillary won the debate tonight.


10 posted on 02/13/2016 9:59:34 PM PST by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
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To: Sam Gamgee

Trump CLAIMS a lot of things.

But it’s a FACT that the tickets went to donors and GOP party apparatchiks. That’s been reported in the news, including this article.


11 posted on 02/13/2016 9:59:49 PM PST by WilliamIII
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12 posted on 02/13/2016 10:00:34 PM PST by Helicondelta
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To: TBP

No, because Cruz lies, especially about Trump. It is what desperate Canadians do.


13 posted on 02/13/2016 10:03:04 PM PST by jospehm20
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To: WilliamIII

The audience sounded like a herd of confused schoolgirls.

They made the whole debate look bad.

They should just stay quiet.


14 posted on 02/13/2016 10:03:29 PM PST by Helicondelta
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To: WilliamIII

You would never see the Dems fighting so hard against their frontrunner as this. Would you ever see them stack their audience against a runaway frontrunner?


15 posted on 02/13/2016 10:03:39 PM PST by bray (Trump/Palin 2016)
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To: TBP

I was there, It was quite true!


16 posted on 02/13/2016 10:03:44 PM PST by neverbluffer
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To: TBP

They booed Cruz when he talked about illegal immigration.

They were all pro amnesty bushbots.


17 posted on 02/13/2016 10:04:42 PM PST by Helicondelta
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Seems the GOPe’s evil plan worked.

Not.

:)


18 posted on 02/13/2016 10:05:08 PM PST by Salamander (I made friends with a lot of people in the danger zone...)
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To: neverbluffer

You were there???


19 posted on 02/13/2016 10:05:56 PM PST by datura (Proud Infidel)
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To: TBP

Cruz just throws out lies with no way to prove them hoping something will stick. He’s did it his entire time in Washington. What is fact is Cruz was for amnesty. Cruz wanted to give permanent green cards to every illegal worker in the United States, now he denies it. He thinks people are too stupid to use Google. The video of him talking about the green card compromise is congressional record. I have never seen a man that lies as easily as he does. Yes I have, a lot of sleezy lawyers, but then again, that’s all in the hell he is.


20 posted on 02/13/2016 10:06:30 PM PST by NKP_Vet (In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle,stand like a rock ~ T, Jefferson)
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