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Trump asks voters to boycott Apple: 'I think that's a great idea'
Washington Examiner ^ | 19 Feb 16 | GABBY MORRONGIELLO

Posted on 02/19/2016 12:56:20 PM PST by big'ol_freeper

Donald Trump on Friday urged a roomful of voters to boycott the tech giant Apple so long as its chief executive, Tim Cook, refuses to comply with a court order to assist the FBI with hacking into the cell phone of San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook.

"First of all Apple better give the security for that phone," the Republican presidential hopeful said during a campaign rally in Pawleys Island, S.C. "What I think you ought to do is boycott Apple until such time they give that security number. How do you like that?"

"I just thought of it," Trump noted, drawing applause.

"Boycott Apple," he repeated.

"Here's the thing, the phone's not even owned by this young thug that killed people," Trump said, claiming that the cell phone used by Farook is instead "owned by the federal government."

The billionaire suggested that Cook "is looking to do a big number... to show how liberal he is."

"We gotta get to the bottom of it, but we're not going to get to the bottom of it unless we use common sense," Trump said. "So I like the idea of boycotting Apple until such time as they give that information – I think that's a great idea."


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 4thamendment; elections; farook; fbiappleiphone; privacy; security; statism; trump; trumpagainstprivacy
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1 posted on 02/19/2016 12:56:20 PM PST by big'ol_freeper
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To: big'ol_freeper

Don’s starting to lose me.


2 posted on 02/19/2016 12:57:07 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: big'ol_freeper

So, will the Trump supporters line up behind this anti-privacy stance?


3 posted on 02/19/2016 12:58:19 PM PST by 5thGenTexan
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To: dfwgator

Been there a couple of months ago. I’m long gone from tRump.


4 posted on 02/19/2016 12:58:33 PM PST by big'ol_freeper (Trump: "Planned Parenthood does wonderful things")
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To: big'ol_freeper

Problem is, outside of Cruz, the others are just as bad.


5 posted on 02/19/2016 12:59:23 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: big'ol_freeper

Both sides have a point.

But Apple is left seen looking like they are standing in the way of an investigation of a known terrorist/killer.


6 posted on 02/19/2016 12:59:54 PM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: dfwgator

Agreed


7 posted on 02/19/2016 12:59:55 PM PST by big'ol_freeper (Trump: "Planned Parenthood does wonderful things")
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To: VanDeKoik

I think they’re dead Jim.


8 posted on 02/19/2016 1:00:23 PM PST by big'ol_freeper (Trump: "Planned Parenthood does wonderful things")
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To: dfwgator

Ditto. He’s not a deep thinker. Cook is doing the right thing.


9 posted on 02/19/2016 1:00:24 PM PST by NewHampshireDuo
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To: dfwgator

Cruz also says Apple needs to comply.


10 posted on 02/19/2016 1:00:27 PM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: 5thGenTexan

Absolutely.

The FBI is asking Apple to do nothing to remove the privacy features. They are requesting - IN THIS CASE ONLY - to remove the limit on the number of retries. 15 minutes work for a programmer. Once that’s done, the FBI can use it’s existing tools to crack the password and then decrypt the information on this TERRORISTS PHONE. No different than in the past.


11 posted on 02/19/2016 1:01:19 PM PST by bigbob ("Victorious warriors win first and then go to war" Sun Tzu.)
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To: big'ol_freeper

I’ve been boycotting Apple products since the early 80s.
Also Toshiba products.


12 posted on 02/19/2016 1:01:40 PM PST by BuffaloJack (Slavery will continue to exist and thrive as long a Islam continues to exist.)
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To: big'ol_freeper
The billionaire suggested that Cook "is looking to do a big number... to show how liberal he is."

Or how shockingly conservative he is.

13 posted on 02/19/2016 1:01:52 PM PST by Sooth2222 ("Every nation has the government it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: VanDeKoik

I hadn’t seen that. If so, very disappointing.


14 posted on 02/19/2016 1:01:52 PM PST by big'ol_freeper (Trump: "Planned Parenthood does wonderful things")
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To: VanDeKoik

Why even bother to vote. These are the suckiest bunch of sucks that ever sucked.


15 posted on 02/19/2016 1:02:55 PM PST by dfwgator
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Trump has raised some uncomfortable issues about the line between security and freedom.

He isn’t exactly exercising the most exquisite wisdom. The answer to every disagreement can’t just be boycott. Even though yes, “conservatives” have done it as well as liberals. “Protest to Apple” would be a wiser recommendation at this point. The CIA could and would help Apple here with things like their chip dissolver. It wouldn’t have to be all Apple. Nothing is “impossible” to break — only more and more difficult.

But I can’t fault Donald for being a hypocrite here or for pushing a known untruth.


16 posted on 02/19/2016 1:04:03 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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Not at all. Apple is either afraid of losing business or afraid of the enemy to the point of endangering security. Both are unacceptable for such a monopoly

Tgeyd be smart to figure out they’re going down anyway


17 posted on 02/19/2016 1:04:13 PM PST by stanne
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To: big'ol_freeper
I'd rather boycott the government, but unlike Apple, the government can imprison or shoot you if you do.

I'm on Apples side.

18 posted on 02/19/2016 1:04:57 PM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Carl Grimes.)
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To: big'ol_freeper

Not much choice, it is simply between Trump and Cruz.


19 posted on 02/19/2016 1:04:57 PM PST by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: big'ol_freeper

I think a lot of apprehension here is that this is Obama’s government. If this were Bush, or even more so Reagan, I think there would be a lot more leeway granted.


20 posted on 02/19/2016 1:05:29 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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