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Trump cancels on CPAC
twitter ^ | 03/04/2015 | twitter

Posted on 03/04/2016 9:12:20 AM PST by GIdget2004

CPAC ‏@CPAC

Very disappointed @realDonaldTrump has decided at the last minute to drop out of #CPAC -- his choice sends a clear message to conservatives.

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To: jimbo123

“CPAC = Fake conservatives and amnesty pimps.”

EXactly.


161 posted on 03/04/2016 10:41:05 AM PST by AuntB (Illegal immigration is simply more "share the wealth" socialism and a CRIME not a race!)
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To: Spunky

Absolutely Trump! I would never, EVER vote Democrat, not a one of them currently on the scene! NEVER!


162 posted on 03/04/2016 10:42:48 AM PST by nfldgirl
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To: GIdget2004

I’m very happy he’s not going.


163 posted on 03/04/2016 10:42:48 AM PST by novemberslady
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To: inkfarmer
"...what’s clear about it?"

Trump is making it clear that, without him, they're F______.

164 posted on 03/04/2016 10:44:21 AM PST by Gargantua ("...fee tine a maadyy..." ;^)
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To: lodi90

Regardless of the reason, the swarming mirrors that which happened with Obama. For the record, should he be the nominee, I will vote Trump over any democrat, hands down, period.


165 posted on 03/04/2016 10:45:49 AM PST by nfldgirl
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past

If Trump is, in fact, a moderate, then that makes him more conservative than anyone in the GOP.

What is the last conservative achievement of the GOP?


166 posted on 03/04/2016 10:46:50 AM PST by chris37 (heartless)
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To: sheikdetailfeather

I watched the one in Warren. The crowds were energized and the speech was good.


167 posted on 03/04/2016 10:46:59 AM PST by SueRae (An election like no other..)
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To: bubbacluck
"Then you didn’t see O’Reilly step up on some kind of box just prior to the interview. It was kind of weird."

O'Reilly is 6'4" and Trump is 6'2". No need to stand on a box, but if O'Reilly did it was for fun.

168 posted on 03/04/2016 10:51:03 AM PST by Spunky (Trump says: I am Greedy! Greedy! Greedy! and he is also a LIAR! LIAR! LIAR!)
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To: GIdget2004

http://conservative.org/donald-trump-backs-out-of-cpac/

Every conservative candidate walks through the doors of CPAC and understands that you cannot unite Americans without the support of grassroots activists.

CPAC is the heart and soul of the conservative movement and will be, with or without Mr. Trump.

Since we invited him several months ago — and Mr. Trump accepted our invitation and terms — we made it clear all candidates would follow the same format. And now he is backing out.

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Taking a Stand—Sort Of—Against Trump at CPAC

Tensions over the Republican presidential front-runner are running high at the annual conservative gathering.

One day earlier, there had been rumblings of a revolt. “We’re gonna do a walk-out on Mr. Trumpster,” William Temple—a fixture at the conservative convention held just outside Washington, D.C., who Newsweek once described as the face of the Tea Party—said Thursday, eagerly telling anyone who would listen about his plans to defy the Donald if he showed up on Saturday when he was slated to speak.

At one point, Rick Santorum delivered an ominous message to the CPAC crowd. “There are a lot of conservatives,” Santorum warned, “who are scared. They’re scared by what’s going on right now. They’re nervous about what’s happening in this presidential race.” He even went so far as to say: “They’re seeing the conservative movement, the Republican Party potentially being torn up.” Scott Walker, too, noted the tumult: “Some of you might be confused, and, dare I say, even some upset about what’s happening in the presidential election.” That’s about as far as the former presidential candidates were willing to wade into the politics of the 2016 race.

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/03/donald-trump-cpac/472251/

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CPAC’s ‘1776 Man’ Planning Mass Walkout during Trump Speech
by Brendan Bordelon March 3, 2016 3:32 PM @brendanbordelon

National Harbor, Md. — William Temple, the tricorn-hat-wearing revolutionary who led a high-profile walkout of Jeb Bush’s speech at 2015 Conservative Political Action Conference, is setting his musket sights on a new target this year. “We’re having massive walkout on Saturday when [Trump] comes to speak,” Temple, clad in Revolutionary War garb and cloaked in a faded-yellow Gadsden Flag, tells National Review. “We already have over 300 people who are going to get up at one time to go the bathroom.”

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/432318/donald-trumps-cpac-speech-activist-walkout


169 posted on 03/04/2016 10:51:55 AM PST by kcvl
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To: GIdget2004

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170 posted on 03/04/2016 10:56:56 AM PST by kcvl
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To: jstaff

Volunteer only...and work about 10 hours a day, phone calls, research....


171 posted on 03/04/2016 11:00:09 AM PST by HarleyLady27 ('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump; Trump; Trump; Trump; 100%)
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To: Gargantua
Trump is making it clear that, without him, they're F______.

Agreeance!

172 posted on 03/04/2016 11:02:28 AM PST by inkfarmer
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To: MrMarbles

They were going to instruct the crowd to boo him anyways. It’s a smart move for Trump to spend his precious time elsewhere.


The GOP chattering classes were trying to get Trump disinvited from CPAC a la Red State convention but Trump has donated too much money to the ACU. So instead no doubt it would have been a hostile frat house type crowd. Nothing to gained by Trump going now. He can go next year as POTUS. LOL.


173 posted on 03/04/2016 11:02:51 AM PST by lodi90 (Clear choice for Conservatives now: TRUMP or lose)
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To: AuntB

EVeryone MUST wise up to the fact that the Tea Party label has been stolen to USE YOU and pad a bunch of K St. Lobbyists pockets.

CPAC IS NOT CONSERVATIVE. The people who run it are the PROBLEM!


Trump is the best sunshine we’ve ever had on the uniparty. He is dynamiting the whole career politician-donor complex and they hate him for it.


174 posted on 03/04/2016 11:04:32 AM PST by lodi90 (Clear choice for Conservatives now: TRUMP or lose)
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To: nfldgirl

Absolutely Trump! I would never, EVER vote Democrat, not a one of them currently on the scene! NEVER!


Great. I believed for many years the “uniparty” was tin foil hat type stuff but Trump has made me a believer. The donor class donates to both parties and are the real shot callers. Romney showed yesterday that the GOPe hate Trump far more than OBAMA. Wrap you head around that one!


175 posted on 03/04/2016 11:07:15 AM PST by lodi90 (Clear choice for Conservatives now: TRUMP or lose)
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To: chris37

“Wait, there’s conservatives at CPAC?”

I was thinking the same thing. CPAC is a political money machine serving its own self interests. It caters to any liberal group that pays them money.


176 posted on 03/04/2016 11:08:21 AM PST by CodeToad (Islam should be banned and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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To: GIdget2004

Correction: it sends a clear message to the establishment, of which CPAC is a part. Their assault on the voters must stop.


177 posted on 03/04/2016 11:18:11 AM PST by surroundedbyblue (Proud to be an Infidel)
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To: GIdget2004

I think Trump’s people smelled out the fact that this appearance had little to do with CPAC being a “Conservative” organization.


178 posted on 03/04/2016 11:25:03 AM PST by VideoDoctor
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To: lodi90
Your post #146.. the goofy looking human flipping the bird next to the Trump sign figure..
that is the STRONGEST REASON I've seen in a MONTH for VOTING TRUMP. Really!
179 posted on 03/04/2016 11:45:40 AM PST by VideoDoctor
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To: HangingTuff

“he seems to have raised so far nice, generous, intelligent and hardworking children.”

Then the niceties and generosities must not be genetic. Rump himself is anything but nice and generous. He is a con-man rude and vulgur against anyone he deems as a threat to his goal.

And his generosity is not believable given he has forced old people from their homes and have conned poor people out of their money using his “University”. Those are just the public things. I am sure Hillary and the Dems will have the Rump arsenal ready for November.

If you think Cruz was being brutal, just wait after the nomination. Rump might end up unzipping his pants (he has already taken off his belt during a speech).


180 posted on 03/04/2016 12:03:15 PM PST by sagar (3 way race; cranky populist - Trump/Sanders, establishment - Hillary/Roobio, conservative - Cruz!)
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