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Former Pro-Trump Operative Disavows GOP Frontrunner
The Washington Free Beacon ^ | Lachlan Markay | Lachlan Markay

Posted on 03/24/2016 10:09:15 AM PDT by justlittleoleme

A former senior aide to a pro-Donald Trump Super PAC disavowed the Republican frontrunner in an exclusive interview on Wednesday, citing what she sees as his rambling, divisive style on the campaign trail.

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Cegielski said she initially saw Trump as a positive political force, but that his statements and policy positions, or lack thereof, convinced her that he is unfit to be commander in chief.

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“When I was with the Super PAC I had hope that he would could [sic] bring a fresh perspective to the political process,” she said. “Instead, he has brought disruption and an overinflated ego.”

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“I only started [opposing his candidacy] in the last few months, well after the Super PAC shutting down,” she said. “I still supported him for a time after the PAC but then came to my senses.”

Asked whether any of Trump’s specific statements or policy positions pushed her over the edge, Cegielski suggested that her concerns were more broad.

“As a communications person I am a strong advocate for sticking to your message,” she said. “The problem with his message is that it is all about his poll numbers, the losers of the world and his ability to do everything great.”

Cegielski’s distress at Trump’s seemingly inexorable political rise is evident. She has faulted Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, ineffectual anti-Trump political groups, and a Trump-obsessed news media for his continued political success.

(Excerpt) Read more at freebeacon.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: antitrump; cegielski; moosebitsister; pac; trump
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1 posted on 03/24/2016 10:09:15 AM PDT by justlittleoleme
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To: justlittleoleme

Uh huh....wonder what the real story is.


2 posted on 03/24/2016 10:10:33 AM PDT by Aria (2016: The gravy train v Donald Trump)
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To: justlittleoleme

Yawn.


3 posted on 03/24/2016 10:10:42 AM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: justlittleoleme

He has brought AMERICANISM back to America. We don’t need all these blood sucker political “types’ messing up America. GO
TRUMP!


4 posted on 03/24/2016 10:11:12 AM PDT by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: justlittleoleme

Now that she doesn’t have a job working on his behalf, she opposes him.

I suspect this is part of auditioning for another job.

That is neither defense of or admonition of any candidate - it is recognition of the objective situation.


5 posted on 03/24/2016 10:11:19 AM PDT by MortMan (Let's call the push for amnesty what it is: Pedrophilia.)
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To: justlittleoleme

Yes. Her concerns “are more broad”. Like more opportunistic concerns? Like promises if betrays?


6 posted on 03/24/2016 10:11:24 AM PDT by amihow (l)
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To: justlittleoleme

Keyword “former”

Trump didn’t want PACs anyhow.


7 posted on 03/24/2016 10:12:46 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: Aria

...she got her collar yanked by the GOPe


8 posted on 03/24/2016 10:12:49 AM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: justlittleoleme

She sounds like a “small cat”. We need tigresses.


9 posted on 03/24/2016 10:13:20 AM PDT by McGruff (It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession.)
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To: justlittleoleme

So Trump disavowed all PACs. The one that was paying her $72k for 4 months work, promptly shut down. And now she’s mad at Trump.


10 posted on 03/24/2016 10:13:50 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: justlittleoleme

So Trump disavowed all PACs. The one that was paying her $72k for 4 months work, promptly shut down. And now she’s mad at Trump.


11 posted on 03/24/2016 10:13:51 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: justlittleoleme

Interesting that she was a leader of the pro-Trump Super PAC, which disbanded ... THEN she turned anti-Trump. Sounds more like a psychological reaction to perceived betrayal: wanted Trump to need her (via the SPAC), wasn’t needed, lost her position for lack of need, now hates him because he doesn’t need her.


12 posted on 03/24/2016 10:14:44 AM PDT by ctdonath2 ("Get the he11 out of my way!" - John Galt)
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To: justlittleoleme
Mmm, ‘so Republican I have a tattoo of an elephant’ in one tweet, then praising how presidential Hillary is...

https://twitter.com/SCegielskiPR

Yep, an incredible story.

13 posted on 03/24/2016 10:14:46 AM PDT by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: justlittleoleme

I wonder how much the payoff was from Cruz/GOPe/Cruz-PACs for her to tell these “conveniently sudden” lies...


14 posted on 03/24/2016 10:14:49 AM PDT by ObozoMustGo2012
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To: Aria

“Uh huh....wonder what the real story is.”

If you wanted to ‘control’ an election, what ‘things’ would you do? One thing to do, without a doubt, would be to plant ‘operatives’ into the opposition camps. This would do two things. First, it might give you inside information, dependent upon how high up the hierarchy you could get your operatives. Second, it would give you the opportunity to have them ‘leave the campaign after being disillusioned’. You know this happens. Anything that can be conceived of will have been put into place. This is always the case when the stakes are high.


15 posted on 03/24/2016 10:15:20 AM PDT by pieceofthepuzzle
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To: Aria

The real story is that Trump demanded that all PACs that sought to operate in his name or on his behalf were to be SHUT DOWN.

She got canned, is the real story.


16 posted on 03/24/2016 10:15:27 AM PDT by Dana1960
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To: Aria

She must be a loser.


17 posted on 03/24/2016 10:16:02 AM PDT by fooman (Get real with Kin Jung mentally Ill about proliferation)
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To: justlittleoleme
You should have included Trump's picture from the article.

[insert caption here]

18 posted on 03/24/2016 10:16:05 AM PDT by McGruff (It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession.)
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To: MortMan

Doesn’t seem like she was working for him, rather a pac that was supporting him.


19 posted on 03/24/2016 10:16:40 AM PDT by ican'tbelieveit
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To: justlittleoleme

Camille Paglia supports Bernie but would be happy with Trump.
I’m still a big supporter of our Constitution and therefore couldn’t support either.


20 posted on 03/24/2016 10:16:51 AM PDT by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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