Posted on 03/29/2016 7:31:13 PM PDT by springwater13
Donald Trump has rescinded his pledge to support the Republican nominee for president.
Asked by moderator Anderson Cooper if he stood by the earlier pledge, Trump said: "No, I don't."
"We'll see who it is," he said during the CNN town hall.
He said he had been treated "unfairly" by the Republican National Committee and the GOP establishment. He said he was unsure whether the Republican establishment was plotting to take the nomination away from him during the convention in Cleveland.
He also said he didn't need Cruz to promise to support him should Trump win the nomination.
"I’m not asking for his support," Trump said.
"I don't want his support, I don't need his support, I want him to be comfortable," Trump said, taunting Cruz for dancing around the issue of whether he would support Trump if Trump were the nominee.
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Nobody has a “right” to walk away from pledges.
First, I think you need to ask who walked away from the pledge first?
Trump signed a pledge On September 3rd with the reassurance that the GOP will treat him like any other candidate and will support him if he was the eventual nominee.
Several high level members have conspired against Trump. Both Kasich and Cruz have already said that they will not support Trump if he was the nominee. They have reneged on their part of the pledge. I fully support Trump on this decision. He got nothing from signing this.
Can you honestly say he has been treated fairly by the GOP?
This could be the first time a third party candidate (Trump) could win. There’s enough distrust in the GOPe and the Democrat Party, otherwise known as the “Uniparty”, for a third, err, second party candidate (Trump) to win!
Look, you are either a man of your word or you aren’t. Trump evidently is not. And it appears neither is Cruz or Kasich.
was there a pledge made in good faith? Did the GOP say, you pledge your word that you will support the GOP candidate even if it is not you... and in return we will do everything in our power to destroy you and your candidacy... No the GOP didnt say that because Trump would never make such a pledge... Is that not in fact the very thing the GOP has and is doing? That sir is not good faith and therefore the pledge was not valid.
It should be both, but with the GOPe I think it would be however they wish to define it.
No you look. He was not obligated to keep his pledge if he wasn’t treated fairly. He was treated poorly. Any HONEST person would be able to see that. Therefore, the pledge was broken on the GOP side.
Looks like we need to start fielding a candidate now that everyone can agree on to run against President Clinton in 2020
Do you see that word IF??
So if you go out car shopping, and you and the car salesman agree to a price and when he draws up the contract and the price is completely different than what you agreed on, would buy that car? You are nothing but a retard. Take a contracts class. you would fail big time.
>>If Trump would have taken the high road he’d be coasting into the nomination.
Mitt took that high road.
McCain took that high road.
Meanwhile the Democrats fight like guerillas and street fighters, believing that every fight is worth drawing blood over. The high road is the path to defeat. Trump rolled up his sleeves and started swinging from the start. It’s amazing that you “high road” wussies still think that we can win by being a punching bag for the Democrats and Progressive Republicans.
If the GOP fought Obama like they fight Trump, we wouldn’t need Trump.
Then by that standard, you’d agree that Black Female Army Captain (which brings to mind the Holy Roman Empire) is also a Hillary supporter for saying he/she wouldn’t vote for Cruz if he’s the nominee?
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Can’t speak for anyone else.
Facts: Numbers and enthusiasm(google it), say the only R candidate capable of beating Hillary is Trump. Simply the candidate with the broadest appeal to the base is the only one capable of winning the election, that’s Trump by a mile.
Cruz is done, no path to the nomination, not even in convention, so any reference to voting for Cruz in general is just nonsense, he won’t be there, and now has blown his chance at VP.
Any Cruz worshipers hoping for any other outcome are delusional. Not an opinion, a fact.
First, that has nothing to do with my point. BFAC said S/he would not vote for Cruz in the general election if he is the nominee. That is no different from someone saying that they'd never vote for Trump, for which people have been banned.
Second, if Cruz has no path, then why are so many Trump supporters upset that he's trying to "steal" the nomination.
And third, Trump has the highest unfavorability ever recorded for a Preaidential candidate. That is a fact as well that you are free to google.
In other words, Trump is very appealing to his supporters, but nobody else likes him. And if those supporters don't even amount to 50% of GOP primary voters, then how is he ever going to break the 50% mark among the general electorate?
The problem is that he was swinging at other Republicans - right from the start as you noted. Whether it is only "wussies" who reacted negatively to that is irrelevant, because a general election vote by a wussy counts the same as anyone else's.
Making committed enemies out of people you will later need as allies is stupid, and is part of the reason for the 11th Commandment. So when Trump loses in November, he'll have nobody to blame but himself.
>>Making committed enemies out of people you will later need as allies is stupid, and is part of the reason for the 11th Commandment. So when Trump loses in November, he’ll have nobody to blame but himself.
The 11th Commandment was created in a time when a Republican and a Democrat were two very different critters. Today, we have Republican Progressives (social and economic Left) and Republican Globalists (social Right and economic Left) and Republican Nationalists (social and economic Right). The Progressives will never ally with the Nationalists. The Globalists will ally with the Nationalists for a brief period, but will stick with the Progs in the long run.
Trump has exposed this truth. Even if he loses, he has shown us that the Republican Party is an outdated and confused entity that does not represent the American working class.
Perhaps that was the purpose of the 11th Commandment all along: to keep the workers working while the GOP deal makers sold us out year after year. The goal of the 11th Commandment was to NEVER expose the true Party to the masses. They need to keep us focused on abortion (that will never be outlawed), gun control (that will never work), and welfare (that is the gateway drug for socialism).
Guess that means Reagan was a key part if the conspiracy too then....
Here's the problem you guys have - you have defined the "GOP-E" so broadly now that it essentially amounts to everyone except Trump. You have made enemies out of a majority of the electorate, which isn't exactly a recipe for winning elections.
Just remember this when the votes are counted in November if Trump is the nominee. You deliberately chose an "us against the world" strategy, and you'll reap the results.
First, that has nothing to do with my point. BFAC said S/he would not vote for Cruz in the general election if he is the nominee. That is no different from someone saying that they’d never vote for Trump, for which people have been banned.
Second, if Cruz has no path, then why are so many Trump supporters upset that he’s trying to “steal” the nomination.
And third, Trump has the highest unfavorability ever recorded for a Preaidential candidate. That is a fact as well that you are free to google.
In other words, Trump is very appealing to his supporters, but nobody else likes him. And if those supporters don’t even amount to 50% of GOP primary voters, then how is he ever going to break the 50% mark among the general electorate?
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First> Repeat, can’t speak for someone else.
Second> Repeat, Cruz has no path, he’s losing to Trump by 3 to 1 margins in total votes in the primaries and Cruz was crushed in the south, clearly Trumps the choice of the base, not even debatable. Cruz can’t win the general without an enthusiast base, just ask McCain and Romney. And yes Trump supporters, who like me were probably at one time leaning toward Cruz, but now feel he’s not the principled conservative he pretends to be, but instead simply a opportunistic politician.
And yes Trump supporters get a little testy because they see the facts and realize Cruz has no chance of beating Hillary. The media, his campaign, and the GoPe also all know this, the only conclusion being Cruz is probably GoPe, the same GoPe working harder to stop the base’s choice, Trump, than they did to defeat Obama.
Plus Trump supporters fully understand without Cruz’s voters Hillary wins. Cruz knows this, so why is he not working to be VP where he will have a shot at the Prez later. What he’s really doing is destroying his political future and that of the nation. Why?
Third> Polls of fantasy matchups and favorability don’t have near as much meaning as cast votes and guess what, the’re subject to change. Again, Cruz is losing to Trump 3 to 1 with the base, this equates to no chance of beating Hillary. Also, impossible for Cruz to win Fl or Oh.
And finally elections are like sporting events its the real matchup that counts, Trump is gonna look down right presidential standing next to Hillary, Cruz would look like some sleezy lawyer, this also is not debatable.
Hopefully, he'll choose a certain former Governor who abandoned her office mid-term to be his running mate. A real match made in heaven that I'm sure will broaden his appeal among the general electorate.
I know what you meant. Cruz essentially lied about Trump when he implied he was messing with his kids.
No honor is a virtue. I get it. Believe me.
As for general election electability, I'd agree that Cruz is close to unelectable in almost any year, but this will be the weakest Democratic nominee we could have hoped for. Lots of people who normally won't vote Republican will do so as long as the GOP candidate isn't as repulsive as Hillary.
I think Trump's highest ever recorded unfavorability ratings among the general population (higher than Cruz's) make him the one guy who can't beat her.
I don’t think there’s a chance in Hades of “Lyin Ted”, “Little Marco”, or any of the other Republicans Trump has serially insulted demeaning themselves by agreeing to be his VP. He made his bed, so letnhom lie in it.
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Now in this case you’re probably right, Trump surrounds himself with winners, not little petty effeminate boys.
And be real, it won’t be Sarah.
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