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Trump refuses to rule out third-party run if he doesn’t land GOP nomination
NY Daily News ^ | April 4, 2016 | Adam Edelman

Posted on 04/04/2016 6:48:46 AM PDT by xzins

Donald Trump continued his war with party bosses Sunday, once again saying that he wouldn’t rule out a third-party run if he failed to secure the GOP nomination and demanding that rival John Kasich drop out of the race.

“We’re going to have to see how I was treated. I’m going to have to see how I was treated. Very simple,” Trump said on “Fox News Sunday” when asked if he would categorically rule out running as a third-party independent candidate if he failed to win his party’s nomination. “It’s not a question of win or lose. It’s a question of treatment. I want to be treated fair.”

The comments came just days after Trump, Kasich and Ted Cruz backed out of pledges to support the GOP’s eventual nominee. Following the walk-backs, Trump met privately with Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus in an apparent effort to smooth things over, but on Sunday, the hot-and-cold relationship appeared on the verge of fracturing once again.

“Those kinds of comments, I think, have consequences,” Priebus said on ABC’s “This Week” of Trump’s latest remarks. “When you make those kinds of comments, and you want people to fall in line for you, it makes it more difficult.”

In yet another interview, Priebus admitted he wasn’t sure whether he felt the former businessman was the party’s best candidate.

“I don’t know,” Priebus said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “Listen, I don’t worry about who is the strongest candidate.”

Further suggesting Trump was undeterred by the criticism were demands he made during a rally in Wisconsin — whose pivotal primary on Tuesday will put for up grabs another 96 delegates — that Kasich drop out of the GOP race.

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To: Luircin
See #181(RE:” I am making promise, I will help Hillary campaign to defeat Lying Cruz and any GOP SOB who had endorse Lyin Cruz. )
141 posted on 04/04/2016 7:50:33 AM PDT by sickoflibs (Trumpetir :"He could go on a shooting spree downtown and I would still worship him"')
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Clinton says that the FBI “won’t find anything” when they interview her. She’s been out of touch for so long she has no grip on reality. When they FBI interviews you sweetie pie, it’s because they have already found something.


142 posted on 04/04/2016 7:50:50 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (America is not a dump, sewer or "refugee" camp. It's my home.)
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To: Brilliant

“I have voted Republican since 1980 and I am ready to jump ship if Trump is nominated. “

Same here.

What you don’t realize is that their a lot more like me than you.

The issues Trump is raising will be addressed or the Republican party is done.


143 posted on 04/04/2016 7:50:56 AM PDT by crusher2013 (8Liberalism is Aristocracy masquerading as equality)
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To: xzins
By the time that all happens Donny the Demonrat Donors supporters would fill a couple of school buses at best.

Okay, a couple of school buses and a few of those short “special” buses.

Oh hell. The buses will all be “SPECIAL BUSES” by then.

Heh.

Jedi.

144 posted on 04/04/2016 7:50:57 AM PDT by JEDI4S (THE GREAT DELEGATE HUNT IS ON....HELP DEFEAT THE INTERLOPER!)
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To: ontap

Treated fairly doesn’t include being awarded the nomination...he has to get 1237 delegates the same as everyone else!!!
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It DOESN’T include every GOPe “elite” jumping on the bandwagon to destroy Trump. Priebus needs to shut up and sit down. He’ll be toast when Trump wins, along with all the others like McConnell, Ryan, et al!


145 posted on 04/04/2016 7:51:01 AM PDT by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: xzins

How dare you be logical? ;) Pretty good post.


146 posted on 04/04/2016 7:51:05 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (When Cruz aligns with Soros, Ayers, and the MSM, he's one of THEM.)
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To: JimRed; Jim Robinson

I agree.

If North Carolina loses tonight because the referees force NC defenders to stand behind the free throw line and allow Villanova to make uncontested 3 point shots, then NC has a good case for calling it crooked.

If North Carolina loses because they simply don’t score as many points in a game played by the rules, then that’s something different.

IF the NCAA OFFICIAL ORGANIZATION comes on line before, during, and after the game and BAD MOUTHS North Carolina, sends hate mail to NC players, has an anti-NC cheering section, and enlists ALL broadcasters to attack NC in every comment, every interview, and every portrayal, THEN NC has a good case for questioning the integrity of the game.

IF the NCAA Organization changes rules in the middle of the game to hurt North Carolina’s chances, that too would seem like a huge lack of integrity.

North Carolina would be well within sound logic to say they’d start a new college basketball association the next year.


147 posted on 04/04/2016 7:51:45 AM PDT by xzins (Free Republic Gives YOU a voice heard around the globe. Support the Freepathon!)
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To: manc

more and more here in this state of FL which is a vital win are now saying they will vote for Trump an d no one else as they feel cruz is helping the party and is not telling the truth and people are fed up of the lies and not answering questions.
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I’ll confirm that from my part of Florida.


148 posted on 04/04/2016 7:52:37 AM PDT by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: JimRed

Personally I will do a write in. But since the Trump squad itself is promising to jump ship if he’s not nominated I think they understand that there are alternatives. Some will go third party. Some will even vote for Hillary. Particularly the women. Trump has 73% negatives among women.


149 posted on 04/04/2016 7:53:15 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: sickoflibs

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/04/april-cruzs-last-hurrah/


150 posted on 04/04/2016 7:53:19 AM PDT by mkjessup (TRUMP is the windshield, the libtard media, 'RATS, RINOS and cowards are BUGS!! GO TRUMP GO!!)
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To: MayflowerMadam
Put them in the equation and things could get interesting.

There's a Chinese curse..."May you live in interesting times".

151 posted on 04/04/2016 7:53:58 AM PDT by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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To: xzins

Yup. Well said. Preibus whines about Trumps comments, but has no issue with GOP emissaries like Romney going out to trash Trump and urge candidates to split the vote and set up a brokered convention.

FUGOP


152 posted on 04/04/2016 7:54:35 AM PDT by over3Owithabrain
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To: al_c
Won’t do him any good. In some states, there is a rule that if you lose in a primary, you can’t run on another party’s ticket.

Donald J. Trump, Jr.

153 posted on 04/04/2016 7:54:39 AM PDT by TontoKowalski (")
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To: Brilliant
Trump has 73% negatives among women.

And we believe these leftist polls because...?

154 posted on 04/04/2016 7:55:12 AM PDT by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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To: MayflowerMadam

See #147

I think Trump is well within sound logic to run a 3rd party campaign GIVEN the lack of integrity in his treatment to this point.


155 posted on 04/04/2016 7:55:27 AM PDT by xzins (Free Republic Gives YOU a voice heard around the globe. Support the Freepathon!)
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To: sickoflibs

*Yawn*

Logical fallacy: Ad hominem, moving the goalposts, changing the subject, argumentum ad verecundiam.

Grade: F.

Is this the best you can do, really?


156 posted on 04/04/2016 7:56:00 AM PDT by Luircin (Supervillians for Trump: We're sick of being the lesser evil!)
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To: Brilliant
strong with you, the TDS is!

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157 posted on 04/04/2016 7:56:07 AM PDT by mkjessup (TRUMP is the windshield, the libtard media, 'RATS, RINOS and cowards are BUGS!! GO TRUMP GO!!)
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To: xzins

“If he’s not treated fairly (in my opinion), and if he has a solid plan to win ELECTORAL votes, then I will support Trump in a 3rd party run.”

After the GOP demanded Trump “swear” an oath not to run as an independent...the GOP has done everything they can to ruin Trump’s run. So much for GOP loyalty.

Nothing has done more to expose the fraud and self serving inbred interest of the GOP as this election has demonstrated. FU GOP.


158 posted on 04/04/2016 7:56:30 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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To: sickoflibs
Makes you wonder what Donny and Bill Clinton really talked about before Hair Trump came down the escalator doesn't it?

Remember...when Clinton first won there was another interloper in the mix.

Ross Pee-rot. Perhaps history repeating itself...though not exactly. Pee-rot ran as some sort of independent I think.

Clinton won with 42%. I think that number is right.

It's like Pee-rot all over again. With better hair and smaller ears. And YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT FOLKS WITH SMALL EARS!

heh.

Jedi.

159 posted on 04/04/2016 7:56:52 AM PDT by JEDI4S (THE GREAT DELEGATE HUNT IS ON....HELP DEFEAT THE INTERLOPER!)
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To: WKUHilltopper

I’m with you.

I’ll support Trump over the GOP.


160 posted on 04/04/2016 7:57:53 AM PDT by xzins (Free Republic Gives YOU a voice heard around the globe. Support the Freepathon!)
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