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Trump campaign wasting precious time, GOP critics say
MSN News ^ | June 7, 2016 | JILL COLVIN, STEVE PEOPLES and JULIE BYKOWICZ,

Posted on 06/07/2016 7:08:54 AM PDT by detective

Donald Trump is wasting precious time.

By now, Republican Party critics argue, the party's presumptive presidential nominee was supposed to have stationed senior staff in battleground states, moderated his fiery message to attract new supporters and begun raking in big money.

Instead, he's spending more time right now picking fights and settling scores than delivering a message that might help draw voters.

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


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: republicans; trump
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The media are Clinton lap dogs and/or Clinton attack dogs.

They will tell any lie to help Clinton.

But why are so many Republicans attacking Trump and refusing to say anything negative about Clinton.

The same Republicans who dishonestly attack Trump refuse to explain and articulate the disaster of the many Clinton wrongdoings. The self described conservative Republicans need to speak clearly and articulately about the Clinton corruption and the danger she presents to America.

Sadly they refuse to.

1 posted on 06/07/2016 7:08:54 AM PDT by detective
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To: detective

These same ‘consultants’ are position themselves so Trump and the normal GOP machine will pay them big bucks for their frequently failed ‘game’.

Also, it laid down the ground work later so they can blame Trump if he loses the election to Hillary (or whoever). “See, I (we) told you so, .....”


2 posted on 06/07/2016 7:13:10 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = USSR; Journ0List + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey)
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To: detective

If only other republicans would vent their wrath on Crooked Hillary and stop being traitors.
Just like what if Mittens had exhausted half as much energy last time against Obama, he might be up for reelection now.


3 posted on 06/07/2016 7:13:16 AM PDT by edie1960 (w)
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To: detective

GOPe are afraid of losing their “gravy train” when Trump is elected....


4 posted on 06/07/2016 7:14:51 AM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: detective
"why are so many Republicans attacking Trump and refusing to say anything negative about Clinton."

Republicans have been attacking the Clintons since 1992. The press is simply replaying only the things they say about Trump.

5 posted on 06/07/2016 7:14:59 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage (The Stone Age did not end because we ran out of stones)
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To: detective

These critics have been wrong about everything for months.

As long as they don’t understand what Trump is doing, Trump has the advantage.


6 posted on 06/07/2016 7:16:16 AM PDT by Helicondelta
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To: Helicondelta

trump should not listen to any of these losers. still over 5 months to go


7 posted on 06/07/2016 7:17:33 AM PDT by ground_fog
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To: detective

Any names or as usual the unnamed NeverTrumpers?


8 posted on 06/07/2016 7:17:40 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Bill Kristallnacht wants to burn down the conservative movement & elect crooked/lying Clinton!)
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To: detective

Trump did not get where he is by running a traditional campaign.

I think all the consultants and talking heads just need to SHUT UP.


9 posted on 06/07/2016 7:17:42 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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In other words he should do what they think, not what he thinks.

And how many presidential elections have they won recently?

They could only eek out a squeaker against AlGore (one of the stupidest people ever to run for President) and John Effing Kerry - a proven military coward and the 2nd stupidest.


10 posted on 06/07/2016 7:17:50 AM PDT by Mr. K (Trump will win NY state - choke on that HilLIARy)
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To: Helicondelta

Still the advice is good. Especially about an organization.


11 posted on 06/07/2016 7:19:05 AM PDT by Williams (Dear God please save us from the democrats. And the republicans.)
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To: detective

The Donald has a steep hill to climb. He has faced determined opposition before and succeeded. He will do it again. JMHO!


12 posted on 06/07/2016 7:19:08 AM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: Mr. K

They know the Trump can win it without their help.


13 posted on 06/07/2016 7:19:59 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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While I do think Trump is going to run a unique campaign and use his celebrity and ability to communicate from “top down”, I still wonder about the logistics on the ground.

We all know the democrats play dirty, have an incredible ground game that also involves massive voter fraud.

At the end of the day, they can steal elections....if they are close....the key is to get turnout to a level where it isn’t close. Can that be done largely top down?


14 posted on 06/07/2016 7:20:58 AM PDT by Crimson Elephant
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To: Sir Napsalot
Trump is playing this campaign his way. The serious part of the campaign -- when undecideds choose up sides -- is after Labor Day... which is when Trump will differentiate from Clinton and sell his & Republican platform.

Prior to that, in July, the conventions happen, and in August everyone is on vacation.. This is time for splashy headlines -- VP and advisor selection, the rumored foreign trip, photo-ops with experts.

Trump is not letting the momentum go in June. He's bringing up controversial issues that have been ignored -- La Raza = KKK for Mexicans & Reconquista, Hillery's Legal issues (e-mail, pay for play/Clinton Foundation) to paint Clinton & Democrats as not in the best interest for "real Ameicans".
15 posted on 06/07/2016 7:23:01 AM PDT by mason-dixon (As Mason said to Dixon, you have to draw the line somewhere.)
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To: Crimson Elephant

This is why organizations like this are important to fighting the dirty Dems game of massive voter fraud.

http://truethevote.org


16 posted on 06/07/2016 7:27:04 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: detective

Trump’s win depends on him signing up new white mid-low income voters who have dropped out of the system or were never in it.

Well those voters need to be registered to vote. He needs to have offices and organized efforts in every key state identifying and registering these potential supporters. He’s not.

Why?


17 posted on 06/07/2016 7:28:04 AM PDT by Beernoser
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“But why are so many Republicans attacking Trump and refusing to say anything negative about Clinton.”

Because they are all part of the same elite establishment. Their commitment and fidelity to their political party means nothing compared to maintaining control of the party and keeping their position at the feeding trough.


18 posted on 06/07/2016 7:28:23 AM PDT by Roger Kaputnik (Just because I'm paranoid doesn't prove that they aren't out to get me.)
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To: detective

The GOP critics haven’t won a single caucus or primary.

Trump is poised to sweep five more tonight.

What do they know about winning?

Let ‘em shut yer yaps.


19 posted on 06/07/2016 7:30:17 AM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: detective
Very good assessment, with quotes, from Washington Examiner. If DT loses to Bernie there is only one person to blame. The one who doesn't take advice unless it's from a lawyer.

Byron York: Trump's self-destructive rambling baffles GOP strategists

In a speech that went a little less than an hour, Trump spent more than ten minutes talking about Trump University. Ten minutes is a lot of time. It was far more, for example, than Trump spent talking about jobs — one week before a terrible jobs report raised serious questions about the recovery. Ten minutes was more than Trump spent talking about illegal immigration, his signature issue. Or veterans, a recent favorite. Or even, astonishingly, the damning State Department report on Hillary Clinton's email scandal.

No, Trump spent more time talking about the Trump University lawsuit than all of those. He discussed individual plaintiffs by name. He discussed various law firms. His opinion on summary judgment. And more. And, in the course of his extended remarks, Trump said of Curiel, "So what happens is the judge, who happens to be, we believe, Mexican, which is great. I think that's fine..."

And it was off to the races. Trump spent the next several days — it's not over yet — sharpening his attack on Curiel and setting off a wave of indignation, anger, criticism, and embarrassment that sent Republican allies running as Trump dug his hole deeper and deeper.

But it all started not with a rival's attack but with Trump himself and that ten-minute soliloquy in San Diego.

posted at Washington Examiner 6/6/16 11:17 PM
link to article

20 posted on 06/07/2016 7:32:58 AM PDT by huldah1776 ( Vote Pro-life! Allow God to bless America before He avenges the death of the innocent.)
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