Posted on 08/10/2023 3:29:28 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
Former President Donald Trump said Wednesday on Newsmax TV’s “The Balance” that he would not sign the Republican National Committee’s pledge to support the GOP nominee to attend the first primary debate on August 23 on Fox News.
Trump said, “I’ve already decided and I’ll be announcing something next week.”
Host Eric Bolling said, “Fox senior executives came and had dinner with you and pitched you. Did they move the needle?”
Trump said, “Well they were very nice. Look, they were very nice.”
Bolling said, “The only reason I say this, I put a poll up on Twitter. At least two-thirds of the people don’t want you to do the debate because they feel it could be a setup. Are you concerned about Fox setting you up?”
Trump said, “Well, when you’re at 75, 78, 80%, and other guys are 0, 1%, 2%, 3%, you do say, ‘What’s the upside? Am I going to go up one point? But they could go up, you know. They’re not dumb people. They’re senators. They’re governors. They’re intelligent people. You have some very good people.”
Trump said, “I have a problem with the debate for another reason. I wouldn’t sign the pledge. Why would I sign a pledge if there are people on there that I wouldn’t have? I wouldn’t have certain people as, you know, somebody that I’d endorse. So, they want you to sign a pledge, but I can name three or four people that I wouldn’t support for president. So there is a problem right there.”
Bolling asked, “Can I ask which three?”
Trump said, “There’s no reason to insult them but there are some people there that a lot of people wouldn’t endorse.”
He continued, “They’re not going to go anywhere, by the way. They’re not going to get it.
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For some, if the person isn’t Trump, the person isn’t MAGA. It should never be about one person. It should be about principles and policies that support those principles.
What was mischaracterized? If Trump wants to use the Republican party, then he should work with it, not against it.
No never-Trumpers will support Trump as the nominee, but the vast majority DeSantis supporters will. Many have stated this repeatedly in prior threads.
Unlike only-Trumpers others first priority is having a Republican in the WH.
You must have missed that Trump endorsed some really crappy candidates that didn’t require sabotaging, they genuinely sucked.
like Ron?
Of course they will. They've done so twice before.
Trump's problem won't be the GOP unifying behind him. It'll be all the independent and swing voters who don't.
Only one comment to you; GET BENT!
No, we don’t forget it; we have just finally been pushed to the point where we don’t give a damn about all the phony, lying candidates anymore.
The DNC pushes their LOSERS
The RNC pushes their LOSERS
Now days I just call them Republicrats and Demicans, they are all the same to us now——LOSERS!
To me they are all REPUGNACRATS.
We will vote for who WE want this time regardless of the consequences: if we win, great, if we lose things will just stay the same, SO WHAT!
No, we don’t forget it; we have just finally been pushed to the point where we don’t give a damn about all the phony, lying candidates anymore.
The DNC pushes their LOSERS
The RNC pushes their LOSERS
Now days I just call them Republicrats and Demicans, they are all the same to us now——LOSERS!
To me they are all REPUGNACRATS.
We will vote for who WE want this time regardless of the consequences: if we win, great, if we lose things will just stay the same, SO WHAT!
If you’re adhering to guilt by association, Trump is pretty cozy with Lindsey Graham, a globalist neocon. If they have a dust-up, Graham has only to say something nice, and he’s back in Trump’s favor.
As to DeSantis, we know what he’ll do in office, because of what he is doing as governor. Pretending that he’s just a RINO stooge flies in the face of his accomplishments as a conservative. He just replaced a catch-and-release state attorney with one who immediately canceled her pro-illegal alien SOP. We need someone to do this at the federal level. If Trump wins, I hope he will do the same. Whoever gets in needs to fire all the appointed judges who ignore the Constitution.
Kick it up a notch and we can watch you disappear into the ether.
If you don’t care for “phony, lying candidates”, why do you support Trump? He tells people what they want to hear, just like the others. Is it because it’s obvious he’s a con, so it’s more entertaining?
You voted for the one you wanted in 2020 … and lost.
You voted for the one you wanted in 2022 … and lost.
I guess you love to lose, don’t you?
No need for me to kick it up a notch. As people like you continue to transform this place into RinoRepublic, I’m sure it’ll happen anyway.
What a joke you are with your leftist projection. Stick with Orange man bad, it's all the credibility you can muster.
I don’t support DeSantis, either.
Only President Trump
I may have lost, but at least I didn’t vote for CRAP, like you.
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