Posted on 07/19/2015 11:22:09 AM PDT by jimbo123
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Sunday he’s not sorry and he’s not withdrawing from the race over remarks he made about Arizona Sen. John McCain‘s status as a war hero.
Mr. Trump drew fire after he said Saturday that Mr. McCain, the party’s 2008 presidential standard-bearer who spent five years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, was “not a war hero.” Mr. Trump explained his dislike of seeing Mr. McCain was described that way by saying that Mr. McCain was “a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured.”
The New York developer and entertainer drew broad condemnation from GOP competitors for his comments. Florida Gov. Jeb Bush called on Mr. Trump to end “slanderous attacks,” and former Texas Gov. Rick Perry called for Mr. Trump to drop out of the race.
“I’m certainly not pulling out,” Mr. Trump told ABC’s This Week on Sunday morning.
Mr. Trump said he wasn’t apologizing, “not at all” and said it was disgruntled rivals who had stirred up a controversy over his remarks. “This whole thing was brought up by a lot of the people that are competing against me currently that aren’t even registering in the polls because people are tired of them.”
“I’m certainly not pulling out; I’m leading and I’m leading in many states,” he said.
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Which idiot thought he was dropping out?
Good for Trump. He might have said things differently but no need to go crawl under a rock. Good he stands up to these idiots.
Has anyone posted a clip of the exchange that led to this whole brouhaha?
Spine? Check!
Balls? Check!
No wonder the GOPe is clutching their pearls.
Do newspapers/magazines quit production whenever they “misspeak”? I didn’t think so. So why do they expect Trump to quit?
BBs.
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He CAN deal with the enemies of the U.S. and bring respect again.
The title of this youtube clip is misleading....to say the least.
The more they pile on, the stronger he is going to get.
My bet is that once he has reduced the establishment GOP hacks to a whimpering, smoldering pile of rubble he will withdraw and hand his followers over to Cruz.
Seriously, Trump cannot afford to be POTUS. Besides the pay cut, he would have to divest himself of all his assets. That ain't happening.
Lindsay had already bought himself a big bowl of celebratory Quiche Chiffon Pie, thinking Trump would have left town bedraggled, in disgrace and anonymity.
That idiot Rick Perry who is polling a big fat 0 in the polls was calling for Trump to drop out.
It was in an appearance yesterday which you ca find ar youtubr.
They make so much money with Trump that his stuff now has commercial breaks even there. That tells you people are watching him.
Perry jumped out there and called for him to drop out for disparaging veterans. Which is a lie. I’m a vet and I don’t feel disparaged.
For me his statement re supporting uncaptured vets was the launchpad for the issue of the horrible treatment of vets in this country.
Game plan...pounce on something Trump says, pile on the coordinated outrage, and demand he drop out before the first debate. Tells me the puppet masters know exactly what’s going to happen when Trump gets on the debate stage with the bootlickers.
Me neither.
Perry pathetically trying to get some traction.
All of the idiots at The Cheap Labor Express have been pounding on the idiots in The Ministry Of Propaganda and the idiots in the GOPe to use this for maximum effect and try to shut him up.
He’s bad for business.
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