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Conservative? Donald Trump supported auto bailouts in 2008.
The Daily Caller ^ | 4/20/2011 | Chris Moody

Posted on 07/21/2015 10:13:29 AM PDT by TNMOUTH

Although Donald Trump is trying to re-invent himself as a conservative for a possible bid for president in 2012, reminders of his prior support for Democrats and big government polices keep adding up. The latest: The Donald supported the auto bailout in 2008.

“I think the government should stand behind them 100 percent,” Trump told Fox News’ Neil Cavuto nearly three years ago. “You cannot lose the auto companies. They’re great. They make wonderful products.”

Faced with crushing debts caused by poor management and high labor costs, GM and Chrysler requested federal assistance to keep the firms afloat, and were granted a $25 billion loan in the fall of 2008. President George Bush then secured more than $17 billion for the companies.

This occurred months before the birth of the Tea Party, but conservatives were outraged.

Not Trump. A longtime advocate of sweetheart deals between corporation and state, the real-estate developer went all in for the deal.

“[Y]ou have to try and save the companies,” Trump said in a separate 2008 Fox News interview. “And I think you can easily save the companies.”

The Club for Growth, a free-market advocacy group that opposed the bailouts, blasted out a statement Wednesday knocking Trump for his support for bailouts over bankruptcy, and cited that the real-estate mogul had succesfully filed for bankruptcy himself four times in the past 20 years.

“If there’s anyone who should know the value of filing for bankruptcy, it’s Donald Trump. He should have known that the $13.4 billion government bailout of the auto industry just put off the inevitable while putting taxpayers at risk,” said Club for Growth President Chris Chocola. “Bailouts and nationalizing whole industries can cripple free markets and has hampered our economic recovery. We need our next President to understand that economic freedom leads to growth and prosperity for all, and that the government should never be in the business of picking winners and losers.”


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; bailouts; chrismoody; conservative; dailycaller; election2016; newyork; paultardation; paultardnoisemachine; randpaulnoisemachine; randsconcerntrolls; sowhat; troll; trump
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To: stephenjohnbanker; TNMOUTH; fieldmarshaldj; Impy; GOPsterinMA; Behind Liberal Lines; NFHale
RE:”At least the left now realizes that they failed a selling Americans funding to stop global warming. Now mini “ice age” faux scientists are bring back the 1975-76 ice age scam. See? All is not lost”

As POTUS Donald will call up those chi-coms and demand that they send our manufacturing plants back here and soon we will get a call from our old boss asking us to come back to work, of course he might be Chinese now.
Jim Long might be Kim Jong now.

I hate those $#@&$# chi-coms, we need Trump to kick their butts.

81 posted on 07/21/2015 10:49:52 AM PDT by sickoflibs (King Obama : 'The debate is over. The time for talk is over. Just follow my commands you serfs""')
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To: GeronL

Trump is the last, best effort to get Hillary into the White House. “Conservatives” are suckers over and over and over. Think Lucy - Charlie - Football.


83 posted on 07/21/2015 10:50:51 AM PDT by mn-bush-man
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To: TNMOUTH
The threshold issue of 2016 is immigration. A candidate's stance on any other issue is irrelevant unless they are going to remove the illegals, protect our voting system and enforce our borders. Otherwise, the illegals will be voting in greater numbers very soon, taking Texas, Florida, and many other states to where they have already taken California. At that point, it does not matter what someone's position was on homo marriage or auto bailouts. Marco Rubio, take note. He's pretty good on everything except immigration. Bye Marco. Scott Walker is iffy. Only Ted Cruz is a conservative who is solid on immigration.

So, while Ted Cruz remains my number one choice, if Trump can win, and if he is not just jerking us around like with the birth certificate, and if he stays in it to win it, then I have no problem with him being the nominee. We need to watch him very carefully. I still don't know if his motives are sincere, and if his immigration position is genuine. But I am glad he is making this the issue.

84 posted on 07/21/2015 10:52:32 AM PDT by Defiant (Amtrak train derails, therefore......Republicans.)
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To: TNMOUTH
And purity WAS, at one time, what most FREEPERS demanded of their candidates.

Well this is enlightening.

85 posted on 07/21/2015 10:52:33 AM PDT by skeeter ( THAT)
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To: stephenjohnbanker; TNMOUTH; fieldmarshaldj; Impy; GOPsterinMA; Behind Liberal Lines; NFHale
RE:”Conservative? Donald Trump supported auto bailouts in 2008.”

Don is an expert at business bankruptcies having lots of experience so he would be really good at business bailouts as POTUS.

Didn't GM use some of that $$$ to move plants to Medico??

“Save GM, Save Detroit, Go Don.”

86 posted on 07/21/2015 10:52:42 AM PDT by sickoflibs (King Obama : 'The debate is over. The time for talk is over. Just follow my commands you serfs""')
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To: Yaelle
"Anyone picking at how non-conservative Trump is, is complaining that their Rec Cross Emergency water doesn’t come with a lime slice."

Yeah, which is right in line with your statement that he might be a Dem but he's better than Hillary, and you'd support him even if he was pro-abortion and pro-homo marriage.

87 posted on 07/21/2015 10:54:13 AM PDT by CatherineofAragon (("This is a Laztatorship. You don't like it, get a day's rations and get out of this office."))
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To: sickoflibs

Bailed-out GM is investing $3.5 billion in Mexico.


88 posted on 07/21/2015 10:56:33 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: jjotto
RE:”Bailed-out GM is investing $3.5 billion in Mexico.”

When do Americans sneak over the border to get those jobs?

89 posted on 07/21/2015 10:57:31 AM PDT by sickoflibs (King Obama : 'The debate is over. The time for talk is over. Just follow my commands you serfs""')
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To: stephenjohnbanker

I have, I have indeed noticed.

I have also noticed that none of their non-Trump candidates are saying anything of merit or value whatsoever.


90 posted on 07/21/2015 10:58:20 AM PDT by chris37 (Heartless)
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To: TNMOUTH
Donald Trump supported auto bailouts in 2008.

Hardly worth mentioning at this point.

Trump could advocate for seizing homes via eminent domain to pay for socialized medicine for union workers' abortions while yelling "Hail, Satan!" and a bunch of people here would still scream about how "conservative" he is because he has, after decades, started to pay some lip service to immigration issues (although he favors amnesty).

91 posted on 07/21/2015 10:58:43 AM PDT by gdani (No sacred cows)
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To: sickoflibs

Mexican auto workers make about 4 bucks an hour.
Americans can “make” more than that from the fedgov just by being alive.


92 posted on 07/21/2015 11:00:02 AM PDT by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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To: proust

This worries me re Cruz, as he’s really the only one I could vote for whole-heartedly. I am hoping that Trump isn’t some kind of spoiler against Cruz, on behalf of the GOPe.


93 posted on 07/21/2015 11:00:18 AM PDT by mrsmel (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: sf4dubya

Oh, I agree...

Walker did a good job crushing one union...

The problem is that the higher ups in the Unions are still Marxists.


94 posted on 07/21/2015 11:00:30 AM PDT by TNMOUTH
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To: proust

Never did. You on the other hand support taking billions from American taxpayers to hand it to labor unions.


95 posted on 07/21/2015 11:02:34 AM PDT by Above My Pay Grade
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To: sickoflibs
Didn't GM use some of that $$$ to move plants to Medico??

GM moved 11 plants to China.

96 posted on 07/21/2015 11:03:29 AM PDT by Know et al (Keep on Freepin'!!!)
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To: TNMOUTH

Please know that there is a third type of Freeper-those of us who are enjoying the show, but have qualms, and deepening ones, as to what Trump is really in this for (it’s a given that it’s not to advance the conservative agenda). I am beginning to wonder if it’s not all a big GOPe conspiracy to squeeze Cruz out. He was getting some traction before Trump got in. What was the meeting about?


97 posted on 07/21/2015 11:04:01 AM PDT by mrsmel (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: gdani

Amen...

Some more reason on a site that has been hijacked by Trump supporters.


98 posted on 07/21/2015 11:04:38 AM PDT by TNMOUTH
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To: jospehm20

Boehner and McConnell are not “conservative” Republicans.

“Try something different” means electing a lefty.... I don’t think that’s going to work


99 posted on 07/21/2015 11:05:42 AM PDT by GeronL
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To: mrsmel

I am wondering the same thing...I actually had the same idea you had.

Apparently, Cruz called the meeting. Also, Donald did give 5K to Cruz BEFORE he jumped into the race.

I am not sure he is trying to squeeze out the RINO’s...I think his target is Cruz. The timing was suspect.


100 posted on 07/21/2015 11:06:18 AM PDT by TNMOUTH
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