Posted on 07/23/2015 3:13:15 AM PDT by elhombrelibre
Donald Trump has criticized or mocked conservative candidates, politicians, and pundits nearly five times as often as liberal-leaning folks on his personal Twitter account.
A Washington Examiner analysis of the individuals Trump has mentioned on his Twitter feed — excluding mentions included in retweets or quoted tweets — found that the Republican presidential hopeful strongly prefers to launch attacks against members of his own party on social media.
On June 21, less than a week after launching his presidential bid in New York City, Trump tweeted that GOP strategist Karl Rove "spent $430 million in the [2014 campaign] cycle and didn't win one race." In a separate tweet on the same day, the billionaire businessman called the Fox News contributor and former Bush adviser a "jerk."
Since then, Trump has tweeted a total of 46 negative remarks about Rove and other GOP presidential candidates, politicians, and pundits in comparison to the 10 times he's gone after Democratic candidates, politicians and pundits during that same time frame.
5 to 1 is pretty good. Most of the GOPe never say a word about the ‘rats.
5 to 1 is pretty good. Most of the GOPe never say a word about the ‘rats.
Really. Rove never attacks conservatives. Right?
I was being sarcastic. Eff Rove.
Seems like there’s a difference between what Trump is doing and what Romney did in the primaries last time.
Romney was playing dirty.
Me too. This is FR. no one seriously supports Rove.
The content of the attacks is what matters, not the number. If they are valid attacks on policy issues, fire away!
Oh brother. You’re as adept at conversation as the Donald.
It’s Sun Tzu, I tell you.
GOPe deserves to be attacked.
....and the GOP has been attacking its base after every election cycle.
You, Trump, and Hillary can believe whatever you want. You’ve the same agenda - three peas in a pod and not real conservatives.
But Cruz actually was defending him. Why would he do that instead of what you’re doing.
I’m actually hoping Rove comes out of this castrated, spineless and slobbering like a rabid animal.
Cowering in a corner whenever a conservative speaks.
I can dream can’t I?
No. He hasn't.
"A review of more than a decade of campaign contribution data illustrates that Trump is a bipartisan giver at best and in fact, leans toward the left.
Data compiled by CrowdPAC - a new leading resource for objective data on U.S. political campaigns – reveals that Trump’s donation lean just as much to the left, as to the right."
http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/does-donald-trump-put-his-money-where-his-mouth-is-campaign-contributions-say-hes-fired/
I want to know, from you, if it's okay that someone seeking the Republican nomination for President has supported Barack Obama for President as a registered Democrat and donated to the campaigns of:
Hillary Clinton (and the Clinton Foundation)
Ted Kennedy
Chuck Schumer
Elliot Spitzer
Rahm Emanuel
Charlie Rangel
And I don't care about the amounts. Is that acceptable to you from the self-proclaimed "conservative" Donald Trump?
Attention=free air time
Is that you Bart Simpson? Oh wait, Bart Simpson makes a heck of a lot more sense to than you do.
You sound like LINDA Graham. You’d probably have voted to confirm Kagan for SCOTUS too.
I am not pining for Trump, I am a Cruz guy 100%. Cruz is front and center in attacking the “Washington Cartel”. Trump is helpful in this attack.
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