Rep. Peter King Praises Trump: ‘He Talks Like a Real Person’

Donald Trump got what sounded like something close to an endorsement from one prominent member of Congress on Monday: fellow New York Republican Peter King. Responding to RNC Chairman Reince Priebus’ assertion that Trump’s presence in the 2016 presidential race has been a “net positive” for the party, Rep. King said he agreed that Trump is moving Republicans in the right direction. ADVERTISEMENT

“I don’t agree with everything Donald Trump says, but he’s making other Republicans go off their talking points, he’s appealing to real people,” King told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer Monday afternoon. As a New Yorker, he noted that Trump “may be a billionaire from the east side of Manhattan, but he talks like the guys I grew up with in Queens or Brooklyn, he talks like a real person.”

“I think he’s forcing the other candidates to be more real and to get off their talking points and address issues that the American people are concerned about,” King added, before disclosing that Trump contributed to his past campaigns. He also named Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, John Kasich and Carly Fiorina as other candidates who he thinks would make good nominees for the party.

Invoking King’s contentious history with other Republicans currently running for president, Blitzer pointed out that Rand Paul and Ted Cruz were both missing from that list.

>> RINO D-BAG Blowhard and IRA terrorist/Clinton lover Pete King, Praise from Caesar! <<

>> We’re just going to ignore the fact that Peter King has been a lifelong RINO and yet is intrigued by Trump and you view that as a good thing. A Congressman that has trashed the right and the Tea Party thinks Trump is great! And you’re not even smart enough to give that a 2nd thought. In the old days, this would be the kiss of death for a candidate. But now a liberal Republican giving praise to another liberal Republican that he knows isn’t conservative? Oh, now that just King “getting it”. And yet King was vehemently against Cruz. That should tell you everything you need to know about who the real conservative in this race is. <<

Heh. Trump's fan club wants to use Jeff Sessions and Sarah Palin's comments as "proof" that Trump is conservative, but ignore that the most despised RINOs in America, like Peter King and Meghan McCain, are ALSO in Trump's corner. Anytime Meghan McCain praises any other GOP candidate, they are quick to jump on that person and slam them for attracting the likes of McCain's conservative-hating daughter.

Either Trump's celebrity fan club means something about his candidacy, or it doesn't. They can't have it both ways.

Personally, I think Trump has a lot in common with Peter King. Numerous freepers fawned over RINO Peter King for years because he was a loudmouth who beat his chest about illegal immigration and pretended to be a heroic anti-establishment fighter. The fact his record showed he was the enemy of conservativism meant nothing to them as long as he could bark conservative principles on nightly news shows.

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