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Donald Trump sends Club for Growth cease and desist letter
www.politico.com ^ | 09/22/15, 03:00 PM EDT Updated 09/22/15, 03:51 PM EDT | Daniel Strauss

Posted on 09/22/2015 12:11:09 PM PDT by RoosterRedux

Donald Trump has sent the Club for Growth a cease and desist letter aimed at stopping the conservative outside group from airing a set of attack ads against him in Iowa.

The letter comes a week after the Club for Growth unveiled a set of 30-second ads in Iowa attacking Trump as just another politician who supports liberal policies.

"I am not surprised the dishonest, irrelevant and totally failing Club for Growth has resorted to attacking the definitive front runner, especially after I refused to contribute to their pathetic group," Trump said in a statement. "We will be releasing my current tax proposal, which is a major decrease in taxes, in the next week and will continue to expose the two faced hypocrisy of the Club for Growth and the problems groups like this perpetuate within a broken Washington, D.C."

The cease and desist letter argues that one of the ads is not only "disingenuous, but replete with outright lies, false, defamatory and destructive statements and downright fabrications which you fully know to be untrue." The letter calls out the Club's claim that Trump supports raising taxes, arguing the source for that claim is a gross exaggeration. The Club cited Trump's support in 1999 for a one-time 14.25 percent tax on individual net worth and trusts.

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To: deport

That’s good, isn’t it?


41 posted on 09/22/2015 12:24:49 PM PDT by Resettozero
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To: Resettozero

Someone should ask Trump how politico.com got a copy of the letter.


42 posted on 09/22/2015 12:24:58 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("It doesn't work for me. I gotta have more cowbell!")
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To: RoosterRedux

Great.


43 posted on 09/22/2015 12:25:04 PM PDT by MamaB (Heb. 13:2)
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To: RoosterRedux; hoosiermama; onyx; Jane Long; V K Lee; conservativejoy; RitaOK; Black Agnes

Trump is playing this by the book. If the cease & desist letter is not effective he will bankrupt them when he institutes litigation. He wins either way.


44 posted on 09/22/2015 12:25:12 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: RoosterRedux

I love that he says it himself instead of some “spokesperson”.


45 posted on 09/22/2015 12:25:16 PM PDT by glorgau
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To: hoosiermama

Must be a hen house, eh? “Layers”? :-)


46 posted on 09/22/2015 12:25:24 PM PDT by SgtHooper (Anyone who remembers the 60's, wasn't there!)
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To: RoosterRedux

I think this is one of the few times I have veer seen a candidate with the maturity to fight back against political liars.

Go Trump Go!!!


47 posted on 09/22/2015 12:25:44 PM PDT by CodeToad (If it weren't for physics and law enforcement I'd be unstoppable!)
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To: RoosterRedux
Video (9-21-15)

CLUB PRESIDENT DAVID MCINTOSH JOINS MORNING JOE

...Bashes Trump, Supports Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz (in that order)

Laughed when asked about Yeb. ...brought up Yeb support of Common Core.

48 posted on 09/22/2015 12:25:46 PM PDT by TexasCajun (#BlackViolenceMatters)
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To: Rebelbase
-- Stomping on the First Amendent as an election tactic is unbecoming. --

A real politician would denounce the falsehoods in the strongest terms.

FWIW, the first amendment doesn't protect defamatory speech.

49 posted on 09/22/2015 12:25:52 PM PDT by Cboldt
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To: P.O.E.

want s/b went.

Durnit.


50 posted on 09/22/2015 12:26:00 PM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

A “Strongly worded letter”. Yep, Obama certainly knows about strongly worded letters. He gets one from boner at least once a week.


51 posted on 09/22/2015 12:26:15 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (Since you're so much smarter than me, don't waste your time insulting me. I won't understand it.)
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and the problems groups like this perpetuate within a broken Washington, D.C.

This is where Trump's different. "Groups like this" have been governing us for way too long. "Groups like this" are why politicians have completely and now blatantly disregard the will of their constituents. "Groups like this" decide who will have power, and who they will take it away from.

There are probably countless "groups like this" running DC. It's time to find somebody who will not be run by them.

Oh, and by the way, please destroy the media while you're at it Mr. Trump.
52 posted on 09/22/2015 12:26:38 PM PDT by mmichaels1970
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To: Raycpa

yes. a good businessman to the death...


53 posted on 09/22/2015 12:26:44 PM PDT by magna carta
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To: LS

That is the heart of reason for Trump’s continued support. He fights like he wants to win.


54 posted on 09/22/2015 12:26:52 PM PDT by tatown
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Yeah... there’s always a fine line between the first amendment and slander.


55 posted on 09/22/2015 12:26:53 PM PDT by kjam22 (my music video "If My People" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74b20RjILy4)
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To: detective; hoosiermama
floors full of layers

Well floors full of laying hens is a whole lot of chickensh!t. Club for Growth had better be prepared for a sh!tstorm to come their way.;-)

56 posted on 09/22/2015 12:27:41 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux; hoosiermama; Liz

I have been sending ALL of my CFG donation requests back with the word TRAITOR written on them, and requesting to be removed from their database.

Here’s their contact info, if anyone cares to give them a call/email/fax/tweet...

Phone: 202-955-5500
Toll Free: 855-432-0899
Fax: 202-955-9466

https://twitter.com/club4growth


57 posted on 09/22/2015 12:27:43 PM PDT by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: Cboldt

In fact, the classy approach (and I believe the same thing would have held for Walker, who arguably got misrepresented by Trump the other day) would be to thank the other party for bringing up the matter, because now it’s a chance for Trump to highlight the truth, which is [etc.]


58 posted on 09/22/2015 12:28:38 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Resettozero

Can be if he gets their attention and they listen to his reasoning. All these candidates
have supporters that will have to go somewhere when and if they drop out of the race.
And most will as we progress towards mid March or so.


59 posted on 09/22/2015 12:28:42 PM PDT by deport
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To: stephenjohnbanker

Agree. CFG has turned into a complete sham, under McIntosh.


60 posted on 09/22/2015 12:28:47 PM PDT by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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