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Sarah Palin Endorses Donald Trump, Rallying Conservatives
New York Times ^
| January 19, 2016
| ALAN RAPPEPORT
Posted on 01/19/2016 4:08:37 PM PST by VitacoreVision
AMES, Iowa - Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and 2008 vice-presidential nominee who became a Tea Party sensation and a favorite of grass-roots conservatives, endorsed Donald J. Trump in Iowa on Tuesday, providing Mr. Trump with a potentially significant boost just 13 days before the state's caucuses.
"Are you ready to make America great again?" Ms. Palin said with Mr. Trump by her side at a rally at Iowa State University. "Are you ready to stump for Trump? I'm here to support the next president of the United States - Donald Trump."
Her support is the highest-profile backing for a Republican contender so far. It came the same day that Iowa's Republican governor, Terry Branstad, said he hopes that Senator Ted Cruz will be defeated in Iowa, where the Feb. 1 caucuses are a must-win for the Texas senator, who is running neck-and-neck with Mr. Trump in state polls.
The endorsement came as Mr. Trump was bearing down in the state, holding multiple campaign events and raising expectations about his performance in the race's first nominating contest.
"I am greatly honored to receive Sarah's endorsement," Mr. Trump said in a statement trumpeting Mrs. Palin's decision. "She is a friend, and a high-quality person whom I have great respect for. I am proud to have her support."
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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: 1stcanadiansenator; 2016election; 2016endorsements; alaska; donaldtrump; election2016; palin; palin2016; sarahpalin; tdsandpdsparade; trump
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To: VitacoreVision
Which shows that even the best can get it wrong now and then.
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posted on
01/19/2016 4:10:27 PM PST
by
doc1019
(Cruz)
To: doc1019
She just proved herself to be the lightweight so many accused her of being.
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posted on
01/19/2016 4:12:10 PM PST
by
Timmy
To: VitacoreVision; KC_Lion; onyx
Sarah on a roll!! Trumper “Will kick ISIS’s ass”!!!
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posted on
01/19/2016 4:12:57 PM PST
by
bobby.223
(Retired up in the snowy mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a great life!)
To: VitacoreVision
Can’t wait to vote for John McCain Trump.
NOT
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posted on
01/19/2016 4:13:38 PM PST
by
Dacula
(Southern lives matter!)
To: VitacoreVision
Why is everybody hatin'? Do we want to win or not?
Cruz is a good man and I'd vote for him if he was the nominee. But he and the other candidates are being stomped into the ground by Trump. The peasants are pissed and they're not going to support another yellow-bellied Republican again who'll only continue the disastrous status-quo.
To: VitacoreVision
The worst speech ever given on TV. Eight years has not improved Palin’s voice. Trump ought to have interrupted her fifteen minutes ago with, “You’re fired!”
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01/19/2016 4:18:31 PM PST
by
txrefugee
To: Timmy
To: VitacoreVision
HATERS GONNA HATE!
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posted on
01/19/2016 4:19:05 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(Every home needs a crewznadian that has been domestically trained.)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Great speech by Sarah Palin, Not one PC phrase in it.
Very worth watching, more than once.
To: VitacoreVision
Sarah was on her game tonight. One of her better speeches.
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Great speech by Sarah Palin, Not one PC phrase in it.
Very worth watching, more than once.
To: DoughtyOne
Can you please save the left wing haters crap for DU? Thanks.
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01/19/2016 4:20:47 PM PST
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jwalsh07
To: VitacoreVision
Sorry Sarah. Not following you on this road.
To: VitacoreVision
I watched all the sour expressions on FOX this afternoon as they discussed endorsement by Palin. A few of them looked almost suicidal. I thought that MSNBC and CNN offered more thoughtful, and evenhanded coverage.
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posted on
01/19/2016 4:21:13 PM PST
by
euram
To: VitacoreVision
To: Zenjitsuman
She blew the roof off! That was as good as her 2008 speech.
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posted on
01/19/2016 4:21:29 PM PST
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miss marmelstein
(Richard then Third: I like to destroy the Turks (Moslims))
"They've been wearing this 'political correctness' kind of like a suicide vest". Sarah Palin
Trump rally in Ames, Iowa at Iowa State, 1/19/16
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01/19/2016 4:23:11 PM PST
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trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: txrefugee
Ridiculous! My, the sour grapes today! She was fantastic. Even CNN is giving her High Fives.
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posted on
01/19/2016 4:23:15 PM PST
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miss marmelstein
(Richard then Third: I like to destroy the Turks (Moslims))
To: VitacoreVision
She didn’t attack Cruz that I heard but she sure didn’t mention ethanol subsidies.
Is she embracing subsidies now or jlis that just a difference of opinion between Sarah and Donald?
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01/19/2016 4:23:22 PM PST
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jwalsh07
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