Posted on 01/23/2016 12:36:42 PM PST by springwater13
"They say I have the most loyal people - did you ever see that? - where I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters," Trump said, illustrating his point by pulling his fingers into a gun shape. "Okay? It's like incredible."
The crowd laughed and clapped, and someone in the audience shouted out love for the candidate.
"We love you, too, man," Trump said.
Trump's comment came during a campaign rally Saturday at Dordt College in northwest Iowa. The 1,500-seat theater completely filled, hundreds more watched his speech from an overflow room.
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Donald, just be careful when shooting off your mouth that you don’t hit your own foot.
If you saw the second post I changed that.. I said Republican Voter!!
Yep. I come hear every night after work just to have a good laugh. The Iowa caucuses hopefully will end this carp with a definitive Trump win which I think is the likely outcome anyway. Then on Caucus night we can hear of all the Cruz supporters and their threats to sit this one out next November. Wont matter a bit as Trump is gathering a whole host of new voters and that will negate any and all of the sit-down protesters hereabouts.
6 foot 4 Glenn Beck, man of honor, lets his wife get beat up by Occupy thugs.
We know Trump would have dealth with the Occupy thugs if they attacked his family.
You are exactly right . Trump is bringing in the new voters that the GOP has been belly aching about ...problem is they weren’t expecting it to be Trump doing it ... so now they want to lose with a candidate of their choosing before supporting Trump ... we have a landslide possibility with Trump and people are resisting it
You seriously need intervention, having made the comment you did.
Not desperate, just frustrated as ever. The most qualified and most proven conservative candidate in decade comes along, and half of Freerepublic runs to an empty celebrity, known for a reality TV show and a huge ego, who has openly endorsed highly liberal positions (just to get along in NYC, but why would you expect different in the White House?), and now openly admits that his followers would blindly support him no matter what... and they do. He is an opportunist, and about to fall into the most important office on earth, and he has no ties to any conservative cause, and has offered no reason to believe that he will do anything that we hope for, other than saying and doing what he needs to win, which he has done his entire life. My (and I think our) frustration is that the fervent Trump supporters cannot see this blind faith in nothing, even as Trump makes jokes in public about it! That’s troubling!!
I think your frustration is misdirected at Trump and his supporters and that you have made some false assumptions regarding Trump and particularly Trump’s supporters.
I think your frustration would be better directed at “the most qualified and most proven conservative candidate” (and I might add the most brilliant) ... “IN DECADES and possibly in centuries, who has yet to make his case, when in fact, he should be running away with this election!”
Without going into detail, Ted Cruz is a brilliant lawyer, a masterful Constitutionalist, debater and scholar. He is not, however, a naturally, engaging speaker. He’s personable, but he lacks the oomph and emotion that gets crowds on their feet. Trump has that skill in spades. Rubio has it, also Christie to an extent. Jeb lacks it, too, but in a different way. Jeb is a fraud and it shows.
I think Cruz knows he’s smarter than everyone, and tries too hard to be humble, whereas Trump is never humble! Voters want strong leaders! WHY do you think Trump is forever mentioning General Patton? THINK about it.
Early on I sent CRUZ money, a goodly sum of money. I was certain I would be all-in for him, but when he failed to come out swinging and after I listened to Mr. Trump, I knew Trump was going rip the MSM, the GOP-E, and break all the status-quo rules in his pursuit of trying to Make America Great Again, and thus far, he hasn’t disappointed me one iota, save to say his feuds with Cruz. (I am still hoping for a Trump/Cruz ticket).
Trump’s ego will work to America’s success, because Trump will want to go down in history as one of our greatest president’s EVER. Trump likely envisions himself on Mt. Rushmore!
I met and spoke with Mr. Trump in person. He could not have been more gracious. Soft spoken, intense, paid direct attention to just me while we spoke ... holding my one hand in the two of his. The man is real and for real. I have no doubts at all. I also “think” Senator Cruz is genuine, but I have yet to meet him.
(I was NOT surprised when Sarah Palin decided to back Mr. Trump).
There’s nothing funny about what Trump stated......he’s one sick cookie to even have stated it....he does tend to spit insane and senseless things out of his mind though, But it sure evidences by the crowds reaction how low the people have stooped to....and he’s right...they will follow him no matter what insane things he does or says.....that ‘evidence’ is obvious.
Ted Cruz sure is good with the silver tongue, isn’t he? He’s so sleazy.
I get that it was a joke, but it was a stupid joke. And he just insulted his followers.
lol. i’m from NYC and still undecided and even i thought that was funny.
not a fan of that comment at all by Ted.
Was it a Muslim he was shooting? If so it’s hilarious.
powerful post.
That hat is a treasure!!
Being from Texas hasn’t been a walk in the park during some elections.
I am a Cruz supporter I don’t desire to see New Yorkers shot anywhere.
YES, it is but I wear it!!!
As long as he doesn't say "niggardly", he won't lose voters.
Good point, Aria. Trump is certainly not a metrosexual, and that alone is such a relief.
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