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Trump is Right: GOP Debate Audience is Packed Full of Republican Donors
informationliberation.com ^ | 2/6/16 | Chris Menahan

Posted on 02/07/2016 7:51:46 AM PST by cotton1706

If you ever wondered why the man leading overwhelmingly in the polls gets booed to hell at these republican debates and gets minimal applause and frequent consternation from the audiences, Trump has given us the answer: the audiences are packed full of top republican donors.

Trump in a "drop the mic" type moment pointed this out after members of the audience booed him for supporting eminent domain, "That's all of his donors and special interests out there," Trump said, who noted Jeb and everyone else in the debate also supports eminent domain when it comes to the Keystone pipeline.

"That's what it is, and by the way, let me just tell you, we needed tickets. You can't get them. You know who has the tickets? Donors, special interests, the people that are putting up the money. That's who it is."

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The campaigns also set aside debate seats for their biggest financial backers, arranging receptions and briefings for them on debate days.

"I heard people here saying, 'I've been to three, how many have you been to?' " said Washington lobbyist and GOP fundraiser Richard Hohlt. "There are people who are almost debate groupies."

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1 posted on 02/07/2016 7:51:46 AM PST by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-gop-debates-have-become-like-super-bowl-parties-for-top-donors/2016/01/18/9f578660-b95e-11e5-b682-4bb4dd403c7d_story.html


2 posted on 02/07/2016 7:52:10 AM PST by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

The establishment hates the truth.


3 posted on 02/07/2016 7:53:44 AM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: cotton1706

... Trump said, who noted Jeb and everyone else in the debate also supports eminent domain when it comes to the Keystone pipeline....
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Yep, me too....I support the proper use of eminent domain when it is CONSTITUTIONAL (i.e., for PUBLIC USE and with proper COMPENSATION).


4 posted on 02/07/2016 7:54:24 AM PST by House Atreides (CRUZ or lose!)
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To: cotton1706

Trump has smoked so much out, about the establishment, this campaign season.

Keep at ‘em, Trump! Keep showing us the MSM/DC Cabal/GOPee’s dirty underbelly.


5 posted on 02/07/2016 7:56:17 AM PST by Jane Long (Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
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To: cotton1706

It wasn’t a debate in any traditional sense. I had it on the radio and turned it off at the first question.

The crowd was hooting and cheering during the opening introductions. The crowd was far too vocal, I would’ve been tossing them from the room at that point.

And the first question was a “Cruz says this about you, how do you feel/respond” thing about nuking Denmark and foreign policy.

I’m tired of the reality show media driven debates. Idiocracy is here.


6 posted on 02/07/2016 7:56:39 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Obama is more supportive of Iran's right to defend its territorial borders than he is of the USA's.)
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To: cotton1706
As a Trumpeteer, I have to concede that's it is troubling if he agreed with the Kelo decision. The purpose of eminent domain is to provide for the public or general good like roadways, bridges, etc., not to increase the tax base by turning property over to property developers.

I haven't heard him directly address the Kelo decision so I'm going on what I've heard from other sources.

The fact that no other candidate has called him on it and explained how it's supposed to work tells me they are no better than he is on it.

7 posted on 02/07/2016 7:57:56 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: cotton1706

Now he knows what it’ll be like giving the State Of The Union address. Suck it up, DT!


8 posted on 02/07/2016 7:57:59 AM PST by huldah1776 ( Vote Pro-life! Allow God to bless America before He avenges the death of the innocent.)
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To: House Atreides

Donald Trump said he supports the Kelo decision “100 percent.”


9 posted on 02/07/2016 7:58:54 AM PST by A Conservative Thinker
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To: House Atreides
The pipeline is not public use. It isn't even an increase in the tax base. It is solely a private concern for profit that will create jobs. Trump's casino issue was an increase in a parking lot that was sorely needed. That would increase customers and increase the tax base.

Today, little eminent domain is for things like highways, most of it is used for redevelopment of distressed areas to increase the tax base: high rise construction, malls... and yes, casinos with significant parking.

This is a last gasp issue to come at Trump, and the hope of those who bring the issue up is that people are ignorant of the facts.

10 posted on 02/07/2016 8:01:55 AM PST by Lagmeister ( false prophets shall rise, and shall show signs and wonders Mark 13:22)
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To: cotton1706; BillyBoy; sickoflibs; GodGunsGuts

He was booed for having a non-conservative position on eminent domain, and rightly so, there is no spinning it otherwise. Eminent domain is for necessary public projects, not shopping malls and the like.


11 posted on 02/07/2016 8:02:16 AM PST by Impy (They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
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To: House Atreides

Do you consider the Keystone pipeline public use? It would be owned by a private company.

Most of the pipelines that were put in to support gasoline distribution after the advent of the automobile were a combination of direct purchase but when necessary the use of e.d. Those were forced to allow for the pipeline developments that otherwise would never have happened. The excessive use of e.d. for private use is dangerous. However, it is not something that should be completely shut down.


12 posted on 02/07/2016 8:04:51 AM PST by georgiarat (Obama, providing incompetence since Day One!)
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To: House Atreides

Keystone is private company forreign money as I understand.


13 posted on 02/07/2016 8:05:11 AM PST by amihow (l)
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To: House Atreides

So you don’t support the Keystone Pipeline, which is a private venture? Now, Donald Trump has said that he would make Keystone more “public” by demanding a cut of the profits for the federal government. But as it stands, Keystone is a private project that needs to use eminent domain to be built.


14 posted on 02/07/2016 8:05:34 AM PST by SubMareener (Save us from Quarterly Freepathons! Become a MONTHLY DONOR!)
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To: a fool in paradise

None of the debates are debates in the traditional sense and haven’t been for some time, they are more like joint press conferences.


15 posted on 02/07/2016 8:06:25 AM PST by Impy (They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
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To: cotton1706

Worked to Trump’s advantage. He exposed them, shut them up, and even forced them to applaud later.

Everyone likes an underdog, and the GOPe is quickly turning Trump into an underdog.


16 posted on 02/07/2016 8:06:27 AM PST by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: Lagmeister

The eminent domain issue has now come up in three debates but never raised to the level of last night.


17 posted on 02/07/2016 8:06:47 AM PST by georgiarat (Obama, providing incompetence since Day One!)
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To: cotton1706

CNN’s panel said it was packed with GOP donors, “not the average voters”.

Their booing was over the top and showed an obvious bias. Advantage Trump.


18 posted on 02/07/2016 8:06:53 AM PST by moehoward
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To: Texas Eagle

You are not correct. Most eminent domain today is for redevelopment for a tax base. That is considered the public good. Consider rundown neighborhoods in many cities. The use of eminent domain allows the properties to be bought up and converted to upscale houses... known as gentrification. This benefits the city by bringing in taxpayers and it benefits the city by being able to increase taxes on the property. This is a Republican, conservative and Constitutional position. What is wrong with folks here?


19 posted on 02/07/2016 8:07:17 AM PST by Lagmeister ( false prophets shall rise, and shall show signs and wonders Mark 13:22)
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To: Texas Eagle

http://www.creators.com/conservative/michelle-malkin/donald-trump-s-eminent-domain-empire.html


20 posted on 02/07/2016 8:07:48 AM PST by A Conservative Thinker
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