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Trump: It’s ‘ridiculous’ to compare his pledge to a Nazi salute
Washington Post ^ | March 8, 2016 | Jenna Johnson

Posted on 03/08/2016 6:15:48 PM PST by SJackson

Within minutes of Donald Trump asking thousands of his supporters at a rally in Orlando on Saturday afternoon to raise their right hands and "solemnly swear" to vote for him, the comparisons were being made.

Taken out of context, photos and video of the pledge looked like a large crowd saluting the Republican presidential front-runner, which was reminiscent to some of Nazis saluting Adolf Hitler. When a Politico reporter asked Trump's spokeswoman, Hope Hicks, about these comparisons on Saturday, she responded: "What a disgusting thing to ask. A disgrace."

The comparisons continued on Sunday and Monday, with the Times of Israel publishing an article that quoted former Anti-Defamation League director Abe Foxman, a Holocaust survivor, calling the pledge a "fascist gesture" and saying: "He is smart enough -- he always tells us how smart he is -- to know the images that this evokes." That same day, Trump repeated the pledge with rally crowds in North Carolina and Mississippi

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Yes, it's absurb. More important,

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1 posted on 03/08/2016 6:15:48 PM PST by SJackson
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To: SJackson

The Trump haters are desperate. Desperate for anything.

Next up, Hitler survived the war and actually IS DT.


2 posted on 03/08/2016 6:19:25 PM PST by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: SJackson

3 posted on 03/08/2016 6:20:30 PM PST by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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To: SJackson

Trump getting his name in the 24 hour news cycle....

He will say and do anything to keep the news focused on him....

Too bad he doesn’t present actual policy for the news organization to discuss....

That would be refreshing instead of making outlandish statements...and name calling...


4 posted on 03/08/2016 6:21:11 PM PST by Popman
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To: SaveFerris

“”Well, I think it’s ridiculous. I mean, we’re having such a great time,” Trump responded, listing off his latest crowd counts. “Sometimes, we’ll do it for fun. ... They’ll start screaming at me: ‘Do the swearing! Do the swearing.’ I mean, they’re having such a great time. ... Honestly, until this phone call, I didn’t know it was a problem.””

He’s just like obama, he gets his info from the news.


5 posted on 03/08/2016 6:23:36 PM PST by porter_knorr
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To: porter_knorr

lol


6 posted on 03/08/2016 6:24:16 PM PST by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: Popman

Oh you mean like the detailed tax and health care policies he has released? Are those like a tree falling alone in the forest not making a sound, if the Trump haters refuse to acknowledge them they don’t exist?


7 posted on 03/08/2016 6:26:35 PM PST by To Hell With Poverty (Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. ~ JFK ~)
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To: Popman

You mean actual policy like a reform of the US healthcare system?

Or what about other actual policies like enforcing border control an building a wall?

What about national concealed carry?

How about a tax simplification plan?

Did you see his ideas on how to reform the VA?

Trump has put forth as much in the way of actual policy as any candidate. He put it out in writing


8 posted on 03/08/2016 6:27:03 PM PST by Fai Mao (Non-geocentrism)
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To: SJackson

Every time stupid stuff like this happens, Trump gets more votes. People are sick and tired of all the mainstream media BS.


9 posted on 03/08/2016 6:29:26 PM PST by kaehurowing
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To: Fai Mao
Trump has put forth as much in the way of actual policy as any candidate.

More than any other.

10 posted on 03/08/2016 6:30:24 PM PST by ex91B10 (We've tried the Soap Box,the Ballot Box and the Jury Box; ONE BOX LEFT!)
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To: dfwgator

Donald Trump: Repeat after me: I...
Men: I...
Donald Trump: ...your name...
Men: ...your name...
Donald Trump: Shmucks.
Donald Trump: ...pledge allegiance...
Men: ...pledge allegiance...
Donald Trump: ...to Donald Trump...
Men: ...to Donnie Trump
Donald Trump: THAT’S *DONALD*!
Men: That’s Donald!
Donald Trump: ...and to the evil...
Men: ...and to the evil...
Donald Trump: ...for which he stands.
Men: ...for which he stands.
Donald Trump: Now go do... that voodoo... that YOU do... SO WELL...!


11 posted on 03/08/2016 6:30:36 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Trump: “They lose me right after the bunker scene.”


12 posted on 03/08/2016 6:33:03 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Fai Mao

-——He put it out in writing-——

My point exactly....

He needs to speak at his rallies to promote his polices....

.... Or maybe he can’t articulate them since they aren’t part of his core principles....


13 posted on 03/08/2016 6:34:04 PM PST by Popman
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To: dfwgator

“How did he get such great poll numbers with such little hands?”

Good evening FRiend.


14 posted on 03/08/2016 6:34:39 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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15 posted on 03/08/2016 6:35:10 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
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To: To Hell With Poverty

I didn’t say his polices didn’t exist, I’ve read them.... I wonder if he has...

He never talks about them in detail...


16 posted on 03/08/2016 6:36:14 PM PST by Popman
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To: SJackson
Trump does a lot of things that I think are questionable at best. The optics of this aren't real smart either imho. But it's clear that certain forces are out to Bork/Palin him. Hearing Medved lose his mind about making people pledge loyalty like Hilter demanding a personal oath of German soldiers was a tad over the top. It wasn't a personal oath to Trump, it was a tongue in cheek jab at the loyalty pledge Trump was forced to sign. It only “pledged” their vote in upcoming primaries anyway. Media types need to get a grip.
17 posted on 03/08/2016 6:38:31 PM PST by SoCal Pubbie
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To: SoCal Pubbie

Michael Medved revealed himself as totally intellectually dishonest—actually, just plain totally dishonest—when he spent days screaming that the 14th Amendment mandates anchor babies. And he wouldn’t allow any callers who disagreed on the air.


18 posted on 03/08/2016 6:42:39 PM PST by Arthur McGowan
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To: SoCal Pubbie

See #1, #3 pictures. This is sheer desperation by those using raised hands against Trump.


19 posted on 03/08/2016 6:44:29 PM PST by Sasparilla (Hillary for Prosecution 2016)
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To: Arthur McGowan

The GOP Establishment and all who depend on it for their paychecks are coming unhinged.


20 posted on 03/08/2016 6:47:07 PM PST by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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