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Trump takes back pledge to support GOP nominee
Politico ^

Posted on 03/29/2016 7:31:13 PM PDT by springwater13

Donald Trump has rescinded his pledge to support the Republican nominee for president.

Asked by moderator Anderson Cooper if he stood by the earlier pledge, Trump said: "No, I don't."

"We'll see who it is," he said during the CNN town hall.

He said he had been treated "unfairly" by the Republican National Committee and the GOP establishment. He said he was unsure whether the Republican establishment was plotting to take the nomination away from him during the convention in Cleveland.

He also said he didn't need Cruz to promise to support him should Trump win the nomination.

"I’m not asking for his support," Trump said.

"I don't want his support, I don't need his support, I want him to be comfortable," Trump said, taunting Cruz for dancing around the issue of whether he would support Trump if Trump were the nominee.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-gop-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/03/trump-takes-back-pledge-to-support-gop-nominee-221363#ixzz44LkF7dF4 Follow us: @politico on Twitter | Politico on Facebook

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 1stcanadiansenator; globalistcruz; lyindonald; noteligiblecruz; openboarderscruz; sleazydonald; trump; trumphillparty; trumpsleaze; trumpwasright
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To: jwalsh07

Glen, is that you?


101 posted on 03/29/2016 9:49:59 PM PDT by stratboy
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To: QuigleyDU; BlackFemaleArmyCaptain
Another Hillary supporter, out of the closet, give us names of any others still in there.

Then by that standard, you'd agree that Black Female Army Captain (which brings to mind the Holy Roman Empire) is also a Hillary supporter for saying he/she wouldn't vote for Cruz if he's the nominee?

103 posted on 03/29/2016 9:51:22 PM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin
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To: stratboy

Go away boy, you bother me.


104 posted on 03/29/2016 9:52:00 PM PDT by jwalsh07 (.)
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To: WatchOutForSnakes

1237 delegates is an arbitrary number. I’m fine with it, inasmuch as the GOP allows the process to unfold naturally. This year the primaries have been so tainted by the clear attempt to rig the game by the insiders that it frankly leaves me thinking that sticking with this arbitrary number is just one more sign of how the elites have been successful at completely freezing out those of us without a membership card to their club from leadership. If we held our noses and supported crappy candidates that did not in any way reflect the base in 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, and 2012 then they better damn well be ready to hold theirs and support Trump right effing now.

Every damn thing Cruz, Kasich, Romney, Bush, Levine and the rest of the anti-Trump self-congratulatory club do just helps the Democrats.


105 posted on 03/29/2016 9:52:21 PM PDT by SquarePants (Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time)
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To: Bruce Campbells Chin

Actually BFAC is a certified admirer of one Bill Clinton. Can Hillary be far behind?


106 posted on 03/29/2016 9:53:39 PM PDT by jwalsh07 (.)
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To: springwater13

Looks like Trump is a winner.

He’s chosen to destroy everything conservative, everything Republican, and everything Tea Party endorsed.

If anybody doesn’t fully support Trump, he labels them liars.

Even if he wins, he has become a lame duck candidate.

Just fabulous, ...tremendous,.../s


107 posted on 03/29/2016 9:54:18 PM PDT by Cvengr ( Adversity in life & death is inevitable; Stress is optional through faith in Christ.)
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To: Girlene; mrpotatohead

I know Cruz implied Trump said not to mess with his kids, and if Trump was to do that, it would be wrong. BUT, Trump did NOT say anything about Cruz’s kids and that is why I asked mrpotatohead where Trump trashed Cruz’s family. It
never happened. It will be no wonder if Hillary wins with
these distortions and lies within the Republican Party.


108 posted on 03/29/2016 9:55:45 PM PDT by make no mistake
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain
This may be the reason why...

Cruz didn't "decline to back Trump"...he declined to commit to backing Trump.

Unlike Trump, who said he was taking back his promise to back the republican nominee.

Are going to support one and not the other in these decisions?

109 posted on 03/29/2016 10:07:58 PM PDT by Washi (Don't blame me. I voted for the conservative.)
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To: SquarePants
1237 delegates is an arbitrary number.

1237 isn't "arbitrary", it's a majority + 1.

"Arbitrary" would be 1233 -- or some other "arbitrary" number.

110 posted on 03/29/2016 10:15:59 PM PDT by okie01
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To: springwater13

111 posted on 03/29/2016 10:20:08 PM PDT by Bobalu (I'm spitting on my hands, and hoisting the black flag!)
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To: jwalsh07
My personal opinion is whoever gets the most delegates should be the nominee.

When the whole process is over, the person who gets the most delegates will be the nominee, no doubt about it.

The process is not over, however, after a public opinion poll, a series of primaries, or even a convention ballot yielding less than a majority for any one person. It is only over after a majority of the 2475 assembled delegates agree on a candidate.

This process is not about anyone's ego or about being fair to anyone. It is about a diverse political party putting forth a nominee with the demonstrated ability to appeal to, at the very least, a majority of the delegates elected to represent the interest of the people who elected them.

The wisdom of this system is never more evident that in a time such as this year when we have a hard fought and often bitter contest. The majority requirement forces these, sometimes bitter enemies, to make accommodations with one another. They will be forced to place common interest above personal differences and hopefully come out of the process better able to defeat the democrat nominee. It might be messy and uncomfortable but my contention is a convention fight is more uniting that a bare majority going into the convention. The person who gets the nomination is going to need all the support he can get because the general election is not going to be a walk in the park. No one is entitled to the office, it has to be earned.

112 posted on 03/29/2016 10:28:50 PM PDT by etcb
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To: Mr. Mojo

Well one way to stop that. Treat trump fair and give him the nominee if he has most delegates. And no stealing delegates which Cruz has done. I won’t vote for him if immoral tricks are done by Cruz.


113 posted on 03/29/2016 10:35:58 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: jwalsh07

Thanks for that confidential hot tip.


114 posted on 03/29/2016 10:48:15 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: springwater13

If Trump is cheated out of the nomination I very much hope he runs 3rd party.

If he does, and he wins, GREAT. If he does, and he loses, at least we’ll be able to go down fighting.

If we’re lucky, we’ll destroy what’s left of the rotting carcass known as the GOPe either way.


115 posted on 03/29/2016 10:50:31 PM PDT by EternalHope (Something wicked this way comes. Be ready.)
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To: Parley Baer

I pledge right now that I will not support Cruz or anyone else who isn’t Donald Trump.


116 posted on 03/29/2016 11:33:28 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (Cruz voters: Wake up! Trump is our only chance of stopping the gopE. If not now, never!)
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To: JBW1949

Oh, shut up.


117 posted on 03/30/2016 12:58:26 AM PDT by 60Gunner (The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. - Plato)
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To: plain talk

Well said, Wormtongue.


118 posted on 03/30/2016 1:04:45 AM PDT by 60Gunner (The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. - Plato)
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To: JBW1949; jwalsh07
So you’ll vote for Hillary...

You'd vote for Hillary?

119 posted on 03/30/2016 1:08:47 AM PDT by Does so (Stay Home=Vote for Hillary...==8-O)
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To: mrpotatohead

Do you always make up fairy tales little pajama boy?

Back up your silly claim potato, because I’m sure this will be educational.


120 posted on 03/30/2016 1:34:48 AM PDT by AllAmericanGirl44 ("You see you don't have to live like a refugee" Tom Petty or obama?)
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