Trump’s ‘Whining’ Begins To Wear Thin

The Washington Times ^ | April 6, 2016 | David Sherfinski

[Steelfish]

Trump’s ‘Whining’ Begins To Wear Thin April 6 David Sherfinski.

Donald Trump’s presidential campaign blamed his loss in Wisconsin’s primary Tuesday on “illegal” tactics by chief rival Sen. Ted Cruz, attempting to dismiss his disappointing finish as the result of dirty tricks but instead earning accusations that he’s “whining.”

Mr. Trump and his advisers said Mr. Cruz illegally colluded with a political action committee and is a “Trojan horse” for the GOP establishment — a comment the Texas senator waved aside, saying it was more proof that Mr. Trump is struggling and voters are tiring of his brash approach to politics.

“Donald has no solutions to the problems we’re facing,” Mr. Cruz told reporters Wednesday. “He likes to yell and scream and insult and curse, and his statement last night was consistent with that.”

His post-Wisconsin accusations are just the latest instance of Mr. Trump excusing a poor performance by saying he was done in by dirty deeds. After losing the Iowa caucuses, Mr. Trump accused the Cruz campaign of frightening voters and spreading false rumors that fellow candidate Ben Carson was quitting the race.

The combative approach to a loss is yet another departure from standard political practice, said Rick Hasen, a political scientist at the University of California, Irvine School of Law.

“I think Trump is a terrible whiner,” Mr. Hasen said. “He’s always making excuses when he loses as opposed to being a gracious loser, which I think we’ve seen [from] Cruz and Clinton and Sanders and Rubio. Usually they [say] ‘I congratulate my opponent on a hard-fought race’ — that’s a more typical thing that you hear. Not ‘they cheated, it’s not fair, there are too many people running against me’ or anything like that,” Mr. Hasen said.

The less-than-gracious approach to losing has so far....

[McGruff]

Yeah he’s got that whiny nasally voice.

[gg188]

Classic example of the way bullies, cowards and low-life snakes operate.

They sneak up behind your back and sucker punch you, then when you object or just react, they call it "whining", "You're a whiner!"

The Cruz campaign strategy.

[Leto]

Aw shaddup. Trump is all that is left to save us from the fate of Europe.
It sure ain’t GOPe shill Cruz.

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Poor baby whining again?

Did you lose your pacifier. Trump has been whining for 30+ years I saw his act up close and personal what a narcissistic clown trump is.

[3161J410]

TRUMP !!!

[DoughtyOne]

I can’t even here Trump for Ted’s tail of tears.

[AmericanInTokyo]

Whining Donald Trump. No wonder the latest national poll coming out show a massive negative rating for him. Only real hard core who don't represent the majority of Americans (such as we encounter here) stand by him and are prepared to go down with the ship, Don Qixote style. It's really rather remarkable.

[Lumper20]

Beat a BS artist born in Canada who is looney tunes.

[Lumper20]

Beat a BS artist born in Canada who is looney tunes.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/canadian-born-ted-cruz-uses-born-in-america-song/vi-BBrqQ6I?ocid=HPCDHP

[AmericanInTokyo]

Yes didn't you know that? Sign up for Ted Cruz, and like us you'll get your very own keen Bilderberger/Goldman Sachs decoder ring and free yearly subscription to Illuminati Monthly magazine; gotta go now, we Cruzistas are meeting to determine how to carve up Europe.

[kanawa]

I see it as trading an America hating UnAmerican experienced only in Community DisOrganizing
for an America loving patriot with vast executive experience, business acumen and a track record of getting things done.

Could do worse.

[hadaclueonce]

Nah, I cannot think of a better climate for a 3rd party run than this year!

I heard that a lot in 92.

[married21]

See you at the meeting. : )

[hadaclueonce]

America loving patriot with vast executive experience, business acumen and a track record of getting things done

I heard that a lot in 92.

[hadaclueonce]

Kanawa,

Your in profile says your in Canada? You must think this is facebook, bitching about the Americans.

Gee, clean up your own back yard first.

[tumblindice]

Are you from the future?

[AllAmericanGirl44]

How can this writer make the claim that Trump has no solutions? Jeez, how idiotic does one have to be to make such a statement?

What is Teddy’s solution for illegals? I guess we could ask Club for Growth - keep pushing guys, get him in range and then watch the whole thing split apart.

We are being destroyed by liars and hacks. Trillions of dollars at stake.

[ronnietherocket3]

If you are going to say that Trump's whining is wearing thin, have Cruz and Kasich dropout so Trump can pivot to the general election rather than focus on arguing with Cruz and Kasich. For as long as they are in the race, Trump's focus, energy, and time will have to be on them.

Also, I cannot figure out why in this election of all elections, somebody insulting/whining about other politicians matters. This happens in every single election, yet noone has ever cared before. Why does it matter now?

The media is dishonest, yet Trump calling them out on it is bad. Jeb Bush is low energy and should not be president, yet Trump calling him out on it is bad. Marco Rubio wants to be president but can't take a bit of insulting from Trump. What happens when he has to face down ISIS/Putin/China/Democrats in Congress/Republicans in Congress? Would he feel insulted and start whining? That is not behavior I want in a president. If Kasich were president, would he talk up a good line about being a Christian and then turn around and export jobs from this country? Cruz appears to be able to take the hits but spends a lot of energy attempting to win by playing by the rules. ISIS/Russia/China/Democrats in Congress/Republicans in Congress do not play by the rules.

[erkelly]

You wrote: “Conservatives tend to get mush headed when their age progress’s (sic.)”

Let me know if you still agree with that statement 20-30 years from now; of course I won’t be around but you can let my grandchildren know.

[Dark Knight]

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Trump is a rock solid conservative!!!!

Or not.

DK

[ronnietherocket3]

My question was about why does this behavior all of a sudden matter now. I did not ask whether Trump was a consistent conservative.