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Trump accuses Jeb Bush of mounting convention coup
The Hill ^ | June 18, 2016 | Jessie Hellmann

Posted on 06/18/2016 1:22:24 PM PDT by maggief

Donald Trump on Saturday accused Jeb Bush of mounting a convention coup against him, after reports that Republican delegates who don't personally support Trump are looking for ways to avoid voting for him this summer.

"By the way, Jeb is working on the movement, just so you understand," Trump said to supporters at a rally in Las Vegas.

"Jeb is one of the people that's working — and the other one should be obvious," he said, though he didn't elaborate further.

Earlier at the rally, however, Trump echoed the Republican National Committee and said the reports were a media hoax.

"It's all made up by the press, folks. It's a hoax," Trump said. "This is a story — who are they going to pick? I beat everybody. I beat the hell out of them."

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


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To: vette6387

URGENT: Replace Ryan with Jeb Hensarling as Speaker of the House. Hensarling is much smarter, has endorsed Trump, and is the principal force behind the CHOICE bill (NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH ABORTION ISSUE!) to provide a direct off-ramp for banks to get out from under Dodd-Frank, and to make illegal any future bailouts of the “too-big-to-fails.”

Hensarling would be a major force in helping Trump fix the economy — a HUGE FORCE.

HENSARLING (R-TX) for Speaker!!!


61 posted on 06/18/2016 3:46:14 PM PDT by Disestablishmentarian
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To: COBOL2Java

Get over our CDS.


62 posted on 06/18/2016 3:49:32 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: Organic Panic

The Bush family and the rest of the GOP elite have been telling us exactly what they think for years. The reason Trump resonates is because enough of us have finally taken the time to listen. My only fear of Trump is he can only serve two terms. It’s time for him.


63 posted on 06/18/2016 3:53:39 PM PDT by navymom1
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To: maggief

Jeb Bush couldn’t mount a backyard barbegue. GEt real!


64 posted on 06/18/2016 3:54:48 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: SERKIT

She’s got Mr. Pointer in to the second joint.


65 posted on 06/18/2016 3:57:59 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: Arrian

I am reading a huge book about them, very carefully researched, back to Prescott Bush days. Am now struggling through the many chapters around the Kennedy assassination. The Bushes have NOT just been idly sitting around politics, shall we say?


66 posted on 06/18/2016 3:58:02 PM PDT by Yaelle (Make America Safe Again)
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To: PghBaldy

Neither do I like the idea of Jeb Bush starting this mess at the convention; but it seems his ego has gotten the best of him and he’s having a pity party about it .. and I’m wondering if this is why there are reports that GW has been getting involved in the election ..??

I’m going to be pretty steamed about it, if I find out he’s supporting Jeb’s take-over.


67 posted on 06/18/2016 3:58:16 PM PDT by CyberAnt ("Peace Through Strength")
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To: COBOL2Java

When donkeys’ FLY.


68 posted on 06/18/2016 3:58:53 PM PDT by CyberAnt ("Peace Through Strength")
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To: ex-snook

“loosing”

I think the word is ‘loosening’.

Unless, of course, you meant ‘losing’.


69 posted on 06/18/2016 4:02:22 PM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Lazamataz

Love you back!


70 posted on 06/18/2016 4:02:41 PM PDT by M. Thatcher
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To: maggief

So which is it, a hoax or Jeb?


71 posted on 06/18/2016 4:11:14 PM PDT by Rightwing Conspiratr1
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To: Rightwing Conspiratr1

I’m convinced that if the GOP hadn’t tried so hard to push Jeb down our throats there would be no Trump ascendancy. The fact that the Bushes and their ilk had the temerity to think that conservatives would actually support Jeb caused the outrage in the electorate that led to the rise of Trummp—the anti Jeb Bush. There are a lot of good people out there that the power brokers could have chosen. Why they chose Jeb is beyond me. Shows how they hold us in contempt.


72 posted on 06/18/2016 4:17:45 PM PDT by binreadin
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To: WENDLE

They have several options at their disposal:

1 Knock DJT out at the Convention
2 Force one of their own Globalists to be VP, then “you know what”.
3 Fraud the General Election Vote, digitally
4 Intimidate or Buy the Electors before they cast their votes at the Electoral College
5 I can’t even type this option, but you know what it is, they’ve done it before, and would again.

IMO, they are going in order, doing what they believe they have to do to maintain their middle-class robbing, elitist enriching survival.


73 posted on 06/18/2016 4:18:12 PM PDT by Right-wing Librarian
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To: Right-wing Librarian

That is so well analyzed. I understand completely and you are “dead” on. I am hearing it was a hoax. That makes sense. I hope it was not a rational effort to deny the vote winner. That sounds like the Ukraine.


74 posted on 06/18/2016 4:21:44 PM PDT by WENDLE (Ban Wahhabi sect Sunnis here not our GUNS!!)
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To: maggief

lol Trump is such a thin skinned putz. Why is he talking about Jeb?


75 posted on 06/18/2016 4:28:20 PM PDT by MadIsh32 (In order to be pro-market, sometimes you must be anti-big business)
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To: dragnet2

Sources? The Bushes don’t like Cruz. A Romney/Ryan collusion seems more probable in my opinion IF there’s really an attempt to interfere with Trump’s nomination.


76 posted on 06/18/2016 4:34:08 PM PDT by SunshinesStormySummerSon
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To: MadIsh32
lol Trump is such a thin skinned putz. Why is he talking about Jeb?

Is he operating from an emotional standpoint or a strategic one? You seem to be burdened by the illusion that Trump, who has made a successful career out of outsmarting his competition, is attacking out of emotion.

Try to keep up. Trump plays 3-dimensional chess while his enemies, thinking he's like the previous limp-wristed Republicans, play tiddlywinks. They keep losing - wonder why?

77 posted on 06/18/2016 4:35:29 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (Donald Trump, warts and all, is not a public enemy. The Golems in the GOP are stasis and apathy)
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To: Electric Graffiti
What reality are you living in? Just say no to huffing glue and whippet canisters

Seek help. Seriously.

78 posted on 06/18/2016 4:40:09 PM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: Lazamataz
Foreshadowing is a viable action to help squelch the effort.

It's beginning to look like lunacy.

79 posted on 06/18/2016 4:40:56 PM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: proust

Common sense. That’s what you just read. Asking Trump to unite the party is somehow a bad thing>? Wow. Y’all have really gone off the deep end.


80 posted on 06/18/2016 4:41:31 PM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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