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Trump unloads on former GOP opponents who refuse to back him
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Posted on 06/29/2016 3:49:56 PM PDT by Sybeck1

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"They say it was the roughest campaign ever in the history of Republican politics, but what you do is you go to sleep for a couple of days and you wake up and you honor [the pledge]," Donald Trump said. (AP Photo) Trump unloads on former GOP opponents who refuse to back him

By GABBY MORRONGIELLO (@GABRIELLAHOPE_) • 6/29/16 5:26 PM SHARE TWEET SMSMore Donald Trump railed against several of his Republican primary opponents on Wednesday night for declining to endorse him in the general election, going so far as to suggest "they should never be allowed to run for public office again."

"I have guys out there and if you really think about it, they're really sore losers," Trump told supporters during a campaign rally in Bangor, Maine.

Trump was referring to at least seven GOP presidential hopefuls who signed a loyalty pledge to support their party's presidential nominee and have since declined to do so. Such candidates include former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, businesswoman Carly Fiorina and Ohio Gov. John Kasich.

"It was a rough campaign," he conceded. "They say it was the roughest campaign ever in the history of Republican politics, but what you do is you go to sleep for a couple of days and you wake up and you honor [the pledge]."

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The presumptive Republican nominee continued, claiming that he considered the pledge to be "legally binding" and assuring his supporters that he would have honored it had Kasich, Cruz or any other GOP candidate clinched the nomination instead.

"There are people I don't like or particularly respect on that stage, but I would have honored it," Trump said. "I wouldn't have gone crazy, yelling it from the loudest building."

Trump himself routinely changed his position on the pledge during the primary, threatening more than once to leave the Republican party and launch an indepedent bid.

"But you know what, we have people who haven't honored the pledge and that's a terrible thing," he told the crowd. "They signed a pledge saying they will abide, they will back the candidate of the party and now they sit back and ... they broke their word."

"In my opinion, they should never be allowed to run for public office again because what they did is disgraceful," he added.

Some of the billionaire's former opponents have said that in addition to declining to endorse Trump, they will not attend next month's GOP convention.


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To: AllAmericanGirl44

Those are very good points. I noticed myself that they argue like liberals—as in substituting insults for facts and logic. Agree with you about Cruz, too; doing the optimal thing for the country doesn’t seem to be his first order of business.


401 posted on 06/30/2016 7:49:38 PM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans
1000 hate messages against me . . .

Okay, I'm trusting you now that there's no hyperbole going on here, and also that you're not using some distant galaxy's Base 3 numbering system.

Right?

402 posted on 06/30/2016 8:24:40 PM PDT by SamuraiScot
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To: AllAmericanGirl44

I’m a Trump supporter and you are acting like zealot. If Cruz doesn’t endorse Trump I’ll back your zealotry but now is not the time.


403 posted on 06/30/2016 8:35:17 PM PDT by RedWulf (End Free trade.)
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To: Fantasywriter

Those are very good points. I noticed myself that they argue like liberals—as in substituting insults for facts and logic.

***

S’true. That’s why I tend to shoot back with insults. I don’t expect to reach them, but at least I can get them to focus on me and end up looking like fools to those who may be undecided.

But it’s nice to have someone tag-teaming with indisputable facts too.


404 posted on 06/30/2016 8:38:08 PM PDT by Luircin (Stomp Hillary, build wall, stop Islam. Any of the above are good reasons to vote. Trump 2016)
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To: dragnet2

>>>”For Trump to get the GOP to, “Unite” behind him, he would have to sell his soul to the party.”

I think he’s better at making deals than that.


405 posted on 06/30/2016 10:34:20 PM PDT by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: SamuraiScot
Okay, I'm trusting you now that there's no hyperbole going on here, and also that you're not using some distant galaxy's Base 3 numbering system.

Here's an example thread, count the posts. Maybe not all 1,122 posts are against me, but pretty close: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3379182/posts

406 posted on 06/30/2016 11:08:37 PM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: Fantasywriter

University of Texas is a very liberal institution.

You really don’t know much about Texas.


407 posted on 07/01/2016 3:13:53 AM PDT by servantboy777
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To: nitzy

Only somebody not grounded in reality would think Cruz should enthusiastically endorse somebody who lied and slandered him repeatedly for a year. Those kinds of things are hard to forgive or justify.


408 posted on 07/01/2016 6:01:09 AM PDT by lordsofthejungle (Yuge Rueage Imminent)
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To: servantboy777

Well there you have it: Cruz not looking good in a poll? No problem—the poll’s a fake!

If you’re a Cruz supporter, everything always works out. Just remember these simple rules: if it’s good for Cruz, it’s true. If it’s bad for Cruz, it’s a lie.

Cruz can’t lose!


409 posted on 07/01/2016 6:46:46 AM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: lordsofthejungle

Because, of course, those were the terms of the pledge he signed: “I’ll support the nominee if he treated me nice, but I’ll work to undermine him If he was mean.”


410 posted on 07/01/2016 6:48:56 AM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: lordsofthejungle

Ted Cruz threw out the first lie and insulted a whole state’s values. Slander is a legal term, and Harvard Law schooled, junior, sometimes present senator, ought to sue to get his good name back.


411 posted on 07/01/2016 6:52:53 AM PDT by Just mythoughts (Jesus said Luke 17:32 Remember Lot's wife.)
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To: Fantasywriter

Thanks!


412 posted on 07/01/2016 6:55:23 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: D-fendr

>>>”For Trump to get the GOP to, “Unite” behind him, he would have to sell his soul to the party.”<<<

‘I think he’s better at making deals than that.’

Here’s a question for you. What kind of organization allows one of its chief officers to lose/misplace/vanish six billion dollars with total impunity? No questions asked, no audits ordered, not a single disparaging word—in fact, the entity that ‘disappeared,’ the six billion is heaped with lavish praise. How would you describe such an organization?


413 posted on 07/01/2016 7:23:11 AM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: trisham

You’re welcome!


414 posted on 07/01/2016 7:23:57 AM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: RedWulf

lol, a zealot? Good one.

Yea, because concern for this country is so...hmmmm, zealot like? What are you smoking??

This stealth crap of undermining the nomination of Trump is beyond insane, it’s outright dangerous. But if calling me names gives you a sense of superiority, by all means, have at it. It means squat to me.


415 posted on 07/01/2016 8:11:10 AM PDT by AllAmericanGirl44 (If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.)
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To: lordsofthejungle

I agree that it will be hard to do but politics is a nasty game. He should endorse him once he gets the nomination for the sake of the party.


416 posted on 07/01/2016 8:16:28 AM PDT by nitzy
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To: lordsofthejungle

Incidentally, Cruz’ NH libel of Trump was far, far worse than anything Trump said about Cruz.


417 posted on 07/01/2016 8:20:42 AM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: Sybeck1

I think it’s kinda funny that they were all worried about Trump losing and going 3rd party. So they made him sign the stupid pledge that he wouldn’t. Of course, the sore losers can’t accept the fact they lost.


418 posted on 07/01/2016 8:23:07 AM PDT by Trumplican
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To: Trumplican

Agree; there is a certain irony to it. I think the classic phrase is, ‘Hoist on their own petard.’


419 posted on 07/01/2016 8:32:56 AM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: Fantasywriter

“Clintonian”


420 posted on 07/01/2016 12:35:06 PM PDT by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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