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Trump tweets criticize Sen. Jeff Flake as 'weak'
abc15.com ^ | 9/4/16 | Max Walker

Posted on 09/05/2016 7:10:26 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper

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To: CedarDave

I’m really praying that the Murdochs and Soros’ of this world go down in flames when Clinton wins!


41 posted on 09/05/2016 12:38:18 PM PDT by hsmomx3 (AZ for Trump!!)
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To: CedarDave

Trump frosted flake with this tweet


42 posted on 09/05/2016 1:11:39 PM PDT by jackal7163 (If you are not willing to achieve victory at any cost, you are doomed to defeat!)
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To: kabar

Popular with the AZ Republican electorate, which seems really uninformed


43 posted on 09/05/2016 1:25:04 PM PDT by Theodore R. (Trump-Pence, 2016)
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To: af_vet_1981

Trump has well over 11,000,000 twitter followers. A committed, fired up, loyal online army of 11+ million can be very useful in an election. But you don’t build and maintain a devoted following of that size by ignoring them. They require an occasional chunk of red meat.

Trump is playing this masterfully. It’s how he defeated 16 professionals in the primary. He knows what he’s doing.


44 posted on 09/05/2016 2:12:35 PM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do foreobnsic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: hsmomx3
I’m really praying that the Murdochs and Soros’ of this world go down in flames when Clinton wins!

Hoping for a Hillary victory??

45 posted on 09/05/2016 2:27:59 PM PDT by CedarDave (Democrats, socialists, progressives all hooked on OPM - Other Peoples Money.)
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To: Theodore R.

We will see how popular when he tries to run for reelection. He was part of the Gang of 8 along with McCain, who only got a little over 50% of the primary vote—pretty poor for an incumbent. If Trump gets elected, Flake will go down in the primary.


46 posted on 09/05/2016 2:37:04 PM PDT by kabar
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To: hsmomx3

Except for a few people, the words chosen are typically intended to injure trump.


47 posted on 09/05/2016 3:01:52 PM PDT by xzins ( Free Republic Gives YOU a voice heard around the globe. Support the Freepathon!)
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To: CedarDave

NOOOO...when Trump wins!!!

My bad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


48 posted on 09/05/2016 3:12:17 PM PDT by hsmomx3 (AZ for Trump!!)
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To: Fantasywriter
Fantasy;
the reality is he needs upwards of 70 million to vote for him, and except for his fans, he is widely unpopular, as is Hillary Clinton. His committed, fired up, loyal online army of 11+ million surely do not require more entertainment to support and vote for him. The problem we are up against is persuading people that do not like him to vote for him. All the people that like him are already voting for him. He is a bit shy of victory and needs to convince erstwhile Republican voters to choose him over Clinton, and get some black voters to get him a chance to improve the country. Most of all, he needs the grace of God to show mercy on us and grant Donald Trump and Mike Pence the electoral victory and the wisdom to lead effectively.

Trump should put away childish things; no feuds with minor off mission targets; focus like a laser on Hillary Clinton and prove to the unpersuaded public why he is the better candidate.
49 posted on 09/05/2016 3:23:31 PM PDT by af_vet_1981 (The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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To: af_vet_1981

The Flake tweet absolutely doesn’t hurt Trump. Most will never hear about it. Of those that do, most Trump supporters love it, and most Hillary supporters hope it does damage. The lion’s share of the rest literally could not care less. It is inside baseball to them, and their eyes glaze over.

Otoh, people CAN be influenced by social media. The only people who dismiss Trump’s dominance there are people who avoid social media, or who underestimate its significance. I read a comment recently, ‘I wonder if it burns Hillary that she has to pay people to do what Trump’s supporters do from love.

Whether it burns her or not, she’s at a huge disadvantage in that venue. Social media factors in this campaign as it has in no other, and Trump owns it.

Note, there’s a fundamental difference between maintaining his social media dominance and entertaining. Trump doesn’t tweet to entertain. He tweets to keep his social media activists fired up and on the job. It works.


50 posted on 09/05/2016 4:50:32 PM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do foreobnsic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: Fantasywriter
No; you may not know many but I do; they really do not like Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump for totally different reasons. If you took Trump's ideas and had them articulated by Marco Rubio with diplomatic language they could be won over. They are offended by Trump; it's just the way it is. I want him to win them over so that he, and we, win. He needs more voters, and they are not going to join a fan club. That does not work with everyone. We still need them to win. Sen. Flake is an unnecessary distraction that belittles Donald Trump in the eyes of those who are not his avid supporters. He needs to completely focus on Hillary Clinton; she is vulnerable.
51 posted on 09/05/2016 7:05:11 PM PDT by af_vet_1981 (The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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To: af_vet_1981

Trump has a winning formula. People have been telling him to change it from the beginning. Everyone has their own ideas of what changes Trump needs to make. They imagine that if Trump would just listen to them, he could win.

Meanwhile, he keeps rising in the polls. He is routing Hillary on social media. He can’t find venues big enough to contain his supercharged crowds. And somehow or other, he’s managed to win so far.

Perhaps he deserves just a little more respect, in lieu of the constant harangues about what he’s doing wrong?


52 posted on 09/05/2016 7:33:53 PM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do foreobnsic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: hsmomx3; SoFloFreeper; af_vet_1981; proust; CedarDave
hsmomx3: "Fox has been more anti-Trump than usual, esp. as of this weekend."

I don't watch Fox 24/7, so can't speak about all its people, but of those I do see, the vast majority are at least Trump-friendly and at worst "Fair & Balanced".

And I've seen no signs -- none, zero -- of some alleged recent anti-Trump surge at Fox.
Indeed, most of the Fox people I see seem to be quite pleased that Trump has now "tightened" the polls with Hillary.

Of course, you would expect any Republican or conservative to be very concerned about potential loss of majorities in Congress.
And if that loss results from fratricide amongst Republicans, it can go from "politics as usual" to real tragedy.

FYI, since the times of FDR and Truman, Arizona has consistently voted for Republican presidential candidates, with the one exception of Bill Clinton in 1996.
But Trump's obvious dislike for Arizonans McCain & Flake seems unlikely to excite enthusiasm for Trump amongst those Republicans who voted for their senators.

53 posted on 09/06/2016 3:48:08 AM PDT by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective...)
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