Posted on 09/30/2016 7:15:44 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Donald Trump’s middle-of-the-night tweets about a beauty queen sex tape are frustrating Republican supporters, who worry once again that their candidate’s lack of discipline will hamper his campaign.
They say Trump needs to keep his focus on Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, prepare for their second debate, on Oct. 9 in St. Louis, and quit taking the bait from Democrats.
“It’s unlikely the Miss Universe flap is hurting Trump with current supporters, but it’s hard to see how it helps grow our vote,” said one GOP lawmaker who supports Trump.
“Maybe it's quaint conventional wisdom. But it seems he would help himself to talk about the real world problems that every day voters face,” the lawmaker said.
Trump has not been able to let go his feud with former Miss Universe Alicia Machado.
In a series of tweets beginning at 3:19 a.m. on Friday and ending at 5:30 a.m., the New York billionaire sought to discredit Machado by drawing attention to tawdry details about her past, including allegations — debunked by fact-checkers — that she has filmed a “sex tape.”
Those allegations reignited Democratic attacks against Trump over his treatment of Machado just as the issue seemed ready to peter out.
Clinton already had been doing everything she could to keep the Machado story going, believing Trump’s fat-shaming of the Venezuelan would help her with both women and Hispanic voters.
She responded to Trump’s tweet-storm with her own series of tweets, calling Trump “unhinged.”
“What kind of man stays up all night to smear a woman with lies and conspiracy theories?,” Clinton tweeted.
“When something gets under Donald's thin skin, he lashes out and can't let go,” she said. “This is dangerous for a president. To Donald, women like Alicia are only as valuable as his personal opinion about their looks.”
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
The entire pundit class, including GOP elites, this evening called on Trump to stop talking about Machado.
Sorry, MSM: Trump was not doing that.
At 3 am and all day, he was ripping Hillary’s judgment. Machado was exhibit A. His target is Hillary.
But that doesn’t fit the narrative.
She filmed a sex tape.
Just because the gauntlet of lying Media "fact checkers" feels the need to count coup on Trump doesn't mean that they're telling the truth.
He tweeted that just a while ago.
You are lost in the tweets. :-). No one cares about this except trump for some reason .. who took the bait.
Trump is probably setting something up for the October 9th debate.
“No one cares about this except trump for some reason .. who took the bait.”
Folks outside the beltway/media bundle surely don’t care. Bait? Naw. Trump just hit back after Cankles lied about him regarding the porn star in question in the debate. I support his tweets & look forward to him becoming our next President.
Vote Trump 2016
Actually they are stupid because because they’ve “jumped the shark” and most folks have figured them out. Only 29% trust the media according to latest polling.
Trump is going to win.
But if you find it exciting to ring your hands and pee in your panties, be my guest.
crap, is he sick ? seriously, how does anyone become so successful without understanding the basics, such as “stop digging” they must be high fiving over in the coven that he somehow seems unable to control himself. You don’t keep the thing alive, you kill it, by starving it. seems clear to me his helpers have lost their influence. Maybe if guiliani, newt and conway have an intervention and threaten to walk.....flame away but this is stupidity at its outer limits.
This 100% Trump Supporter doesn’t care what he does, he could stand on Fifth Avenue in New York City and shoot someone and I would still support and vote and work for the man...
This isn’t the issue, the issue is Saving America and her people and we know Clinton isn’t going to do it, now is she????????
GO.TRUMP/PENCE.GO!!! ALL THE WAY TO THE OVAL OFFICE!!!
So who "debunked" that? Sounds like wishful thinking to me.
Daily Mail Article, with the Playboy Cover and stills from the reality TV sex scene
You can also watch the attack ad Ms. Machado made for Hillary Clinton in the Daily Mail article. And then contrast that to the actual press conference, where Trump praises her beauty.
Ms. Machado didn't seem too concerned with dieting, or losing weight at the time.
Video of Ms. Machado apparently selling a diet product
Actually the more people watch the actual interviews with Machado and Trump from the 1990s, the more people will realize that he was very supportive of her. And then those same people can watch Hillary Clinton trashing her husband's victims during the same time frame.
What a bunch of paneies
Quit worrying and enjoy this side-splitting Trump ad: See “Hillary” in “Misery”. Please share with your fiends.
https://youtu.be/BFjISalpm1k
That is the mild one, her others are on the porn site.
Nathan, I think you should think about how you would be doing in his place & let the man run his campaign. If he was worried about being polite & non confrontational & taking the high road he would be history like McCain & Romney. He takes the battle to those that attack him. He will be just as fierce for American interests. That’s how I see it.
Daily Wire and other sources have the story that a Florida Trump aide quit over this.
http://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2016/09/trump-adviser-in-florida-resigns-105972
One Florida Trump aide quit and said she didn’t like the direction the campaign was going: http://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2016/09/trump-adviser-in-florida-resigns-105972
Does anyone care what some failed Trump aide in Florida says he quit over?
He HAS to hit her hard on all her criminal activities. To H*** with Chelsea. She's a grown woman who's aware of her mother's deeds.(and has probably been involved in some of them).
And I think all this talk about Bill's affairs is a mistake and a waste of time. Hillary is running- not Bill.
Same with the 'beauty queen' and remarks he's made about other women. Doesn't amount to a hill of beans and is a waste of time.
He needs to stick to vital topics- like our safety. He should be talking about all the un-vetted Muslim 'refugees' that Obama has forced upon us, and the fact that Hillary has vowed to increase un-vetted 'refugees' import to our country by 500 %!
He might also ask Hillary how she and Bill went from 'dead broke' (her own words) to a net worth of 100 mil.
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I posted the above earlier in the evening on a thread about people getting nervous about Donald's chances, and tonight on Hannity, Hannity,Newt and all his guests all said the same thing as I did. It's dangerous to get over-confident. Donald had GOT to get off slamming Bill and the beauty queen and the rest of it AND STICK TO THE VITAL ISSUES IN THIS ELECTION.
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