‘Not very articulate’: GOP lawmaker defends Trump by saying he doesn’t have ‘the best words’

[DonViejo]

The conservative defenses for Donald Trump on Tuesday may have peaked when Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) tried to explain his latest outburst by undermining his speaking ability.

“You’re treating Donald Trump’s words like he is the most articulate person who’s ever graced our ears with his words, and that’s not true. He is not a politician,” Hunter told CNN host Wolf Blitzer. “He is not a person like you who’s very articulate, very well-spoken. He’s a businessperson who’s running for president.”

Hunter was part of a parade of conservative figures who appeared on the network after Trump intimated that Second Amendment advocates could “take care of” Hillary Clinton should she win the presidential election.

At the same time, Hunter’s argument — that Trump can’t express himself very well — runs counter to a boast from the Republican presidential nominee last December. “I used to use the word incompetent. Now I just call them stupid,” he said of the State Department at the time. “I went to an Ivy League school. I’m very highly educated. I know words, I have the best words.”

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http://www.rawstory.com/2016/08/not-very-articulate-gop-lawmaker-defends-trump-by-saying-he-doesnt-have-the-best-words/

[RKP5637]

1. That ought to work well as a global leader "IF" he were ever president. The guy is a total bozo.

Take away his money, and what's left? Not much IMO.

[PJMcK]

2. What money? (n/t)

[RKP5637]

5. I wish the fool would get on with it and release his tax returns. It's evident he's hiding stuff and

his endless BS about an audit is absurd. What about earlier years.

[niyad]

3. hey, duncey-- I know a fair number of SUCCESSFUL business people who are articulate

and very well-spoken. and I know a fair number of politicians whose command of the language leaves a great deal to be desired.

what a clumsy, ridiculous attempt to persuade us that the republican nominee did not mean what he said (in this one instance, of course!!)

[procon]

4. Wasn't he articulate enough to make all those 'great' business deals?

Or was that too, another scam?

[ecstatic]

6. Then he's not qualified to be President.

Either way, he's not qualified.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

7. This guy says in inarticulate. Rudy says he meant they could GOTV. Paul

Ryan says it was a joke.

You can not have it be a joke and have it serious - but misunderstood.

they are mutually exclusive