Trump surrogates messing up message on Cuba.

[madaboutharry]

There is something very bad here for Trump. The Newsweek story is a serious issue.

First, this morning on The View, Kellyanne Conway admitted money was spent in Cuba.

Just now, on MSNBC, Steve Cortes said "Well, are we really going to hold it against him if he technically broke the law? He only wanted to be ready if things changed so he could build beautiful golf courses, hotels, and create jobs for the Cubans...'

Kate Snow: "So, if he broke the law he shouldn't be held accountable?"

Steve Cortes: "No, I don't think so."


They live on another planet!

On edit: It was also set up so the money spent there looked like charitable giving.

[Farmgirl1961]

1. Wow! So they admit he broke the law!

OMG, I hope this is the final straw for tRump!

[NastyRiffraff]

24. Yes, they admitted he broke the law

but that's okay! Basically, they're just repeating Trump's own words: "That's business," to justify egregious behavior and in this case outright criminality.

We keep saying it, but really: what if Hillary did anything close to this?

[CincyDem]

2. He wanted to be ready...

...I'm sorry, did you say "he wanted to illegally front run the competition who were adhering to the federal ban on dealing with Cuba".

I guess that's Donald's version of winning. The end justifies the means.

What an asshat.

[Madam45for2923]

3. Guess laws don't apply to Mr. Law & Order

[anamandujano]

9. "Something she is afraid to mention, Law and Order." This, after Hillary meticulously outlined

her approach to try to heal the racial transgressions of the police.

[underpants]

10. Neither does Order

[Shrike47]

22. Only good laws, the best laws...

[UCmeNdc]

4. So they admit Trump is a crook

Trump is worse than Nixon!

[Arneoker]

16. I remember Nixon

Mr. "I am not a crook" was a paragon of virtue compared to little Donnie.

Back in 1974 I never would have predicted that I would ever say something like that.

[Hekate]

20. I remember Dick Nixon the same way. I hated that sob with a passion, but he knew government...

...opened China, passed the EPA...

The GOP has done little but slide into the Abyss since Nixon. Every time I think they can't possibly get worse, they do.

[Adrahil]

5. WOW. That dismantles their argument pretty well...

So.... the Law and Order candidate broke the law.... more than once. It looks like a habit.

AND.... he gets his crowd all fired up by saying that Hillary should be in jail, despite the fact the FBI concluded there was no prosecutable case.

But El Trumpster "technically" violates the law, but he should not be held accountable. Delicious.

[yellowcanine]

6. "...are we really going to hold it against him if he technically broke the law?"

I have a traffic court hearing tomorrow morning. One of those, "Yes I admit the infraction, but want to offer the judge an explanation so he hopefully will only fine me and not put any points on my driver's license." Maybe I should try out that explanation. - Nah, better not.

[yellowcanine]

7. create jobs for the Cubans...' In 1999 under Fidel Castro? Really? He said that?

Holy shit. These guys are not helping Trump at all. I swear, this is the most incompetent Presidential campaign, top to bottom, in my lifetime. And I am 65 years old.

[herding cats]

8. It's OK if it's Trump breaking the law because he makes beautiful golf courses?

Seriously, that's their plan of defense on this very real issue?

[underpants]

11. The golf course industry is hurting too

Courses closing every week.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

18. They figure White Privilege or White Collar Privilege will protect Mr Law & Order from the Law. . nt

[Tanuki]

12. So, I guess they'd say Pablo Escobar was just trying

to get ready in case the U.S. drug laws changed....

[Coventina]

13. Man, you just can't make this stuff up!!

[jaxind]

14. OK...

So now what?! Will he get indicted or prosecuted??

[TeamPooka]

15. Trump would be the first President to pardon himself for previous crimes and treason. nt

[Arneoker]

17. What part of illegally dealing with Cuba do they not understand?

Not that I think that our laws concerning Cuba are all that smart, even though I despise the Castro tyranny. But here we have a candidate who has broken the law, who is making a big deal about Hillary's (non-)breaking of the law.

[BumRushDaShow]

19. Just like HBO's "Game Change"

gave us some hints at the behind-the-scenes meltdowns by the Mclame & Caribou Barbie campaign staff, it will be interesting to see what they come up with for this campaign!

[font size="1"](of course he would probably sue if they tried so he could create his own fantasy version of the campaign )[/font]

[CanonRay]

21. They knew it was illegal, but they wanted to get the jump on competition

so they did it anyway, and hid it as charity work. Sounds like a crime to me.

[Grammy23]

25. But the surrogates seem to have missed (or are intentionally misconstrewing) the reason

The trip was illegal. The law says you had to have permission to go and it had to be for humanitarian or charitable purposes. That trip was neither and they certainly didn't get permission to go. But because they ultimately scrapped plans to invest in Cuba, the surrogates are trying to excuse the technicalities they failed to meet. As if that didn't matter. They made that trip on their own, without proper authorization but we're supposed to forgive him because they decided not to do business in Cuba at that time. Give me a break.

[Foggyhill]

27. Yeah, if you take a contract for killing, it's AOK if you decide not to do it...

That's how it goes in bizarro world.

[C Moon]

23. They'll blame it on someone who isn't rich.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

26. There should have been a follow up question.

"Why exactly do you think he shouldn't be held accountable?"

And then maybe link him to the lawless people he wants to forceably deport.

[napkinz]

28. this morning's tweetstorm is his way of trying to distract the media from this and other damaging

stories

[Gabi Hayes]

29. ODonnell caught Kellyanne admitting same on the View

last night's show via tape. he hit her hard for being an incompetent lawyer, letting slip he spent money there.

and are they talking about it at ALL tonight?

what do you think?