March 15, 2016

Rubio: Trump is 'an embarrassment' and Republicans will pay big in November

Source: The Guardian

The Republican party will be consigned to the wilderness at November’s US presidential election “and beyond” if it chooses Donald Trump as its candidate, rival Marco Rubio has said.

In an interview with the Guardian on Monday evening, the Florida senator – whose fate is likely to be sealed if he fails to win his home state on Tuesday night – said the New York billionaire was an embarrassment who would not be respected around the world.
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“If we’re going to be the party of fear, we’re going to spend some time in the wilderness,” Rubio said. “If we’re the party of fear, with a candidate who basically is trying to prey upon people’s fears to get them to vote for them, I think we’re going to pay a big price in November and beyond.”

Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/15/marco-rubio-trump-already-embarrassment-for-republican-party

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A lot of GOP trying to derail the Trump machine.

I'm almost beginning to think, knock wood, that the damage is already
done and is not entirely repairable even if they do succeed in dumping
their albatross.

Trump has steamrolled all of them and their party and its beliefs. He's not
consistent with much of what they normally run on. Unbelievable.

March 13, 2016

Trump considers paying legal bills for man charged at rally

Source: AP via Yahoo News

ATLANTA (AP) — Republican presidential primary leader Donald Trump says he will consider paying the legal fees of a North Carolina man captured on video sucker-punching a protester at one of the billionaire's signature mass rallies.

"I don't accept responsibility. I do not condone violence in any shape," Trump told NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday.

But when asked whether he'd financially back the supporter, who was arrested and charged with assault, Trump says he's "instructed my people to look into it, yes."

Trump, meanwhile, rejected calls to modify his campaign rhetoric amid increasing instances of violence at his events. Instead he blamed Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders for sending supporters to disrupt Trump events and noted that many of the protesters who clashed with Trump supporters in Chicago on Friday night carried Sanders signs.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/trump-rally-sparks-extraordinary-stretch-republican-race-072459528--election.html#

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This is about as close as it comes to fomenting violence.

Look at the logic: 'You go beat up some opposition and I'll take care of your legal bills.'

March 8, 2016

Trump challenged over ties to mob-linked gambler with ugly past

Source: Yahoo News Live

The daughter of a reputed New Jersey mob figure says her late father had a longtime relationship with Donald Trump that included gambling millions of dollars at one of his casinos, flying on his helicopter and partying aboard his private yacht.

In 1991, Trump first faced questions about his dealings with Robert LiButti, a plump, balding and nationally famous horse breeder with an explosive temper who would later be banned from New Jersey casinos for his ties to Mafia boss John Gotti. At the time, New Jersey state regulators had launched an investigation into allegations by nine employees of one of Trump’s Atlantic City casinos, the Trump Plaza, that the hotel had repeatedly removed African-Americans and women from craps tables after LiButti, one of the highest-rolling gamblers in the city’s history, loudly complained about their presence when he was playing.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/politics/trump-challenged-over-ties-to-mob-linked-gambler-100050602.html

March 7, 2016

Trump Tower Funded by Rich Chinese Who Invest Cash for Visas

Source: Bloomberg

Throughout his presidential campaign, Donald Trump has attacked China and warned about the dangers of deficient immigrant screening.

"They’ve taken our jobs, they’ve taken our money, they’ve taken everything," he said of China in a speech late last month. He has called for a revamping, even a freezing, of the immigration system, but says he would make an exception for the highly-skilled.

Yet no skills are required of the wealthy Chinese being courted by a Chinese-subtitled video to help finance a huge Trump-branded tower in New Jersey. The video leads viewers behind the wheel of a car into Jersey City with scenes of the tower, all to the tune of the theme song from The Sopranos, "Woke Up This Morning."

Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-03-07/trump-tower-financed-by-rich-chinese-who-invest-cash-for-visas

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Don't read his lips, watch his hair.

March 3, 2016

First on CNN: Team Romney explores blocking Trump at RNC

Source: CNN

But implicit in Romney's request to his team to explore the possibility of a convention fight is his willingness to step in and carry the party's banner into the fall general election as the Republican nominee. Another name these sources mentioned was House Speaker Paul Ryan, Romney's running mate in 2012.

You don't have to read too far between the lines of the speech Romney gave Thursday at the University of Utah to see the imprint of this plan. He urged voters to support the candidate most likely to prevent Trump from racking up delegates in their states -- saying he'd back Florida Sen. Marco Rubio if he were voting in the Sunshine State, Gov. John Kasich if he were voting in Ohio, or Texas Sen. Ted Cruz in the states where he polls as Trump's strongest foe.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/03/politics/mitt-romney-stop-trump-at-convention/index.html

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He's BAAAAAAAAAACK!!!

Never a doubt that ego would resurface.

He says he's trying to block Trump, but he's really in it for himself!