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What The Media Should Know About Trump's "Political Kitchen Cabinet"
http://mediamatters.org/research/2016/02/22/what-the-media-should-know-about-trumps-politic/208732Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump and his campaign have reportedly received advice from an increasing number of controversial Republican figures and political strategists, including former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, political strategist Roger Stone, and former Secretary of Education William J. Bennett. Various members of this "political kitchen cabinet" have launched sexist attacks against Hillary Clinton, claimed Obama does not love America, and denied the science of climate change....
Giuliani: "I Do Not Believe That The President Loves America." Speaking at a February 2015 dinner featuring Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Giuliani said, "I do not believe, and I know this is a horrible thing to say, but I do not believe the president loves America. ... He doesn't love you. And he doesn't love me. He wasn't brought up the way you were brought up and I was brought up through love of this country":
While Promoting His Book, Stone Suggested The Clintons Have "Perhaps Murder(ed)" -- Or Tampered With The Deaths Of -- Jerry Parks And Vince Foster. Appearing on the September 18 edition of The Sean Hannity Show, Stone parroted the conspiracy that the Clintons "perhaps" murdered Little Rock, AR, security contractor Jerry Parks and tampered with the death of former White House deputy counsel Vince Foster, claiming, "Hillary's goons moved the body":...
Bennett: "We Are Not Islamophobes. We Do Not Fear Islam, But We Are Angry At Islam." Appearing at the September 18, 2010, Values Voter Summit, Bennett said, "We are not Islamophobes. We do not fear Islam, but we are angry at Islam." (Values Voter Summit, 9/18/10)
Giuliani: "I Do Not Believe That The President Loves America." Speaking at a February 2015 dinner featuring Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Giuliani said, "I do not believe, and I know this is a horrible thing to say, but I do not believe the president loves America. ... He doesn't love you. And he doesn't love me. He wasn't brought up the way you were brought up and I was brought up through love of this country":
While Promoting His Book, Stone Suggested The Clintons Have "Perhaps Murder(ed)" -- Or Tampered With The Deaths Of -- Jerry Parks And Vince Foster. Appearing on the September 18 edition of The Sean Hannity Show, Stone parroted the conspiracy that the Clintons "perhaps" murdered Little Rock, AR, security contractor Jerry Parks and tampered with the death of former White House deputy counsel Vince Foster, claiming, "Hillary's goons moved the body":...
Bennett: "We Are Not Islamophobes. We Do Not Fear Islam, But We Are Angry At Islam." Appearing at the September 18, 2010, Values Voter Summit, Bennett said, "We are not Islamophobes. We do not fear Islam, but we are angry at Islam." (Values Voter Summit, 9/18/10)
