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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA Trump campaign gag order?
Donald Trumps campaign is built around the candidates constant, free-wheeling interviews with the press, but media access is far more controlled when it comes to staff and volunteers. The campaign goes to great lengths to limit unscripted interactions with Team Trump, and on Thursday, a new and unusual tactic emerged.
The Trump campaign is now requiring some volunteers to sign non-disclosure agreements (NDA) before they can help the campaign agreements that would theoretically allow Trump to sue volunteers for talking about the campaign and a process that some legal experts say is unusual and probably unenforceable.
And the tactic provides a glimpse inside a tightly-controlled Trump campaign operation where nearly every interaction with the media is funneled through the candidates top echelon and campaign volunteers at a loss to answer even the most elementary requests.
In a Thursday email inviting supporters for phone-banking at Trump Tower, the campaign tells supporters to attend a briefing and then sign your NDA before volunteering begins.
The Trump campaign is now requiring some volunteers to sign non-disclosure agreements (NDA) before they can help the campaign agreements that would theoretically allow Trump to sue volunteers for talking about the campaign and a process that some legal experts say is unusual and probably unenforceable.
And the tactic provides a glimpse inside a tightly-controlled Trump campaign operation where nearly every interaction with the media is funneled through the candidates top echelon and campaign volunteers at a loss to answer even the most elementary requests.
In a Thursday email inviting supporters for phone-banking at Trump Tower, the campaign tells supporters to attend a briefing and then sign your NDA before volunteering begins.
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/trump-campaign-gag-order
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A Trump campaign gag order? (Original Post)
spanone
Mar 2016
OP
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)1. No order necessary; every time I hear Trump, I gag. nt
spanone
(135,823 posts)3. bwahahahahaa!
i'm with you.
KentuckyWoman
(6,679 posts)5. Beat me to it.
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)6. GMTA
(Great Minds Think Alike)
liberal N proud
(60,334 posts)2. A glimpse at what a Trump regime would be like
Totalitarian brand of rule!
JFKDem62
(383 posts)4. Yes it is a fascinating glimpse into what a Trump presidency would be like.
I think we saw that movie before.
And it was not a pretty sight.