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spanone

(135,823 posts)
Fri Mar 11, 2016, 11:05 PM Mar 2016

A Trump campaign gag order?

Donald Trump’s campaign is built around the candidate’s 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 candidate’s 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
No order necessary; every time I hear Trump, I gag. nt Xipe Totec Mar 2016 #1
bwahahahahaa! spanone Mar 2016 #3
Beat me to it. KentuckyWoman Mar 2016 #5
GMTA Xipe Totec Mar 2016 #6
A glimpse at what a Trump regime would be like liberal N proud Mar 2016 #2
Yes it is a fascinating glimpse into what a Trump presidency would be like. JFKDem62 Mar 2016 #4

JFKDem62

(383 posts)
4. Yes it is a fascinating glimpse into what a Trump presidency would be like.
Fri Mar 11, 2016, 11:13 PM
Mar 2016

I think we saw that movie before.
And it was not a pretty sight.

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