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applegrove

(118,462 posts)
Sat Jun 4, 2016, 08:35 PM Jun 2016

Trump vows not to change — which means everyone else in politics has to

Trump vows not to change — which means everyone else in politics has to

By Karen Tumulty at the Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-vows-not-to-change--which-means-everyone-else-in-politics-has-to/2016/06/03/7d990024-2995-11e6-ae4a-3cdd5fe74204_story.html

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His adversaries are now adopting his tactics, even as Trump himself is intensifying and broadening his attacks.

Democratic nominee-in-waiting Hillary Clinton, not usually known for her zingers, delivered a speech that was positively Trumpian in the volume of insults she aimed at the man who will be at the top of the GOP ticket.

“Donald Trump’s ideas aren’t just different — they are dangerously incoherent,” Clinton said. “They’re not really ideas, just a series of bizarre rants, personal feuds and outright lies.”

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“I’ll be voting for @realDonaldTrump this fall. I’m confident he will help turn the House GOP’s agenda into laws,” Ryan wrote.

That second sentence was the rationalization. The reality was that Ryan had capitulated, having earlier insisted that he could not support Trump unless he “advances the principles of our party and appeals to a wide, vast majority of Americans.”



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Trump vows not to change — which means everyone else in politics has to (Original Post) applegrove Jun 2016 OP
Trumps bullying doesn't work when he can't intimidate....he is no beachbumbob Jun 2016 #1
I think Hillary has his number. The GOP not so much. applegrove Jun 2016 #2
The real GOP knows they are screwed...a loose cannon...who comes unhinged. beachbumbob Jun 2016 #3
As Hillary pivots to the right, ... scscholar Jun 2016 #4
Ryan and all the other establishment GOP has to claim the mantle of racism now... world wide wally Jun 2016 #5
 

beachbumbob

(9,263 posts)
3. The real GOP knows they are screwed...a loose cannon...who comes unhinged.
Sat Jun 4, 2016, 08:42 PM
Jun 2016

The desperation is so apparent..

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