GOP And MSM Unite In Desperate Effort To Stop Donald Trump From Becoming President In 2016GOP Operative Plans ‘Guerrilla Campaign’ Against Donald Trump
The Republican establishment, increasingly alarmed by the enduring strength of Donald Trump’s presidential bid,
is ratcheting up efforts to knock him out of the race, including the
first attempt to unite donors from rival camps into a single anti-Trump
force.
A
well-connected GOP operative is planning a “guerrilla campaign” backed
by secret donors to “defeat and destroy” the celebrity businessman’s
candidacy, according to a memo reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.
A super PAC supporting Ohio Gov. John Kasich is airing a series of ads targeting Mr. Trump. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush struck with his bluntest attacks yet on Friday,
and the super PAC associated with the Club for Growth, an economic
conservative group, is trying to raise money to resume attack ads that
it has run in Iowa against Mr. Trump.
Donald Trump Sarasota Florida Rally on November 28, 2015
Together,
the efforts seem to represent a turning point in the GOP contest, in
which other campaigns have previously been skittish about taking on Mr.
Trump so directly. The sense of urgency has mounted in part because Mr.
Trump continues at or near the top of GOP polls, even after many
predicted that the Paris terror attacks would lead voters to turn to a
more seasoned candidate.
Representatives from CNN, Fox News, NBC, CBS, and ABC united today to rally around a common enemy: Donald Trump.
CNN, Fox, NBC, ABC, CBS Reportedly Band Together to Push Back Against Trump
Over
the past few weeks, stories have surfaced that indicate a particularly
volatile relationship between Trump and the media. At a rally last
Tuesday, a Trump aide threatened to revoke Noah Gray‘s
media credentials after the CNN reporter briefly left the designated
press area to cover a #BlackLivesMatter protester. The aide told Noah to
“get back in the pen” or risk being “blacklisted.”
At a rally Friday, Trump barred members of the press from covering the event, including reporters from BuzzFeed,
The Huffington Post, and Univision. The Trump campaign has banned
publications that have strongly criticized the candidate in the past,
thus landing the outlets and reporters in “the doghouse” (a term used by
campaign manager Corey Lewandowski).
Trump’s tricky relationship with the press is not a new phenomenon: this past August, the Republican candidate removed Univision reporter Jorge Ramos from a press conference, telling Ramos to “go back to Univision.”
But
now, the media is fighting back. The networks hope to draft a response
to the Trump campaign requesting that aides stop threatening to revoke
media credentials. They also hope to convince the candidate to ease
restrictions on the press pool and act respectfully towards reporters in
the pen. source
Geoffrey Grider | November 29, 2015 at 5:29 pm |URL: http://wp.me/p1kFP6-9Sp
ELECTION 2016: GOP establishment to back Hillary if Trump nominee
Written by Joe Kovacs
Discussion Posted by Robert M
Donald Trump
Although
Donald Trump has signed a pledge to support the Republican Party’s
nominee, that doesn’t mean the party’s establishment will support him,
should he win the GOP presidential nod.
A
report by the Hill suggests the big money Republican donors are
actually looking to support Hillary Clinton for commander in chief if
Trump is at the top of the GOP ticket. Yes, the Democrat Hillary Clinton
could be getting millions of dollars from Republicans.
The
website says: “In conversations over the past month, GOP establishment
donors have confided to the Hill that for the first time in recent
memory, they find themselves contemplating not supporting a Republican
nominee for president.”
When
asked for whom he would cast his vote if the choices are only Mrs.
Clinton and Trump, the former mayor of Los Angeles and a longtime
Republican establishment figure, Dick Riordan, said: “I would probably
go find a deserted island.”
Former Los Angeles Mayor Dick Riordan (KCAL-TV screenshot)
“I think Hillary is disgusting,” Riordan told the Hill. “And I think Trump is crazy.”
The
paper says Trump was the topic at a recent Beverly Hills lunch hosted
by former U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Rockwell Schnabel.
In
attendance in a private dining room of the Hotel Bel-Air were powerful
donors said to include Ronald Spogli, the venture capitalist and former
ambassador to Italy under President George W. Bush; his business partner
Bradford Freeman; and Riordan.
The
donors reportedly faced the hypothetical question: “If it was Donald
Trump running against Hillary Clinton, who would you vote for?”
The Hill reports:
The hesitation among establishment GOP donors comes as no surprise to Corey Lewandowski, Trump’s campaign manager.
“The GOP establishment will do anything they can to stop Mr. Trump from being the GOP nominee,” Lewandowski told the Hill.
“Mr.
Trump is the only one who is not controlled by the special interests.
... They want a puppet that they can control, and Donald Trump will
never be that person.”
Not all big GOP donors, though, are sour on the New York businessman.
Billionaire
investor Carl Icahn and Doug Manchester, a California developer and
chairman of Manchester Financial Group, are among those in Trump’s
corner.
Doug Manchester (KUSI-TV screenshot)
“I
met with Donald himself and was again very impressed with a Man [sic]
who does not have to be doing what he is but believes as I do that we
need to Make America great again and believe he can do it!!” Manchester
wrote to friends in an email seen by the Hill.
“As all of you know I was all in for Mitt but unfortunately he did not make it!!”
“I think Trump can win,” Manchester added.
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Monday, November 30, 2015
LEARN JUST WHY THE GOP IS LOSING MEMBERS!
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