Robert Reich Says Don’t Be Politically Stupid and Dismiss Donald Trump’s Candidacy
Americans who claim Trump is theirs means they like his portrayal as an “authoritarian bully – a strongman who will kick ass.â€
Americans who claim Trump is theirs means they like his portrayal as an “authoritarian bully – a strongman who will kick ass.â€
“I will be meeting with the NRA…to discuss how to ensure Americans have the means to protect themselves in this age of terror.”
Like their hero Donald Trump, a majority of GOP voters “are tired of the political correctness when things are said that are totally fine.â€
According to David Brock of Correct the Record, “from 1973 to the time he announced his candidacy, it was lie after lie”
Donald Trump once again displayed that six-year-old’s depth of understanding by proclaiming that America is a Judeo-Christian nation, because “that’s just the way it’s been.”
Gallup shows Obama’s approval rating up to 53 percent as of Friday morning – higher than Ronald Reagan’s 50 percent in June 1988
“I am not surprised that Republicans recruited candidates who resort to outright racist and discriminatory statements and tactics given their standard bearer, Donald Trump.”
If the election were decided on Twitter by a single tweet apiece, it looks like Hillary would win, and with a highly suggestive economy of words.
Hillary Clinton will be the nominee because more Democrats voted for her because she is a “hard core liberal” and not because of a rigged system.
As Donald Trump implodes, Hillary Clinton continues to gain ground.
It’s not so easy, on the other hand, to unify behind a candidate who has no knowledge of the issues and uses bluster and racism to fuel a substance-free campaign.
“@SenSanders fans, greatest way to get even with her Highness – vote for @realDonaldTrump, at least you’ll have a job”
“He can run a campaign of insults. I’m running a campaign of issues that are going to produce results for the American people.”
Gingrich was reportedly a likely candidate to be Trump’s running mate. It’s probably safe to say those odds have greatly diminished.
There are a growing number of Republicans unsatisfied with Trump as their nominee, and the Clinton campaign is wasting no time in targeting them.
“Can I question the historical value of this? It comes off to me as really drab…It’s like you won a trip on Wheel of Fortune and it’s to Venezuela”
Republicans have been using racial dog whistles and disparaging remarks about minorities for seven years. So why the outrage when Trump does it?
The Vermont senator won what will prove to be a meaningless victory in the state of North Dakota.
As Trump’s campaign continues to implode, GOP leaders are lining up to oppose him.
Trump wants Hillary to explain why she accepted his support when he was a Democrat but can’t satisfactorily explain why he supported her
CNN’s only crime was proving that Donald Trump did not tell the truth. In challenging his restructuring of his past to suit the needs of the moment, it committed an unpardonable sin.
“I’d say, ‘folks, we love protecting you, we want to continue to protect you’…but they have to pay, they have to pay.”
To Trump’s “Bill Kristol, he’s a sad case. His magazine is failing. It’s going to be out of business soon,” we got Hannity’s “I don’t hold back that I’ll be voting for Donald Trump in November.”
It’s becoming abundantly clear that Donald Trump only forked over money to veterans groups because the media pressed him on it.
Sheila Foster Anthony writes, “Repeat something enough times and in enough venues, I guess, and people begin to question their own good sense”
“A lot of the proposals he has made display either ignorance of world affairs, or a cavalier attitude, or an interest in getting tweets and headlines.”
Last week, Trump supporters jumped all over a few polls that showed him beating Hillary Clinton. It looks like his lead may already be vanishing.
So what has emerged out of all this is yet another Trump lie. Not only is there nothing wrong with her attendance record, but her 1.1% of missed roll call votes is actually BETTER than the median of 1.6%.
In a victory for Ohio voters, a federal judge ordered the state’s Republican officials to stop enforcing a 2014 law that reduced voting times.
“Amazingly, with all of the money I have raised for the vets, I have got nothing but bad publicity from the dishonest and disgusting media”
Trump isn’t about to advertise that voters might trust Trump on economy and terrorism, but Clinton on foreign policy and nuclear weapons
President Trump would give us a press secretary straight from the pages of, and as trustworthy as, the National Enquirer
Hannity accused Ryan of sabotage and said “Well, I’m not ready to support Speaker Ryan anymore. I’m thinking maybe we need a new speaker.”
“Trump legitimizes and raises up the profile of the white nationalist movement in the United States…It’s this type of rhetoric that has escalated to genocide in the past.”
“GOP and independents and smart Democrats, truly it is time to come together, pull together — remember that united we will stand, our country will stand united.”
“Make no mistake,” intones Beck. “We are being watched.” Queue the X-Files theme because the guy watching us wishes us no good if Cruz is his choice
“Congress has an obligation to use resources and taxpayer dollars effectively and efficiently and respect the men, women, and resources of DoD.
All the Republican antics we are seeing are not likely to end soon, because they get away with it. Nobody is calling them on it, nobody is demanding that Republican rhetoric have at least a passing resemblance to our shared reality. The mainstream media just shrugs and pretends like it’s relevant when it’s not.
Limbaugh can’t imagine anywhere *cough* Fox News *cough* you might find three men complaining about women saying something about a man
Cruz campaign chairperson Chad Sweet said “He is vetting a number of solid candidates,” and then contradicted himself by saying, “Ms. Fiorina is absolutely one of them.”
“In 2007 I was alarmed and called for addressing risks of derivatives, cracking down on subprime mortgages and improving financial oversight.”
“Trump is considered one of the more LGBT-friendly Republican candidates,” lied NBC’s Hallie Jackson
“The level of hatred among conservatives for that woman is so stratospheric I cannot see any other outcome,” claims Oath Keepers website
As expected, Bernie Sanders’s rally at Rec Hall was packed to capacity with lines stretched out for blocks nearly two hours prior to the speech, while the arena was already nearly filled. You could feel the excitement of the campaign throughout the rally as the crowd chanted “Feel the Bern†and other slogans.
One could easily come to the conclusion that a prerequisite for the GOP is a history of mental illness and a refusal to accept treatment for it
There is room for us all. The problem is not the wildly variant views we hold, but those who insist that only they are the real Democrats
“The bottom line is that keeping this material classified only strengthens the theory that some in the US government are hellbent on covering up for the Saudis.â€
“If God is approving and my wife and my two daughters are of approval, then I would say, ‘You’ve got your guy and let’s get at it.’â€
One can only picture the results of this cringe-worthy moment with President Kasich and a group of Muslims instead
“This weekend Sen. Ted Cruz announced the support of demon-hunting, anti-gay exorcist and Colorado state Rep. Gordon Klingenschmitt”
Clinton stresses her past victories and her special connection to New York, and Sanders says “We are not going to get beaten up.”
“The media analyzes and parses every word with a greater seriousness” says Axelrod, ignoring all the times it hasn’t
Curtis Ellis says the ladies – “often the keeper of the family budget” – dig Trump’s “economic nationalism message.”
7 out of 10 women have an unfavorable opinion of Trump, and almost 6 out of 10 men, and only 1 out of 4 women view him favorably
It’s more than a bit like saying to women, “Vote for us, and we’ll take away your rights.†It’s EXACTLY like that
Cegielksi attacks the ‘liberal elite’ but there is no liberal elite, and even if there was, they’re not the people running this country.
It should come as no surprise to anyone that Republican satisfaction with the election process is dropping like a rock
Cruz says he will illegally order an investigation of Planned Parenthood and end requirement of contraceptive method coverage for employers
Cruz says, “We need to empower law enforcement to patrol and secure Muslim neighborhoods before they become radicalized”
Serial Adulterer and misogynist extraordinaire Donald Trump has attracted extremists of all stripes to his campaign of hate, and no surprise: he hates nearly everybody while claiming he loves them. His ‘movement’ is full of people who hate Jews, women, blacks, Mexicans, atheists, gays and lesbians, and yes, despite his fulsome praise of Mormons the…
A second American Revolution can be won in California with its 55 electoral votes, but not in Galilee, which gets 0
“I have many friends that live in Salt Lake City…Mitt Romney is not one of them. Did he choke?…Are you sure he’s a Mormon? Are we sure?”
Jewish concerns about Trump’s candidacy are not limited to his hateful rhetoric. Jews are concerned about the anti-Semitism common among Trump surrogates and supporters.
According to Duke, “three open Jewish members” is too many on SCOTUS, because “those Jews” will do “whatever the Jewish agenda is”
“The reason there’s a war on Donald Trump is because there’s a war on the real America, there’s a war on the European-American majority”
“We need you to shut down his websites, to…expose what he doesn’t want the public to know…to dismantle his campaign and sabotage his brand”
By withdrawing his promise to pay violent supporters’ legal fees, Trump proved he would turn on his supporters because it’s in his nature.
For a few hours, cowardly lion Donald Trump had a “Lion’s Guard” to defend his supporters from ““violent far-left agitators.â€
This is America. And nobody should be silenced. Not if we take the First Amendment seriously. Not even Trump.
Protesters outside got pepper sprayed, while Trump threatened those engaging in their First Amendment rights inside with arrest and criminal records
Trump’s narrative pits himself against forces, including the media, trying to silence him by lying about his rally in Cincinnati
“If you play with matches, you’re going to start a fire you can’t control. That’s not leadership. That’s political arson.”
When protesters and supporters clashed, Trump played the victim card and canceled, claiming “Our First Amendment rights have been violated”
From cries of “Hispandering” to “English please” conservative pundits completely lost it when Spanish speakers were included by Democrats
Farah says Cruz is the ‘real deal,’ a new Reagan when all Democrats Sanders and Clinton offer us is the past – oh wait…Reagan is the past
In 2012, Mitt Romney was making almost the exact same economic proposals he is now accusing Donald Trump of making today
Cruz takes Kansas with 48 percent of the vote and leads in Maine with 43 percent. Is this the Romney effect?
Donald Trump knows CPAC is not Trump country so he’s going to Kansas, if he can find something he can’t spell on a map
Trump says, “Looks like two-time failed candidate Mitt Romney is going to be telling Republicans how to get elected. Not a good messenger!”
Trump’s victory is a victory, if not for the party establishment, then for the Republican ideology they have been peddling for decades.
Trump claims he has a good relationship with “the” blacks, which must be why he credentialed a pro-slavery secessionist at his rally Saturday
It is critical Americans understand the context of Rafael’s use of Josiah, who executed priests, psychics and entire cities to obtain mercy
Gawker set a trap for Trump and spammed Mussolini tweets until he retweeted one – but they didn’t have to trick him into defending it
“With me, they’re not protected, because I’m not like other people…We’re gonna…have people sue you like you never get sued before.â€
Trump says “I do want somebody that’s political, because I want to get lots of great legislation we all want passed.”
Iowa radio host Steve Deace has decided on a manly solution to Cruz’s unmanly campaign performance by threatening to castrate himself
Rather than saying there are “not many answers” in the Bible, Rubio can be clearly heard saying “all the answers are in there.”
Establishment candidate and Breitbart target by default, it is probably less who he is that has gotten Rubio this far than who he isn’t
PFAW’s Marge Baker said in a statement that “all the leading candidates are pushing a dangerous agenda”
The call complains that “Trump talks about our flag like it’s a social disease.†Defending the right to own other people IS a social disease
Republican campaign craziness reaches new lows as their race to the top office becomes a scream-filled race to the bottom of the sewer
Jeb Bush looks to his brother to be a lightning rod, turning any Trump attack into a backlash of negativity against the virtual reality star
After first suggesting Sanders was not active in the civil rights movement, Lewis said he had not meant to suggest he was not active
They’re falling over themselves with dire predictions, like Tony Perkins’ “I’m afraid we may not have another election for our republic.”
Rubio’s opposition to the First Amendment found a sympathetic ear, asking “How can we use the constitution to cut down our religion?â€
Michael Savage says the Sanders revolution will claim the lives of rich white people and the middle class by mobs of “you know who”
Bernie Sanders not only upstaged Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire, but Republican ideologies that would deny high office to non-Christians
Despite media excitement over Christie’s Rubio smackdown, Christie’s epic performance could go down in history as the biggest smackdown that never mattered
Trump says he has best temperament for the job, Graham say his worldview is gibberish, and Cruz claims Trump would nuke Denmark