I remember how often Republicans were bringing up how the DNC put the finger on the scale for Clinton in 2016 when it appears that now the RNC is sitting on the scale for Trump. Also let's not forget that during the 2016 primaries Trump criticized the RNC for what he considered unfair treatment and threatened to sue them and run as an independent.
Man, I've got 10,000 bumper stickers on order that say, "Don't blame me, I voted Weld!" Now what am I supposed to do with these?
You guys still don't seem to know when you're being conned... Unpaid bills pile up in Trump rallies’ wake The Trump campaign declined to answer questions about specific cities. “It is the U.S. Secret Service, not the campaign, which coordinates with local law enforcement,” Michael Glassner, the campaign’s chief operating officer, wrote in a statement. “The campaign itself does not contract with local governments for police involvement. All billing inquiries should always go to the Secret Service.” But a Secret Service spokesman said the Secret Service does not pay for law enforcement overtime associated with protective visits. “The Secret Service is not funded to pay police overtime and we don’t have a mechanism to do so,” the spokesman said. Trump often praises law enforcement. “We love you and will always support you,” he tweeted in January on National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day. But it’s law enforcement agencies that often bill campaigns for helping with crowds, security and closing streets when a candidate comes to town, though some absorb the cost themselves. Local officials in at least three cities — El Paso, Texas; Tucson, Ariz.; and Lebanon, Ohio — have said in recent days that bills remain unpaid. El Paso billed Trump’s campaign $570,000 for his visit in February, including a one-time late fee of $98,800. Lebanon is owed $16,200, mostly to defray the cost of the city’s police department, for an October 2018 event. Trump's enemies add up in the wrong state Tucson officials billed Trump’s campaign more than $80,000 for Trump’s visit in 2016 where 180 police officers provided security. Of the 10 cities listed in the Center for Public Integrity study, five — Tucson; Green Bay and Eau Claire, Wis.; Burlington, Vt.; and Spokane, Wash. — date back to 2016 when Trump was running for office. Trump has headlined more than 70 rallies since he’s been elected president, and now expects to hold one rally roughly every two weeks for the next several months as he embarks on a tough re-election campaign. He is scheduled to be in Louisiana on Friday and Dallas on Oct. 17, and may appear in Kentucky and Mississippi before their statewide elections in November. On Tuesday, Trump joined his campaign in criticizing Minneapolis officials, including the mayor and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), a frequent critic whose district includes the city. “The lightweight mayor is hurting the great police and other wonderful supporters. 72,000 ticket requests already,” he tweeted. “Dump Frey and Omar! Make America Great Again!” Jones Day, the law firm representing the Trump campaign, wrote a letter to the arena that a “last-minute squeeze” by the city government “seems to be nothing but a pretextual political effort with serious First Amendment ramifications” and threatened court action if denied access to the venue. Frey responded an hour later, quoting Trump’s message and tweeting: “Yawn... Welcome to Minneapolis where we pay our bills, we govern with integrity, and we love all of our neighbors.” PolitiFact, the political fact-checking website, on Tuesday found a claim made by the Trump campaign about the high price of security and other costs at the Target Center to be accurate. The campaign contended that Minneapolis officials planned to charge it $530,000, more than 26 times more for Trump’s rally than for former President Barack Obama’s 2009 rally on healthcare in the same venue. On Tuesday evening, Parscale, the campaign manager, sent out a statement that the Target Center, the site of this week’s rally, had backed off canceling the contract. “Consistent with our original agreement with the venue, the Trump campaign has not agreed to pay any additional funds,” he wrote. Frey didn’t immediately respond. Trump isn’t the only candidate to not pay the bills. In 2016, Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders left bills for campaign events unpaid in dozens of cities, according to the Center for Public Integrity.
And gee, I wonder why republicans think the elections will be "fair"? New poll shows 'crisis of confidence' in US elections https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/465060-new-poll-shows-crisis-of-confidence-in-us-elections
Sure, go ahead and vote for your treasonous mistake-in-chief again... Trump is now colluding with Turkey. It’s hard to keep track of President Donald Trump’s betrayals of his country. First he solicited Vladimir Putin’s help in the 2016 election. Then he teamed up with Kim Jong-un to lie about North Korea’s arsenal. Then he covered up intelligence about Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s role in the murder of a U.S. resident. Then he pressed Israel to deny entry to members of Congress. Then he asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate Democrats. In the midst of all this madness—most recently, the administration’s stonewalling of a congressional inquiry into Trump’s coercion of Ukraine—the president has ordered American forces to get out of the way of a Turkish invasion in Syria. The troop withdrawal looks like a distraction, but it isn’t. Trump is colluding with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, just as he has colluded with other authoritarians against the United States. The timeline of their relationship tells a story of disloyalty to America and its allies. Turkey infiltrates the Trump campaign. On July 19, 2016, Trump accepted the Republican nomination for president. Six days later, a Turkish-Dutch businessman opened secret talks with Trump’s foreign policy adviser, Michael Flynn. The businessman’s goal, in collaboration with Turkish officials, was to build support in Washington for the extradition of Fethullah Gülen, a Turkish dissident living in Pennsylvania. On Aug. 9, Flynn signed a $600,000 contract to execute the lobbying operation. He was introduced to Turkish government ministers who supported it. For the rest of the presidential campaign, Flynn worked, in effect, as a Turkish agent. Flynn spikes a plan to arm the Kurds. In December 2016, President Barack Obama decided to arm Kurdish forces—whom Erdogan regarded as enemies of Turkey—for an allied attack on the ISIS stronghold in Raqqa, Syria. Since Trump was the president-elect, Obama’s aides consulted Trump’s designated national security adviser, Flynn, about the plan. Flynn told them not to proceed. At this point, Flynn was no longer working for his Turkish clients, but they had paid him more than $500,000. A few days later, Flynn met for breakfast with Turkey’s foreign minister. ... Trump congratulates Erdogan on rolling back democracy. On April 16, 2017, Erdogan won a referendum in Turkey to replace the country’s parliamentary system with broad executive powers. European leaders expressed concern, and election observers warned that Turkey was sinking deeper into authoritarianism. But Trump called Erdogan to congratulate him. Trump accepts Turkish political violence in the United States. On May 16, 2017, Trump welcomed Erdogan to the White House. Afterward, as Erdogan watched from a car outside the Turkish ambassador’s residence, his bodyguards broke through an American police cordon and assaulted protesters. Video showed Erdogan conferring with his head of security just before the attack. Congress and the State Department denounced it, and a grand jury indicted 15 Turkish officers. But Trump said nothing. In private, he consoled Erdogan over the indictments, which were later dropped. ... Trump sides with Erdogan against American generals. On Dec. 14, 2018, Erdogan spoke to Trump by phone about U.S. troops in Syria. Erdogan wanted them out of the way so he could attack the Kurds. American officials warned Trump that some U.S. troops should stay, since ISIS was still a guerilla force. But Erdogan made a counteroffer: In place of American troops and the advice Trump was getting from American generals, Turkey would take over. During the call, Trump shocked his advisers by accepting the offer. ... Trump denounces U.S. officials for contradicting him. On Jan. 29, in testimony before the Senate, the heads of several U.S. intelligence agencies acknowledged—contrary to Trump’s assurances—that Russia, North Korea, and ISIS posed persistent threats. Dan Coats, the director of national intelligence, mentioned “issues with Turkey” (his written report warned of Turkey’s “growing authoritarianism” and its “regional ambitions”) and cautioned that ISIS still had “thousands of fighters” and was “continuing to plot attacks” against the United States. Trump responded by lashing out at “the Intelligence people” and ridiculing their testimony. Trump sells out the Kurds again. After Trump’s December 2018 call with Erdogan, hawks in Congress and the administration persuaded Trump to keep some troops in Syria. But Turkish officials were confident that they could pry Trump away from his American advisers. And they did: On Sunday, in another phone call, Erdogan told Trump that he wanted to send Turkish forces into Syria. Without consulting allies or the Pentagon, Trump agreed to get out of the way. Within hours, on Trump’s instructions, American troops abandoned the area. ...
Just a question. Have you guys been investing in the impeachment markets? Wall Street is going crazy, right @tallanvor?
damn. Twitter better hurry up and ban political advertising before the Donald opens up his coffers and releases the hounds.
All candidates deserve to be heard. If they aren't allowed to have debates and all of them be on stage for all 20 debates between now and the primaries then this is proof of the RNC rigging the game!
Chris Cillizza's commentary on Trump's campaign ad: https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/31/politics/donald-trump-ad-world-series-2020/index.html
Donald Trump: 'If I lose, I don’t think you will ever see me again' He's just going to disappear people. Just gone. Bye bye. Those of you thought that he's going to hang around and fight - WRONG!
