Republican Election 2016 - Donald Trump Megathread [OFFICIAL]

[alexw]

Proving that there is no floor for Trump's ugliness may I present, Trump the ghoul.

Someone : "xxxx just got murdered in front of her children"

Trump : "It'll be great for my poll numbers!!!"

[DeadmanWalking]

Interesting, considering that the international business language is................. you guessed it English.

That doesn't change the reality that businesses include services for people who speak other languages to increase profits, you can dance around that fact all you want to justify your alt-right delusions but you can't counter facts.

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Sure it's your feels. And you didn't answer my questions. Here they are again. "Who is they? And show that "they" are forcing Spanish to be the new national language."

Judgement is a supremacist in all things, from raiding to society. If he can't place himself on top of the totem pole of importance then he isn't interested in it. If he can't look down on you then he can't feel good about himself. He is one of the entities on these forums that if I disagree with him I know I am on the right path of life choices.

[Thepersona]

Well after reading past few pages I have come to the conclusion that this thread is ironically as childish as the actual campaign...

how'd you think otherwise? this campaign is like the highschool council campaigns, the kid that promises pizza everyday wins

[PACOX]

No Donald. I'm not campaign expert but I don't think thats how it works.

[DeadmanWalking]

how'd you think otherwise? this campaign is like the highschool council campaigns, the kid that promises pizza everyday wins

You promise the favorite food of each type of kid based on stereotypes and hope that they don't compare notes, "Tacos every day!", "Suishi every day!", "Pizza every day!", "Chicken every day!"

[Thepersona]

You promise the favorite food of each type of kid based on stereotypes and hope that they don't compare notes, "Tacos every day!", "Suishi every day!", "Pizza every day!", "Chicken every day!"

and you backpedal about the types of food every other day

[DeadmanWalking]

and you backpedal about the types of food every other day

"Well after 10-15 years of eating tacos, I get people all the time, people all the time, strong people, who say Donald Trump, after eating tacos for this long it is hard to eat pizza. I think, if you pay for back lunches we could work with you and maybe get you tacos."

Then after the pizza loving kids sit you down and smack you with a newspaper, "Oh course they can't have tacos, we are having pizza just like I always promised! I mean maybe soft tacos, certainly no hard tacos but did you notice if you take a pizza and fold it in half it kind of is a taco?"

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And in other news;

In an interview with Bill O’Reilly on Monday, Trump claimed to have met with a top Chicago police officer who told him he could stop Chicago crime in a week. A spokesman for the Chicago Police Department said no senior member of the department met with Trump or anyone from his campaign.

[lockedout]

Well after reading past few pages I have come to the conclusion that this thread is ironically as childish as the actual campaign...

Most of the people posting in this thread are against Trump.

[Orbitus]

Most of the people posting in this thread are against Trump.

When he says so much stupid shit and people like you will STILL VOTE FOR HIM, it makes it hard to take your seriously.

[I Push Buttons]

Meanwhile on Pence's twitter for over a week:
https://twitter.com/mike_pence/statu...22236088029184

Click the @IFS_ButterCow...

Warning, antisemitism.

You would think someone somewhere in the campaign would click that and tell him to change or delete it :P

[Masark]

Trump, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory;

First time in 128 years!

Those damn ivory tower elitists are opposing The People's Candidate!

This so-called "Republican club" is probably full of deep cover liberals!

[dvaz]

For fucks sake Donald. You could be winning in the polls if you had deleted your twitter account a few months back.

[Edge-]

Meanwhile on Pence's twitter for over a week:
https://twitter.com/mike_pence/statu...22236088029184

Click the @IFS_ButterCow...

Warning, antisemitism.

You would think someone somewhere in the campaign would click that and tell him to change or delete it :P

That's bad enough but he didn't use a fucking Oxford Comma, how dare he.

[Cthulhu 2020]

Lets talk about American tradition.

Gay Marriage - well, that one got kicked to the curb
Gun ownership - completely embattled


Those are just the top two. But there are many more that are either on the brink or have been overturned over the years simply because of the "vocal majority".

Individuals can be very smart, but a mob rarely ever is.

Gay marriage: Used to be that only opposite sex couples were allowed. Now both same sex and opposite sex are allowed, but opposite is still the vast majority.

Language: Used to be that only english was used. Now both english and spanish are used, but english is still the vast majority.

Gun ownership: Nobody is trying to take away your guns. Some are trying to make sure that only law abiding citizens can get them, but apparently the right wants criminals and terrorists to be allowed to own them.

Language: Nobody is trying to force you to speak spanish. Some are trying to make spanish more available since we have a lot of spanish speakers in our country, but that's not going to mean you won't have english available to you.

You should pick better examples for your arguments as to why "American tradition is going to hell!"

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Nice try. It certainly isn't "my feels" when 90% of automated phone systems gibber to you in Spanish before asking you to press one for what should be the primary language spoken in this country.

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But I married in. I did not dig a tunnel or crawl under a fence.

Half of the illegals here came on work visa and never heard back from their immigration application. You married in and did very little work to actually get in. Oh the hypocrisy. But the ones who did "dig tunnels" are only here illegally cause it's not in our laws. If we didn't have anchor marriages, you wouldn't be legal either. The law is somewhat arbitrary.

[DeadmanWalking]

Gay marriage: Used to be that only opposite sex couples were allowed. Now both same sex and opposite sex are allowed, but opposite is still the vast majority.

Language: Used to be that only english was used. Now both english and spanish are used, but english is still the vast majority.

Gun ownership: Nobody is trying to take away your guns. Some are trying to make sure that only law abiding citizens can get them, but apparently the right wants criminals and terrorists to be allowed to own them.

Language: Nobody is trying to force you to speak spanish. Some are trying to make spanish more available since we have a lot of spanish speakers in our country, but that's not going to mean you won't have english available to you.

You should pick better examples for your arguments as to why "American tradition is going to hell!"

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Half of the illegals here came on work visa and never heard back from their immigration application. You married in and did very little work to actually get in. Oh the hypocrisy. But the ones who did "dig tunnels" are only here illegally cause it's not in our laws. If we didn't have anchor marriages, you wouldn't be legal either. The law is somewhat arbitrary.

Marrying in doesn't make you a citizen, it only allows you to claim residency. They still have to apply, pay fees and take a test (which most americans can't actually pass) and then swear in as a citizen. Until that point they are not considered an American, they are a resident alien with permanent residency. I know because my wife is from Germany and now is a united states citizen. They can't vote or collect benefits like social security.

In fact you have to stay married for 5 years just to be able to apply for citizenship. You have to do interviews and they come to check your residence to see if you actually live together.

[Breccia]

This so-called "Republican club" is probably full of deep cover liberals!

Well, they have/are working on a college degree. Statistically, they were unlikely to vote for Trump regardless.

EDIT: Also after a thorough 60 second Google search, I find that the Harvard Republican Club contains at least one woman and at least one African American. So, yeah. There was no chance.

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Marrying in doesn't make you a citizen, it only allows you to claim residency.

See also: John Oliver.

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No Donald. I'm not campaign expert but I don't think thats how it works.

In Des Moines later, he said

"Just yesterday, the cousin of NBA star Dwyane Wade, a great guy Dwyane Wade, was the victim of a tragic shooting in Chicago. It breaks all of our hearts to see it. It's horrible. It's horrible and it's only getting worse. This shouldn't happen in our country. It shouldn't happen in America. So we send our thoughts and prayers to the family and we also promise to fight for a much, much better tomorrow."

In my head, the next thing that happened was an audience member asking "So, you'll fight for common sense gun control laws?"

To which Trump said "Let's not go nuts here."

At least he didn't tweet "Appreciate the congrats for being right on blacks killing other blacks. I don't want congrats, I want toughness & vigilance. We must be smart!"

[GennGreymane]

...isn't this the reason they're behind Donald Dump? Because if "evil liberals" with their "cooperation", and "political correctness" and "helping others" is translated into "corruption, corporate shilling and whatever other Bullshit lie Dump invents"?

No, they just want the same thing in a different packaging.

[Pangean]

It would appear that the racist, bigoted CEO of the Trump campaign is playing residence games not for voting reasons but to avoid taxes.

Is This About Taxes?


On Friday The Guardian uncovered that Steve Bannon was registered to vote at a residence in Florida where he does not in fact live. In response to that story, Bannon moved his registration to the home of business associate and sometime Breitbart contributor Andy Badolato, also in Florida. That's curious since, again, Bannon doesn't seem to live in Florida or maintain even a nominal residence there. If he gets dinged for being registered to vote in a state he doesn't live in, why switch to another address in the same state? Perhaps there's some home he lives in in Florida that I haven't heard about. But if he does, why is he registering to vote at the house of Andy Badolato?

I asked someone familiar with Bannon where he actually lived. I'm told he has a loft in New York City and a condo he co-owns in Los Angeles. When he's in DC he stays at a place the Breitbart crew refers to as the 'Breitbart Embassy', actually a townhouse owned by an Egyptian businessman.

Now I got interested in this when I heard from TPM Reader MC who noted the possibility that this isn't actually a voting issue but rather a tax issue.

California and New York are both high income tax states, actually some of the very highest in the country. DC is a high income tax jurisdiction. (When I say 'high', I'm of course speaking of relative terms vis a vis other states.) New York City has its own additional income levy. So from a tax perspective, if you're rich, New York City is a particularly pricey place to live.

You can see the state breakdown in this chart from the Tax Foundation. These are the three places Bannon appears to 'live' in any real sense: Los Angeles, New York and Washington, DC.



I've seen no reports that Bannon actually 'lives' in Florida, thus the issue with the voter registration. Again, if he has a house in Florida where he lives, why not register to vote there?

But remember, Florida is one of the handful of states with no income tax. For a wealthy individual, paying state or jurisdictional income in any of those three places is a significant amount of money. Florida is a real cost savings.

So does Bannon pay income tax in any of the states or cities where he actually seems to live? Or does he 'live' in Florida for tax purposes and pay no state income tax at all?

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/is-this-about-taxes

[DeadmanWalking]

Well, they have/are working on a college degree. Statistically, they were unlikely to vote for Trump regardless.

EDIT: Also after a thorough 60 second Google search, I find that the Harvard Republican Club contains at least one woman and at least one African American. So, yeah. There was no chance.

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See also: John Oliver.

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In Des Moines later, he said

"Just yesterday, the cousin of NBA star Dwyane Wade, a great guy Dwyane Wade, was the victim of a tragic shooting in Chicago. It breaks all of our hearts to see it. It's horrible. It's horrible and it's only getting worse. This shouldn't happen in our country. It shouldn't happen in America. So we send our thoughts and prayers to the family and we also promise to fight for a much, much better tomorrow."

In my head, the next thing that happened was an audience member asking "So, you'll fight for common sense gun control laws?"

To which Trump said "Let's not go nuts here."

At least he didn't tweet "Appreciate the congrats for being right on blacks killing other blacks. I don't want congrats, I want toughness & vigilance. We must be smart!"

Yes, later he humbled his shit up, after the shit hit the fan and most likely someone in his circles smacked him with the paper and told him to Stop shitting in the house.

And yes they would of voted along party lines, these are not alpha kappa rape-ah, these are Harvard captains of industry skull and crossbones rape-ah.

[Pangean]

It appears that it's the medias fault that Trump's policy on immigration is in constant flux as opposed to him not really having developed a policy a few months before the election.

"Mr. Trump told the audience gathered in a livestock pavilion that it is reporters and television networks, not him, that are being inconsistent about his policy proclamations."

Yeah how dare they confuse people by quoting his own words.

Donald Trump Says He Would Deport ‘Criminal Illegal Immigrants’ If Elected
Candidate didn’t offer any detail on whether he would abide by primary-campaign pledge to install ‘deportation force’

Donald Trump sought Saturday to reassert control of an immigration story line that has bedeviled his campaign in the last week, telling an Iowa audience that he would deport “criminal illegal immigrants” immediately upon being sworn into office.

Yet the Republican presidential nominee didn’t offer any detail on whether he would abide by his primary-campaign pledge to install a “deportation force” to remove 11 million illegal immigrants from the country. Instead, he blamed the media for focusing on his old campaign promises instead of what he deemed more pressing issues.

“In recent days, the media—as it usually does—has missed the whole point on immigration,” Mr. Trump said. “All the media wants to talk about is the 11 million…that are here illegally.”

Mr. Trump said he would prefer not to discuss what would happen to undocumented immigrants who haven’t committed crimes.

“My priority is the well-being of 300 million American citizens, including millions of Hispanic citizens and legal residents who want a secure border, and I mean secure,” he said.

The latest twist in Mr. Trump’s immigration policy comes at the end of a week in which he appeared to have shifted his deportation policy, which helped drive his popularity in the GOP primary season. Mr. Trump, in Fox News interviews aired Tuesday and Wednesday, appeared to reverse himself, saying he wouldn’t seek to deport undocumented immigrants. Then on CNN on Thursday, he muddled the issue further, saying “there is a very good chance the answer could be ‘yes,’” he would deport them.

The Trump campaign in the last week has twice scheduled and then canceled speeches at which he was to articulate his immigration policy. Mr. Trump said on Fox News on Friday that he would deliver such a speech in the next two weeks.

The immigration issue has befuddled some of Mr. Trump’s staunchest supporters in Iowa. Sen. Joni Ernst, a first-term Republican who hosted Mr. Trump at her hog roast-and-motorcycle ride fundraiser at the state fairgrounds here, said she wasn’t clear what Mr. Trump’s policy is on deportations.

“I don’t know (what it is), but I am excited about looking at what he’s proposing next week and I think that will be an important topic,” Ms. Ernst told reporters here Friday.

Steve Fisher, a retired corn and livestock farmer from near Ames who backed Mr. Trump in the state’s February caucuses, said at the fairgrounds Saturday that Mr. Trump’s policy shuffle on immigration is less important than his broader intention to secure the nation’s borders.

“Why shouldn’t he be allowed to change his mind?” said Mr. Fisher, who is 59 years old. “It doesn’t diminish my support for him because I still believe he’s on the right course of where we need to take this country.”

Mr. Trump told the audience gathered in a livestock pavilion that it is reporters and television networks, not him, that are being inconsistent about his policy proclamations.

“They take phrases and statements, chop them up, take them out of context and discuss them for days,” he said. “Always trying to demean and belittle me and our incredible movement to take our country back from the death spiral it is currently in.”

The candidate then laid out an ambitious plan for dealing with the subgroup of illegal immigrants that he now considers a priority.

“On day one, I am going to begin swiftly removing criminal illegal immigrants from this country,” he said. “We are going to get rid of the criminals, and it will happen within one hour” of his swearing-in.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-t...ted-1472334324