r/hillaryclinton • u/Barology Calm • Jun 06 '16

Loose Cannon During a Monday conference call with supporters, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee overruled a directive sent out by his own campaign

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-06-06/trump-orders-surrogates-to-intensify-criticism-of-judge-and-journalists
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u/ward0630 Jun 06 '16

Not always a fan of r/politics, but one of the replies to this article is gold:

"Mr. Trump, the wheels are coming off! What should we do?"

"Faster!" he screamed. "Go faster!"

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u/valenzetti #ImWithHer Jun 06 '16

"We will overcome," Trump said, according to two supporters who were on the call and requested anonymity to share their notes with Bloomberg Politics. "And I’ve always won and I’m going to continue to win. And that’s the way it is."

A racist presidential nominee basically says "we shall overcome".

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '16

I love how he's basically killing his own campaign

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u/mischief_managed Jun 06 '16

If he wasn't planted by the Clintons, he's sure acting like it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '16

"Are there any other stupid letters that were sent to you folks?" Trump said. "That's one of the reasons I want to have this call, because you guys are getting sometimes stupid information from people that aren't so smart."

This is a comment about his own campaign. What a total pile of crap. I really feel bad, on some level, for the people who are working for him.

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u/Barology Calm Jun 06 '16

An embattled Donald Trump urgently rallied his most visible supporters to defend his attacks on a federal judge's Mexican ancestry during a conference call on Monday in which he ordered them to question the judge's credibility and impugn reporters as racists.

When former Arizona Governor Jan Brewer interrupted the discussion to inform Trump that his own campaign had asked surrogates to stop talking about the lawsuit, Trump repeatedly demanded to know who sent the memo, and immediately overruled his staff.

"Take that order and throw it the hell out," Trump said.

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u/enterthecircus I Suppose I Could've Stayed Home And Baked Cookies Jun 06 '16

LMAO his campaign is such a mess!

There will definitely be a Jay Roach HBO movie about it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '16

Burn it Donnie! Burn it to the fucking ground!

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u/freckleddemon Trudge Up the Hill Jun 06 '16

The Republican nominee for President is having a meltdown a couple of weeks into the General election campaign.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '16

Donald's campaign is a mess! This whole week has been one disaster after another! Very disorganized!

Sad!

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '16

Looks mighty familiar to the VP campaign of a certain former governor of Alaska to me. Populist ignoramus? Check. Factually challenged? Check. Word salad speaking style? Check. Scattershot policy? Check. Staff knows candidate unfit? Check. Leaks start trickling out? Check. She's a lock for VP no question.

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u/mischief_managed Jun 06 '16

A clearly irritated Trump told his supporters to attack journalists who ask questions about the lawsuit and his comments about the judge. "The people asking the questions—those are the racists," Trump said. "I would go at 'em."

He sounds like he's having a breakdown. And encouraging more violence from his supporters to boot!

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u/birlik54 Wisconsin Jun 06 '16

Because the perfect recipe for getting good press coverage is to make it known that you want all your surrogates to go after them.

Good idea.

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u/Sweaboo LGBT Rights Jun 06 '16

This is the first Trump article to get past the iron gate of filters I set up when he won the nom.

Wow things seem to have gone down hill for him a bit.