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Trump’s Campaign Actually Started in 2012

March 3, 2016 Buck Banks

Donald Trump trademarked his slogan “Make America Great Again” in November 2012, shortly after President Obama was re-elected.

N.J. Newspapers Call for Christie’s Resignation

March 3, 2016 Buck Banks

6

Number of New Jersey newspapers that “issued a joint editorial Tuesday calling on Gov. Chris Christie to resign in the wake of his failed presidential campaign and his subsequent endorsement of rival Donald Trump,” reports USA Today.

Sanders Voted for Sanders Tuesday

March 3, 2016 Buck Banks

I will tell you after a lot of thought, I voted for me for president.

— Sen. Bernie Sanders, quoted by Politico, ahead of the Vermont primary.

When you receive a racist’s endorsement, what do you say?
And hey, did you stopped beating your black slaves today?
David Duke’s like the plague
So you’d better not be vague,
Just come right out and say ixnay on the KKK, OK?

Trump Campaign Is Paying Trump to Run

March 1, 2016 Buck Banks

$2.2 million

Amount the Trump campaign spent between June 16, when he announced his candidacy from the lobby of Trump Tower, through the end of 2015, patronizing Trump businesses. “The majority — $2 million — was spent on Tag Air Inc., where Trump is CEO,” reports Daily Beast.

What’s Good for CBS Isn’t Good for America

March 1, 2016 Buck Banks

It may not be good for America, but it’s damn good for CBS.

— CBS executive chairman Leslie Moonves, quoted by the Hollywood Reporter, on Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.

Trump Hits New National Hugh

March 1, 2016 Buck Banks

40%

The latest NBC News/Survey Monkey national poll finds Donald Trump leads the GOP presidential field with 40% — a new high. He’s followed by Marco Rubio at 21%, Ted Cruz at 18%, Ben Carson at 8% and John Kasich at 7%. In head-to-head match ups, Trump would beat Rubio, 52% to 46%, and top Cruz, 55% to 42%. In the Democratic race, Hillary Clinton leads Bernie Sanders, 51% to 41%.

Is David Duke Trying to Hurt Donald Trump?

March 1, 2016 Buck Banks

Look, Donald Trump do whatever you need to do to get elected to this country because we need a change.

— David Duke, quoted by the Los Angeles Times, on Donald Trump disavowing the former Ku Klux Klan leader’s endorsement.

Trump Has Black Students Removed from Campaign Rally

March 1, 2016 Buck Banks

30

Number of black students who were standing silently at the top of the bleachers at Donald Trump’s rally here Monday night and who “were escorted out by Secret Service agents who said the presidential candidate had requested their removal before he began speaking,” the Des Moines Register reports.

Month: March 2016

Trump’s Campaign Actually Started in 2012

Donald Trump trademarked his slogan “Make America Great Again” in November 2012, shortly after President Obama was re-elected.

— Wall Street Journal

N.J. Newspapers Call for Christie’s Resignation

6

Number of New Jersey newspapers that “issued a joint editorial Tuesday calling on Gov. Chris Christie to resign in the wake of his failed presidential campaign and his subsequent endorsement of rival Donald Trump,” reports USA Today.

Sanders Voted for Sanders Tuesday

I will tell you after a lot of thought, I voted for me for president.

— Sen. Bernie Sanders, quoted by Politico, ahead of the Vermont primary.

A Racist’s Response

Trump Campaign Is Paying Trump to Run

$2.2 million

Amount the Trump campaign spent between June 16, when he announced his candidacy from the lobby of Trump Tower, through the end of 2015, patronizing Trump businesses. “The majority — $2 million — was spent on Tag Air Inc., where Trump is CEO,” reports Daily Beast.

What’s Good for CBS Isn’t Good for America

It may not be good for America, but it’s damn good for CBS.

— CBS executive chairman Leslie Moonves, quoted by the Hollywood Reporter, on Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.

Trump Hits New National Hugh

40%

Is David Duke Trying to Hurt Donald Trump?

Look, Donald Trump do whatever you need to do to get elected to this country because we need a change.

— David Duke, quoted by the Los Angeles Times, on Donald Trump disavowing the former Ku Klux Klan leader’s endorsement.

Trump Has Black Students Removed from Campaign Rally

30

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“One woman at a rally in New Jersey told me last week that she was ‘nauseously optimistic.’ That may capture a lot of people’s last-minute jitters.”

— Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), quoted by Axios, on what Democrats feel ahead of the midterm elections.

“I think Congress made a mistake not protesting turning the Rose Garden into what looks like the entrance to Liberace’s bathroom.”

— Former President Bill Clinton, quoted by The Wrap.

“Boy, they are scraping the bottom of the barrel. It feels like a real desperation play to me, because it has got zero basis in the law.”

— Republican election law expert Ben Ginsberg, quoted by Politico, on the Trump administration’s effort to invalidate Alaska’s election results.

Numerati

3,824

$1.4 billion

-35 points

31%

63% to 38%

KFF Poll: “With the 2026 midterm campaigns in full swing and early voting about to begin, there is a wide enthusiasm gap between partisan voters, with Democratic voters 25 percentage points more likely than Republican voters to say they are ‘more motivated’ than usual to vote (63% vs. 38%).”