Tag: Donald Trump

Cruz Running on the ‘Anti-Roadkill’ Platform

Buck Banks

When we started, there were 17 candidates in this race. It was a wonderfully diverse, talented, dynamic, young field. It had really incredible talent. If you look at a number of the candidates that took on Donald Trump early on, they ended up as roadkill. … Our objective was simple from the beginning, it is to win this race, to win the nomination and then beat Hillary Clinton and turn this country around. And not be roadkill. I am very strongly committed on the anti-roadkill approach.

— Sen. Ted Cruz, explaining to WTMJ why he didn’t attack Donald Trump for many months.

Most GOP Insiders Favor Denying Trump the Nomination

Buck Banks

6 in 10

Republican insiders said “the party should nominate another candidate if Trump finishes with a plurality, rather than the required 1,237-delegate majority necessary to claim the party nomination,” Politico reports. “A majority of Republican insiders say Donald Trump should not get the GOP presidential nomination if he falls short of winning a majority of delegates – even if Trump amasses more than any of his opponents.”

Trump Supporter: He Reminds Me of a Five Year Old Child, But I’m Voting for Him Anyway

Jon Ponder

I’ve never voted for anyone like him. He seems very arrogant and outspoken and he reminds me of my kindergarten students: whatever he thinks in his head, he says. I don’t know if I can trust him, but I like that he’s different. He’s made me a believer.

– Denise McLemore, 56, a kindergarten teacher from Lexington, N.C., explaining her support for Donald Trump to a pollster for Bloomberg News. The poll found that Trump is viewed favorably by just 29 percent of Americans, even while about two-thirds of Republicans support him.

Trump Lies More than Any Other Candidate — Ever

Buck Banks

65%

Of what Donald Trump says is lying, according to the Washington Post: “There’s never been a presidential candidate like Donald Trump — someone so cavalier about the facts and so unwilling to ever admit error, even in the face of overwhelming evidence. At last count, nearly 65 percent (17 of 27) of our rulings of his statements turned out to be Four Pinocchios, our worst rating. By contrast, most politicians tend to earn Four Pinocchios 10 to 20 percent of the time. (Moreover, most of the remaining ratings for Trump are Three Pinocchios.)”