Jimmy Kimmel pokes fun at Donald Trump celebrating his Nevada win with the support of “poorly educated” voters.
Jimmy Kimmel Helps Donald Trump Celebrate “Poorly Educated” Voters
Donald Trump With “Gay” Voice
JoeMyGod points up this video of Donald Trump’s victory speech after the South Carolina primary.
Without changing any words, the voiceover has been changed to a stereotypical “gay” voice.
Does this constitute mocking Trump by “making him gay?” Or is it funny?
You’ll recall the 2015 documentary “Do I Sound Gay?” which addressed the idea of this dynamic.
Donald Trump To His Supporters: “I Love The Poorly Educated”
Speaking to his supporters after winning the Nevada Caucus, Donald Trump says he loves “the poorly educated.”
And the crowd roars!
By the way, Trump also crows about winning 44% of Nevada’s Latino vote. Not quite right.
Trump won 44% of Latino Republicans. In a recent poll, only 16% of Latino Nevadans identified as Republican. That means he was supported by about 7% of Latinos in Nevada (44% of 16 = 7.04).
Put another way: 93% of Latinos in Nevada did not vote for Trump.
Trump On Rally Protester: “I’d Like To Punch Him In The Face”
At a rally in Las Vegas last night, Republican front-runner Donald Trump told his supporters he’d like to punch protesters in the face. How very presidential.
“In the old days,” Trump said, protesters would be “carried out on stretchers.” “We’re not allowed to push back anymore.”
Trump also picked up on the ongoing vibe that Sen. Ted Cruz is “the biggest liar.”
Grab the popcorn, kids. It’s getting good.
Newt Gingrich: ‘Fox & Friends’ Invented The Donald Trump Candidacy
Appearing on “Fox & Friends” this morning, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich was surprisingly candid with the hosts, saying that their show essentially “invented” Donald Trump’s presidential candidacy.
Via Talking Points Memo:
When host Brian Kilmeade asked Gingrich how Trump could be “running away with this thing,” the former Georgia congressman turned the blame back on the network.
“Look, that’s because of you guys,” Gingrich said. “Donald Trump gets up in the morning, tweets to the entire planet at no cost, picks up the phone, calls you, has a great conversation for about eight minutes, which would have cost him a ton in commercial money, and meanwhile his opponents are all out there trying to raise the money to run an ad. Nobody believes the ad.”
Kilmeade said Trump has made himself available to networks, unlike Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee. Host Steve Doocy added that Trump has “invented scenarios” to get “free media.”
Gingrich didn’t relent.
“Look, you could say that Trump is the candidate ‘Fox & Friends’ invented. He was on your show I think more than any other show,” he said. “It was always a happy, positive conversation.”
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com
Pro-Cruz Robocall Paints Donald Trump As Pro-LGBT
A new robocall hitting South Carolina voters right before the state’s Republican primary attempts to portray Donald Trump into some kind of pro-LGBT politician, and smears LGBT rights along the way.
The ad takes uses part of an interview with NECN reporter Sue O’Connell, who asks if LGBTs would continue to see forward motion under a Trump presidency.
“I’m a lesbian,” O’Connell tells Trump. “We’ve had some great progress for the gay and lesbian community through politics, through all sorts of judicial actions and elected actions over the past 20 years. When President Trump is in office, can we look for more forward motion for equality for gays and lesbians?”
Trump responds, “Well, you can. And look, that’s your thing, and other people have their thing. We have to bring all people together.” At this point, the narrator’s voice, now taking on an incredulous tone, interjects: “Stop. What does she mean by ‘forward motion’? What’s he agreeing to?”
“It’s not about tolerance anymore,” the narrator continues. “It’s about mandatory celebration. It’s about forcing people to bake cakes and photograph gay weddings. Forcing clergy to officiate. It’s about transgender bathrooms in your child’s school. It’s about tearing down our Judeo-Christian values. It’s about tearing down our America.” The recording ends with an ominous sign-off from the narrator: “Ted Cruz for president — now, before it’s too late.”
Of course, no one has ever attempted to force clergy to officiate a same-sex wedding, nor has the LGBT movement attacked Christian values. And don’t get me started on the bakers and photographers who break state non-discrimination laws.
Here’s the robocall. Please note the very “Rush Limbaugh” type voice.
Donald Trump Responds To The Pope’s “No Christian” Comments
After Pope Francis commented at a press conference today that Donald Trump was “no Christian” due to his divisive rhetoric about building a wall between the U.S. and Mexico, The Donald has responded.
At a press release, The Donald read his own statement that he posted on Facebook then went on a rant about the Pope and how uninformed the Pontiff may be.
Here’s the text of his statement aia Donald Trump’s Facebook, followed by his full comments at today’s press conference.
In response to the Pope:
If and when the Vatican is attacked by ISIS, which as everyone knows is ISIS’s ultimate trophy, I can promise you that the Pope would have only wished and prayed that Donald Trump would have been President because this would not have happened. ISIS would have been eradicated unlike what is happening now with our all talk, no action politicians.
The Mexican government and its leadership has made many disparaging remarks about me to the Pope, because they want to continue to rip off the United States, both on trade and at the border, and they understand I am totally wise to them. The Pope only heard one side of the story – he didn’t see the crime, the drug trafficking and the negative economic impact the current policies have on the United States. He doesn’t see how Mexican leadership is outsmarting President Obama and our leadership in every aspect of negotiation.
For a religious leader to question a person’s faith is disgraceful. I am proud to be a Christian and as President I will not allow Christianity to be consistently attacked and weakened, unlike what is happening now, with our current President. No leader, especially a religious leader, should have the right to question another man’s religion or faith. They are using the Pope as a pawn and they should be ashamed of themselves for doing so, especially when so many lives are involved and when illegal immigration is so rampant.
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Pope Francis: Donald Trump Is Not A ‘Christian’
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During a press conference today, Pope Francis expressed in no uncertain terms that current the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, Donald Trump, is not a “Christian.”
From CNN:
“A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian. This is not in the gospel,” the Pope told journalists.
Asked if American Catholics should vote for Trump, Francis demurred.
“As far as what you said about whether I would advise to vote or not to vote, I am not going to get involved in that. I say only that this man is not Christian if he has said things like that.”
This is unprecedented in American politics that a sitting Pope would speak so critically of a current White House contender.
From what I understand, Trump is currently polling about 20 points ahead of the rest of the GOP pack in terms of evangelicals. Now, evangelicals aren’t Catholic, but many Christians across many denominations look to the Pope as the “voice” of Christianity. I’ll be curious to see if this impacts the numbers in the upcoming South Carolina primary on Saturday.
Watch The Donald’s Twitter feed for his next rant. How much can you go off on the Pope?
Ted Cruz To Donald Trump On Threat Of Lawsuit: “Please Sue Me – I’ll Depose You Myself”
From Real Clear Politics:
Ted Cruz responds to a cease and desist letter from Donald Trump’s lawyer threatening to sue him for defamation and damages over an ad running in South Carolina. Trump claims the ad constituted defamation, but Cruz says “bring it on.”
“I have to say to Mr. Trump you have been threatening frivolous lawsuits for your entire adult life,” Cruz said at a press conference in South Carolina. “If you want to file a lawsuit challenging this ad claiming it is defamation… file the lawsuit.”
Donald Trump Hints (Again) At Third Party Run And Law Suit
In a dramatic press release and subsequent press conference today, GOP front-runner hinted at a possible 3rd party run due to his dissatisfaction with the way he feels the Republican National Committee has treated him.
Again.
The Trumpster also threatened to sue Sen. Ted Cruz over the issue of Cruz’s eligibility to be president unless Cruz apologized for what Trump considers several “lies” about his positions.
Via Raw Story:
Trump, who was booed at a debate on Saturday, complained that the audience was full of “lobbyists and donors” whom he accused of manipulating his rivals. “Those tickets were all special interest people. I know ’em,” he said.
“I signed a pledge but it’s a double-edge pledge, and as far as I’m concerned they’re in default of the pledge.”
A spokesperson for the Republican National Committee told the Guardian: “The language of the pledge is pretty straightforward.”
The pledge, he said, “simply states the candidates pledge to run as a Republican and support the nominee. Nothing more and nothing less.”
The men and women in the audience were largely at the candidates’ discretion, according to the RNC: “Each candidate received 100 tickets which is the largest amount so far. The candidates as a whole were the largest group of ticket holders.”
But Trump declared said “the pledge isn’t being honored by them”, without elaborating on what the Republican party’s obligations would be under the agreement. He said the debate was “a disgrace” and “the RNC does a terrible job”.
Trump went on to call current second-place GOP contender Ted Cruz a “basketcase,” “unhinged,” and “unstable.”
See the press release Trump issued prior to the press conference below:
Ted Cruz is a totally unstable individual. He is the single biggest liar I’ve ever come across, in politics or otherwise, and I have seen some of the best of them. His statements are totally untrue and completely outrageous. It is hard to believe a person who proclaims to be a Christian could be so dishonest and lie so much.
Cruz said I would be appointing a liberal judge when in fact I will appoint a great conservative and I am the only candidate who has gone so far, at the debate, as to suggest two individuals I feel would best represent the conservative values we need to protect: William “Bill” Pryor Jr. and Diane Sykes.
Cruz says I am pro-choice, when in fact I am staunchly pro-life and have been for a long time. Like Ronald Reagan, on many issues, I have evolved.
Cruz says I am in favor of ObamaCare, when in fact I have spoken about repealing and replacing this disaster of a system at every speech throughout my campaign and since it’s inception. Meanwhile, Cruz was responsible for getting Bush to put in the judge that failed to vote against ObamaCare twice.
Cruz says I will try to take away your second amendment rights, when I am one of the strongest proponents of the right to bear arms and I say so in every speech that I have made for years. I am a proud member of the NRA and so are my sons.
Cruz has become unhinged and is lying with the hopes that his statements will go unchecked until after the election and he will save his failing campaign.
In Iowa, Cruz told thousands of Ben Carson voters that Dr. Carson had left the race and to instead vote for Ted Cruz. He apologized when the race was over. Likewise, his fraudulent voter violation form sent to Iowa voters. If Ted is going to continue to lie with such desperation, I have no choice but to fight back.
One of the ways I can fight back is to bring a lawsuit against him relative to the fact that he was born in Canada and therefore cannot be President. If he doesn’t take down his false ads and retract his lies, I will do so immediately. Additionally, the RNC should intervene and if they don’t they are in default of their pledge to me.
I am the strongest on the borders and I will build a wall, and it will be a real wall. I am strongest on illegal immigration, strongest on ISIS, strongest on the military and I will take care of our Vets. I will end common core and preserve the second amendment. I will renegotiate our trade deals and bring our jobs back to our country. I am the only person who will Make America Great Again.