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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue Aug 28, 2018, 08:14 AM Aug 2018

Trump Takes Over McCain's Week


August 28, 2018 at 7:22 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 24 Comments

Playbook: “In reality, Trump has already made this story about him. His silence — and flip-flopping on the flag — has kept Washington (and particularly the media) on edge. Any other president would’ve just lowered the flag to half-staff for the week, issued an effusive statement and moved on.”

”Trump is making plaIn what we already knew: He never much liked McCain, and he’s not really concerned what anyone thinks about his behavior. Trump seems fully confident that his supporters haven’t cared for McCain in any way since 2008 — when they concluded his constituency was mostly reporters and middle-of-the-road Republicans. In some ways, Trump’s candidacy and presidency are a direct response to the candidacies of McCain and Mitt Romney.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2018/08/28/trump-takes-over-mccains-week/
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Trump Takes Over McCain's Week (Original Post) DonViejo Aug 2018 OP
Not in my Iliyah Aug 2018 #1

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
1. Not in my
Tue Aug 28, 2018, 08:26 AM
Aug 2018

universe. t-rump is pretty much ignored. Of course the media is all over it, but I do watch the media news very much except for Michela on 204 with my father-in-law and she doesn't harp on him very much.

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