Trump's New Right-Hand Man Accuses Cruz Campaign of 'Gestapo Tactics'

[jpak]

Source: NBC News

In his first Sunday show interview since taking on an expanded role in Donald Trump's campaign, Paul Manafort was quick to raise questions about the tactics Sen. Ted Cruz' campaign is using to secure delegates.

After being asked whether threatening delegates is fair game in the hunt for the 1237 required to secure the republican nomination, Manafort responded, "It's not my style, and it's not Donald Trump's style … But it is Ted Cruz's style." He then called the Cruz campaign's methods "Gestapo tactics, scorched-earth tactics."

"We're going to be filing several protests because reality is, you know, they are not playing by the rules," Manafort said.

But Manafort, who has advised republican presidential campaigns going back to Pres. Gerald Ford, would not outline the rules he is playing by either. When pressed on whether paying for a delegate's golf membership or trip to the convention was in the realm possibility he answered, "Well, there's the law, and then there's ethics, and then there's getting votes. I'm not going to get into what tactics are used."

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[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. Threatening delegates not Trump's style? Oh yeah?

We have never seen Trump disavow Roger Stone, even though this is a week old. I think we'll never see TheRump disavow it.

More than three months before any ballots have been cast at the Republican convention, Roger Stone, Donald Trump’s on-again, off-again consigliere, has delivered the campaign equivalent of a severed horse head to delegates who might consider denying Trump the nomination. Trump’s supporters will find you in your sleep, he merrily informed them this week. He did not mean it metaphorically.

“We will disclose the hotels and the room numbers of those delegates who are directly involved in the steal,” Stone said Monday

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[jpak]

2. Clown Squad Train Wreck

[Hulk]

3. The battle of the small minds

...and the snake oil salesman.

[MBS]

4. talk about the pot calling the kettle black. . .n/t

[sofa king]

6. Or Franco calling Mussolini a Fascist...

[AxionExcel]

5. Rethuglicans condemn Rethuglicans for being Rethuglicans

[Javaman]

7. Pot nt

[Nitram]

8. the Trump campaign is well-qualified to recognioze Gestapo tactics.