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TexasTowelie

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Mon Sep 14, 2015, 10:21 PM Sep 2015

Trump Storms Dallas with Frontrunner's Braggadocio

DALLAS — Donald Trump's raucous presidential bid turned out thousands here Monday night for a freewheeling rally that easily qualified as the biggest 2016 campaign event so far in Texas.

The billionaire businessman's remarks, which clocked in at more than an hour, covered plenty of familiar territory: his frontrunner status, his world-class deal-making skills and dogged determination to build a wall between the United States and Mexico. But he also offered some newer material, particularly in advance of his second debate Wednesday with his GOP rivals in California.

"I have a little debate coming up on Wednesday," Trump said. "I hear they're all going after me. Whatever. Whatever."

He later offered a warning specifically for U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, the Texas Republican who has cultivated a chummy relationship with Trump. Cruz "happens to be a good guy," Trump said, "but if he comes out and attacks me on Wednesday night, I'll take it back immediately."

Read more: http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/14/trump-storms-dallas-frontrunners-braggadocio/

[font color=330099]I was watching Trump on MSNBC but I had to close the Web browser tab because it was making me ill. Trump also sounds a bit paranoid.[/font]

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