# Donald Trump's 2016 General Election Campaign **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [May 4, 2016, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901 "2016-05-04T02:37:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 210
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4183 "2016-08-13T17:22:13Z")
Again, my thoughts are that the campaign strategy is to funnel as much money through Trump corporate properties as possible. All other considerations are secondary. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4184 "2016-08-13T17:49:06Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Again, my thoughts are that the campaign strategy is to funnel as much money through Trump corporate properties as possible. All other considerations are secondary. The test of this theory will be if Trump has a big rally at Trump International Hotel Waikiki. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4185 "2016-08-13T18:45:18Z")
[Katrina Pierson states that we weren’t in Afghanistan until Obama invaded. Called it “Obama’s war”.](http://www.mediaite.com/tv/trump-spox-katrina-pierson-we-werent-in-afghanistan-until-obama-decided-to-go-in/) The interviewer’s face is hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4186 "2016-08-13T18:52:22Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > [Katrina Pierson states that we weren’t in Afghanistan until Obama invaded. Called it “Obama’s war”.](http://www.mediaite.com/tv/trump-spox-katrina-pierson-we-werent-in-afghanistan-until-obama-decided-to-go-in/) The interviewer’s face is hilarious. Does she KNOW that she’s basically inventing a history that never took place? Is she deliberately, knowingly spreading disinformation? Or is she just that stupid? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4187 "2016-08-13T18:58:37Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Does she KNOW that she’s basically inventing a history that never took place? Is she deliberately, knowingly spreading disinformation? > > Or is she just that stupid? Yes. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4188 "2016-08-13T19:49:54Z")
> [@coremelt](#): > > Yes but whats the boundary of the polling place? how many feet or meters does it extend? Intimidation tactics can still be useful near polling places but outside the legal definition. My polling place is a school, and there are no guns allowed on school property. I don’t know ift here is a a law specifying how close from the property lines you can bring a gun. ---
**Author:** ![Junior\_Spaceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Junior\_Spaceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junior_Spaceman)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4189 "2016-08-13T19:51:42Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > [Katrina Pierson states that we weren’t in Afghanistan until Obama invaded. Called it “Obama’s war”.](http://www.mediaite.com/tv/trump-spox-katrina-pierson-we-werent-in-afghanistan-until-obama-decided-to-go-in/) The interviewer’s face is hilarious. Don’t be mean. [She had audio issues.](http://www.mediaite.com/online/katrina-pierson-attributes-false-afghanistan-comment-to-audio-disruptions-and-echoes/) Those always make _me_ completely forget what actually happened in the past fifteen years, too. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4190 "2016-08-13T20:02:55Z")
> [@Junior\_Spaceman](#): > > Don’t be mean. [She had audio issues.](http://www.mediaite.com/online/katrina-pierson-attributes-false-afghanistan-comment-to-audio-disruptions-and-echoes/) Those always make _me_ completely forget what actually happened in the past fifteen years, too. The only “audio issues” this person had was the echos that rattled around her empty cranium. There is no personal responsibility with anyone on Trump’s campaign is there? It’s all just blame, blame blame someone or something else. Good luck with that. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4191 "2016-08-13T20:20:57Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > [Katrina Pierson states that we weren’t in Afghanistan until Obama invaded. Called it “Obama’s war”.](http://www.mediaite.com/tv/trump-spox-katrina-pierson-we-werent-in-afghanistan-until-obama-decided-to-go-in/) The interviewer’s face is hilarious. She also said Bush had Iraq won. ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4192 "2016-08-13T20:52:51Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Does she KNOW that she’s basically inventing a history that never took place? Is she deliberately, knowingly spreading disinformation? > > Or is she just that stupid? She’s a big dummy like Trump. She was previously arrested for shoplifting and had a marriage that lasted 3 months. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4193 "2016-08-13T20:57:40Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > I can see certain of his followers showing up outside polling places in Philly and harassing voters: “Are you registered?” “I saw you at another polling place, you’d better leave or I’ll call the police!” etc. > > This could lead to some people, especially minorities, leaving rather risking a confrontation with the police. It could also lead to some less than civil confrontations between voters and harassers. And Trump might consider parting with some of his campaign treasure to put up more of those “Voter Fraud is a Felony!” billboards used in 2012 to intimidate black voters: > [@](#): > > Dozens of billboards touting stiff potential jail sentences and fines recently appeared in predominantly African-American and Latino neighborhoods… Page has a photo of one of the boards. [https://thinkprogress.org/voter-intimidation-billboards-appear-in-minority-neighborhoods-in-cleveland-328953224327#.rd9x3wyxd](https://thinkprogress.org/voter-intimidation-billboards-appear-in-minority-neighborhoods-in-cleveland-328953224327#.rd9x3wyxd) ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4194 "2016-08-13T21:16:05Z")
> [@AnalogSignal](#): > > She’s a big dummy like Trump. She was previously arrested for shoplifting and had a marriage that lasted 3 months. So basically a perfect fit for the Trump demographic. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4195 "2016-08-13T21:20:32Z")
So, back in Iowa, Trump bragged that he provided on-site child-care service for his employees. [Whoops](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/c6ffb1688c8f4d01848d4dcd613ef848/no-evidence-trump-provided-child-care-services-employees)- turns out that this is yet another in the long, long list of Trump lies. It wasn’t a one-off throw-away line - Trump described his wonderful program of child care for his employees in great detail. Small problem… The programs that Trump described are programs catering to paying guests of Trump’s hotels and golf club. They are not for Trump’s employees. > [@](#): > > When asked about on-site child care, employees at Trump’s hotels and clubs across the country expressed confusion and explained the two programs are for guests and members only. > > “No, there’s no child care,” said Maria Jaramillo, 36, a housekeeper at Trump International Hotel Las Vegas, where workers have been pushing Trump to sign a union contract. > > Jaramillo is a mother of four children who has worked at the hotel for nearly eight years. You know, I don’t think Trump deliberately lied about this. I think he’s just completely clueless about what goes on in his own businesses, and really does not care to find out. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4196 "2016-08-13T22:17:19Z")
> [@Junior\_Spaceman](#): > > Don’t be mean. [She had audio issues.](http://www.mediaite.com/online/katrina-pierson-attributes-false-afghanistan-comment-to-audio-disruptions-and-echoes/) Those always make _me_ completely forget what actually happened in the past fifteen years, too. Were those the same audio issues that made “cities” sound like “titties” when Trump spoke in Detroit? ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4197 "2016-08-14T00:52:01Z")
The Trump campaign has reality issues, not audio issues. The entire Trump campaign belongs in a YUUGE padded cell on happy pills where they can’t harm anyone. Call it Trump Cell. The most unbelievably, great padded cell the world has ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4198 "2016-08-14T02:40:50Z")
> [@crucible](#): > > It is said that Republicans, esp. conservatives, are born that way. Their brains are such that emotions (fear, hatred, etc) and simple solutions appeal to them. > > Dems, exposed to the same problems and the same social interactions as Reps, are the way they are because they have brains with more capacity to handle complexities. I’m sorry, but what a bunch of self-serving poppycock. Liberals fall to fear (GMO, nuclear power) and hatred (the 1%, out-sourcers, pro-lifers\*) just as much as conservatives. Simple solutions are just as appealing to liberals. Sheesh. (\*-e.g. anyone who is pro-life must be misogynist.) ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4199 "2016-08-14T03:04:58Z")
> [@Deeg](#): > > I’m sorry, but what a bunch of self-serving poppycock. Liberals fall to fear (GMO, nuclear power) Stop falling for ignorance that was showed already many times to you, the fear there is bipartisan, but many democrats in leadership are not in fear of nuclear power in the framework of dealing with climate change. > [@Deeg](#): > > and hatred (the 1%, out-sourcers, pro-lifers\*) Like if they do not fund the FUD seen in the media against the ones that think that they should not have the power they have over the Republican party. > [@Deeg](#): > > just as much as conservatives. Simple solutions are just as appealing to liberals. Sheesh. > > (\*-e.g. anyone who is pro-life must be misogynist.) Not so, just to remind you again, the Republicans lately continue to dump on climate change legislation that **does** include support for nuclear power, just because Republican senators did not believe (and continue to not believe) that there is a problem with global warming and remain in the pockets of the fossil fuel industry. > **[Anatomy of a Senate Climate Bill Death](https://www.americanprogress.org/article/anatomy-of-a-senate-climate-bill-death/)** > > The Senate’s failure to pass clean energy legislation this year was due to more than legislative machinations, writes Daniel J. Weiss. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4200 "2016-08-14T03:10:43Z")
> [@Junior\_Spaceman](#): > > Don’t be mean. [She had audio issues.](http://www.mediaite.com/online/katrina-pierson-attributes-false-afghanistan-comment-to-audio-disruptions-and-echoes/) Those always make _me_ completely forget what actually happened in the past fifteen years, too. I hate it when that happens. Now if only I could figure out _Bush v. Gore_ is gonna turn out… ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4201 "2016-08-14T03:27:44Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > [Katrina Pierson states that we weren’t in Afghanistan until Obama invaded. Called it “Obama’s war”.](http://www.mediaite.com/tv/trump-spox-katrina-pierson-we-werent-in-afghanistan-until-obama-decided-to-go-in/) The interviewer’s face is hilarious. Holy Fucking Shit. Republicans. I call out Republicans because Donald Trump is the nominee for fucking President that your party selected. Republicans, holy fucking shit. That kind of bullshit only flies on Fox “News”. Republicans, do the sane people in the world a favor: Pack it up. Just pack it all up and put it away. Try again in 4 years. Holy fucking junior high flunkout shit. ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4202 "2016-08-14T03:44:52Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Stop falling for ignorance that was showed already many times to you, the fear there is bipartisan, but many democrats in leadership are not in fear of nuclear power in the framework of dealing with climate change. Yes, we have talked about this many times. Every single major group that’s against GMO is liberal; it’s a major plank of the Green Party. Pretty much every group working against nuclear power is liberal; it’s a major plank of the Green Party. Bernie Sanders was the only major candidate who wanted to shut down nuclear power plants. He was the only one who supported anti-GMO legislation. He was also the most liberal candidate by a long mile. His home state just passed a dumb-ass GMO labeling law. I don’t know how to make it any more plain: when it comes to GMO and nuclear power liberals as a whole have a greater irrational fear than conservatives. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901.md?page=209) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901.md?page=211)