# Donald Trump's 2016 General Election Campaign
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901
**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
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### Author:  [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2016, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5003 "2016-08-23T06:20:24Z")
> [@Merneith](#):
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> Tony Perkins is the homophobe who says that God sends natural disasters to punish gays - only God turned around and sent the current flood to destroy Tony Perkins’ house instead. Tony’s trying to front like this is just a test of his immense faith in God, but well, we can all draw our own conclusions, here, can’t we.
So if Tony is our modern day Job, then I look forward to the next round.
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### Author:  [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2016, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5004 "2016-08-23T06:42:54Z")
Republicans In Turmoil As Trump Abruptly Cancels Campaign Events In Three States:
> **[Republicans In Turmoil As Trump Abruptly Cancels Campaign Events In Three States](https://www.politicususa.com/2016/08/22/republicans-turmoil-trump-abruptly-cancels-campaign-events-states.html)**
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> Donald Trump has abruptly canceled scheduled campaign events in Colorado, Oregon, and Nevada as questions grow over what is going on with the Republican nominee's campaign.
Weak! What a loser. Not healthy enough to keep his campaign schedule up, being beaten by a woman. Sad!
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### Author:  [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2016, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5005 "2016-08-23T07:25:34Z")
> [@elucidator](#):
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> Snopes says “Maybe”.
> [Donald Trump Donated $100k to Anti-Gay Hate Group Instead of Louisiana Flood Victims? | Snopes.com](http://www.snopes.com/donald-trump-donated-100k-la/)
Snopes said it _did_ go to the church, just maybe it went to Tony Perkins or his organization.
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### Author:  [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2016, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5006 "2016-08-23T07:40:49Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#):
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> I have no idea what that means or why you’re upset.
He’s saying that by using a Google redirect link instead of a direct link, he didn’t know that the links were to Breitbart (the dead asshole), so he’s upset that he gave Breitbart page views by clicking on said links.
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### Author:  [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2016, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5007 "2016-08-23T07:53:27Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#):
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> I have no idea what that means or why you’re upset.
Via Google, your links go to Breitbart. He would prefer not to give Breitbart (whose founder died a year or two ago) any clicks, and feels that he was tricked into it. Despite the Breitbart website very clearly being in the link.
ETA: How does one get ninja’d at 4 o’clock of the morning? Doesn’t anyone sleep around here?
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### Author:  [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2016, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5008 "2016-08-23T07:58:41Z")
Time zones, dude. And a 13 minute gap isn’t exactly ninja-like, in my book. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2016, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5009 "2016-08-23T09:04:10Z")
> [@MacCat](#):
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> Do you think you’re better than his African Americans?
I thought he only had one?
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### Author:  [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2016, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5010 "2016-08-23T09:50:11Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#):
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> I have no idea what that means or why you’re upset.
Dead Asshole = Breitbart. He was an asshole and now he is dead. Yet his website lives on like a Dead Asshole Zombie.
Your links appeared like this on the page: [https://www.google.ca/amp/www.breitb](https://www.google.ca/amp/www.breitb)…?client=safari
Notice it says Google and the actual domain it goes to is truncated.
I have no idea why you didn’t simply link to the actual page instead of a Google redirect because I wouldn’t have clicked it because my click equals money in their pockets and I have zero desire to give Dead Asshole (see above) even the smallest sum of money through my actions.
Hopefully this cleared up the confusion.
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### Author:  [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2016, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5011 "2016-08-23T09:51:23Z")
> [@Leaper](#):
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> He’s saying that by using a Google redirect link instead of a direct link, he didn’t know that the links were to Breitbart (the dead asshole), so he’s upset that he gave Breitbart page views by clicking on said links.
Yes. Please follow me around and translate all of my posts. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2016, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5012 "2016-08-23T11:15:06Z")
> [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](#):
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> I have no idea why you didn’t simply link to the actual page instead of a Google redirect because I wouldn’t have clicked it because my click equals money in their pockets and I have zero desire to give Dead Asshole (see above) even the smallest sum of money through my actions.
Because I googled for the two stories and those are the links that came up on my phone, and I copied and pasted them. Seems pretty straightforward.
Plus, I began my post by saying:
> [@](#):
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> **Breitbart news** is already repudiating those rumours of immigration amnesty:
which you quoted in your upsettedness.
I would have thought that was a pretty clear indication as to the source of the links 🆒
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### Author:  [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2016, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5013 "2016-08-23T11:30:47Z")
> [@coremelt](#):
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> Republicans In Turmoil As Trump Abruptly Cancels Campaign Events In Three States:
> [Republicans In Turmoil As Trump Abruptly Cancels Campaign Events In Three States](http://www.politicususa.com/2016/08/22/republicans-turmoil-trump-abruptly-cancels-campaign-events-states.html)
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> Weak! What a loser. Not healthy enough to keep his campaign schedule up, being beaten by a woman. Sad!
Hey, he’s just prioritizing, according to [USA Today](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/08/22/trump-cancels-nevada-colorado-oregon/89122820/?AID=10709313&PID=4003003&SID=is7e3o4hio00eqpz00dth):
> [@](#):
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> On Monday, outlets in Colorado, Nevada and Oregon reported that Trump events set to go on in their states were canceled, though in Nevada and Colorado, **Trump is still slated to attend fundraisers.**
It’s all about the money. Voters are secondary.
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### Author:  [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2016, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5014 "2016-08-23T12:02:31Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#):
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> It’s all about the money. Voters are secondary.
Wait so why is he fundraising? I thought he was worth $10 billion and was going to self fund. Oh turns out he’s not rich enough for that. What a loser! Not even a real billionaire… Sad!
> **[Donald Trump Couldn't Have Self-Funded His General Election Campaign](https://fortune.com/2016/05/16/donald-trump-couldnt-have-self-funded-his-general-election-campaign/)**
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> He isn't rich enough.
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### Author:  [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2016, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5015 "2016-08-23T12:26:53Z")
> [@Leaper](#):
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> Time zones, dude. And a 13 minute gap isn’t exactly ninja-like, in my book. 🙂
sleepy ninjas move more slowly.
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### Author:  [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2016, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5016 "2016-08-23T13:22:38Z")
Any effort that Trump puts in outside of Florida, Ohio, Nevada, and Iowa is waste of efforts. Those are the only states currently leaning blue that he is close enough to make a play for. Sure, he has to put something into states like Arizona and Georgia, which currently lean red. He needs to hang on to those. But if he spends time in VA or PA, that’s a waste. Those are gone.
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### Author:  [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2016, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5017 "2016-08-23T13:50:09Z")
[Trump’s got two appearances in Texas today](http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/with-a-rally-in-austin-donald-trump-keeps-his-camp/nsKbR/). (Fort Worth & Austin.) There’s no doubt that Texas will go red–although his lead is a few points below expectations. But he’s got rich donors here.
Democratic candidates also get a lot of money from Texas donors. But they generally don’t waste their time with public appearances…
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### Author:  [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2016, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5018 "2016-08-23T13:50:58Z")
> [@leftfield6](#):
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> Any effort that Trump puts in outside of Florida, Ohio, Nevada, and Iowa is waste of efforts. Those are the only states currently leaning blue that he is close enough to make a play for. Sure, he has to put something into states like Arizona and Georgia, which currently lean red. He needs to hang on to those. But if he spends time in VA or PA, that’s a waste. Those are gone.
Except even if he wins all 4 of those states, he still doesn’t get to 270. He needs to flip either PA or VA & NC as well to get there.
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### Author:  [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2016, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5019 "2016-08-23T14:09:39Z")
> [@leftfield6](#):
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> Any effort that Trump puts in outside of Florida, Ohio, Nevada, and Iowa is waste of efforts. Those are the only states currently leaning blue that he is close enough to make a play for. Sure, he has to put something into states like Arizona and Georgia, which currently lean red. He needs to hang on to those. But if he spends time in VA or PA, that’s a waste. Those are gone.
> [@Shalmanese](#):
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> Except even if he wins all 4 of those states, he still doesn’t get to 270. He needs to flip either PA or VA & NC as well to get there.
Not if you approach it from the angle of Trump thinking “Well. I’m going to lose. The only question is how big I lose. If I can make it just a little bit closer, I can scream FIX, FIX.”
I realize I just used the expression “Trump thinking” in a sentence there. I do not deserve to be taken serious, obviously.
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### Author:  [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2016, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5020 "2016-08-23T14:13:34Z")
> [@coremelt](#):
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> Wait so why is he fundraising? I thought he was worth $10 billion and was going to self fund. Oh turns out he’s not rich enough for that. What a loser! Not even a real billionaire… Sad!
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> [Donald Trump Couldn't Have Self-Funded His General Election Campaign | Fortune](http://fortune.com/2016/05/16/donald-trump-couldnt-have-self-funded-his-general-election-campaign/)
Entertaining explanation (in tweets!) of how he’s [running his campaign like a scammy real estate deal](https://storify.com/TCrown/trump-s-entire-campaign-is-a-failed-real-estate-in).
(Sorry if this has been posted before.)
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### Author:  [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2016, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5021 "2016-08-23T14:40:21Z")
> [@MacCat](#):
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> Do you think you’re better than his African Americans?
Many people are saying that Trump is trying to get Buddy Guy to perform at his rallies to in an attempt to bring in more Jewish voters.
I refuse to be one of those blues swayed Jews who are turned into orange Jews.
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### Author:  [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2016, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5022 "2016-08-23T14:55:40Z")
> [@Valgard](#):
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> I refuse to be one of those blues swayed Jews who are turned into orange Jews.
😃
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