# 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:** 68
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1341 "2016-06-15T06:16:27Z")
Hee hee… The treasurer of a pro-Trump PAC is a convicted Ponzi scheme fraudster who [actually got a villain on the TV show Leverage based on him.](https://twitter.com/jonrog1/status/742846718169882624) ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1342 "2016-06-15T08:53:01Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > Thanks for posting Sotomayer’s comments. You saved me the trouble. She took back and renounced her comments. Trump has not. And her being wrong in the past doesn’t excuse Trump from saying racist things. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1343 "2016-06-15T09:09:47Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [Trump is now making Chris Christie go on McDonald’s runs for him.](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-chris-christie-manservant-mcdonalds) In all fairness, this would give Christie something to do too as Trump’s veep. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1344 "2016-06-15T10:54:50Z")
> [@AnalogSignal](#): > > Trump missed the obvious solution – personal walls. [Les nessman]Walls![les nessman] ---
**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:** [June 15, 2016, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1345 "2016-06-15T13:20:15Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > In all fairness, this would give Christie something to do too as Trump’s veep. He’ll be the Head Taster. Never mind, he already does that. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1346 "2016-06-15T14:20:50Z")
Interesting. [Trump’s going to meet with the NRA about getting people on the terror watch list banned from buying guns.](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/donald-trump-nra-meeting-224362?cmpid=sf) I guess it does make sense to work directly with the people who write our nation’s gun laws. Now let’s see how fast conservatives applaud the common sense gun control Trump’s advocating-- you know, the very thing President Obama and Democrats have been fighting for for months. But was repeatedly dismissed by Republicans because it was a partisan, un-American gun grab by Washington weaklings. Either that or this is the straw that breaks the camel’s back (so to speak) with his gun-fellating followers and they rise up against him ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1347 "2016-06-15T14:54:47Z")
Quite frankly, I doubt that will alienate many of his fans because none of them think they’ll ever be on a terror watchlist. The NRA will never go for it under the line that such a rule removes a Constitutional right without any trial or recourse. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1348 "2016-06-15T14:56:58Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > Quite frankly, I doubt that will alienate many of his fans because none of them think they’ll ever be on a terror watchlist. The NRA will never go for it under the line that such a rule removes a Constitutional right without any trial or recourse. I hate when I agree with the NRA, but I agree with the NRA. I don’t think guns should be in the constitution, but they are in the constitution. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1349 "2016-06-15T15:00:36Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > I hate when I agree with the NRA, but I agree with the NRA. I don’t think guns should be in the constitution, but they are in the constitution. It’s hard to argue with. We hear all the time about the wrong people getting put on the no-fly list and you’re then going to curtail someone’s Constitutional right based on that? ---
**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:** [June 15, 2016, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1350 "2016-06-15T15:21:43Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > I hate when I agree with the NRA, but I agree with the NRA. I don’t think guns should be in the constitution, but they are in the constitution. > [@CarnalK](#): > > It’s hard to argue with. We hear all the time about the wrong people getting put on the no-fly list and you’re then going to curtail someone’s Constitutional right based on that? I’m also in favor of gun rights, I also do think that one should not ignore that bit about being a “well regulated militia”. IMHO the more eyes on who should \*\*not \*\*be on the list the better, it is something that I would agree the NRA should be \*\*helping \*\*with, trying to avoid it or to stop a more sensible regulation only leads in the long run to a complete collapse of support on what they do. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1351 "2016-06-15T15:24:33Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > I’m also in favor of gun rights, I also do think that one should not ignore that bit about being a “well regulated militia”. IMHO the more eyes on who should \*\*not \*\*be on the list the better, it is something that I would agree the NRA should be \*\*helping \*\*with, trying to avoid it or to stop a more sensible regulation only leads in the long run to a complete collapse of support on what they do. We can’t get to something “well regulated” by slapping ad hoc labels on people without proper process. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2016, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1352 "2016-06-15T15:25:23Z")
A US soldier responds to Trump insinuating that he was a thief. > ---
**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:** [June 15, 2016, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1353 "2016-06-15T16:13:14Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > We can’t get to something “well regulated” by slapping ad hoc labels on people without proper process. IMHO the NRA has made a lot of hay of their repeated use of an slippery slope. Time to say that it is nonsense after the courts supported the basic idea that all Americans have the right. And even Trump (based on the latest reports) agrees with that. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1354 "2016-06-15T16:17:13Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > IMHO the NRA has made a lot of hay of their repeated use of an slippery slope. Time to say that it is nonsense after the courts supported the basic idea that all Americans have the right. I don’t even know what that means, and I am not talking about a slippery slope. I am talking about abridging someone’s rights without due process. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2016, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1355 "2016-06-15T16:22:28Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > I don’t even know what that means, and I am not talking about a slippery slope. I am talking about abridging someone’s rights without due process. Hence the point I made that more eyes like the NRA being critical \*\*and \*\*supporting changes to that no fly list or other lists that restrict the ownership of guns are needed. If you are not part of the solution you are part of the [del]precipitate[/del] problem. As noted, it is amazing that even Trump can get that. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2016, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1356 "2016-06-15T16:23:53Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > I don’t even know what that means, and I am not talking about a slippery slope. I am talking about abridging someone’s rights without due process. I think that many in the NRA would be OK with this, as long as the “due process” was a religious test. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1357 "2016-06-15T16:24:09Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Hence the point I made that more eyes like the NRA being critical \*\*and \*\*supporting changes to that no fly list or other lists that restrict the ownership of guns are needed. Maybe we’re having a language issue, but how does a no fly list end the problem of restricting rights without due process? ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1358 "2016-06-15T16:26:00Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I think that many in the NRA would be OK with this, as long as the “due process” was a religious test. Sure, which is why the NRA is a giant bag of suck. But giant bags of suck can still be right on occasion. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1359 "2016-06-15T16:35:06Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > A US soldier responds to Trump insinuating that he was a thief. > > [x.com](https://twitter.com/JohnT15/status/743074366838210561) Oh my freakin’ God. Trump is just a cornucopia of riches for Hillary; he just can’t stop feeding her things with which to beat him over the head. Women, Hispanics, and now the military. As Elrond said, “our list of allies grows thin”. Can we move the NRA/gun rights discussion elsewhere, and get back to bashing Trump? ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1360 "2016-06-15T16:37:07Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Can we move the NRA/gun rights discussion elsewhere, and get back to bashing Trump? Yes. Sorry! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901.md?page=67) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901.md?page=69)