# Trump's Republican primary campaign **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [September 3, 2015, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828 "2015-09-03T18:00:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 131
**Author:** ![Hank\_Beecher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hank_beecher/32/7275_2.png) [@Hank\_Beecher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hank_Beecher)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/2605 "2016-03-17T00:35:37Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Don’t know that for a fact, but, if so . . . If it leads, it bleeds. If Trump is a wound, Duke is an ever-spurting severed artery. The synergy is irresistible. The level of coverage would be astonishing if it were any **less.** > > And, on top of that, this **does** have immense legitimate news value Sure. Legit enough to warrant a story on page twelve of the Picayne Tribune, or whatever it’s called. Edit: Times-Picayune. ---
**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:** [March 17, 2016, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/2606 "2016-03-17T04:44:36Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Maybe there’ll be riots if he wins, too. Could be a laugh riot. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/2607 "2016-03-17T15:04:55Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Could be a laugh riot. Yeah, it’s easy to laugh at our troubles from Thailand . . . ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/2608 "2016-03-17T15:51:41Z")
> [@Hank\_Beecher](#): > > And his attitude towards those who seek out groups of people, and instigate confrontations with them by insulting and antagonizing them, is very common among Americans. Isn’t that what Trump himself does? ---
**Author:** ![inscrutable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a88e4f/32.png) [@inscrutable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inscrutable)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/2609 "2016-03-17T16:08:35Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Could be a laugh riot. …laughing all the way to the gun shop. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/2610 "2016-03-17T16:56:43Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Isn’t that what Trump himself does? Daily. ---
**Author:** ![Hank\_Beecher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hank_beecher/32/7275_2.png) [@Hank\_Beecher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hank_Beecher)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/2611 "2016-03-17T17:08:17Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Daily. So Trump has been coming to your rallies? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/2612 "2016-03-17T17:18:14Z")
> [@Hank\_Beecher](#): > > So Trump has been coming to your rallies? [Only by proxy.](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-threatens-to-set-supporters-on-sanders-rallies/) ---
**Author:** ![Hank\_Beecher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hank_beecher/32/7275_2.png) [@Hank\_Beecher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hank_Beecher)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/2613 "2016-03-17T17:28:24Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Only by proxy.](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-threatens-to-set-supporters-on-sanders-rallies/) Wow, how alarming that Trump would dare to hint that his supporters _might_ do something Bernshirts have been doing for months. What you have cited here is not evidence of what you claim at all, but merely another thing that Trump chose to say that you don’t like, which you heard about by choosing to consume media which chose to report it. So, has Trump been coming to whatever public events you choose to enjoy and disrupting them? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/2614 "2016-03-17T17:31:06Z")
I suppose I do choose the media that informs me thusly. What channel is the **Hank Beecher** show on? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/2615 "2016-03-17T18:58:54Z")
International hacktivist group Anonymous [just leaked Trump’s private cell phone](http://occupydemocrats.com/2016/03/17/anonymous-just-leaked-trumps-social-security-number-private-personal-info/) number and his social security number. ---
**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:** [March 17, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/2616 "2016-03-17T19:03:40Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > International hacktivist group Anonymous [just leaked Trump’s private cell phone](http://occupydemocrats.com/2016/03/17/anonymous-just-leaked-trumps-social-security-number-private-personal-info/) number and his social security number. Don’t bother, it’s busy. ---
**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:** [March 18, 2016, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/2617 "2016-03-18T00:27:17Z")
\*\*Well, leave it to Trump to demonstrate himself how ignorant he and his supporters can be. \*\* > **[As Election Year Unfolds, Climate Concern Rises](https://thinc.blog/2016/03/17/as-election-year-unfolds-climate-concern-rises/)** > > Gallup: Americans are taking global warming more seriously than at any time in the past eight years, according to several measures in Gallup’s annual environment poll. Most emblematic is the … > [@](#): > > Gallup: > > ``` > Americans are taking global warming more seriously than at any time in the past eight years, according to several measures in Gallup’s annual environment poll. Most emblematic is the rise in their stated concern about the issue. Sixty-four percent of U.S. adults say they are worried a “great deal” or “fair amount” about global warming, up from 55% at this time last year and the highest reading since 2008. > > ``` > > [Image reports that 64% of Americans now worry a great deal or a fair amount] But what was interesting was a comment after the article pointing to how Trump “answered” a question from a League of Women Voters representative that asked what Trump would do about controlling emissions that are causing climate change. > **[As Election Year Unfolds, Climate Concern Rises](https://thinc.blog/2016/03/17/as-election-year-unfolds-climate-concern-rises/)** > > Gallup: Americans are taking global warming more seriously than at any time in the past eight years, according to several measures in Gallup’s annual environment poll. Most emblematic is the … Trump just says (paraphrased) “Let me ask you this, How many people here believes in global warming? Raise your hand!” [Only one in the crowd raises hand] Trump then confronted the LoWV lady and just pointed that only one and she believed and then Trump dismissed her. (This is worse once one notices that global warming taking place is “officially” not denied as many skeptics do accept that it is happening, just that it is natural or humans are not much of a factor; the climate change that we are experiencing and will get thanks to human emissions is what several mainstream “skeptics” deny) Shoot, so only 2 people in the crowd were not ignorant. And they do vote guys. Time to make your vote and your voice count. The good news is that just about 40% are willing to support this guy so far. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/2618 "2016-03-18T00:41:31Z")
[Oh, it’s worse than that:](https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/265895292191248385?lang=en) > [@Whoever does his Twitter feed](#): > > The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive. ---
**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:** [March 18, 2016, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/2619 "2016-03-18T00:54:12Z")
Oops, one correction for my post: that woman questioning Trump was from The League of Conservation not the LWV. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/2620 "2016-03-18T01:00:48Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > International hacktivist group Anonymous [just leaked Trump’s private cell phone](http://occupydemocrats.com/2016/03/17/anonymous-just-leaked-trumps-social-security-number-private-personal-info/) number and his **social security number.** Hmmm . . . and his date of birth and mother’s maiden name are probably public record . . . I sense possibilities here . . . ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/2621 "2016-03-18T01:06:49Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Hmmm . . . and his date of birth and mother’s maiden name are probably public record . . . I sense possibilities here . . . You can steal his identity. In addition, you’ll also need a dead marmoset and a can of orange glow in the dark paint. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/2622 "2016-03-18T01:12:07Z")
> [@Mighty\_Girl](#): > > You can steal his identity. In addition, you’ll also need a dead marmoset and a can of orange glow in the dark paint. Hey, fine, I always keep those around anyway. Don’t ask. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/2623 "2016-03-18T01:36:29Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > The good news is that just about 40% are willing to support this guy so far. As I just posted in the Pit thread, Trump has recently cracked 50% support for the first time, polling at 53% in [this poll](https://today.yougov.com/news/2016/03/14/trump-rises-national-support-rubio-falls-and-carso/) of Republican primary voters. ---
**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:** [March 18, 2016, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/2624 "2016-03-18T01:44:08Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Yeah, it’s easy to laugh at our troubles from Thailand . . . Don’t worry, we’ll be moving back to the US soon. The wife is starting to get a little antsy about the prospect of a President Trump. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828.md?page=130) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828.md?page=132)