# 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:** 147
**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 28, 2016, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/2925 "2016-03-28T13:32:55Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Though sending hotel beds to China to change the sheets might be problematic. Try shipping your lawn. 😃 ---
**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:** [March 28, 2016, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/2926 "2016-03-28T18:22:36Z")
Jim Webb has announced that he would vote for Trump over Hillary. And he seriously wants us to think he’s a Democrat? ---
**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:** [March 28, 2016, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/2927 "2016-03-28T18:30:23Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Jim Webb has announced that he would vote for Trump over Hillary. And he seriously wants us to think he’s a Democrat? Someone’s angling for a VP slot. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2016, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/2928 "2016-03-28T18:50:19Z")
Pretty sure Webb didn’t say that, just that he wouldn’t vote for Clinton. That doesn’t mean he’d support Trump. Still reflects extremely poorly on Webb. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/2929 "2016-03-28T18:51:22Z")
[CNN on how Trump treated his tenants in the '80s.](http://money.cnn.com/2016/03/28/news/trump-apartment-tenants/index.html) ---
**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:** [March 28, 2016, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/2930 "2016-03-28T19:06:49Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Pretty sure Webb didn’t say that, just that he wouldn’t vote for Clinton. That doesn’t mean he’d support Trump. > > Still reflects extremely poorly on Webb. He’s undecided on Trump but won’t vote for Clinton. I think I’m okay calling that “would vote for Trump over Clinton,” though it would be better worded as “Is not ruling out voting for Trump.” ---
**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:** [March 29, 2016, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/2931 "2016-03-29T04:32:40Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Thanks to George Takei for the link: [The Gettysburg Address if it had been made by President Trump.](http://angrystaffofficer.com/2016/03/08/the-gettysburg-address-the-donald-trump-version/) An earlier version: [http://www.funnyordie.com/articles/3da2218436/abraham-trump-s-gettysburg-address?\_cc=\_\_d\_\_\_&\_ccid=bad34f8f-1c44-48a7-bc76-4fc112fa507a](http://www.funnyordie.com/articles/3da2218436/abraham-trump-s-gettysburg-address?_cc= __d___ &_ccid=bad34f8f-1c44-48a7-bc76-4fc112fa507a) ---
**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 29, 2016, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/2932 "2016-03-29T11:52:33Z")
> [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](#): > > There’s J-1, and there is H1-B. The latter is specifically a foreign worker visa. My secondary cite of Trump’s website _does_ mention J-1s specifically, but haven’t H1-Bs come up in the debates? All of the programs seem to get lumped together under “guest worker visa” rhetoric. I don’t think this is just all in my head. I can’t imagine why Trump would have issues with the H1B visa program [oh wait…](http://money.cnn.com/2016/03/10/news/trump-model-visas/) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2016, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/2933 "2016-03-29T15:30:41Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > The presumption was that the other others would be Mexicans and Muslims. If the majority of the AA electorate can be persuaded to equate Sunni and Shi’ite Muslims with those silly annoying bow-tied pamphlet-distributing Black Muslim/NOI heretics, they’ll demonize Muslims, all right. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2016, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/2934 "2016-03-29T16:13:47Z")
[Trump Campaign Manager Corey Lewandowski Charged with Battery of Reporter Michelle Fields by Florida Police](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-campaign-manager-corey-lewandowski-charged-battery-reporter/story?id=38002797) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/2935 "2016-03-29T16:37:47Z")
Ann Coulter: [“Our candidate is mental.”](http://www.salon.com/2016/03/29/ann_coulter_begins_to_sour_on_donald_trump_our_candidate_is_mental/) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2016, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/2936 "2016-03-29T16:41:13Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Ann Coulter: [“Our candidate is mental.”](http://www.salon.com/2016/03/29/ann_coulter_begins_to_sour_on_donald_trump_our_candidate_is_mental/) You know it’s bad when even a deluded crank like her is against the Donald. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2016, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/2937 "2016-03-29T17:32:56Z")
Trump’s campaign manager being arrested for battery symbolizes this primary perfectly. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2016, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/2938 "2016-03-29T20:10:22Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Ann Coulter: [“Our candidate is mental.”](http://www.salon.com/2016/03/29/ann_coulter_begins_to_sour_on_donald_trump_our_candidate_is_mental/) Pot…Kettle… I have no words. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2016, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/2939 "2016-03-29T20:51:54Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Ann Coulter: [“Our candidate is mental.”](http://www.salon.com/2016/03/29/ann_coulter_begins_to_sour_on_donald_trump_our_candidate_is_mental/) All the more notable because, previously, [Coulter called Trump the last hope for “the last genuinely Christian country.”](http://www.salon.com/2016/03/29/why_was_donald_trumps_attack_on_heidi_cruz_the_last_straw_for_ann_coulter_tk_controversial_trump_statements_coulter_has_defended_in_the_past/) His treatment of Ted Cruz’ wife appears to have turned her against him. ---
**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 29, 2016, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/2940 "2016-03-29T23:45:13Z")
It is fun to check conservative sources that do not like Trump for the latest: > **[Surprise: Trump Attacks Walker For...Not Raising Taxes in Wisconsin](https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2016/03/29/trump-attacks-walker-he-shouldve-raised-taxes-in-wisconsin-n2140555)** > > Fraud. > [@](#): > > It’s been a rough 24 hours for Team Trump. > > **The billionaire’s campaign manager has been arrested for battery against a female reporter – with new surveillance conclusively proving that he lied about the incident and smeared his accuser –** and the candidate himself was subjected to a string of inhospitable interviews with conservative radio hosts in Wisconsin. > > We wrote about his exchange with Charlie Sykes yesterday; later, he hung up on Vicki McKenna after he grew exasperated with her questions about his threats and insults against Heidi Cruz. > > The Texas Senator narrowly leads in recent Badger State polling and just landed the endorsement of Scott Walker, who is extremely popular among Wisconsin Republicans. Trump, as is his wont, responded to Walker’s decision by blasting the governor’s record. First, he regurgitated the debunked Democratic attack that Walker racked up a multibillion-dollar deficit, a blatant falsehood that Trump blamed on Time magazine during yesterday’s Sykes interview. Using inaccurate left-wing talking points to slam Walker wasn’t his fault, the candidate told the host’s large statewide audience, because all he did was was repeat what Time had written back then. > [@](#): > > The only time that number appeared in print at Time was when they quoted…Donald Trump. And the broader point he was using to pummel Walker had been disproven multiple times. ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2016, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/2941 "2016-03-29T23:55:20Z")
> [@](#): > > The only time that number appeared in print at Time was when they quoted…Donald Trump. And the broader point he was using to pummel Walker had been disproven multiple times. > **[Citogenesis](https://xkcd.com/978/)** > > I just read a pop-science book by a respected author. One chapter, and much of the thesis, was based around wildly inaccurate data which traced back to ... Wikipedia. To encourage people to be on their toes, I'm not going to say what book or author. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2016, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/2942 "2016-03-29T23:59:53Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Ann Coulter: [“Our candidate is mental.”](http://www.salon.com/2016/03/29/ann_coulter_begins_to_sour_on_donald_trump_our_candidate_is_mental/) She does occasionally forget she’s acting and drops out of character even when the cameras are on. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/2943 "2016-03-30T00:04:12Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > All the more notable because, previously, [Coulter called Trump the last hope for “the last genuinely Christian country.”](http://www.salon.com/2016/03/29/why_was_donald_trumps_attack_on_heidi_cruz_the_last_straw_for_ann_coulter_tk_controversial_trump_statements_coulter_has_defended_in_the_past/) His treatment of Ted Cruz’ wife appears to have turned her against him. She could still agree with his political viewpoints while thinking his methods and temperament are counterproductive to getting them put into action, and says something about his judgment. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/2944 "2016-03-30T00:25:58Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Ann Coulter: [“Our candidate is mental.”](http://www.salon.com/2016/03/29/ann_coulter_begins_to_sour_on_donald_trump_our_candidate_is_mental/) I’m a little afraid that the long awaited burst of the Trump bubble is going to come, if not in the next few weeks, than at least before June 7. If Wisconsin is seen as the start of the burst, the campaign 2016 books now being written will note “our candidate is mental” as a precursor. I suppose that Cruz would be just as weak on November 8 as Trump, since a nominated Cruz would bear the burden of having received fewer elected delegates. But just think: A Trump nomination could have meant [Vice-President All Franken](http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/03/2016-elections-al-franken-vice-president-213756). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828.md?page=146) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828.md?page=148)