Mitt Romney is usually not the most eloquent of public figures, but he got it right when he explained his increasingly lonely resistance to Trump: “I wanted my grandkids to see that I simply couldn’t ignore what Mr. Trump was saying and doing, which revealed a character and temperament unfit for the leader of the free world.”
.. Consider that for a moment. Trump’s argument, in essence, is that a judge of Hispanic origin should be disqualified from the case because Trump is so racist against Hispanics.
.. House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (Wis.), your claim to intellectual leadership of the Republican Party is forfeited by your endorsement of a man who mocks the high ideals you espouse.
.. GOP leaders who choose “party unity” over principle should know that there is no way back; when you embrace Trump, you make a decision that will stay with you forever.
.. Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.), your future in politics will be undermined by your support of a nominee you once rightly called a “con artist.”
.. Donald Trump turns 70 next week. He is who he is.
A Trump Rally in Greensboro “Anger in here is palpable”
in which a sane man live tweets insanity
.. Trump event like a security state. Just watched a girl get denied for being “too alternative.”
.. Tailgating in parking lots. Vendors selling Hillary Sucks But Not Like Monica shirts. General awfulness.
.. Crowd member just shouted “gays had it coming”
.. Bragging that he took credentials from WA Post. Crowd yells Kill them all.
Why Donald Trump’s media dominance is actually hurting him
Might it be that the most compelling case against Donald Trump is Donald Trump himself?
.. As Clinton spokesperson Brian Fallon told the Plum Line two weeks ago, Trump “commands the news coverage because of his willingness to traffic in offensive statements, demeaning and insulting comments, and outrageous conspiracy theories. That is a recipe for commanding attention. But it is not a strategy for making inroads with the key voter groups he needs in order to improve his standing for the general election.”
Trump is running as Trump. Surprise!
The other major example of doing what’s always worked is the ad hominem attack on big-dog opponents. It worked in the primaries. Trump went after one leading challenger after another, knocking them out sequentially.
.. More riskily, Trump is now going toe-to-toe with a sitting president.
.. Barack Obama is no Jeb Bush. He’s not low energy. He’s a skilled campaigner who clearly despises Trump and relishes the fight.
.. His dabbling in conspiracy, from Ted Cruz’s father’s supposed involvement in the Kennedy assassination to Vince Foster’s (“very fishy”) suicide. All of which suggests, and cements, the image of a man who shoots from the hip and is prone to both wild theories and extreme policies.