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Trump cultists go beyond typical partisans. Just go to any conservative or libertarian portal (National Review), cultists show up in force— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 3, 2016
I have never seen a wealthy person like Trump who is such a chronic whiner and a hypocritical name-calling self-serving bully.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 3, 2016
On National Review's FB feeds,you can view all this blowback from Trump cultists who see NR as part of the anti-Trump establishment pile on.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 3, 2016
Trump cultists somehow personalize criticisms of a self-serving, narcissistic billionaire. Voting for a crony capitalist is empowering him.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 3, 2016
I have issues with National Review's activist national defense policy and its regulatory drag on immigration. But NR understands Trump.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 3, 2016
Take Trump and abortion. I think some have counted 3 or 4 different talking points since Trump advocated punishing women who have abortions.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 3, 2016
Abortion is not a new issue on the national level. Romney had to deal with pro-choice soundbites from his MA campaigns. Akin & Murdoch 2012.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 3, 2016
Not a single pro-life politician before Trump ever advocated prosecuting women who have aborted. Trump got caught completely unprepared.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 3, 2016
It's not just the fact Trump was pro-abort before his candidacy; he never did due diligence on the issue. He sold a Romney-like "evolution".— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 3, 2016
Donald Trump has a deliberately misleading talking point that he is just a businessman, not a politician. He ran in 2000, flirted in 2012.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 3, 2016
Trump initially flirted with running in 1988. He has given numerous interviews over the past 25 years discussing political issues.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 3, 2016
But this idea that the urban legend establishment has been bashing Trump from the get-go is absurd. For months, Trump was never attacked.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 3, 2016
If anything, Trump has been the one threatening to go rogue third party, that his delegates might riot if he doesn't win the nomination.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 3, 2016
It's not just been abortion where Trump has been impulsive or erratic. We've seen him shift on Syrian refugees, giving illegal orders to DoD— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 3, 2016
On foreign policy Trump is all over the map: he wants to play even-handed on Israel vs. Palestinian authority but claiming to be pro-Israel.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 3, 2016
Reportedly Trump told NYT editors off the record that his signature immigration stand was an initial bargaining position, on the table.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 3, 2016
Trump argues that he's been self-financing, which is flat out misleading. He argues paid speech is corrupt. pic.twitter.com/gNDM3XFDCa— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 3, 2016
This is Soft Rock America. Let's send a message to anti-kite Statists: https://t.co/jXBut35zAI https://t.co/xPA26dIAV4— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 3, 2016
I don't mean to suggest that personality deserves first consideration.But I've always felt Obama's unflappable persona is a political asset.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 3, 2016
Obama's more measured temperament (vs. Trump's ill-) is offset by his pseudo sense of urgency: "We can't afford to do nothing."— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 3, 2016
But Trump openly admires strongman leadership in Russia, China and North Korea, and he uses "low energy" as a pejorative: Carson, Bush.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 3, 2016
Donald Trump does not seem to recognize the Constitutional limits on the power of the Presidency. He seems to want to renegotiate treaties.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 3, 2016
Donald Trump does not seem to recognize the Constitutional limits on the power of the Presidency. He seems to want to renegotiate treaties.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 3, 2016
What Trump does not understand is State intervention in the economy is a vice, not a virtue; it adds to regime uncertainty.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 3, 2016
Trump is refusing to address the 70%, highest increasing portion of the federal budget--mandatory entitlement spending. Just like the Dems.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 3, 2016
Trump seems obsessed with resourcing low-end manufacturing. This is despite the fact that value-added manufacturing is doing quite well.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 3, 2016
What Trump should be doing is embracing a growth strategy that makes American tax policy more globally competitive, loweing regulations.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 3, 2016
Trump's protectionist rhetoric is not only wrong but counterproductive. Exports are the price we pay for imports. We need to expand both.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 3, 2016
It's almost impossible to overstate how clueless Trump is. One example is using American purchases of Saudi Arabian oil as a policy chip. .— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 3, 2016
What Trump doesn't realize is that Saudi Arabia is the low-cost producer, we still import a third of our oil, many suppliers less reliable.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 3, 2016
Saudi Arabia also stands as a critical offset to Iran's regional influence. That Donald Trump is oblivious to other factors is telling.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 3, 2016
The California pension tsunami: "aggregate contributions from local school districts will increase to $6.4B in 2021 from $2.3B in 2015".— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 3, 2016
Image of the DayDespite spending more and paying teachers better than OECD nations, the US has poor to average math/science results https://t.co/A7sPrP6Whi— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 3, 2016
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