Trump Boasts on Fox News: “I Don’t Know That We Need to Get Out the Vote”

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After 70 highly placed Republican signed an open letter to Reince Priebus urging him to cut off funds to Donald Trump, the tiny-fisted fascist went to his safe space, Fox News, and boasted to Eric Bolling last night that he’s doing so well he doesn’t even need to worry about support from the Republican Party — or about getting out the vote.

The miners and evangelicals are going to put him over the top.

“We are gonna have tremendous turnout from the evangelicals, from the miners, from the people that make our steel, from people that are getting killed by trade deals, from people that have been just decimated, from the military who are with Trump 100 percent,” he went on. “From our vets because I’m going to take care of the vets.”

“I don’t know that we need to get out the vote,” the Republican nominee concluded. “I think people that really want to vote, they’re gonna just get up and vote for Trump. And we’re going to make America great again.”

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 12, 2016 • 11:20:17am

What does he think, that the vote just gets out itself?

2
De Kolta Chair  Aug 12, 2016 • 11:20:48am

re: #1 The Vicious Babushka

I sincerely hope so.

3
lawhawk  Aug 12, 2016 • 11:21:07am

Sarcasm?

Seriously, was that sarcasm by Trump? Does he not know how elections are won? GOTV is how they’re won, and if you don’t have a ground game, you aren’t likely to win.

Trump’s betting that he can win simply on tv appearances and empty platitudes that the media uncritically replays over and over.

It’s the same BS that I noticed SMOTI retweeting - that purportedly big Trump crowds presage a huge win in November because of cherry picked small crowd events with Clinton:

And that assumes that the photos for the Trump events are even legitimately Trump events.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 12, 2016 • 11:22:03am

re: #3 lawhawk

Bernie can tell Donald how well rally crowd sizes translate into votes.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 12, 2016 • 11:22:34am

re: #3 lawhawk

Sarcasm?

Seriously, was that sarcasm by Trump? Does he not know how elections are won? GOTV is how they’re won, and if you don’t have a ground game, you aren’t likely to win.

Trump’s betting that he can win simply on tv appearances and empty platitudes that the media uncritically replays over and over.

It’s the same BS that I noticed SMOTI retweeting - that purportedly big Trump crowds presage a huge win in November because of cherry picked small crowd events with Clinton:

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And that assumes that the photos for the Trump events are even legitimately Trump events.

He really thinks that because he won the 17-contestant GOP “semifinal” that he wins the Gold Medal.

6
Charles Johnson  Aug 12, 2016 • 11:22:54am

re: #3 lawhawk

Yeesh. @elsolarverde’s timeline is completely batshit. Trump really knows how to pick ‘em.

7
Big Beautiful Door  Aug 12, 2016 • 11:23:12am

There are political scientists who think that campaigns don’t matter; vote totals can be completely explained by things like demographics and economic conditions. That theory is going to get a real test this year, since Clinton has a state-of-the-art GOTV campaign, and Trump basically doesn’t have a campaign at all.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 12, 2016 • 11:23:34am
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lawhawk  Aug 12, 2016 • 11:24:19am

re: #6 Charles Johnson

It’s as though Trump or Scavino pick the most batcrap insane people to tweet/quote tweet.

Each one is more insane than the next.

I’m almost surprised that he hasn’t tweeted everything out of Hoft’s timeline by now.

10
Sir John Barron  Aug 12, 2016 • 11:27:20am
the military who are with Trump 100 percent,”

LOL

11
HappyWarrior  Aug 12, 2016 • 11:27:46am

re: #7 Big Beautiful Door

There are political scientists who think that campaigns don’t matter; vote totals can be completely explained by things like demographics and economic conditions. That theory is going to get a real test this year, since Clinton has a state-of-the-art GOTV campaign, and Trump basically doesn’t have a campaign at all.

Clinton’s running a modern presidential campaign. Trump is basically your drunk uncle with more money.

12
Big Beautiful Door  Aug 12, 2016 • 11:28:02am

Trump’s RCP average in a four way race is currently 37.6% of the vote, so he has a real shot at having the worst GOP percentage performance in the last century, beating Papi Bush’s 37.4% in ‘92 when Perot took 19% of the vote.

13
HappyWarrior  Aug 12, 2016 • 11:28:15am

re: #10 Sir John Barron

LOL

I think that’s amuses me the most about the Trump campaign. How delusion they really are.

14
Sir John Barron  Aug 12, 2016 • 11:28:23am

re: #3 lawhawk

Sarcasm?

Seriously, was that sarcasm by Trump? Does he not know how elections are won? GOTV is how they’re won, and if you don’t have a ground game, you aren’t likely to win.

Trump’s betting that he can win simply on tv appearances and empty platitudes that the media uncritically replays over and over.

It’s the same BS that I noticed SMOTI retweeting - that purportedly big Trump crowds presage a huge win in November because of cherry picked small crowd events with Clinton:

And that assumes that the photos for the Trump events are even legitimately Trump events.

Those ALL CAPS are sure convincing.

15
HappyWarrior  Aug 12, 2016 • 11:28:44am

re: #12 Big Beautiful Door

Trump’s RCP average in a four way race is currently 37.6% of the vote, so he has a real shot at having the worst GOP percentage performance in the last century, beating Papi Bush’s 37.4% in ‘92 when Perot took 19% of the vote.

It’s very likely. He just seems to get worse as time goes on.

16
De Kolta Chair  Aug 12, 2016 • 11:30:09am

2016 has been a banner year for personality cults. For instance:

“Politically Cleansed” indeed.

17
Charles Johnson  Aug 12, 2016 • 11:30:11am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 12, 2016 • 11:30:19am

Reince is opening for Donald in Erie.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 12, 2016 • 11:31:11am

re: #16 De Kolta Chair

2016 has been a banner year for personality cults. For instance:

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“Politically Cleansed” indeed.

Yeah you’re totally sticking it. // Fucking moron Berner Buster.

20
Charles Johnson  Aug 12, 2016 • 11:31:17am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 12, 2016 • 11:31:36am

I need an industrial sized barf bag.

22
Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 12, 2016 • 11:32:11am

“Hillary Clinton has a problem with lying!” — Reince with a straight face.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 12, 2016 • 11:32:17am

re: #17 Charles Johnson

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Wait Breitbart’s bragging about Trump being even in Georgia. They do realize that Georgia isn’t supposed to be even competitive so yeah I’ll take that though I don’t trust Breitbart to tie their shoes let alone conduct a poll.

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Archangelus  Aug 12, 2016 • 11:32:39am

Dear dog, for a moment this actually had me wondering what episode Zapp said that in the show. The line between Trump and Brannigan keeps getting thinner…

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HappyWarrior  Aug 12, 2016 • 11:32:54am

re: #20 Charles Johnson

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Maybe Reince can ask John Kasich to be his reference when he finds a new job after this election.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 12, 2016 • 11:34:04am

re: #24 Archangelus

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Dear dog, for a moment this actually had me wondering what episode Zapp said that in the show. The line between Trump and Brannigan keeps getting thinner…

You know, I never realized it but I can hear Stimpy a little in Zap. It’s very subtle but you can hear it if you listen cloesly enough. Brilliant though, thanks Billy!

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Archangelus  Aug 12, 2016 • 11:34:15am

re: #25 HappyWarrior

Maybe Reince can ask John Kasich Lucifer the Prince of Darkness to be his reference when he finds a new job after this election.

Edited to reflect a more realistic possibility… /

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Big Beautiful Door  Aug 12, 2016 • 11:34:30am

re: #17 Charles Johnson

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Trump ahead in critical swing state of Georgia! He’s winning!!1!1!!

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Sir John Barron  Aug 12, 2016 • 11:34:39am

re: #18 Backwoods_Sleuth

Reince is opening for Donald in Erie.

Was Chachi unavailable?

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HappyWarrior  Aug 12, 2016 • 11:34:54am

Poor Erie.

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FormerDirtDart  Aug 12, 2016 • 11:35:03am

re: #20 Charles Johnson

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Split Ticket  Aug 12, 2016 • 11:35:13am

re: #20 Charles Johnson

A great poll? Is that the one they are going to use at the Rio Olympics for poll vaulting?

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HappyWarrior  Aug 12, 2016 • 11:35:14am

re: #28 Big Beautiful Door

Trump ahead in critical swing state of Georgia! He’s winning!!1!1!!

Just wait till you see the polls out of Idaho, Trump’s winning there too!

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Sir John Barron  Aug 12, 2016 • 11:35:32am

re: #16 De Kolta Chair

2016 has been a banner year for personality cults. For instance:

“Politically Cleansed” indeed.

“Stick it to the corruption”

Uh….

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Sir John Barron  Aug 12, 2016 • 11:36:30am

re: #31 FormerDirtDart

“We just saw a great poll that came out..this man is going to win!”

What poll?

Shutup!

36
Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 12, 2016 • 11:36:46am

His friend with the plants again…

37
jaunte  Aug 12, 2016 • 11:37:02am

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Sir John Barron  Aug 12, 2016 • 11:37:12am

re: #28 Big Beautiful Door

Trump ahead in critical swing state of Georgia! He’s winning!!1!1!!

THE DEMOCRAT PARTY WON GEORGIA EVERY YEAR BEFORE 1968!!!!!

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De Kolta Chair  Aug 12, 2016 • 11:37:59am

re: #18 Backwoods_Sleuth

Reince is opening for Donald in Erie.

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Kragar  Aug 12, 2016 • 11:38:33am

Well…

Good luck with that.

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De Kolta Chair  Aug 12, 2016 • 11:38:49am

re: #31 FormerDirtDart

Reince: “Why are you all laughing?”

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lawhawk  Aug 12, 2016 • 11:40:26am

Trump and his extremist supporters seem to have assumed that the Howard Stern rule must mean that Trump wins:

Private Parts | The Ratings Scene

For those not familiar with the Stern rule, it relates to how Stern had rabid followers, but his haters were avid listeners tuning in even longer to see what crazy things he would say next.

Trump seems to think that the more people that follow him on social media or turn up for his events, the better he’s doing. That’s even though neither actually translates to votes.

After all, quite a few of us here follow Trump on Twitter - and have absolutely no intention of voting for him. We follow because we want to see what batcrap insane things he’s inevitably going to say next.

No sarcasm was express or implied in the preceding.

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De Kolta Chair  Aug 12, 2016 • 11:40:28am

re: #34 Sir John Barron

“Stick it to the corruption”

Uh….

It sounds better in the original Russian.

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Big Beautiful Door  Aug 12, 2016 • 11:41:39am

re: #23 HappyWarrior

Wait Breitbart’s bragging about Trump being even in Georgia. They do realize that Georgia isn’t supposed to be even competitive so yeah I’ll take that though I don’t trust Breitbart to tie their shoes let alone conduct a poll.

Gravis is a B- rating polling company according to 538.com, so I think the race in Georgia probably is virtually tied. That is very bad news for Trump.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Aug 12, 2016 • 11:43:22am

re: #16 De Kolta Chair

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 12, 2016 • 11:46:06am

re: #44 Big Beautiful Door

Gravis is a B- rating polling company according to 538.com, so I think the race in Georgia probably is virtually tied. That is very bad news for Trump.

Not only B-, but also they’re a Republican firm most noted for laughable polls. If they show Trump at +1 in GEORGIA, it’s a good bet he’s closer to -4

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S'latch  Aug 12, 2016 • 12:20:43pm

I am starting to like Donald Trump more and more each day.

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Archangelus  Aug 12, 2016 • 2:41:29pm

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