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NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump tangled with the dean of a conservative Wisconsin talk radio on Monday, enduring a harsh grilling as he prepared to campaign in the state ahead of its upcoming primary.
Milwaukee-based radio show host Charlie Sykes, an influential voice for local Republicans, pressed Trump on a range of issues, including whether he should apologize to Ted Cruz's wife, Heidi, whom he mocked on Twitter last week. Trump indicated that he was simply retweeting a message from a supporter who had posted an unflattering photo of Heidi Cruz next to a glamorous shot of Trump's model wife, Melania.
"Is your standard that if a supporter does something despicable, that it's OK for you, a candidate for president of the United States, to behave that same way?" Sykes asked. "I mean, I expect that from a 12 year-old bully on the playground, not somebody who wants the office held by Abraham Lincoln."
Sykes said that he hoped Trump realized that "here in Wisconsin we value things like civility, decency and actual conservative principles" and asked him to declare that wives would be off limit in the discourse ahead of the April 5 primary. Trump said he would be in favor of that but said that he would not apologize until Cruz first said he was sorry for the ad his supporters ran in Utah featuring a photo of a partially clad Melania Trump that had originally appeared in GQ magazine.
Cruz has said he knew nothing about the ad, which was published by a Super PAC that backed him. That did not satisfy Trump.
"I didn't start, he started it. If he didn't start it, it never would have happened," said Trump Monday morning. He added that while he does "believe in apologizing" he wouldn't do so until Cruz did first.
"My views are not playground views," Trump said.
The Wisconsin primary is shaping up to be a key moment in the Republican nomination, as a solid Cruz win would narrow Trump's path to the nomination and increase the likelihood of a contested convention this summer. Cruz — who has recently picked up a wave of Republican establishment support — has been criss-crossing the state and has begun airing $500,000 in ads.
That Trump appeared with Sykes at all was somewhat surprising.
Sykes, who has close ties to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, endorsed Cruz last week and warmly hosted the Texas Senator on his show. Sykes also has backed the #NeverTrump movement, which calls for Republicans to support anyone but the celebrity businessman, a revelation that caught Trump off guard near the end of the 17-minute interview.
Trump admitted he — and his campaign — did not know of Skyes' opposition, but said he assumed the radio host is "an intelligent guy" who would "give me credit where credit is due." Sykes said he would, but then asked one last time for an apology. Trump declined.
Trump faced similar skepticism during two more interviews with conservative state radio hosts later in the day. But Cruz, speaking at a Wisconsin rally hours later, praised Sykes for his "conservative leadership" and claimed that "the American people are sick" of candidates making personal attacks.
"Who cares?" Cruz asked. "Who cares what Donald is tweeting late at night? We need real solutions for the real problems in this country."
http://www.bustle.com/articles/1540...-slogan-is-a-surprisingly-bipartisan-movement
Donald Trump has tangled with the dean of a conservative Wisconsin talk radio on Monday, enduring a harsh grilling as he prepared to campaign in the state ahead of its upcoming primary
The voters have spoken: Never Trump
Some people are saying Wisconsin was a turning point for Donald Trump.
Maybe the people of this mid-western state have the common sense that people in other states lack.
Or maybe all the accumulated gaffes, insults against women, comments about genitalia (his own and others') has finally caught up with him.
In Wisconsin, conservative talk show hosts came after Trump with long knives, like the Senators surrounding Caesar on the Ides of March.
In an interview on the Bloomberg's The Circus, Charlie Sykes made it clear that "Never Trump" means just that, he will NEVER, under any circumstances, vote for Donald Trump, even if he gets the Republican nomination.
And I strongly stand with Mr. Sykes. I will NEVER vote for Donald Trump. I will not vote for Bernie Sanders either, but if the choice is between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, I may, for the sake of our nation, vote Democratic for the first, and almost certainly last time in my life. And I will hate doing it, but I feel I MUST.
Donald Trump, and let me make this CLEAR, must NEVER be President of this nation, a nation that has access to thousands of nuclear weapons and the most powerful military in the world. Trump is a dangerous lunatic and must NEVER have access to that kind of power. If Trump is elected, I think there is a high probability that he would be deposed in a military coup by generals and admirals concerned for national security. They would do their best to keep it a secret, but the damage would be done. Our democracy would NEVER recover.
And if the military doesn't depose Trump, there is no telling what he might do with the combined power of the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the Marines, the IRS, the CIA, the FBI, the NSA and all the other extremely powerful agencies at the President's command. If you think things have been anarchic under Obama, Trump would be much, much worse.
If we, the American people, give a madman and a lunatic this kind of power, we will have lost the trust of the entire world and they will rightly think we are lunatics as well. We will see Americans become the most scorned people on Earth, and rightly so.
THIS MUST NOT HAPPEN.
NEVER Trump means NEVER Trump.
Republicans, we must throw all our support behind Ted Cruz, the only candidate at this point who can stop Donald Trump.
John Kasich should drop out and stop diverting anti-Trump voters away from Cruz.
If you don't like Cruz, learn to live with him. He is not that likable a person, but he is a conservative, and he is a NORMAL PERSON.
Milwaukee-based radio show host Charlie Sykes, an influential voice for local Republicans, pressed Trump on a range of issues, including whether he should apologize to Ted Cruz's wife, Heidi, whom he mocked on Twitter last week. Trump indicated that he was simply retweeting a message from a supporter who had posted an unflattering photo of Heidi Cruz next to a glamorous shot of Trump's model wife, Melania.
"Is your standard that if a supporter does something despicable, that it's OK for you, a candidate for president of the United States, to behave that same way?" Sykes asked. "I mean, I expect that from a 12 year-old bully on the playground, not somebody who wants the office held by Abraham Lincoln."
Sykes said that he hoped Trump realized that "here in Wisconsin we value things like civility, decency and actual conservative principles" and asked him to declare that wives would be off limit in the discourse ahead of the April 5 primary. Trump said he would be in favor of that but said that he would not apologize until Cruz first said he was sorry for the ad his supporters ran in Utah featuring a photo of a partially clad Melania Trump that had originally appeared in GQ magazine.
Cruz has said he knew nothing about the ad, which was published by a Super PAC that backed him. That did not satisfy Trump.
"I didn't start, he started it. If he didn't start it, it never would have happened," said Trump Monday morning. He added that while he does "believe in apologizing" he wouldn't do so until Cruz did first.
"My views are not playground views," Trump said.
The Wisconsin primary is shaping up to be a key moment in the Republican nomination, as a solid Cruz win would narrow Trump's path to the nomination and increase the likelihood of a contested convention this summer. Cruz — who has recently picked up a wave of Republican establishment support — has been criss-crossing the state and has begun airing $500,000 in ads.
That Trump appeared with Sykes at all was somewhat surprising.
Sykes, who has close ties to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, endorsed Cruz last week and warmly hosted the Texas Senator on his show. Sykes also has backed the #NeverTrump movement, which calls for Republicans to support anyone but the celebrity businessman, a revelation that caught Trump off guard near the end of the 17-minute interview.
Trump admitted he — and his campaign — did not know of Skyes' opposition, but said he assumed the radio host is "an intelligent guy" who would "give me credit where credit is due." Sykes said he would, but then asked one last time for an apology. Trump declined.
Trump faced similar skepticism during two more interviews with conservative state radio hosts later in the day. But Cruz, speaking at a Wisconsin rally hours later, praised Sykes for his "conservative leadership" and claimed that "the American people are sick" of candidates making personal attacks.
"Who cares?" Cruz asked. "Who cares what Donald is tweeting late at night? We need real solutions for the real problems in this country."
http://www.bustle.com/articles/1540...-slogan-is-a-surprisingly-bipartisan-movement
Donald Trump has tangled with the dean of a conservative Wisconsin talk radio on Monday, enduring a harsh grilling as he prepared to campaign in the state ahead of its upcoming primary
The voters have spoken: Never Trump
Some people are saying Wisconsin was a turning point for Donald Trump.
Maybe the people of this mid-western state have the common sense that people in other states lack.
Or maybe all the accumulated gaffes, insults against women, comments about genitalia (his own and others') has finally caught up with him.
In Wisconsin, conservative talk show hosts came after Trump with long knives, like the Senators surrounding Caesar on the Ides of March.
In an interview on the Bloomberg's The Circus, Charlie Sykes made it clear that "Never Trump" means just that, he will NEVER, under any circumstances, vote for Donald Trump, even if he gets the Republican nomination.
And I strongly stand with Mr. Sykes. I will NEVER vote for Donald Trump. I will not vote for Bernie Sanders either, but if the choice is between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, I may, for the sake of our nation, vote Democratic for the first, and almost certainly last time in my life. And I will hate doing it, but I feel I MUST.
Donald Trump, and let me make this CLEAR, must NEVER be President of this nation, a nation that has access to thousands of nuclear weapons and the most powerful military in the world. Trump is a dangerous lunatic and must NEVER have access to that kind of power. If Trump is elected, I think there is a high probability that he would be deposed in a military coup by generals and admirals concerned for national security. They would do their best to keep it a secret, but the damage would be done. Our democracy would NEVER recover.
And if the military doesn't depose Trump, there is no telling what he might do with the combined power of the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the Marines, the IRS, the CIA, the FBI, the NSA and all the other extremely powerful agencies at the President's command. If you think things have been anarchic under Obama, Trump would be much, much worse.
If we, the American people, give a madman and a lunatic this kind of power, we will have lost the trust of the entire world and they will rightly think we are lunatics as well. We will see Americans become the most scorned people on Earth, and rightly so.
THIS MUST NOT HAPPEN.
NEVER Trump means NEVER Trump.
Republicans, we must throw all our support behind Ted Cruz, the only candidate at this point who can stop Donald Trump.
John Kasich should drop out and stop diverting anti-Trump voters away from Cruz.
If you don't like Cruz, learn to live with him. He is not that likable a person, but he is a conservative, and he is a NORMAL PERSON.
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