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"They say it was the roughest campaign ever in the history of Republican politics, but what you do is you go to sleep for a couple of days and you wake up and you honor [the pledge]," Donald Trump said. (AP Photo) Trump unloads on former GOP opponents who refuse to back him
By GABBY MORRONGIELLO (@GABRIELLAHOPE_) • 6/29/16 5:26 PM SHARE TWEET SMSMore Donald Trump railed against several of his Republican primary opponents on Wednesday night for declining to endorse him in the general election, going so far as to suggest "they should never be allowed to run for public office again."
"I have guys out there and if you really think about it, they're really sore losers," Trump told supporters during a campaign rally in Bangor, Maine.
Trump was referring to at least seven GOP presidential hopefuls who signed a loyalty pledge to support their party's presidential nominee and have since declined to do so. Such candidates include former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, businesswoman Carly Fiorina and Ohio Gov. John Kasich.
"It was a rough campaign," he conceded. "They say it was the roughest campaign ever in the history of Republican politics, but what you do is you go to sleep for a couple of days and you wake up and you honor [the pledge]."
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The presumptive Republican nominee continued, claiming that he considered the pledge to be "legally binding" and assuring his supporters that he would have honored it had Kasich, Cruz or any other GOP candidate clinched the nomination instead.
"There are people I don't like or particularly respect on that stage, but I would have honored it," Trump said. "I wouldn't have gone crazy, yelling it from the loudest building."
Trump himself routinely changed his position on the pledge during the primary, threatening more than once to leave the Republican party and launch an indepedent bid.
"But you know what, we have people who haven't honored the pledge and that's a terrible thing," he told the crowd. "They signed a pledge saying they will abide, they will back the candidate of the party and now they sit back and ... they broke their word."
"In my opinion, they should never be allowed to run for public office again because what they did is disgraceful," he added.
Some of the billionaire's former opponents have said that in addition to declining to endorse Trump, they will not attend next month's GOP convention.
Remember their names. They will come crawling back later on
They should have no future in the Republican Party, ever.
Bravo, Mr. Trump!!!
These sore losers should be banned from attending your convention!!!
You are a man of honor and none of them obviously give a damn about our future!!!
By not honoring their word, they have shown just exactly what kind of person they really are...
I don’t care what their constituents think of them, they have no honor, IMO....
The group opposing Trump is so used to Losing, it’s the only thing they are comfortable with. Eat it Losers!
They should be FORMALLY THROWN OUT OF THE PART at the COnvention.
Somebody needs to start
Www.remember2016in2020.com
The GOP promised voters they would remove ObamaCARE,
but instead passed ObamaTRADE.
The GOP promised to support whom the voters chose.
As always, the GOP lied, lied, and lied,
and kept THEMSELVES, and their families EXEMPT
with all Moslems. It is their way.
What did he expect? He humiliated them. Rolled over them like a steamroller.
He wanted it to leave a mark and it did.
WOOHOO!!! WAY TO GO TRUMP!!!
GO.TRUMP.GO!!! ALL THE WAY TO THE OVAL OFFICE!!!
http://ln.is/www.philly.com/phill/7mQl0
Santorum speaks up for Trump....
Politics is not a game to be played by thin skinned or weak heart...
Trump is neither...he is as honest as the day is long..hard working, and very devoted to his Country and Her people...
“they broke their word.””
Words - very important to God, yet many people don’t take them seriously.
I’m with Trump on this. I’ve been learning this recently. If some one doesn’t keep their word with me once, maybe twice, that’s it. I can’t give them my time.
I’ll hope and pray for them to change that bad habit/repeated choosing, it shows they don’t respect themselves enough to keep their word, they dishonor themselves and God more importantly than even their disrespect for me/people.
These are the same people who promised to uphold the constitution and fight Ovmit to the teeth!! They went back on their sworn promise if elected! I don’t Believe anything those backstabbers say anymore !! We don’t need them!!! BUT WE HAVE A VERY EXCLLENT LOOOOONG MEMORY!!! WE WILL NOT FORGET!! I swear it!!!
‘Such candidates include former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, businesswoman Carly Fiorina and Ohio Gov. John Kasich.’
What a list. Jeb, Fiorina, Kasich—such principled conservatives! Cruz fits right in. (Walker comes across as GOPe to the bone, but for some reason certain conservatives love him. SMH.)
By not honoring their word,...”
We have a House and Senate that swore to honor and protect the Constitution and keep their promises to their constituents that voted for them. They regularly do not honor their word, why would we expect the presidential candidates to do any differently?
There is one way to screw them Trump needs to go up 5-6 points in the polls. And if reality keeps biting that is a possibility. Events on the ground are not going to change. Bad crap is out there everyone who is paying attention knows it. All the people who did not honor their pledges will start wetting themselves.
Absolutely correct...We really need a thorough “housecleaning” in Washington....
Mr Trump -— Keep your eye on the damn ball.
You are running against Hillary Clinton. What is with you? Do you have ADHD or something.
Stop chasing after every little rabbit. Concentrate.
Put together a campaign to beat Hillary Clinton and execute it.
GOPe = Somebody who actually managed to get elected in a Democrat state? Or just somebody who managed to get elected to something somewhere?
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