Donald Trump: 'This is a movement'

The billionaire real estate mogul uses a Nashville speech to emphasize his campaign is about more than him.

Campaigning in Nashville, Tennessee, Trump on Saturday paid homage to his supporters — claiming they are a part of “a movement” and using colorful language to beg for their support.

“This is a movement,” said Trump, who often speaks about himself in campaign appearances. “I don’t want it to be about me. This is about common sense. It’s about doing the right thing.”

Trump also paid tribute to his setting, a country music hotbed and insisted there needed to be a greater emphasis on "law and order." And, as has become customary, he took shots at Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor who is a rival for the Republican nomination.

Beyond the bragging, Trump’s appearance represented something more tangible: evidence of a campaign that has grown more tactically serious as it wears on.

His speech — full, as ever, with a mix of taunts and asides — was in front of the Presidential Presence Convention of the National Federation of Republican Assemblies. The group that describes itself as “a grassroots movement of Republicans that seeks to restore the conservative principles of the Goldwater / Reagan Republicans.”

In other words, the sorts of Republicans whose support Trump will have to solidify as the nominating contest continues. On Sunday, Ted Cruz’s father Rafael Cruz is scheduled to lead a prayer breakfast at the convention.

While Trump claimed to be vessel for something bigger, he used long stretches of his speech to tout his smarts, his business savvy and his “vision.”

One point of emphasis — and opportunity for a shot at Bush — was foreign policy.

“I said don’t go into Iraq even though I’m a very militaristic person,” he said. “I’m much more militaristic than Bush, even the brother.”

“Normally I wouldn’t say this, but I need your frickin’ votes, you understand that?” he said to cheers.

Mixed in with Trump’s talk of a “silent majority” was a call for “law and order.” He decried the rioting that took place in Baltimore in April in response to the death of a young black man in police custody.

“The police were not allowed to protect people,” said Trump. “We have to be tough. We have to be smart … I know cities where police are afraid to even talk to people.”

Trump said he has seen policing-related incidents that are “disgusting” and “horrible,” an apparent reference to the deaths of unarmed black Americans at the hands of police officers that have received significant attention over the last year.

But he said that “99.9 percent” of what police do is good. “The problem is the good work doesn’t get shown on television,” he said.

No Trump campaign stop is complete without a few shots at the media. At one point, as Trump was criticizing CNN’s coverage of a fundraiser he held on Friday — “We had this incredible event and they destroyed it,” he said — a supporter got his attention by shouting about “the criminal media.”

Trump used it as an opportunity to again emphasize the importance of his supporters. He attributed his continued lead in Republican primary polls to the intelligence of his supporters.

“The reason is people in this country are smart. They don’t believe a lot of what they see in the media.”

Trump professed his admiration for several country music stars, including Trace Adkins, who have appeared in his reality show “The Apprentice.” And he told the story of buying a property on 5th Avenue in Manhattan from Nashville-based retailer Genesco."

Trump’s winning with Hispanics... Good. They’re telling democrats they’re NOT going to be ‘the new blacks...’

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“Well, after all, 5 out of 3 people don’t understand fractions.

;-)”

hehe.. dyscalculia! :)

I have always been a fan of the flat tax. The fair tax is an improvement over existing, but is not as good as the flat tax for various reasons. One is, it more of a negative to family formation, which most would agree has been a killer to American society for the last 40 years.

The hedge fund manager tax issue I strongly disagree with you. If I make 25 million in management fees and only spend 1 million on personal living expenses, and roll the rest back into the fund year after year, I pay the highest rate on the 1 million, and the 24 million remaining either doesn’t get taxed, or is taxed at the lowest capital gains tax. An out an out scam, still in place because hedge fund managers are big money raisers for both parties. Most hedge fund managers will admit this is most unfair if you ask them. Trump knows this, which he has referenced many times.

Regardless, you will not get rid of the IRS in the first go around, but what Trump has outlined is a big improvement, and only he could possibly get it done.

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