The Drive-Bys Can't Break Trump with Selective Editing or Tricks

RUSH: "The Paris Attacks Have Only Made Donald Trump Stronger." This is polling data here from the Washington Post/ABC News. I want to give you some of the numbers here because the Drive-By Media and the Republican establishment have all believed that Trump's comments on Muslims and on Islam -- and there's another controversy running around out there that Trump says that he saw thousands of Muslims cheering in New Jersey on 9/11. You know, this is quite instructive, too. Trump has said it before and they asked him about it and insists he saw it, and on so the Drive-Bys, the AP, the New York Times, the Washington Post, every one of them got their fact-checkers in gear and up to speed.

They searched every news database they could find, they said, and they can't find any evidence by way of news stories that Muslims were cheering in the United States, particularly in New Jersey, on the day 9/11 happened. Except the Washington Post did have a story chronicling the fact that Muslims were cheering in New Jersey on 9/11. And their own fact checker, guy named Glenn Kessler overlooked it and didn't think to include it in his fact check.

So you have all these Drive-By people scouring the Lexis-Nexis database. They're looking at everything, they say. They tell us they're scouring everything they can find for any evidence that there was what Trump saw, and they conclude that Trump was getting 15 Pinocchios here because they can't find any evidence. And the Washington Post own fact checker didn't even check his own paper. A lot of people have found the link in the Washington Post. They had a story about cheering Muslims in New Jersey on 9/11.

Now, it wasn't the tens of thousands that Trump said he saw, but it was cheering Muslims on 9/11. Trump said he saw it, he said he knew it happened, they're trying to say Trump's making it up to impugn and insult Muslims. So all these Drive-Bys began their fact-checking, and they can't find any, and right there it was in the Washington Post. It was right there and their own fact checker decided to not look at his own paper or maybe he did and saw that story and said, "Well, this, tens of thousands, Trump made it up," and just didn't even bother to include it.

But the point is every time they try this, Trump goes up. None of this hurts Trump. Violating political correctness has not hurt Trump. Voicing opinions that the Inside Washington establishment finds reprehensible does not hurt Trump. It only helps him. The Republican Party in its own way is blind to what's happening, and Trump is broadening the base of the party. All the while the Republican base is worried that he's shrinking it while claiming they want to broaden the base.

The Democrats and the left are just hoping like anything that Trump's gonna embarrass himself and say something to cause people who are supporting him to abandon him. And they're applying their own sensitivities to this, meaning they would be profoundly embarrassed, and they would be terribly angry if any of them ever said what Trump said about Muslims. So they think everybody would react the way they do.

Let me give you another example of this, a better one. Remember when Mike Pence, the governor of Indiana, signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. It was fascinating to watch because the media ran stories making it look like the entire country was outraged at Indiana and at Governor Pence. And then when some reporter found this mom-and-pop pizza shop that said they would not cater a gay wedding, the media wrote about it as though everybody in America thought that this little pizza store family should be put in jail. And it wasn't the case. The vast majority of people did not disagree with what Indiana had done, but the media juxtaposes their own point of view on the whole country and assumes the whole country thinks and feels the way they do about things.

Ergo, when they think Trump says something that's the equivalent of stepping in it, they think everybody reacts that way, and so when it doesn't happen, when Trump is not harmed and when he's not hurt, in fact, when he gains ground, they are left stymied. And in those circumstances, where we are right now, they become even more committed to taking him out just to prove they can do it. Because, after all, that's one of their objectives: destroying powerful people with whom they disagree. That's how you get a gold star. That's how you get your merit badge as a media Cub Scout. That's how you climb the ladder of success, one of the things that you prove you're able to do is destroy somebody in power, particularly with if they're Republican or conservative.

But in this Washington Post/ABC News poll, Donald Trump leads among most demographic groups, he leads with men by 10 points. He leads with women by 11. You realize that's not supposed to happen. Women are supposed to hate Trump. You know why? Well, because he's braggadocios, he's too sure of himself, he's too confident, and he wants to have too much power. Yeah, and anti-woman. Well, all that means is that he's anti-woman. Here he is leading with women by 11. He leads among the very conservative by one point. He leads among moderates by 16. If you ask me, Donald Trump is the ideal Republican establishment candidate.

Let me repeat myself. I'm sorry to be redundant. But, remember, you got Ed Rollins and all these establishment guys thinking that what Trump's saying is and doing is harming the Republican brand. They think they need to broaden their base, they need to get Hispanics votes, people besides Republicans voting or they're never gonna win the White House again. Well, that's what Trump is doing. The Republican establishment thinks that Trump's support is 100% from the conservative Republican base, which the Republican establishment resents. When you break it down, Trump's demographics are all over the place. Blue-collar voters he leads by a significant margin.

So let me go through this again. He leads with men by 10 points, with women by 11. Among the very conservative he leads by one point. The very conservative are divided between Carson and Cruz here, folks. You know, if I'm Ed Rollins or anybody in the Republican establishment, I look at this ABC/Washington Post poll and see that Trump leads very conservatives by only one point, why, man, this is what they wanted Jeb to do. Moderates he's winning by 16? I mean, that's orgasm material for these people. Moderates, independents? Oh, my God, they could barely keep their pants up they're probably so excited. He leads among those with a college degree by two points. He leads among people without a college degree by 14. And there is the rub. That's where it all breaks down.

That gets translated: Trump has the Deliverance vote by 14 points but the Harvard vote by one. And you can't support a guy that doesn't have the support of the Ivy League intellectuals. 'Cause that's who the Drive-Bys think they are, that's who they think their friends are, and not the Deliverance crowd with the pro-lifers, if you look at it that way. The only group where Trump trails, evangelicals. Ben Carson leads with evangelicals by eight points over everybody else. Now, part of that is certainly that Carson has plummeted. I mean, this is the story here by Philip Bump, one of the reasons that Trump has this significant lead in all these demographic groups is that Carson is losing support.

Since the day before the Paris terror attacks, Carson's polling average has fallen near five points from 24 to 19. Trump has risen three points, 24.8 to 27.5. So the Paris attacks have not hurt Trump. They have made Trump stronger. He is coming down hard on all of this, and he is taking no prisoners, and he is shocking the establishment by getting away with it. TheHill.com: "Donald Trump remains atop the crowded GOP field in a new Washington Post poll with 32%." This is overall. This is above and beyond the demographics and the splits that I just gave you. Here's The Politico: "Why The Muslim Database Comment Won't Doom Trump." They don't like writing that headline. They like even less writing the story.

This is how the story begins: "In the last 24 hours, Donald Trump has said he 'absolutely' would implement a database of American Muslims and that participation would 'have to' be compulsory." He did not say it. Don't make me go through it again. I'm bored explaining this. Trump's leaving the stage, he's amidst autograph seekers and supporters and some media guy worms his way in there and starts asking Trump about his wall and the Mexican immigration, in the middle of it starts asking a question about registering Muslims. For all intents and purposes, Trump thinks he's still answering questions about the wall and Southern immigration.

Now, one thing has to be said. Trump was set up. This was a total setup and Trump fell for it. At some point Trump's gonna have to be aware that this kind of stuff -- right now it's not hurting him, but this was a total setup and he just wasn't paying attention to the guy. Look, I know he doesn't think the media can hurt him. He's not like your average Republican or average citizen who is reduced to paralysis when the media shows up. Trump just doesn't care. So, you know, this little guy is asking him questions, and Trump's signing autographs, and he's just finished an hour and a half on stage, and he's wanting out of there, and he's answering questions almost in a generic, rote form, not even aware the guy's asking him about a Muslim database.

Trump's answers don't even specifically mention Muslims or database. When he does get specific he talks about a wall and a border and keeping them out. This story devoted to the premise of why Trump making remarks on the Muslim database will not doom him, even though he didn't say it.

Here's the paragraph of note: "Is Trump's campaign imploding? Fat chance. Just as Trump's provocations aimed at Mexican immigrants and John McCain's war record have fueled his presidential run rather than destroyed it, his latest demagoguery on Muslims plays straight into his populist appeal." In other words, these people think that it's the Republican base propping up Trump, supporting Trump, and that they're haters. This is the value of this story to these people, totally made-up story, totally made-up subject line so that they can then impugn Trump's supporters as hateful, racists, and bigots. That's what they want to write, and that's what they did write. And the reason Trump won't be hurt is because all you Trump supporters are basically Cro-Magnons and Neanderthals who hate everybody that doesn't look like you. That's what they want to write.

RUSH: This is B.J., Westchester County, New York. Welcome, B.J., happy to have you here.

CALLER: Welcome. Thank you so much, Rush. And my question basically is, I noticed that our friend Donald Trump is very much of an egotist, similar to the present dictator-in-chief. And my concern is -- as a Republican, but more as a pro-life conservative -- that he's going to act in a very similar way to the man who's in office now, and that's the last thing we need. And I'm very concerned, especially as a pro-lifer, since he said he would be very happy to put his sister, who's a pro-abortion judge, as a Supreme Court person. What's your thought?

RUSH: Yeah, his sister Maryanne is judge. I met her once at a Trump event. Well, it wasn't a Trump event. It was the Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation. It was Atlantic City casino ballroom, the Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation. I met his sister there. She never struck me as a dictator nor has Trump. But, you know, you raise an interesting point nevertheless, B.J. And this a clear example here of why I only use half my brain, folks.

One of the risks that the Obama presidency is its aftermath. Obama has blown through the Constitution like a tornado and has, in the process, set precedents, and there have been people seeking office who have said that they are going to fix the things Obama has broken themselves, using the singular powers that Obama has appropriated for himself. In other words, Obama's wanton overstepping the Constitution has created precedent where future presidents, if they're inclined, might feel that they could or should do so as well.

He's just a get-things-done kind of guy, not a dictator. We have a dictator now.

Trump says that he saw thousands of Muslims cheering in New Jersey on 9/11.

so Trump said he was in New Jersey when he saw thousands of Muslims cheering on 9/11.

Go back and read the quote again. He didn't say the "Muslims" were in New Jersey. He said the Muslims were cheering. You can read the statement both ways.

If the MSM had subjected Barky to half the scrutiny that they are giving Trump and Carson he never would have been elected President. This is why they did not subject him to that scrutiny.

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Trump’s twitter account is on fire. He is adding a minimum of 10,000 subscribers per day. Last month he added close to 500,000.

That’s why they cannot stop him. He has too much momentum and with social media the msm has been stunted.
Mean while every day 10,000 subscribe to is twitter account every day. No candidate is even remotely close to this growth. Trump is about to crest 5 million subscribers. By next February he will have close to 7 million an average of 140,000 per state. Not a single candidate knows how to do this.

See you at the top President Trump.

Ease up there GG, some of the peeps around here are going to shoot off bottle rockets and party favors if he suddenly drops dead.

I like Trump, I think he’s funny. A year from now I’ll crawl through a mile of broken liberals to vote for him if needed. Otherwise Ted is my choice.

Sorry. I thought you said you would not vote for Trump even if he was the candidate.

I realize it may have been someone else.

I like Cruz as well.

I have been in business for myself since my early 20’s and for 30 years now and I appreciate how hard it is to create value. My business career has been brutal and bloodied at times. That is the nature of the game. Many get crushed by it.

I admire what Trump has accomplished and realize the insurmountable hurdles he has conquered. Trump’s wealth was created in hard core reality. He has had to mobilize tens of thousands of people in order to accomplish his projects. He did not make his money in the markets or in hi tech which is child’s play compared to how Trump made his money. I admire those unique skills.

I just understand the guy and as I said Cruz would work too.

And I bet the majority of those almost 5 million followers are like me....with the notification feature ON for Trump tweets. I want to hear what he says when he says it. It is actually fun, watching his mind work. When another distortion, dis or lie gets published, he’s on it instantly. Informative and truly fascinating. And there are multiple millions watching his every move, on Twitter alone.

Think about this. Since the first dem debate Trump has added 560,000 supporters.

Of the 5 million he currently has how many re-tweets? Is it possible that with re-tweets he reaches 10 million?

That is a lot and much too much momentum for the media to overcome. I fully expect that this latest wave of attacks on Trump gets him well over 40% support and by next February over 50% support!!!

Every day just watch the growth in his twitter. That is my informal polling. It comes in wave after wave after wave. Simply amazing when you think the other candidates of either party can’t even remotely get close to this kind of growth.

Trump has got monster momentum that the media cannot match.

There is something about a medium like Twitter....follow someone close enough and you actually feel like you begin to know them, that they know you....Then when you see the jackals going after him...they are going after more than just a candidate you are interested in...they are trying to take out your friend.....someone who has promised things you truly believe in. The outrage is visceral....I’ve felt it.

Trump has tapped into the power of social media in an amazing way....and he’s isn’t fumbling with it like Hillary does when she tries to be ‘cool’.... He enjoys it. He can communicate with it. He uses it very well!

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