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McConnell Says Trump Is Not Yet A "Credible Candidate"
Time Warner News NY1 ^ | June 28, 2016 | Geoff Bennett and Courtney Pence

Posted on 06/29/2016 10:01:10 AM PDT by Pinkbell

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he has reservations about the candidate at the top the 2016 Republican ticket: Donald Trump.

McConnell made headlines earlier this week for declining to say whether Trump is qualified for the presidency.

But in an interview with Washington, D.C. bureau reporter Geoff Bennett, McConnell said Trump is not yet a credible presidential candidate.

McConnell: "Trump clearly needs to change, in my opinion, to win the general election. What I’ve said to him both publicly and privately: 'You’re a great entertainer. You turn on audiences. You’re good before a crowd. You have a lot of Twitter followers. That worked fine for you in the primaries. But now that you are in the general, people are looking for a level of seriousness that is typically conveyed by having a prepared text and Teleprompter and staying on message.' So my hope is that he is beginning to pivot and become what I would call a more serious and credible candidate for the highest office in the land."

Bennett: "At the moment, though, I hear you saying he does not meet that threshold of credibility?"

McConnell: "He’s getting closer. Getting closer."

(Excerpt) Read more at ny1.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Kentucky; US: New York
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To: Pinkbell

Thanks to the Liberal owned news media insufficient of we the people understand what the establishment entails, therefore they get away with their scheme.

All the major news corporations are owned outright by leftists, or leftist influence, as well the government is under the control of the left, therefore anyone attempting to create a competitive, but objective media entity is blocked before they can start.


41 posted on 06/29/2016 10:32:14 AM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists Call 'em what you will, they all have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: Pinkbell

Three: McConnell is a barely-abashed HRC supporter.


42 posted on 06/29/2016 10:33:45 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (I apologize for not apologizing.)
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To: justlurking
The Democrats have bent over backwards to protect Obama. And they are doing the same for Hillary. You may think you are living up to some personal standard, but your opponents have been wiping the mat with your butt because their ends justify any means.

Exactly. Our people are so stupid. They honestly believe if they take some sort of moral high ground, the liberals and media will respect them. Uh, no. Meanwhile, they are propping up Hillary with her scandals, circling the wagons as usual.

43 posted on 06/29/2016 10:44:54 AM PDT by Pinkbell (Liberal tolerance only extends to people they agree with.)
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To: Pinkbell

Why does Mitch McConnell wear a tie?
To keep the foreskin from covering his head.


44 posted on 06/29/2016 10:46:54 AM PDT by AC Beach Patrol
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To: Pinkbell

McConnell is not yet a normal, decent human being.


45 posted on 06/29/2016 10:52:06 AM PDT by New Jersey Realist (Home of the Free Because of the Brave)
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To: HarleyLady27

I didn’t vote for this Vichy sellout in the primary or the general. In the general I voted down ticket and left senate blank as McWeasal is bought and paid for and Grimes was a babbling communist idiot.

Mitch old boy Trump is the nominee deal with it. If you and Ryan keep behaving the way you do you might find come January 2017 a president Trump and minority leaders McConnell and Ryan because right now I have no reason to vote for any Republicans in Congress. Vichy to the core!


46 posted on 06/29/2016 10:54:36 AM PDT by sarge83
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To: TakebackGOP

Doesn’t M. McConnel have wife with links to China?


47 posted on 06/29/2016 10:59:48 AM PDT by apocalypto
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To: Pinkbell

He wanted Don on script. Now Don is on script—except when he isn’t.


48 posted on 06/29/2016 11:01:43 AM PDT by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors)
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To: hondact200; 50mm; Semper Mark; Darksheare; humblegunner; Old Sarge; Larry Lucido
"Please someone add the picture of the turtle on the post."

This Post Turtle has a name.
On FR it is called "hondact200."
No one can figure out how it got here.
It's a fraud and a liar.
It is guilty of Stolen Valor.

How it found its way onto this post
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is still a mystery.


49 posted on 06/29/2016 11:03:23 AM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire)
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To: Pinkbell

Having won the primary, Trump now needs to defeat the Democrat and Republican parties in the general.

The GOPe is actively against him.


50 posted on 06/29/2016 11:08:46 AM PDT by M1911A1 (It would have been Hillary vs. Jeb! with no Trump in the race.)
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To: Pinkbell

He’s such a dumb**** and that is a polite description. Since when do these GOPe idiots come out and say their nominee is not yet credible?

I guess he and others are afraid their secrets will come out of the closet if Trump is elected.


51 posted on 06/29/2016 11:13:36 AM PDT by hsmomx3
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To: Pinkbell

And Pinky McConnell has NEVER been a credible Senator.


52 posted on 06/29/2016 11:14:47 AM PDT by VideoDoctor
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To: Pinkbell; ExTexasRedhead

Just watching FNC. Guilfoyle has Santorum on. Rick is all in for Trump! Good for him! Santorum has it right, the people chose Trump, fully supportive, and thinks the GOPe are a disgrace! Rick Santorum is doing what ALL Republicans should be doing at this juncture. Santorum just went way up in my book!


53 posted on 06/29/2016 11:18:36 AM PDT by vette6387
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To: conservative98

Might as well kill all the birds with one stone right?

I wonder if that is what they see comming and it is another reason they are fighting aginst the nominee like they are.

Right now, I see Gingrich as the choice for VP. I would like to see another, but with Gingrich, who would become the president of the Senate...

Get my drift? Gingrich and majority leader Sessions would be pretty good?


55 posted on 06/29/2016 11:48:30 AM PDT by crz
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To: HarleyLady27

You might wanna study how McExit gets elected here before blamin voters


56 posted on 06/29/2016 11:52:45 AM PDT by advertising guy ( TRUMP , BUT VERIFY)
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To: advertising guy

Advertising guy does he have ANY chance of being primaried this year with the atmosphere as it is????


57 posted on 06/29/2016 11:56:45 AM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: Pinkbell

Was that turkey-necked piece of pig dung waving an old muzzle loader in the air when he was giving that interview?

Hey McConnell. FOAD.


58 posted on 06/29/2016 12:05:08 PM PDT by TTFlyer
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

He is done this time

This time he cannot manipulate the Native American vote again,they hate him


59 posted on 06/29/2016 12:19:22 PM PDT by advertising guy ( TRUMP , BUT VERIFY)
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To: Pinkbell

The establishment of both parties is linked to the globalist vision of the economy and world. Trump is a threat to that. They could care less who is president as long as they do their globalist masters bidding.

And by globalist masters I mean corporations and finance institutions using cheap overseas labors to make huge profits by selling items at higher western prices.

Think about it - why are Iphones so expensive. If they just doubled the cost of production the iphone would still sell for half the price it is selling for now with a 100% profit margin.


60 posted on 06/29/2016 12:33:50 PM PDT by Trumpinator ("Are you Batman?" the boy asked. "I am Batman," Trump said. youtube.com/watch?v=HZA9k7WAuiY)
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