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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
KEYWORDS: 114th; 2016election; courtneypence; demagogicparty; election2016; geoffbennett; gope; hillary; kentucky; ky2016; memebuilding; mitchmcconnell; newyork; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; trump
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To: Pinkbell

With friends like these...

Love how these people were asking us to put up with their rotten choices through the years (Dole, McCain, Romney)... and for once, when the tables are turned, they cant do the same and show some reciprocity.


61 posted on 06/29/2016 12:52:05 PM PDT by quesney
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To: Pinkbell

It could be worse. Calling him a great entertainer is certainly better than calling him a racist like one Congressional bozo in the other chamber recently did…


62 posted on 06/29/2016 2:46:09 PM PDT by FenwickBabbitt
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To: hondact200
Speaking of turtles, here's one pretending to be in the military.


63 posted on 06/29/2016 4:42:30 PM PDT by 50mm (Trust nobody and you'll never be disappointed.)
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To: Pinkbell

Mitch does not represent my interests.
Donald does indeed represent my interests.
And scores of millions of others’ interests.
Uniparty wailing and gnashing teeth in the throes of cognitive dissonance
(and more so, the looming end of their thieving gravy train).


64 posted on 06/29/2016 5:32:12 PM PDT by polymuser (Enough is enough!)
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To: Pinkbell

What an incompetent moron!

Just before the general election. We need to get rid of this dead weight.


65 posted on 06/29/2016 5:43:06 PM PDT by Toughluck_freeper
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To: quesney

Amen. I was just saying that today. I have held my nose and voted for McCain. I did the same for Romney. They weren’t my pick, but the people voted for them, and I agreed ultimately that they would be better than Obama and would give me my pro-life justices. When the shoe is on the other foot, our side throws a tantrum. If Hillary gets elected, I may be done with the Republican Party.


66 posted on 06/29/2016 5:43:44 PM PDT by Pinkbell (Liberal tolerance only extends to people they agree with.)
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To: Pinkbell

McConnell is not a credible candidate.


67 posted on 06/29/2016 5:56:48 PM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: Pinkbell

These GOPe son of a bit**es are useless.

Their party is almost over.


68 posted on 06/29/2016 6:12:53 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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To: Pinkbell

This is all about keeping the borders wide open and the donor class happy.

Mitch is the epitome of a corporate whore bought and paid for by the COC to keep the status quo.


69 posted on 06/29/2016 6:17:37 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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To: vette6387

These GOPe dirt bags better worry about Trump voters not Trump.


70 posted on 06/29/2016 6:20:04 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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To: Pinkbell

The establishment trying to get leverage with Trump.


71 posted on 06/29/2016 6:31:34 PM PDT by Carry me back (Cut the feds by 90%9)
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To: vette6387

Remember everyone helping drag him over the finish line when he was a wounded duck. What an absolute roll of toilet tissue he is. Another unitary globalist. Not a dimes worth of difference between the sides at the top levels.


72 posted on 06/29/2016 7:09:22 PM PDT by major-pelham
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To: Pinkbell

Trump won because he spoke the truth without a teleprompter and constantly repeating a planned line. Like Rubio which Christie used to knock him out.

Keep doing what you’re doing, Trump. Any advice from a republican? Do the opposite.


73 posted on 06/29/2016 7:41:30 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican
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To: HarleyLady27

He, like most, is controlled by what the NSA has on the faggot.


74 posted on 06/29/2016 7:42:33 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican
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To: hondact200

75 posted on 06/29/2016 7:49:42 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: JBW1949

"It will take a while, but our Congress needs a thorough housecleaning..."


   Flush 'em all!   



   Flush 'em all!   



   Flush the turtle   



   the snake   



♫    and the squaw...   




76 posted on 06/29/2016 7:57:41 PM PDT by Heart-Rest ("The heavens declare the glory of God, the dome of the sky speaks the work of His hands." Ps. 19:1)
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To: Pinkbell

Mitch the joyfull turtle?

F.O. Mitch!


77 posted on 06/29/2016 8:01:16 PM PDT by AFreeBird (BEST. ELECTION. EVER!)
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To: Pinkbell

If Trump wasn’t running, I wouldn’t vote for a single Republican.


78 posted on 06/29/2016 8:04:25 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: Pinkbell

Trump is a more credible candidate than McConnell was ever a credible Senate majority leader.

McConnell would never say such a thing about McCain or Romney, the last two losers that ran.


79 posted on 06/29/2016 8:09:42 PM PDT by exit82 (Road Runner sez:" Let's Make America Beeping Great Again! Beep! Beep!")
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To: catnipman

If Trump wasn’t running, I wouldn’t vote for a single Republican.


Ryan and McConnell’s Hillary enabling tantrums have made my vote against Rubio in the general so easy. I hope he gets primaried but ZERO chance I now vote straight GOP ticket in November.


80 posted on 06/29/2016 10:22:11 PM PDT by lodi90 (Clear choice for Conservatives now: TRUMP or lose)
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