Posted on 05/08/2016 11:52:10 AM PDT by Jim Robinson
Seventeen GOP presidential contenders pledged to support the eventual nominee, but now presumptive nominee Donald Trump is calling out former establishment darling Jeb Bush for not honoring that pledge.
"Jeb Bush signed a pledge and basically it says I’m gonna support the person who wins the Republican primaries right? And it said that very strongly and he signed the pledge and now he says he’s not going to honor the pledge. That’s very dishonorable. I think he should honor it. Even if he doesn’t love me. And it’s hard for him to like me. But remember this, look, I hit him hard. Do we agree? Alright. Who cares? I mean I hit a lot of people hard and they’re like, my friends now. And they hit me hard."
Bush posted to Facebook on Friday a message that included the statement, “In November, I will not vote for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, but I will support principled conservatives at the state and federal levels, just as I have done my entire life.”
At the first Fox News Republican presidential debate last August, each of ten candidates were asked if they were not willing to commit to supporting the eventual Republican nominee. Trump was the only one to say he was not yet ready to make that commitment.
Trump did take the pledge last September.
The RNC pledge that each candidate is said to have committed to reads, “I [name] affirm that if I do not win the 2016 Republican nomination for president of the United States I will endorse the 2016 Republican presidential nominee regardless of who it is. I further pledge that I will not seek to run as an independent or write-in candidate nor will I seek or accept the nomination for president of any other party.”
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
The "gravy train" can't end for these pukes soon enough!!!
I loved GW too and can understand your disappointment.
They must have kept him too long in the closed casket during his initiation into Skull and Bones. The brain damage due to oxygen privation must be catching up to him.
Thank God, if that globalist gravy train derails!
You’re right in what you’re saying. I hope we’ll all be able to endure the nonstop s**t storm coming our way. I’m sure Donald Trump can handle his own business.
**Jeb Bush ‘Dishonorable’ For Reneging On Pledge**
I agree.
Terri Schiavo knew how dishonorable Jeb can be.
That's what it looks like to me too...
Ask Terri Schiavo how dishonorable Jeb Bush is. Oh, I’m sorry, you can’t.
If you compare this one with the one up thread, yeah it’s photoshopped.
The lie is the weapon most often used by the criminal. “Read my lips…”
The POS Jeb is worse than “dishonorable”.
Wow, what a man child.
same here
Now I know better.
Politics Election 2016
Financial Sector Gives Hillary Clinton a Boost
Some Wall Street donations shift from GOP candidates who have exited the race
By Brody Mullins and
Brody.Mullins@wsj.com
Rebecca Ballhaus
Updated May 8, 2016 10:29 p.m. ET
Hillary Clinton is consolidating her support among Wall Street donors and other businesses ahead of a general-election battle with Donald Trump, winning more campaign contributions from financial-services executives in the most recent fundraising period than all other candidates combined.
The Democratic front-runner has raised $4.2 million in total from Wall Street, $344,000 of which was contributed in March alone. According to a Wall Street Journal analysis of fundraising data provided by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, the former secretary of state received 53% of the donations from Wall Street in March, up from 32% last year and 33% in January through February, as the nominating contests began.
The analysis of campaign-finance reports shows that some Wall Street donors have shifted their financial support from Republican candidates who dropped out of the race, such as former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, to Mrs. Clinton in recent months.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/financial-sector-gives-hillary-clinton-a-boost-1462750725
Clinton targeting former Jeb Bush donors on Wall Street
By Eric DuVall | May 6, 2016 at 2:58 PM
NEW YORK, May 6 (UPI) — Top fundraisers for Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton have begun targeting one-time donors to former Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush, in a bid to woo those who are opposed to GOP presumptive nominee Donald Trump.
Politico reported Thursday the race to win over some of Wall Street’s top big money donors has taken an unsocial turn since Trump all but locked up the nomination this week. Many of Bush’s former donors have not lined up behind Trump and Clinton’s team is courting several high-profile individuals, including Bush’s former finance chairman, Woody Johnson, who owns the NFL’s New York Jets.
Imagine if this had gone to a brokered GOP convention and Jeb became the nominee. Even though virtually nobody voted for him, Jeb would loudly demand loyalty and party unity from everyone, including Trump, and would go about slandering anyone who didn’t play along. Now that the shoe’s on the other foot, there’s no talk of loyalty or party unity from the likes of the Bushes, Romney, or Ryan. How typical.
Nope that photo was real. She is a Mexican midget.
He’s right, they took a pledge and are now not owning up to it. Says a lot about their character.
Who would really want Yeb’s support anyways? It’s the kiss of death.
For some reason I have an urge for some rich Corinthian leather.
Can’t believe most of us voted for Bush, Romney, McCain. Completely fooled by those snakes.
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