Trump Co-Chair: Support The Nominee Or ‘Shut The Hell Up’

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo

Donald Trump’s campaign team is apparently fed up with Republicans publicly expressing reservations about their presumptive nominee.

"Either they want to get behind the presumptive nominee who will be the nominee of this party and make sure that we do everything we can to win in November or we're just asking them if they can't do that, then just shut the hell up," Trump campaign co-chair Sam Clovis said Thursday on CNN’s “New Day.” "That's what we're asking them to do."

Trump earned fresh rebukes from Republicans on Capitol Hill for his recent attacks on the “Mexican” heritage of a federal judge and for his renewed fixation on banning Muslim immigrants from the United States. House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) called Trump’s comments about the judge the “textbook definition” of racism, while Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) worried aloud that Trump could be the party’s next Barry Goldwater.

The negative comments about Trump have sounded in statehouses, too. This week alone, Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) and Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) said they couldn’t stomach voting for the New York businessman.

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Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/sam-clovis-support-trump-or-shut-up

[Drum]

1. Not the first time I've heard that!

[bucolic_frolic]

2. What a pleasant attitude

in public discourse, on TV, no less STHU

I'm glad to see their raw selves exposed, and hope the GOP can
dump them all from their ticket

Passivity in the face of abuse is really damaging to the soul, not
to say some of them don't deserve it

[liberal N proud]

3. Something tells me the Republican Convention is going to be historic

Cleveland may have wished they never bid for this convention.

[Maeve]

12. Or hysteric!

[Hekate]

18. Sadly, it looks like Bernie's people won't be there to witness and protest.

I keep asking, since they're making plans like mad to protest the Democratic Convention. So far no one has answered me.

[davidthegnome]

4. Is he serious?

That's how they're going to unify the party and it's supporters? This goes well beyond stupid. Are they trying to deliberately sabotage their own campaign? Among the other things the Republicans are... they are, generally speaking, very proud. They are not going to react well to being told to shut the hell up. On the contrary - that's going to make this uglier and perhaps convince more moderates to jump ship and either refuse to support Trump, or choose someone else.

Normally I'd be thrilled to see the Republican nominee for President with a desperately failing campaign... but something smells fishy here. What are they really up to? If this isn't somehow part of some strategy, it's one of the dumbest political moves I have ever seen in my life. It is breathtakingly, astoundingly, amazingly stupid.

On the other hand, I do agree, to an extent... with the sentiment expressed here. Indeed, Republicans should shut the hell up.

[winstars]

5. Sorry but this POS Clovis makes Jabba the Hutt look slim and handsome, another tRump asshole!!!

[CurtEastPoint]

8. snort

[ailsagirl]

28. +1000

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

32. For comparison:

I know we're not supposed to make fun of the differently-poundaged, but in this case it's too damn easy!

[hatrack]

35. The Vulgar Talking Yam supported by the Vulgar Talking Ham

[snooper2]

9. LOL- The new face of Drumpf

[olddad56]

33. quick, get this guy a dozen glazed donuts.

If fact, he sort of looks like a big glazed donut.

[Botany]

6. The list of republicans who have come out against Trump is growing daily

Kasich, HW bush, Mitt, Jeb!, Meg Whitman, Gov Martinez, Lindsey Graham,
the head of the young republicans, Michael Steele, George Will, Joe "dead intern"
Scarborough, MD's governor, and so on.

Oh well.

[niyad]

7. der drumpfenfuhrer, you are NOT emperor palpatine.

[Sunlei]

10. The Republican "Shut the Hell Up" Party. Stay away from their convention city.

[Maeve]

13. And get off their lawn! eom

[Sunlei]

14. does anyone know where and when the republican convention will be?

[Maeve]

16. Cleveland, July 18-21

heaven help Ohio!

[Sunlei]

21. Thanks. Found some news on Clevelands plans. Republican convention will cost Americans, $50 million

"$50 million federal security grant". Cleveland had to buy riot gear but they don't have time to train for everything. Here's a decent news article that covers Clevelands plans. They should have found a safer location where they didn't need an Army to quell riots.

Cleveland prepares for unrest at GOP convention
https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2016/03/19/cleveland-preparing-for-riots-violence-republican-national-convention/Uar9zK4VoKWLr4Gk2u4mSI/story.html

[anigbrowl]

23. Why don't use google for this?

I typed 'where and when the Republican convention will be' into google and amazingly it came back witht he location and dates. That's what it's for, use it.

[Sunlei]

25. good thing I didn't ask you :P

[CurtEastPoint]

31. Amen. Touchy much?

[angrychair]

11. As a wise and learned person once said:

"The world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it."

Albert Einstein

[zeemike]

17. Isn't that the same policy we have at DU in the general?

Or on any number of social issues?

We have no reason to complain.

[Hekate]

20. Check that out with Ask the Admins.

[Doctor_J]

34. Pretty much

It's a little more polite though

[Night Watchman]

19. Translation:

"....or we'll shut you up!"

[lark]

22. How's about Trump shutting up?

If he wasn't such an egregious asshole, the Repugs wouldn't have to disavow him. Quit saying unconstitutional things, quit with the racism and misogyny and your party will quit having the vapors. After all, Repugs are definitely racist and only want to control women, so they sympathize with the Donald in their hearts. They just don't want the world to know, so they just have to act like this is repugnant.

[Android3.14]

24. Gee, any folks around here sense the irony in posting this article?

That when your enemy proves you've become the very thing you hate.

Oh wait, I guess I better STHU.

[Sunlei]

26. Ds aren't allowed to post news story where republicans say, "shut the hell up"? to each other?

imagine if Mrs. Clinton said that even once?, the baggers would be after her the rest of her life

[bluestateguy]

27. he's throwing his weight around for Trump

nt

[Odin2005]

30. The Fascists are loose.