Donald Trump's Campaign Parts Ways with Campaign Manager Corey Lewandowski

[Hissyspit]

Source: New York Times

@BreakingNews: Donald Trump's campaign parts ways with campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, spokeswoman says in statement - NY Times https://t.co/8JIrOryNgr/s/zKj_

Donald Trump Parts Ways With Corey Lewandowski, His Campaign Manager

By MAGGIE HABERMAN
JUNE 20, 2016

Donald J. Trump is parting ways with his campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, a move that comes as the presumptive Republican nominee faces challenges as it moves toward the general election.

“The Donald J. Trump Campaign for President, which has set a historic record in the Republican primary having received almost 14 million votes, has today announced that Corey Lewandowski will no longer be working with the campaign,” the campaign spokeswoman, Hope Hicks, said in a statement. “The campaign is grateful to Corey for his hard work and dedication and we wish him the best in the future.”

Mr. Trump had faced increasing concerns from allies and donors, as well as his children, about his preparedness to pivot toward a general election while holding onto his slender team.

Mr. Trump had faced increasing concerns from allies and donors, as well as his children, about the next phase of the campaign as he pivots toward a general election.

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[brooklynite]

1. UPDATE: Trump fired him over the phone...

Apparently "Lewandowski" was too hard to type into his twitter feed.

[NWCorona]

11. A class act lol!

[KewlKat]

31. Is Lewandowski certain it was Drumpf and not John Miller or John Barron on the phone?

I wouldn't put it past either one of those guys trying to cause Drumpf some trouble and pretend to be him.

[MrScorpio]

2. It is as the prophecy foretold. nt

[Scientific]

9. Verily

Only infidels dare question the prophecy. They say.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. Let me guess

It's time to monitor the Poles, it's common sense

Crew cuts must be very suspect

[runaway hero]

4. Trump is getting serious

Manafort is not a guy who plays games. We might actually have a campaign now.

[winstars]

6. Yes, this is actually not good news. IMHO...

[NWCorona]

12. Nope! Definitely not good news.

[hedda_foil]

15. We????

[winstars]

16. Yeah, we. As in, we the American people might actually have a 2 sided campaign now.

Or do you not see a difference between Clinton and Trump becoming President?

[runaway hero]

23. Manafort knows what he is doing.

The fun and games are over.

[DinahMoeHum]

29. Same thing with Roger Stone. . .

. . .also known as Head Ratfucker (dirty trickster).

[OnDoutside]

17. I hope the Clinton campaign looks into Manafort's connection to Putin.

[amandabeech]

30. Too soon to tell.

If Trump is to get first class Repug managers, he has to get past the convention.

The Romneyites and the big money are trying to get the Repug Rules Committee to change the convention rules so that the pledged Trump delegates (many of whom don't like trump) can abandon The Orange One on the first ballot and not on the second.

The head of the Repug rules committee is a Cruz nut job.

I think that the odds that Manafort gets The Orange One nominated is good. Manafort will go to the mattresses, but the Romneyites and big money will be reluctant to stoop to such plebeian tactics. If they oust Trump, they lose far too many votes for the undercard races in 2016 and for the future. They'd be happy to wait this out for Ryan in 2020.

I'd give Manafort an 80% chance.

[runaway hero]

33. Agreed.

This will be tough but now if Manafort can get him to stick to issues, then Hillary will have a battle on her hands.

[amandabeech]

34. Yes.

And now we have chaos in some quarters with the Brexit vote.

Plus CNN is showing some sort of riot between right-wing extremists and left-wing extremists in Sacramento. The police seem to be MIA, and it is their job to keep things under control.

I remember 1968 which ended with the election of Richard Nixon, and this is just not looking good.

[runaway hero]

35. things are getting nasty.

With the numbers down, I see Paul, saying "are you in this to win?"

[Shrike47]

5. Too late, Donny, too late.

[TomCADem]

7. Get Ready for General Election Trump 9.0

This time he really will be more presidential.

[no_hypocrisy]

8. Lewandowski must have been blindsided.

He was doing multiple posts on his Facebook page on behalf of his employer as recently as six hours ago. https://www.facebook.com/coreylewandowski2/?fref=ts

[mentalsolstice]

10. Probably not unusual.

Managing a primary election campaign is a lot different from controlling a general election one. Experienced politicians are more adept at finding people who can do both. I wonder who his replacement will be.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

13. Aww but who's gonna beat up the lady reporters now? nt

[Mr. Sparkle]

14. I think the GQ profile of Hope Hicks might have pushed him out.

In the profile he was reported to have said; one particular outburst came when Hicks wanted to leave the campaign to return to a non-campaign PR position at Trump Tower. “You made a big f***ing mistake; you’re f***ing dead to me,” he told Hicks, bringing her to tears.

http://www.mediaite.com/print/report-trump-campaign-manager-screamed-youre-fing-dead-to-me-to-press-secretary/

The great irony was that Hope wrote the statement given to the press on Lewandowski's firing.

[brooklynite]

18. UPDATE: Reportedly, Lewandowski was "escorted out by Trump security"

[winstars]

20. COREY: Ivanka, can you get me off the hook? IVANKA: No chance Corey...

[brooklynite]

22. Some sources say Ivanka out out the hit...

[63splitwindow]

19. It make get to the point where...

it actually takes the slightest goad to get Don the Con to make a total and complete idiotic asshole out of himself.

[Doctor Jack]

21. I like some of the people here wringing their hands right now

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As if Lewandowski was the problem and without him, Trump would be a stellar candidate.

Do you think this is how their conversations went


Lewandowski: Donald, we need to go after this judge. Its best we attack his ethnic background. That should solidify our base.

Trump: I don't know Cory, Judge Curiel is a respected member of the judiciary. I fear it unwise to attack such an esteemed individual, especially along racial lines. The Hispanic people are a proud, culturally diverse people that have made great contributions to this country.

Lewandowski: Damn it, Donald, grow some balls! Claim that he isn't able to properly do his job because his parents are from Mexico! Do it now!

Trump: Cory, need I remind you that The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen states that...

Lewandowski: Donald, so help me, if you don't attack this man for being Mexican....

Trump: Cory, please, put the knife down. As a man, I will do what I must, in order to protect the lives of my beloved wife and children. But I fear that we are opening a Pandora's Box which will take a generation to close. As the great Japanese philosopher Kitaro Nishida stated...

Lewandowski: Go! And be sure to spit a lot during your speech and throw out a lot of nonsensical word salad! Your Neanderthal supporters love that shit!

[anigbrowl]

24. ^^ DUzy! ^^

[runaway hero]

27. Yes.

Corey was the guy cheering him on when he should have told him to stop. Manafort has done this for years. Be afraid.

[Doctor Jack]

28. Uh huh

I'll start stocking supplies for the Apocalypse right now

[Doctor Jack]

25. "No one knows what's going on"

Seems like this is less of a well thought out strategic move and more of a another shoot-from-the-hip decision from Trump. People in the campaign say they have no idea what is going on and they don't know who is in charge of what anymore. It appears they have plunged themselves into further chaos.

https://twitter.com/ZekeJMiller/status/744892802740293632

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-corey-lewandowski_us_5767f5bbe4b0853f8bf15aba

[brooklynite]

26. UPDATE: this was apparently a very abrupt decision...

Sopan Deb Verified account ?@SopanDeb
Multiple sources confirm that Lewandowski was on conference call this morning with the RNC, where nothing seemed off. Daily messaging call.

[Person 2713]

32. Almost 14 million votes? What is wrong with this country ...geez. Good to hear chaos abounds

@ Trump central