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malaise

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Mon Oct 30, 2017, 09:14 AM Oct 2017

Don't you love how they are saying there's nothing in the charges about the campaign [View all]

The fucking campaign manager who changed the agenda at their convention

How The Trump Campaign Weakened The Republican Platform On Aid To Ukraine

http://www.npr.org/2016/08/06/488876597/how-the-trump-campaign-weakened-the-republican-platform-on-aid-to-ukraine
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It started when platform committee member Diana Denman tried to insert language calling for the U.S. to provide lethal defensive weapons to the Ukrainian government, which is fighting a separatist insurrection backed by Russia. Denman says she had no idea she was "going into a fire fight," calling it "an interesting exchange, to say the least."

Denman is a long time GOP activist from Texas. When she presented her proposal during a platform subcommittee meeting last month, "two gentleman," whom Denman said were part of the Trump campaign, came over, looked at the language, and asked that it be set aside for further review.
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She says after further discussion the pair "had to make some calls and clear it." She says they found the language was still too strong.
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The Trump campaign convinced the platform committee to change Denman's proposal. It went from calling on the U.S. to provide Ukraine "lethal defensive weapons" to the more benign phrase "appropriate assistance."

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Cut the shit M$Greedia

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