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TomCADem

(17,380 posts)
Sun Oct 9, 2016, 01:23 AM Oct 2016

Billionaire donors stand behind Donald Trump

Source: MSN/USA Today

WASHINGTON — Two of Donald Trump’s most important political benefactors on Saturday said they stood behind the Republican presidential nominee, as he faced widening condemnation from fellow Republicans over lewd comments caught on tape in 2005.

Billionaire hedge-funder Robert Mercer and his daughter Rebekah Mercer said they were “completely indifferent to Mr. Trump’s locker room braggadocio.”

In a blistering statement first provided to The Washington Post, the two charged the media with hypocrisy, saying journalists “resolutely looked away” as former President Bill Clinton committed “multiple violent sexual assaults.”

“We have a country to save and there is only one person who can save it,” they said. “We, and Americans across the country and around the world, stand steadfastly behind Donald J. Trump.”

Read more: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/billionaire-donors-stand-behind-donald-trump/ar-BBxbcLz

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rusty quoin

(6,133 posts)
1. They keep saying it, but who has Bill sexually assaulted?
Sun Oct 9, 2016, 01:35 AM
Oct 2016

I know about Gennifer Flowers and Monica Lewinsky. Neither was assault.

Bernardo de La Paz

(48,929 posts)
4. A little surfing of conservative sites will reveal links to some names we don't need to repeat here
Sun Oct 9, 2016, 01:46 AM
Oct 2016

Here's an aggregator: http://conservativeangle.com/

Also, search engines are effective because the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy has generated lots of web pages.

 

rusty quoin

(6,133 posts)
5. Right wing sites. Trump said the p*ssy thing and admittedly assaulted women.
Sun Oct 9, 2016, 02:01 AM
Oct 2016

Clinton had sex outside of marriage. The proof is there, but proof hasn't mattered in decades.

One thing that should be remembered is that Bill was impeached because, no mattered how much they tried, they had nothing on him other than lying about his cheating on Hillary.

They...them...the Republicans in the house impeached him, and put him next to Andrew Johnson...the second in history for saying he didn't have sex with her.

Our standard could probably go lower, and Republicans will lead the way as always.

olddad56

(5,732 posts)
6. and during the impeachment, the speaker of the house, Newt Gingrich was having an affair
Sun Oct 9, 2016, 02:12 AM
Oct 2016

I guess there has always been a double standard between the GOP and the dems.

AllyCat

(16,129 posts)
14. The latest info from a Trump supporter I ran into on FB:
Sun Oct 9, 2016, 06:46 AM
Oct 2016

He was not impeached. He was censured for lying.

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SunSeeker

(51,498 posts)
7. The Mercers are basically Trump's campaign at this point.
Sun Oct 9, 2016, 02:31 AM
Oct 2016

They're the ones who set Trump up with Bannon and Conway, who were on the Mercer payroll before going to work for the Trump campaign. In most respects, they still are on the Mercer payroll.

The Mercers are pure evil.

Cha

(296,679 posts)
11. "The Mercers are pure evil."
Sun Oct 9, 2016, 04:33 AM
Oct 2016

No kidding! You'd have to be to make such a stupid vapid statement regarding trump outing himself as a groper and sexual predator. And, keep babbly about "saving our country".

You've seen this haven't you, SunSeeker..

Bill Maher shreds trump and his fans.. especially about ".. the country needs to be saved.." blah blah blah..



Raine

(30,540 posts)
12. "journalists resolutely looked away from Bill Clinton's multiple violent sexual assaults"
Sun Oct 9, 2016, 04:33 AM
Oct 2016

BULL SHIT! I remember them going after Bill continually, he ended up impeached!

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