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(129,005 posts) Wed Jan 31, 2024, 03:35 PM Jan 31

Trump campaign chief urges Republican megadonors to ignore Trump's words, focus on primary lead, sources say

Source: CNBC

Published Wed, Jan 31 2024 12:21 PM EST

A top advisor to Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign has a message for some of the wealthiest Republican donors in the country: Don’t take the former president’s divisive rhetoric too seriously.

Susie Wiles made the pitch Tuesday at a private gathering of the American Opportunity Alliance, a group of Republican megadonors led by Elliot Investment Management founder Paul Singer.

Speaking at the luxurious Four Seasons hotel in Palm Beach, Florida, Wiles encouraged the powerful donors to essentially ignore Trump’s more offensive remarks and focus instead on the fact that the former president is in pole position in the Republican primary for president, according to people familiar with her remarks.

Wiles conceded to the donors that Donald Trump is going to say things people don’t like. But she countered that the former president is poised to lock down his party’s nomination, and that he is the GOP’s best hope to defeat incumbent President Joe Biden, according to a person familiar with her remarks.

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/31/trump-campaign-chief-urges-republican-megadonors-to-ignore-his-words.html

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Trump campaign chief urges Republican megadonors to ignore Trump's words, focus on primary lead, sources say (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Jan 31 OP

PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN!!!! The Magistrate Jan 31 #1

That was exactly my 1st thought (nt) MissMillie Jan 31 #5

That's pretty representative of the Republican base. TwilightZone Jan 31 #2

Smells like desperation, no? Drum Jan 31 #3

Pay no attention to the insane, fascist dementia coming out of his mouth... brush Jan 31 #4

Let me guess: Don't worry about the crazy narcissist, we will have people in place to keep him within the guardrails Attilatheblond Jan 31 #6

The Magistrate

(95,247 posts)

1. PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN!!!!

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Jan 31, 2024, 03:40 PM

Jan 31

"How can you tell the lies from the dementia?"

MissMillie

(38,559 posts)

5. That was exactly my 1st thought (nt)

Reply to The Magistrate (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 31, 2024, 03:48 PM

Jan 31

TwilightZone

(25,471 posts)

2. That's pretty representative of the Republican base.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Jan 31, 2024, 03:40 PM

Jan 31

Many of them disapprove of Trump personally and disapprove of the things he says, but it's more important to them to defeat Biden. We often make the mistake of conflating approval with intent to vote, and they are very different things. Party often overrides all.

Drum

(9,161 posts)

3. Smells like desperation, no?

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Jan 31, 2024, 03:40 PM

Jan 31

brush

(53,778 posts)

4. Pay no attention to the insane, fascist dementia coming out of his mouth...

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Jan 31, 2024, 03:42 PM

Jan 31

just concentrate on the task. We have to get this fucker into the WH so we can then dismantle, with SCOTUS and House assistance, what's left of democracy.

That's what they're calling for.

Attilatheblond

(2,168 posts)

6. Let me guess: Don't worry about the crazy narcissist, we will have people in place to keep him within the guardrails