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J_J_

(1,213 posts)
Sat May 28, 2016, 08:13 AM May 2016

ChickenTrump Movement Gains Steam: By Turning Down Debate, Donald Trump May Have Lost His Chance

As ChickenTrump goes viral on Twitter in response to Donald Trump’s refusal to debate Bernie Sanders, the presumptive GOP nominee may have just blown the chance he had of pulling in the “Bernie or Bust” crowd who had vowed never to vote for Hillary Clinton.

The ChickenTrump hashtag grew almost immediately in response to Trump’s statement that he would not be debating, an idea he had publicly toyed with in the last few days. The idea arose after frontrunner Hillary Clinton turned down the Sanders camp’s request for a final debate before the California primary, one she had agreed to earlier in the campaign.

Spurred by the refusal by Hillary Clinton, many Sanders supporters latched onto the hope that a debate against the Republican nominee would allow Sanders to show his potential strength in the general election. That has been a major argument for the Vermont Senator as he tries to woo the superdelegates who would be able to put him over the top and potentially steal the nomination from Hillary Clinton, and to them the event would have been a key part of that strategy.

Hillary Clinton had already expressed doubt that the event would come together.

http://www.inquisitr.com/3141294/chickentrump-movement-gains-steam-by-turning-down-debate-donald-trump-may-have-lost-his-chance-at-winning-over-bernie-or-bust-supporters/


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Actually Hillary people were adamant that it would not happen-How did they know?

Can't help but wonder...
So Hillary controls Trump? Is Trump throwing the election?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512070137

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ChickenTrump Movement Gains Steam: By Turning Down Debate, Donald Trump May Have Lost His Chance (Original Post) J_J_ May 2016 OP
The Big Republiboob is going to have trouble shaking the label 'Chicken' from here on out Scientific May 2016 #1
yes , exactly J_J_ May 2016 #2
80 percent of American adults do not use twitter oberliner May 2016 #3
Chicken Trump and Bully Trump greymattermom May 2016 #4
"Make America mean and nasty again! Like me!" randome May 2016 #5
Seems Trump isn't the only chicken in the race, someone else lied and bailed out before Trump. 99Forever May 2016 #6

Scientific

(314 posts)
1. The Big Republiboob is going to have trouble shaking the label 'Chicken' from here on out
Sat May 28, 2016, 08:18 AM
May 2016

He dodged military service with a bunch of deferments, and now he's chickening out of a debate fight he started.

Shameful all around.

greymattermom

(5,754 posts)
4. Chicken Trump and Bully Trump
Sat May 28, 2016, 08:53 AM
May 2016

He needs viral nicknames every week. He's not a serious person and can't talk policy. The answer to his name calling is to call him "name caller". Or something funny that means the same thing.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
5. "Make America mean and nasty again! Like me!"
Sat May 28, 2016, 08:58 AM
May 2016

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Stop looking for heroes. BE one.[/center][/font][hr]

99Forever

(14,524 posts)
6. Seems Trump isn't the only chicken in the race, someone else lied and bailed out before Trump.
Sat May 28, 2016, 09:19 AM
May 2016

I'm just sayin'.

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