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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 05:10 PM Aug 2016

Donald Trump Drives A Stake Through The GOP's Heart: 'I Don't Want To Pivot'

Donald Trump has a message for the GOP leaders in DC and across the country hoping and pleading and waiting for him to change, to modulate, or to follow a script: "I don't want to pivot."

Trump's refusal to pivot from the primary election to the general and appeal to a different electorate comes even as polls show him losing ground in swing states across the country.

When asked if he needed to change up his tactics and work to appeal to a general election audience, Trump said "possibly" before adding that he wouldn't.

"I am who I am," Trump told WKBT-TV in Wisconsin during a one on one interview. "It's me. I don't want to change. Everyone talks about 'oh are you gonna pivot?' I don't want to pivot. I mean you have to be you.I f you start pivoting, you are not being honest with people."

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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/donald-trump-doesn-t-want-to-change

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Donald Trump Drives A Stake Through The GOP's Heart: 'I Don't Want To Pivot' (Original Post) DonViejo Aug 2016 OP
"I mean you have to be you.I f you start pivoting, you are not being honest with people." Curtland1015 Aug 2016 #1
I Yam What I Yam. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2016 #2
I Am A Yam MoonRiver Aug 2016 #8
I was going to say I hope he's a man of his word Jarqui Aug 2016 #3
Yes...you are correct on this one...kick Stuart G Aug 2016 #9
Total amateur. NurseJackie Aug 2016 #4
Please proceed, Mr Trump. auntpurl Aug 2016 #5
Exactly. Indpndnt Aug 2016 #10
Omg, that is SO Trump. I love it! LMAO!!!! AgadorSparticus Aug 2016 #6
GOOD !!!!!! Stuart G Aug 2016 #7

Curtland1015

(4,404 posts)
1. "I mean you have to be you.I f you start pivoting, you are not being honest with people."
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 05:11 PM
Aug 2016

If there's one thing Trump is ALL about, it's honesty.

Jarqui

(10,126 posts)
3. I was going to say I hope he's a man of his word
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 05:23 PM
Aug 2016

but he's such an effin' liar

On the upside, he won't change from being a narcissist ... which dooms him.

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