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Mike Huckabee suggested he would defy the Supreme Court in order to ban abortion, because it’s “not the Supreme Being,” while Marco Rubio denied that he supports abortion rights for rape and incest victims, and Scott Walker defended his opposition to abortion when the mother’s life is at risk. Ben Carson came out for a…
Ever feel like you’re dreaming? Like, there’s no way the Republican front-runner is sending out Tweets calling Megyn Kelly a “bimbo” because he didn’t like her questions, right? “@timjcam: @megynkelly @FrankLuntz @realDonaldTrump Fox viewers give low marks to bimbo @MegynKelly will consider other programs!” — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 7, 2015 I await the…
The Fox News hosts of Thursday night’s GOP presidential debate’s worked hard to put Donald Trump back on his heels. At times, it worked – but it’s not clear whether it will matter. Trump was alternately prickly, crude, menacing and proudly sexist as he took center stage at the first GOP debate. Bret Baier baited…
Fox News’s primetime Republican debate began with an attempt to cow Donald Trump. Would he pledge to forego a third-party candidacy and endorse the eventual Republican nominee? He would not. Did he understand the question? Did he realize that would probably guarantee that Hillary Clinton won the White House? He did. The crowd cheered. Then…
On Thursday, August 6th, in Cleveland, Fox is hosting the first of many debates between candidates for the Republican Party presidential nomination. Actually there will be two debates. One is for the top 10 poll performers, a list that has now been confirmed to include frontrunner and King of All Media Donald Trump, along with Jeb…
A new Bloomberg poll shows Donald Trump dominating the GOP field with 21 percent of the vote — more than twice what Jeb Bush is pulling in, and 21 times Bobby Jindal’s support. Poor Bobby Jindal. The crosstabs aren’t online, but Bloomberg’s Joshua Green has them, and he’s been tweeting out some of the findings. The…
Image: FOX By Laura Vitto2015-07-29 11:00:49 -0400 Way back in 2000, a Donald Trump presidency was still a joke. Just ask The Simpsons.In the Season 11 episode “Bart to the Future,” future President Lisa Simpson and Secretary Van Houten — or, rather, adult Milhouse — discuss the debt crisis former President Trump left. View post…
Despite what you may have read elsewhere — or heard from the man himself — Donald Trump is not all that popular with Republican voters. Sure, he’s in first place in many polls. But Trump is near the back of the pack by another important measure. In the chart below, I’ve taken an average of…
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Tuesday gave out fellow candidate Sen. Lindsey Graham‘s (R-S.C.) personal cellphone number in retribution for the senator calling him a “jackass.”During a campaign event at the University of Pennsylvania, Trump, the blustering businessman who is leading in GOP primary polls, read out a number that begin with the D.C. area…
“A troll,” according to one definition, “is a person who sows discord … by starting arguments or upsetting people … with the deliberate intent of provoking readers into an emotional response or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion.” The goal of the troll is to provoke a reaction by any means necessary. Trolls thrive in…