Trump Says His Opponents Are ‘Hanging By Their Fingertips’

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Indiana Theater Sunday, May 1, 2016, in Terre Haute, IN. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump told a crowd Sunday in Indiana that his opponents were “hanging by their fingertips” to stay in the race, ABC News reported.

Trump told the audience he was focused on winning Tuesday in the primary in Indiana so that he could prioritize on taking down Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton — or “crooked Hillary” as he called her.

“I knocked out 17 people,” Trump said, referring to the Republican candidates who have dropped out.

“I mean, the two last ones, they’re like hanging by their fingertips. They’re choking, don’t let me fall, don’t let me fall,” Trump said, reportedly grasping at the air pretending to be Republican presidential candidates Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Ohio Gov. John Kasich.

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  1. “I knocked out 17 people,” Trump said, referring to the Republican candidates who have dropped out.

    “and hired two of em to be my clarions.”

    However the above sentence isn’t a lie…

    “I mean, the two last ones, they’re like hanging by their fingertips. They’re choking, don’t let me fall, don’t let me fall,” Trump said, reportedly grasping at the air pretending to be Republican presidential candidates Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Ohio Gov. John Kasich.

    Geez Louise, he’s getting good at telling the truth.

    watch him ruin it.

  2. He’s an arrogant, braggy child.

  3. Undeserved popularity always makes me think of the passage in Huckleberry Finn where the Duke and the Dauphin, grifters and bunko artists, are discussing the precariousness of their situation and one reassures the other: “Hain’t we got all the fools in town on our side? And ain’t that a big enough majority in any town?” And for a while he’s right. But only for a while:

  4. Avatar for alana alana says:

    If the’s still here in Calif. ,I sent for my woman card and there are many more Democrats than GOP (in the nation even), um, do you think the donald can connect the dots?

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