During a campaign stop in Staten Island, New York, on Sunday, Trump explained to reporters how easily he would be able to bribe delegates if he wanted to, according to the New York Times.
“Look, nobody has better toys than I do,” he told reporters, according to the New York Times. “I can put them in the best planes and bring them to the best resorts anywhere in the world.”
“You’re basically buying these people,” Trump continued. “You’re basically saying, ‘Delegate, listen, we’re going to send you to Mar-a-Lago on a Boeing 757, you’re going to use the spa, you’re going to this, you’re going to that, we want your vote.’ That’s a corrupt system.”
Trump indicated that such bribery would be unfair, according to the Times.
The real estate mogul has been railing against the Republican primary process as Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) has been able to secure delegates at state conventions in Colorado and Wyoming, even as Trump has handily won several primaries.
Though he wouldn’t bribe anyone?
This is how he would.
Threats of violence.
Offers of bribery.
Make America Great Again!
jw1
“Trump’s vile New York values: How The Donald represents the worst of a great city BY Garry Kasparov SPECIAL TO THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Sunday, April 17, 2016, 5:00 AM”
" I got my first glimpse of Donald Trump during my very first visit to New York City in 1988. To a 25-year-old Soviet chess champion, the flashy tycoon with his glamorous wife Ivana walking through the Oak Room at the Plaza Hotel, which he had recently purchased, was the embodiment of my illusions about what was then to me a new and glamorous Western city. To someone like me, who had read a lot about America but experienced little, Trump seemed very impressive, a symbol of the wealth and opportunity, and of the capitalist West.
Trump owned the Plaza; the Plaza was a symbol of New York; New York was a symbol of America.
Looking back on that chance encounter in light of this year’s presidential campaign, after nearly 30 years of visits and living in New York City, I realize that I was taken in by the same con game that Trump is still running today. Trump sells the myth of American success instead of the real thing."
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/garry-kasparov-donald-trump-vile-new-york-values-article-1.2603281
wouldn’t passing out envelopes of cash be faster and cheaper… there is some precedence for it… hire John Boehner… he has some experience with it and he might be looking for a job…
This would be entertaining if it wasn’t so sad that he’s just exposing what we’ve always know about politics.
This is actually a perfect move for Trump. Make a big show without laying out any real cash. Every uncommitted delegate has to now be thinking (yes, I’m assuming that COP delegates are generally venal and small-minded) about how they’re going to get some Important Person Time with the Donald and VIP treatment in expensive places, if only their vote is the one that puts him over the top.