Top Trump Aide Brushes Off Roger Stone’s Threat To Anti-Trump Delegates

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally, Wednesday, April 6, 2016, in Bethpage, N.Y. A devastating indictment of Donald Trump emerges from new AP-GfK poll. Americans overwhelming... Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally, Wednesday, April 6, 2016, in Bethpage, N.Y. A devastating indictment of Donald Trump emerges from new AP-GfK poll. Americans overwhelmingly view him unfavorably.In every part of the country. Men and women, black, white, Hispanic. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) MORE LESS
Start your day with TPM.
Sign up for the Morning Memo newsletter

Paul Manafort, a top aide to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, brushed off comments that Roger Stone made encouraging Trump supporters to visit anti-Trump delegates in the case of a contested convention.

NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” host Chuck Todd asked Manafort if it was appropriate rhetoric.

“I’m not giving him my hotel room,” Manafort said. “Roger is not an official part of the campaign.”

Stone had said that the Trump campaign would disclose the hotel room numbers of anti-Trump delegates so Trump supporters could visit them and give a piece of their minds.

Latest Livewire

Notable Replies

  1. Avatar for bkmn bkmn says:

    Roger Stone wouldn’t be Roger Stone if he wasn’t stirring up a pot somewhere.

  2. “I’m not giving him my hotel room,” Manafort said. “Roger is not an official part of the campaign.”

    “Of course, that is not to say intimidation and threats of physical violence aren’t an integral part of our campaign,” he continued. “Besides, I’ll have hookers, two, three hookers, very, very classy hookers, in my room. I’m not sharing with anyone who isn’t an official part of the campaign.”

  3. The Trump campaign won’t stand for this.

    That’s not to say they won’t be happy to sit and watch.

  4. I can’t stand to eat anymore popcorn.

    Anyone have any suggestions as to what would be an appropriate snack to consume while watching the Republican Clown Car and its three remaining occupants careen towards oblivion in Cleveland?

  5. Meh. Same as any other train wreck…

    …where the train is made up entirely of clown cars and cabooses.

    Nuts and flakes. Maybe a half-baked pork butt.

Continue the discussion at forums.talkingpointsmemo.com

8 more replies

Participants

Avatar for system1 Avatar for fgs Avatar for mattinpa Avatar for stoicthevast Avatar for captaincommonsense Avatar for smokinthegotp Avatar for meta Avatar for bkmn Avatar for boisdevache Avatar for tiowally Avatar for owlcroft Avatar for yoopertj

Continue Discussion
Masthead Masthead
Founder & Editor-in-Chief:
Executive Editor:
Managing Editor:
Deputy Editor:
Editor at Large:
General Counsel:
Publisher:
Head of Product:
Director of Technology:
Associate Publisher:
Front End Developer:
Senior Designer: