Trump Won’t Change His Style For General Election: ‘I Have A Mandate’

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Pensacola Bay Center in Pensacola, Fla., Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Michael Snyder)
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In an interview with the New York Times published on Wednesday, Donald Trump confirmed that he will not change his campaigning style for the general election.

He told the New York Times that he will be able to win competitive states like Ohio and Pennsylvania by continuing his primary campaign strategy.

“I think I have a mandate from the people,” he said. “The people are tired of incompetent leadership at the highest level. They’re tired of trade deals that are ripping our jobs apart and taking their wages.”

Trump seemed to think that if he won the primary with large rallies and Twitter attacks, the same methods would win him the presidency.

“You win the pennant and now you’re in the World Series — you gonna change?” he told the Times. “People like the way I’m doing.”

In particular, Trump said that holding rallies help spread his message and boost his candidacy.

“In a Broadway theater, the best, the best, absolute best sale is called ‘word of mouth,'” he told the Times. “If people love a Broadway show, it’s better than if you write a good review. Word of mouth is the No. 1 thing. And the word of mouth at my rallies is like, ‘You’ve got to go see it.’ And, you know, one person goes and they talk about it to 20 people.”

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  1. ‘I Have A Mandate’

    what’s his name? does your wife know?

  2. “The people are tired of incompetent leadership at the highest level.”

    Let’s talk about all your bankruptcies–how many is it again?

  3. Moronic Know-Nothing candidate of a moronic know-nothing party. He has no concept of the thermonuclear obliteration they’re going to experience in the general…though I think McConnell and Graham are starting to grasp the outlines…

  4. You win the pennant and now you’re in the World Series — you gonna change?

    What he’s not getting is that he no longer has the home field advantage. In the general, it’s not just RWNJ’s who will be voting.

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