Trump Criticizes GOP Debates: ‘It’s Like Death’

Republican presidential candidate, businessman Donald Trump speaks during the CBS News Republican presidential debate at the Peace Center, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016, in Greenville, S.C. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump criticized the Republican National Committee and the way it organized GOP debates, saying that it felt “like death.”

Trump said on “Fox News Sunday” that he was self-funded and “not controlled by special interests.”

“But the rooms are stacked. Every time I go to a debate, I walk in, it’s like death,” Trump said. “And when other people — I won’t mention names, when other people speak, they say something stupid and get standing ovations.”

“It’s very unfair what the RNC is doing. They’re stacking the room,” he continued. “And that’s unfair — with donors and special interests and lobbyists, and that’s unfair.”

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  1. Then do us all a favor. Sign a Do Not Resuscitate. Just in case.

  2. “It’s very unfair what the RNC is doing. They’re stacking the room,” he continued. “And that’s unfair — with donors and special interests and lobbyists, and that’s unfair.”

    Where’s the proof please?

  3. Avatar for mcbain mcbain says:

    I won’t mention names, when other people speak, they say something stupid and get standing ovations.

    I’ll mention a name : Donald Trump

  4. "It's very unfair what the RNC is doing. They're stacking the room," he continued. "And that's unfair — with donors and special interests and lobbyists, and that's unfair."
    

    tRump definition of “unfair”: When the questions, the questioner, the audience, and everyone else doesn’t kiss The Donald’s “ring” and accepts what comes out of his mouth as 100-percent, unvarnished, unassailable truth.

  5. Trump said. “And when other people — I won’t mention names, when other people speak, they say something stupid and get standing ovations.”

    I think that noise we all just heard was the universe’s irony-meter exploding.

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