“These people have hundreds of millions of dollars that they’ve given to these politicians, and these politicians are puppets for them,” Trump added. “With me, I’m going to do what’s right for the country.”
Donald Trump isn’t going to take attacks by GOP insiders lying down.
As Byron York reported in the Washington Examiner, panicked Republican insiders are preparing to launch a torrent of negative against the billionaire real estate mogul. One veteran Republican strategist York interviewed said, “I don’t think Trump can withstand 10,000 points of smart negative in Iowa and New Hampshire…It would force him to spend money. That’s when this starts to get real for him.”
“The establishment now thinks you can win,” Sean said to Trump on Monday night’s Hannity. “What they’re planning, and what they’re telegraphing they’re planning, is a barrage of ads in early states. Huge buys. Millions and millions of dollars trying to chip away at your conservative credentials with primary voters. What do you think is the best way to respond to that?”
“The candidates aren’t buying the ads,” Trump responded. “The people who are buying the ads are the special interests, the donors, the people who are lobbyists.”
Indeed, York reports that the anti-Trump ad buys will be coming from organizations like the Club for Growth and other outside groups.
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