Raucous Trump supporters, Lynette “Diamond” Hardaway and Rochelle “Silk” Richardson, better known as the “Stump-for-Trump Girls,” have become a YouTube sensation with their hilarious rants and staunch support for Donald Trump.

The ladies have a YouTube Channel devoted to Donald Trump for President.
stump for trump girls tree

Today Lynette and Rochelle took on Jeb Bush “the joke” for finally getting enough energy to get up and go to the US-Mexico border.

“Let me tell you who’s the joke. Jeb Bush. Yeah, I heard he went back down there to that border or by that border. Jeb, if you wanted measurements all you had to do is call Donald Trump. Why are you trying to copycat off of Donald Trump?…

Jeb… This is what you do. Go out to a desert and plant you an apple tree. And, if that apple tree grow, then maybe, perhaps you can be president in another lifetime. But in this lifetime, we don’t want you as president. We don’t want you going to the border. We want you to rest because you look weak, worn and tired out… Donald Trump, he’s speaking the truth.

The two added: Jeb Bush you are late. Donald Trump has already gone to the border to take measurements. He picked out the color and everything. He knows how he is going to get it put up.

Remember when Frank Luntz had the group of people after the debate who said they thought Trump stunk? Well he did it again with surprising results..

[ur]http://time.com/4009413/donald-trump-focus-group-frank-luntz/[/url]

Pollster’s Legs Wobble After Fawning Donald Trump Focus Group

"My legs are shaking," the Frank Luntz says of the results

A flock of 29 mad-as-hell supporters of Donald Trump agreed to assemble on Monday night in a political consultant’s office to explain their passion for the Republican frontrunner. Gathered in a corporate-looking room with the shades drawn, they railed against Washington politicians who hire consultants, and sang their admiration for the one presidential candidate who promises to go his own way.

“I think America is pissed. Trump’s the first person that came out and voiced exactly what everybody’s been saying all along,” one man said. “When he talks, deep down somewhere you’re going, ‘Holy crap, someone is thinking the same way I am.’”

Frank Luntz, a fast-talking Republican pollster who frequently appears on television and writes newspaper op-eds, urged them on. When did you first decide you liked Trump? he asked. And why are you mad as hell?

“When Trump talks, it may not be presented in a pristine, PC way, but we’ve been having that crap pushed to us for the past 40 years!” said another man. “He’s saying what needs to be said.”

This 29-person focus group, conducted by Luntz and observed by a group of national press reporters from behind a pane of one-way glass, had gathered to explain the phenomenon of Trump. Why is a billionaire real estate mogul, TV celebrity and oft-accused demagogue who has never held office leading the Republican field with some 22% support in the polls?

After the first Republican debate, Luntz had held a similar focus group of likely Republican voters that found Trump had performed poorly. In trademark fashion, Trump responded by attacking Luntz on Twitter at 3:28 a.m. the following morning. “@FrankLuntz is a low class slob who came to my office looking for consulting work and I had zero interest. Now he picks anti-Trump panels!” Trump wrote.

Luntz’s firm paid each of the participants $100 for the two-and-a-half hour session. (They wore tags with their first names that were mostly illegible to reporters behind the glass.) The group was not a representative sample of the Republican party, or early state voters, as all of them had been selected because they like (or love) Trump and live in Washington or its suburbs in Maryland and Virginia. But they offered a glimpse into the Trump mystique, a lucrative brand whose success has caught the national media, the Republican establishment and experienced pollsters like the veteran Luntz off guard.

The Donald devotees sang a contrapuntal tune, simultaneously a dirge to national decline and an ode to Trump. They believed Washington politicians and the Republican party had repeatedly misled them, and that the country is going down the tubes. They looked for relief in Trump.

“I used to sleep on my front porch with the door wide open, and now everyone has deadbolts,” one man said. “I believe the best days of the country are behind us.”

“I’m frustrated beyond belief. I feel like I’ve been lied to,” a woman said. “Nothing’s getting better.”

Many sounded like relations of an ill patient, furious that all the previous doctors have botched a test or fumbled the scalpel. To them, Trump actually is the real-deal fixer-upper, and he is going to make America great again.

“We know his goal is to make America great again,” a woman said. “It’s on his hat. And we see it every time it’s on TV. Everything that he’s doing, there’s no doubt why he’s doing it: it’s to make America great again.”

The focus group watched taped instances on a television of Trump’s apparent misogyny, political flip flops and awe-inspiring braggadocio. They watched the Donald say Rosie O’Donnell has a “fat, ugly face.” They saw that Trump once supported a single-payer health system, and they heard him say, “I will be the greatest jobs president God ever created.” But the group—which included 23 white people, 3 African-Americans and three Hispanics and consisted of a plurality of college-educated, financially comfortably Donald devotees—was undeterred.

At the end of the session, the vast majority said they liked Trump more than when they walked in.

“You guys understand how significant this is?” Luntz asked the press breathlessly when he came back into the room behind the glass. “This is real. I’m having trouble processing it. Like, my legs are shaking.”

“I want to put the Republican leadership behind this mirror and let them see. They need to wake up. They don’t realize how the grassroots have abandoned them,” Luntz continued. “Donald Trump is punishment to a Republican elite that wasn’t listening to their grassroots.”

Trump has their best interests in mind, the group said, while other Republicans are looking out for themselves. “We’ve got to show the Republicans that we’ve had it with them, that we will not be there every single time. They treat us like crap and they lie to us and promise us things and then they expect us to vote again,” said a Republican woman. “That’s why we want Trump.”

The crowd in the room was angriest about national security. Nearly all of them, it appeared, had an unshakeable feeling that U.S. border was porous as a sieve and that the very things that once defined the nation: army, border and national pride—were fading. They complained of America’s reduced standing in the world, and Obama’s apparent ineptitude in challenging Russia, Syria and ISIS.

When the group listened to a clip of Trump claiming that as president “the military is going to be so strong” that “nobody is going to mess around with the United States,” nearly everyone registered approval on their dial meters of 100—a seldom occurrence among focus groups.

“We love our country and we love what our country stands for,” said a woman who added she comes from a military family. “I look at where we are now as a country where entitlements are just totally out of control. Our borders have completely dissolved. We’re not what we used to be. I want to people to represent my interest.”

Trump’s unapologetic focus on strengthening the border—he wants to build a wall and deport all 11 million immigrants before letting many back into the country—excites many conservatives, as well as some who don’t traditionally vote Republican. Though he has announced scant specific plans, Trump has said he will expand the military, commit to veterans, and take a tough line on dealing with China and Iran.

“He’s not afraid,” said a woman who voted twice for Obama. “He keeps prodding on even if people give him negative press. He doesn’t change and apologize.”

Much of Trump’s support in the room seemed to stem from a weakness in the Republican party. The 2014 midterms did not usher in the conservative renaissance Republicans expected. Obamacare has still not been repealed, Congress is looking less likely to override a veto on the Iran deal, and there are still 11 million illegal immigrants in the United States.

The group of 29 went around the room, each supplying a single adjective for the legislative body that let them down after the 2014 elections. Congress “does nothing.” It’s “too old.” “Useless.” “Lame.” “Inept.” “Wrong party.” “Cocktail party.” “Gridlock.” “Costly.” “Sold out.” “Sucks.” “Douchebags.”

Then, the group did the same for Trump. This time: “Tough.” “Businessman.” “Great.” “Successful.” “Not afraid.” “Leader.” “Has guts.” “Charismatic.” “A true American.” “Kicks ass and takes names.”

Congress’ failures were Trump’s gains. The worse Congress and everyone else falls, the more the businessman has to gain. These supporters were evidence that Trump is winning by a new political paradigm, where disappointment and enchantment go hand in hand.

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“You guys understand how significant this is?” Luntz asked the press breathlessly when he came back into the room behind the glass. “This is real. I’m having trouble processing it. Like, my legs are shaking.”

“I want to put the Republican leadership behind this mirror and let them see. They need to wake up. They don’t realize how the grassroots have abandoned them,” Luntz continued. “Donald Trump is punishment to a Republican elite that wasn’t listening to their grassroots.”

Yo Frankie, you should have opened up this thread a few months ago - maybe your legs wouldn't be shaking now.

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Donald Trump is punishment to a Republican elite that wasn’t listening to their grassroots.”

a punishment that is both well deserved and long overdue, in fact.

as for Krauthammer, like all humans - he's wrong sometimes, and this time he's particularly out of step with what we the people actually want and think. no one is infallible, not mere men nor pundits nor politicians nor anyone else. he'll come around, or get left behind until he does.

The Trump / Fox thing has flared up again.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/a...-and-disturbing.html

If I were advising Trump, I would have let the truce hold.

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as for Krauthammer, like all humans - he's wrong sometimes, and this time he's particularly out of step with what we the people actually want and think. no one is infallible, not mere men nor pundits nor politicians nor anyone else. he'll come around, or get left behind until he does.

I believe, and hope, that men like Krauthammer, Thomas Sowell, et al, don't write what people actually want and think, but are paid to write what they think. Those guys are usually doing it because they have been good at it, thinking that is. Wanting is what the rest of us are usually better at.

Whether you love him or hate him - take a few minutes and read this.

Criticisms of Trump are amazingly missing something.

They are lacking in negative stories from those who work for him or have had business dealings with him. After all the employees he’s had and all the business deals he’s made, there is a void of criticism. In fact, long-term employees call him a strong and merciful leader and say he is far more righteous and of high integrity than people may think.

And while it may surprise many, he’s actually humble when it comes to his generosity and kindness. A good example is a story that tells of his limo breaking down on a deserted highway outside of New York City. A middle-aged couple stopped to help him and as a thank you he paid off their mortgage, but he didn't brag about that. Generous and good people rarely talk of charity they bestow on others.

But as much as all this is interesting, the real thing that people want to know is what Donald Trump’s plan is for America. It’s funny how so many people say they don't know what it is, or they act like Trump is hiding it. The information is readily available if people would just do a little homework. But, since most Americans won't do their own research, here, in no particular order, is an overview of many of Trumps positions and plans:

1.) Trump believes that America should not intervene militarily in other country’s problems without being compensated for doing so. If America is going to risk the lives of our soldiers and incur the expense of going to war, then the nations we help must be willing to pay for our help. Using the Iraq War as an example, he cites the huge monetary expense to American taxpayers (over $1.5 trillion, and possibly much more depending on what sources are used to determine the cost) in addition to the cost in human life. He suggests that Iraq should have been required to give us enough of their oil to pay for the expenses we incurred. He includes in those expenses the medical costs for our military and $5 million for each family that lost a loved one in the war and $2 million for each family of soldiers who received severe injuries.

2.) Speaking of the military, Trump wants America to have a strong military again. He believes the single most important function of the federal government is national defense. He has said he wants to find the General Patton or General MacArthur that could lead our military buildup back to the strength it needs to be. While he hasn't said it directly that I know of, Trump’s attitude about America and about winning tells me he'd most likely be quick to eliminate rules of engagement that handicap our military in battle. Clearly Trump is a “win at all costs” kind of guy, and I'm sure that would apply to our national defense and security, too.

3.) Trump wants a strong foreign policy and believes that it must include 7 core principles (which seem to support my comment in the last point):

a.) American interests come first. Always. No apologies.
b.) Maximum firepower and military preparedness.
c.) Only go to war to win.
d.) Stay loyal to your friends and suspicious of your enemies.
e.) Keep the technological sword razor sharp.
f.) See the unseen. Prepare for threats before they materialize.
g.) Respect and support our present and past warriors.

4.) Trump believes that terrorists who are captured should be treated as military combatants, not as criminals like the Obama administration treats them.

5.) Trump makes the point that China’s manipulation of their currency has given them unfair advantage in our trade dealings with them. He says we must tax their imports to offset their currency manipulation, which will cause American companies to be competitive again and drive manufacturing back to America and create jobs here. Although he sees China as the biggest offender, he believes that America should protect itself from all foreign efforts to take our jobs and manufacturing. For example, Ford is building a plant in Mexico and Trump suggests that every part or vehicle Ford makes in Mexico be taxed 35% if they want to bring it into the U. S., which would cause companies like Ford to no longer be competitive using their Mexican operations and move manufacturing back to the U. S., once again creating jobs here.

6.) Trump wants passage of NOPEC legislation (No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act – NOPEC – S.394), which would allow the government to sue OPEC for violating antitrust laws.According to Trump, that would break up the cartel. He also wants to unleash our energy companies to drill domestically (sound like Sarah Palin’s drill baby, drill?) thereby increasing domestic production creating jobs and driving domestic costs of oil and gas down while reducing dependence on foreign oil.

7.) Trump believes a secure border is critical for both security and prosperity in America. He wants to build a wall to stop illegal's from entering to put controls on immigration. (And he says he'll get Mexico to pay for the wall, which many have scoffed at, but given his business successes I wouldn't put it past him.) He also wants to enforce our immigration laws and provide no path to citizenship for illegal's.

8.) Trump wants a radical change to the tax system to not only make it better for average Americans, but also to encourage businesses to stay here and foreign businesses to move here. The resulting influx of money to our nation would do wonders for our economy. He wants to make America the place to do business. He also wants to lower the death tax and the taxes on capital gains and dividends. This would put more than $1.6 trillion back into the economy and help rebuild the 1.5 million jobs we've lost to the current tax system. He also wants to charge companies who outsource jobs overseas a 20% tax, but for those willing to move jobs back to America they would not be taxed. And for citizens he has a tax plan that would allow Americans to keep more of what they earn and spark economic growth. He wants to change the personal income tax to:
Up to $30,000 taxed at 1%
From $30,000 to $100,000 taxed at 5%
From $100,000 to $1,000,000 taxed at 10%
$1,000,000 and above taxed at 15%

9.) Trump wants Obamacare repealed. He says it’s a “job-killing, health care-destroying monstrosity” that “can't be reformed, salvaged, or fixed.” He believes in allowing real competition in the health insurance marketplace to allow competition to drive prices down. He also believes in tort reform to get rid of defensive medicine and lower costs.

10.) Trump wants spending reforms in Washington, acknowledging that America spends far more than it receives in revenue. He has said he believes that if we don't stop increasing the national debt once it hits $24 trillion it will be impossible to save this country.

11.) Even though he says we need to cut spending, he does not want to harm those on Medicare, Medicaid, or Social Security. He believes that the citizens have faithfully paid in to the system to have these services available and that the American government has an obligation to fulfill its end of the bargain and provide those benefits. Therefore, he wants to build the economy up so that we have the revenue to pay those costs without cutting the benefits to the recipients. He disagrees with Democrats who think raising taxes is the answer and says that when you do that you stifle the economy. On the other hand, when you lower taxes and create an environment to help businesses they will grow, hire more workers, and those new workers will be paying taxes that become s more tax revenue for the government.

12.) Trump also wants reform of the welfare state saying that America needs “a safety net, not a hammock.” He believes in a welfare to work program that would help reduce the welfare roles and encourage people to get back to work. And he wants a crackdown on entitlement fraud.

13.) Trump believes climate change is a hoax.

14.) Trump opposes Common Core.

15.) Trump is pro-life, although he allows for an exception due to rape, incest, or the life of the mother.

16.) Trump is pro 2nd Amendment rights.

17.) Trump’s view on same-sex marriage is that marriage is between a man and a woman, but he also believes that this is a states' rights issue, not a federal issue.

18.) Trump supports the death penalty.

Trump believes that there is a lack of common sense, innovative thinking in Washington(Hmm… looks like he believes in horse sense!). He says it’s about seeing the unseen and that’s the kind of thinking we need to turn this country around.

He tells a personal story to illustrate the point:
“When I opened Trump National Golf Club at Rancho Palos Verdes in Los Angeles, I was immediately told that I would need to build a new and costly ballroom. The current ballroom was gorgeous, but it only sat 200 people and we were losing business because people needed a larger space for their events. Building a new ballroom would take years to get approval and permits (since it’s on the Pacific Ocean), and cost about $5 million. I took one look at the ballroom and saw immediately what needed to be done. The problem wasn't the size of the room, it was the size of the chairs.
They were huge, heavy, and unwieldy. We didn't need a bigger ballroom, we needed smaller chairs! So I had them replaced with high-end, smaller chairs. I then had our people sell the old chairs and got more money for them than the cost of the new chairs. In the end, the ballroom went from seating 200 people to seating 320 people. Our visitors got the space they desired, and I spared everyone the hassle of years of construction and $5 million of expense. It’s amazing what you can accomplish with a little common sense.”
On top of his saving years of construction and $5 million in expenses, he also was able to keep the ballroom open for business during the time it would have been under remodeling, which allowed him to continue to make money on the space instead of losing that revenue during construction time.

Donald Trump’s entire life has been made up of success and winning. He’s been accused of bankruptcies, but that’s not true. He’s never filed personal bankruptcy. He’s bought companies and legally used bankruptcy laws to restructure their debt, just as businesses do all the time. But he’s never been bankrupt personally.

He’s a fighter that clearly loves America and would fight for our nation.

Earlier I quoted Trump saying, “I love America. And when you love something, you protect it passionately – fiercely, even.” We never hear that from Democrats or even from most Republicans.

Donald Trump is saying things that desperately need to be said but no other candidate has shown the fortitude to stand up and say to them.

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And while it may surprise many, he’s actually humble when it comes to his generosity and kindness. A good example is a story that tells of his limo breaking down on a deserted highway outside of New York City. A middle-aged couple stopped to help him and as a thank you he paid off their mortgage, but he didn't brag about that. Generous and good people rarely talk of charity they bestow on others.

Not to bust your chops, but do you have any verifiable source for this story? The reason I ask, is that this has travelled the Internet since at least the early 1990's in various forms, with various benefactors, none of which could ever be verified.

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Not to bust your chops, but do you have any verifiable source for this story? The reason I ask, is that this has travelled the Internet since at least the early 1990's in various forms, with various benefactors, none of which could ever be verified.

Interesting that you mention that. John McCulloch read that, almost word for word, on his radio show, just the other evening...

http://www.newstalk1400.us/pag..._McCulloch_Show_Home

At the time, I thought it was something he had put together.

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“I want to put the Republican leadership behind this mirror and let them see. They need to wake up. They don’t realize how the grassroots have abandoned them,” Luntz continued.

It want the grassroots who have abandoned the Republican leadership. Quite the other way around.

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Originally posted by sdy:
The Trump / Fox thing has flared up again.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/a...-and-disturbing.html

If I were advising Trump, I would have let the truce hold.

I agree keep hammering the issues and stay away from these personality pissing matches. It gains him nothing.

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16.) Trump is pro 2nd Amendment rights.

You sure about that? He supported the AWB and even said so in one of his books.

-Tom

I used to be concerned with Trump's previous stances, but if Cruz doesn't win I don't care. Something changed in me this weekend watching the rest of the field. They either won't step up or they are with the establishment. If those two are out of it I really don't care.

Fox has the same brand of buttworm reporters as any other media outlet. You do notice how they all cozy up to their guests when their little segments are over? Nothing but theater and drama. I no longer have much respect for them at all. I hope Mr Trump smashes every one of the buttworms.

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I used to be concerned with Trump's previous stances, but if Cruz doesn't win I don't care. Something changed in me this weekend watching the rest of the field. They either won't step up or they are with the establishment. If those two are out of it I really don't care.

Is Cruz even eligible to be President? Some conservatives claim that he is not a "natural born cirizen" since he was born in Canada and a couple of other reasons I don't recall right off the top of my head.

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Originally posted by Iron bottom:
Fox has the same brand of buttworm reporters as any other media outlet. You do notice how they all cozy up to their guests when their little segments are over? Nothing but theater and drama. I no longer have much respect for them at all. I hope Mr Trump smashes every one of the buttworms.

I've noticed that educated people can often disagree without being disagreeable. There may be some forced sincerity in some interactions, but many of the politicians are charming, very social, interesting people with superb manners. In that league, one rarely gets far by being an asshole.

Ogie, And just who might these "conservatives" be? Establishment pukes?

History has already shown you need not be born in America to be eligible for POTUS.

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Originally posted by Ackks:
I used to be concerned with Trump's previous stances, but if Cruz doesn't win I don't care. Something changed in me this weekend watching the rest of the field. They either won't step up or they are with the establishment. If those two are out of it I really don't care.

Is Cruz even eligible to be President? Some conservatives claim that he is not a "natural born cirizen" since he was born in Canada and a couple of other reasons I don't recall right off the top of my head.

He was born with dual citizenship and renounced his Candian citizenship before running.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/11/...-canada-citizenship/

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Originally posted by Iron bottom:
Fox has the same brand of buttworm reporters as any other media outlet. You do notice how they all cozy up to their guests when their little segments are over? Nothing but theater and drama. I no longer have much respect for them at all. I hope Mr Trump smashes every one of the buttworms.

And I am so happy for this. Fox has helped me awaken many people to the Left Vs. Right prop up game. Many use to buy the FOX brand hook line and sinker. Now they have outed themselves.

I hope they all burn.

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Iron bottom
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Fox has the same brand of buttworm reporters as any other media outlet. You do notice how they all cozy up to their guests when their little segments are over? Nothing but theater and drama. I no longer have much respect for them at all. I hope Mr Trump smashes every one of the buttworms.

This is exactly right. They will interview a progressive/commie/Obama stooge, and right after the "thank you" flash a warm smile and say something friendly-- because it's all a show, and they want to be able to get this person back again. If they were interviewing Goebbels in '42, their affect would be the same. --Okay, so that's all just the way it is, but some conservatives thought that we had real allies, kindred spirits, at Fox. They are better than the others-- most of the time-- and a lot of the time only marginally so. Buttworms. I don't know what that is, or want to know, but it describes them well, especially O'Reilly.