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“They don’t get credit for, at the very last minute, when finally the guy that they nominated and they endorsed and they supported is caught on tape saying things that no decent person would even think, much less say, much less brag about, much less laugh about or joke about, much less act on,” Obama said at the dinner.

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“They stood by while this happened,” he said. “And Donald Trump, as he’s prone to do, he didn’t build the building himself, but he just slapped his name on it and took credit for it.”

for the record, until Cruz dropped out, Trump won no closed primaries. which says republicans weren't voting for him en masse. crossovers did. Repubs are a bunch of dumbnut hypocrites for sure, but don't put Trump on them.

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Posted by The Spleen

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Posted on 10/14/16 at 11:21 am to 3nOut

I do somewhat agree. Trump did mostly benefit from a crowded field, but the overall point is Trump is the result of years of dog whistling from Republicans. They own this, despite how he won the primary. He is the embodiment of a lot of the Republican Party's message over the past 30 years, though they were more coded with their message that Trump has been.

Trump didn't happen in a one year vacuum. He just capitalized on the environment so many before him cultivated. The Lee Atwaters, Newt Gingriches, Ronald Reagans, Karl Roves, etc.

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