Subject: Trump Justifies Attacks with Poll Numbers; No Wonder the GOP is in Chaos
From: DNC Press <[email-masked]>
To: DNC Press <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 11 May 2016 17:43:45 +0000

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Today, Donald Trump continued his reckless and dangerous campaign for president, applauding himself for the fact that his nastiest and most divisive rhetoric might bump up his poll numbers. When asked this morning whether he regretted his comments that Senator John McCain was not a war hero, he said<https://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/trump-i-dont-regret-mccain-comments-my-polls-numbers-went-up?utm_term=.goXa0RmOp#.gimVdkKjP>, "there are many people that like what I said. You know after I said that, my poll numbers went up seven points."

This is not Trump's first tasteless self-congratulation over how he boosts his poll numbers. In December<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/12/03/donald-trump-retweets-supporter-who-suggests-san-bernardino-shootings-will-help-his-poll-numbers/?postshare=4381449151451550&tid=ss_tw> of last year, he retweeted a supporter who suggested that the shootings in San Bernardino, California, which killed 14 and injured 17, would help Trump's "poll numbers." The next day he told Bloomberg TV that, "every time there is a horrible act, like Paris ... my poll numbers go up."

"With this type of repeated, thoughtless, divisive rhetoric, it's no wonder that the Republican Party is in chaos. Trump is willing to justify his political attacks and reckless temperament, whether with respect to a veteran's war record or a terrorist attack, because he believes they drive up his poll numbers. It's a strategy that will backfire on Republicans." - DNC National Press Secretary Mark Paustenbach

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