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Manafort Denies Report About a Mess in Trump Campaign (‘Staff Suicidal’)

http://www.mediaite.com/online/manafort-denie...-suicidal/

by Josh Feldman | 10:37 pm, August 2nd, 2016

How much would it surprise you to know that things might be utter chaos in the Donald Trump campaign? Well, according to multiple reports tonight, not only is there a bit of a meltdown going on, but there’s not much morale:


John Harwood
✔ ‎@JohnJHarwood

longtime ally of Paul Manafort, Trump's campaign manager: "Manafort not challenging Trump anymore. Mailing it in. Staff suicidal."


Ali Vitali
✔ ‎@alivitali

A Trump campaign source, in reax to this, tells me "it's all true" and "way worse than people realize."

Dianne Gallagher
✔ ‎@DianneG

A source tells @DanaBashCNN that some Trump campaign staff are frustrated w/ candidate lately, "feel like they are wasting their time"

Howard Fineman
✔ ‎@howardfineman

#PaulManafort just told me @JohnJHarwood report wrong -- that all is ok on the #Trump Train. From outside of course it looks like no rails.

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Meg Whitman, Calling Donald Trump a ‘Demagogue,’ Will Support Hillary Clinton for President

Source: The New York Times


Meg Whitman, a Hewlett Packard executive and Republican fund-raiser, said Tuesday that she would support Hillary Clinton for president and give a “substantial” contribution to her campaign in order to stop Donald J. Trump, whom she berated as a threat to American democracy.

She revealed that Mrs. Clinton, the Democratic nominee, had reached out to her in a phone call about a month ago, one of the first indications that Mrs. Clinton is aggressively courting Republican leaders. While acknowledging she diverged from Mrs. Clinton on many policy issues, Ms. Whitman said it was time for Republicans “to put country first before party.”

Using remarkably blunt language, she argued that the election of Mr. Trump, whom she called “a dishonest demagogue,” could lead the country “on a very dangerous journey.” She noted that democracies had seldom lasted longer than a few hundred years and warned that those who say that “it can’t happen here” are being naïve.

Ms. Whitman also said she “absolutely” stood by her comments at a private gathering of Republican donors this year comparing Mr. Trump to Hitler and Mussolini, explaining that dictators often come to office through democratic means.


Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/03/us/politics...e&_r=0

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