Trump crosses the 9/11 line....

[KoKo]

Trump crosses the 9/11 line

‘If it doesn't backfire, then it will be official; nothing can stop him,’ GOP strategist says.

By Eli Stokols

02/14/16 06:14 AM EST

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Jeb Bush’s campaign thinks George W. Bush is its not-so-secret weapon in next Saturday’s pivotal primary. Donald Trump couldn’t care less.

Holding a 20-point lead in the state over his nearest rival with a week to go, Trump blasted the former president for the national security record his brother’s campaign plans to tout, blaming him during a GOP debate Saturday night not just for the Iraq War but also for the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

“The World Trade Center came down during your brother’s reign. Remember that," Trump said to the former Florida governor, prompting a long, contentious back-and-forth.

In a state that’s home to a large number of military installations and veterans, the supercharged showdown between two candidates who’ve been sparring for months could play big, potentially reordering the race in the final week.

Our Principles PAC, launched last month with the purpose of attacking Trump, is preparing to blanket South Carolina's airwaves with a new ad featuring Trump's past statement that impeaching George W. Bush "would have been a good thing."
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In fact, Trump has blamed George W. Bush for 9/11 many times before, just never on a debate stage before a television audience of millions. It started when moderator John Dickerson asked him about a past statement in which he suggested that the 43rd president should have been impeached for lying about Iraq’s alleged weapons of mass destruction in order to justify going to war.

“Obviously, the war in Iraq was a big fat mistake,” said Trump, who mocked Jeb Bush for taking five days to answer a question last May about whether, with the benefit of hindsight, he’d have made the decision to go to war in Iraq.

Then, Trump took his criticism even further, saying the former president did not keep America safe. And moments later, after Marco Rubio defended George W. Bush's record by saying the blame for the attacks fell on Bill Clinton, Trump doubled down.

"The World Trade Center came down during the reign of George Bush. He kept us safe? That is not safe. That is not safe, Marco. That is not safe," he continued. "The World Trade Center came down because Bill Clinton didn't kill Osama bin Laden when he had the chance to kill him. And George Bush — by the way, George Bush had the chance, also, and he didn't listen to the advice of his CIA."

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Asked whether he still supports impeachment, Trump didn’t directly answer, instead railing against the “lies” that, in his view, led up to the war in Iraq.

“You call it whatever you want,” Trump said. “They lied.”

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/trump-9-11-debate-219273

[lob1]

1. After all his lies and bulls**t, it'd be ironic that

telling the truth would be his downfall.

[Herman4747]

2. From what I understand, he's gone UP in the polls...

...after telling the truth, (but it's still early).

[Jefferson23]

3. I found the, you lied part a jaw dropper...amazing. K&R

[yurbud]

4. Sometimes I suspect Trump is a progressive trolling the GOP...