Republicans bristle at notion they failed to vet Trump
Republicans bristle at notion they failed to vet Trump
By Jonathan Swan - 10/18/16 03:48 PM EDT
Campaign operatives who competed against Donald Trump in the Republican primaries are bristling at suggestions they failed to fully investigate the businessman during his march to the nomination.
Trump’s campaign has been rocked by multiple accusations of s*xual misconduct, which came to light after a damaging video was uncovered this month from 2005 in which the businessman talks about grabbing women “by the p---y.”
Before that, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton steered media attention toward Trump’s treatment of women by calling out Trump’s mockery of a former Miss Universe as “Miss Piggy.”
With each new revelation, political observers wonder: How did such damaging material escape the attention of the 16 Republicans Trump beat during the primaries?
Mike Murphy, who led the $118 million super PAC effort to elect Jeb Bush, said it’s “horses---” to suggest his team didn’t do enough opposition research on Trump.
He said his critics — some of whom were rival consultants and prefer to remain anonymous — were being unfair when they said he should have spent less on TV ads and more on digging dirt on Trump.
READ MORE: http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/30161...
By Jonathan Swan - 10/18/16 03:48 PM EDT
Campaign operatives who competed against Donald Trump in the Republican primaries are bristling at suggestions they failed to fully investigate the businessman during his march to the nomination.
Trump’s campaign has been rocked by multiple accusations of s*xual misconduct, which came to light after a damaging video was uncovered this month from 2005 in which the businessman talks about grabbing women “by the p---y.”
Before that, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton steered media attention toward Trump’s treatment of women by calling out Trump’s mockery of a former Miss Universe as “Miss Piggy.”
With each new revelation, political observers wonder: How did such damaging material escape the attention of the 16 Republicans Trump beat during the primaries?
Mike Murphy, who led the $118 million super PAC effort to elect Jeb Bush, said it’s “horses---” to suggest his team didn’t do enough opposition research on Trump.
He said his critics — some of whom were rival consultants and prefer to remain anonymous — were being unfair when they said he should have spent less on TV ads and more on digging dirt on Trump.
READ MORE: http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/30161...
