The conservative movement is firmly behind President Trump, and he is leading, and where people lead, and where people fight socialism, you will find millions of Americans cheering them on. Matt Schlapp More Quotes by Matt Schlapp More Quotes From Matt Schlapp Chairman Priebus set out on an early and historic political outreach plan which called for investing resources early to build the RNC network well before Election Day. And although the elections are still eight months away, all indications are that the money has been well spent. Our message is getting out to the Hispanic, Asian and African American communities. If we can continue to implement this plan, we will be able to save the country from further policy damages at the hand of President Obama and the Democrats. Matt Schlapp eight opportunity country After eight years of Obama one thing is clear: Conservatives want a fighter. Matt Schlapp eight want years I was maybe the earliest person who was constructive toward Trump who served at a high level in the Bush administration. I took a lot of guff from my former Bush colleagues who didn't see what was happening in the country. I'm not smarter than they are or a better person than they are. I just traveled a lot around the country. Matt Schlapp administration levels country You know, when you don't have your real income, your take-home pay increase for a decade or a decade-and-a-half, it makes you awfully discouraged. And then when you see other things in society changing so rapidly, and you think that government is ineffective and unable to - incapable of taking steps, appropriate steps to make sure that America can lead, lead on the international stage and lead the international economy, I think that was so much of this. Matt Schlapp discouraged real thinking Donald Trump has clearly put conservative around him, he's clearly taking conservative policy positions, and I think for conservatives, the first, most important pick was selecting Mike Pence, then picking Neil Gorsuch to fill this tiebreaking vote on the Supreme Court. Looking at the Cabinet. Most conservatives are pretty happy. Matt Schlapp cabinets important thinking I think where conservatives were wary of Trump is he had not advocated for conservative positions for decades. He had been more meandering in his politics, including being a Democrat, including writing checks to Democrats. I have said that it's impossible to say what a candidate is until they get to office, especially someone who has never been in office before. Matt Schlapp office writing thinking I do think Donald Trump has conservative instincts. I think he had anti-Obama instincts. I think he saw Obamacare, the Obama foreign policy, the Obama economic policies as harmful to America. Matt Schlapp obamacare america thinking I think that Putin views Obama as weak. I think that there is a sense that he could put the troops in Ukraine because he knows Obama will do very little than what he's done at this point. Matt Schlapp done weak thinking Some conservatives are traditionalists, and the idea of breaking things up and changing things is concerning to them at times. Matt Schlapp breaking-things ideas I don't want to allow everyone in the media to say everyone is in the alt right, which is what they try to do too often. Then it's their judgment on who is a racist and who isn't. Matt Schlapp racist media trying I think people who are concerned about the alt right are properly focusing on making sure it doesn't get mainstreamed, because it shouldn't be. Matt Schlapp concerned people thinking Donald Trump has many ads about Hillary Clinton's character and it's fair to look at both. Matt Schlapp clinton character looks P.J. O'Rourke says that conservatives really hate government and every couple of years we put them in charge and then we're reminded how much we really hate government. We're not always necessarily great at the task of running government. We're the anti-government party. It actually makes some sense we're not so good at that. But you got to have basic competence in how you run the government, even in how you reduce its effectiveness in people's lives. Matt Schlapp couple hate running Donald Trump has very wide authority, really unchecked authority, to talk to world leaders about anything Donald Trump deems appropriate as Donald Trump is representing the United States of America, if this were able to go forward, any staffer in an agency could constantly hobble a Democratic President, duly elected. Matt Schlapp top-news This is an unconstitutional argument. Matt Schlapp top-news White House jobs and administration jobs are uber temporary because theyre very difficult. Matt Schlapp latest-headlines In Cohen's case, because they had Michael Cohen over a barrel, because they had all these crimes that they could prosecute Michael Cohen for, they got Michael Cohen to sign a plea that was not negotiated, it was take it or leave it, and Michael Cohen signed it to save Michael Cohen own hide and get a reduced sentence, it happens in America all the time. Matt Schlapp top-news I think Michael Cohen is someone who, like Paul Manafort, had an elaborate scheme to not pay their taxes and committed a lot of financial crimes. Matt Schlapp top-news Mark Sanford was removed from the board. The board also decided it would be best if Paul Allen Erickson no longer attended CPAC, paul Allen Erickson was removed for cause and that's all I can say about that. Matt Schlapp politics But the summer vacation itinerary that closely resembles a Super-Tuesday swing is n’t the only reason political watchers think the social network pioneer may try his hand at politics. Mark Zuckerberg also recently hired former Clinton pollster Joel Benenson to work at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, a charitable foundation the CEO runs with his wife, which already has former Obama campaign guru David Plouffe on the payroll. You don’t tend to hire pollsters unless you want to know what people are thinking, so my guess is the pollster is helping him understand the American people. Matt Schlapp latest-headlines
