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TRUMP’S PIVOT: Excellent, but Too Late?

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Donald Trump has actually been making some fantastic speeches over the past week, ones that stay away from the typical over-the-top rhetoric and wackiness we’d been seeing previously. This should be obvious by the limited coverage his speeches are garnering from the Credentialed Media. Wouldn’t want to see Trump in a good light, right? Maybe that has changed?

Regretful Trump pivots 107 days late

The Republican nominee delivers one of the most comprehensive, on-message rationales for his candidacy to date.

Three and a half months after sealing the Republican nomination, Donald Trump pivoted to contest the general election on Thursday night, expressing regret for his past failures to “choose the right words” and delivering one of the most comprehensive, on-message rationales for his candidacy to date.

Speaking from prepared remarks on the heels of another staffing shakeup, Trump positioned himself as the champion of voiceless Americans against a corrupt and incompetent elite and the leader of an inclusive movement who repeatedly condemned “bigotry.”

His address, delivered at a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, presented the sort of message Republican leaders have been waiting months to hear. But with 82 days left until the election and early voting only weeks away, even a flawless sprint to the finish line may be too little too late for Trump to salvage his flailing campaign.

This may seem like typical liberal media spin, but, it is a good point: is it too late? His speeches have been pretty cogent, responsible, and provided excellent policy choices, while also imploring blacks, Hispanics, gays, and others to stop voting for the party which has been pandering to them while keeping them down, namely, the Democrats.

Can it work? He seems much more focused on policy and attacking Hillary and the Democrats while asking for the votes of citizens (not Conservatives, at least not yet. Maybe he will?). Will he stay focused in this manner? Time will tell. (For more from the author of “TRUMP’S PIVOT: Excellent, but Too Late?” please click HERE)

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Why Does Trump Suddenly Think Clinton Deserves the Benefit of the Doubt?

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Republican candidate for president Donald Trump turned heads when he asked the American people to give his opponent Hillary Clinton “the benefit of the doubt” regarding the major controversies of the Clinton Foundation, such as the alleged hypocrisy of receiving donations from countries like Saudi Arabia.

“We know that gays and lesbians in Saudi Arabia can get the death penalty … would you ever take money from a country that treats gays, lesbians, Jews and Christians that way?” Fox News host Sean Hannity asked Trump in a town hall that aired Wednesday evening.

“Well, you don’t want to do that, and if they knew about it that would be one thing, and I assume they knew about it, big league. But certainly they know about it now so maybe they can give the money back,” Trump said in response.

“Wait a minute, they knew about it,” a seemingly confused Hannity interrupted, “because that has been Saudi Arabia’s practice for years.”

“But you know what, let’s give them the benefit of the doubt. They certainly knew…” Trump said, as Hannity interjected: “You’re going to give them the benefit of the doubt? I’m not.”

Critics have attacked the Democratic presidential candidate for claiming to be a champion of gay and lesbian Americans while her controversial Clinton Foundation accepts foreign donations from countries that persecute the LGBT community.

Trump, himself, has called for Clinton to return the donations in the past, criticizing her for her hypocrisy.

So why is he now undermining a message he should be hammering Hillary Clinton with by calling on others to give his opponent “the benefit of the doubt”?

The incestuous relationship between the Clinton Foundation, the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, and Hillary Clinton’s time as Secretary of State at the State Department have been ripe for attacks from Republicans and the media.

Recent revelations from Hillary Clinton’s private email server showed that Clinton used her State Department to do favors for Clinton Foundation donors.

And as the Clintons’ tax returns revealed, Bill and Hillary Clinton have used the Clinton Foundation to give themselves kickbacks while pretending to donate to charity.

Why does Hillary Clinton deserve the “benefit of the doubt” when it is apparent she and her husband have repeatedly misused their “charity” for personal benefit? (For more from the author of “Why Does Trump Suddenly Think Clinton Deserves the Benefit of the Doubt?” please click HERE)

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Trump Says He Regrets Remarks That ‘Caused Personal Pain’

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For the first time since declaring his presidential run, Republican Donald Trump acknowledged that his caustic comments may have caused people pain, saying that he regrets some of what he’s said “in the heat of debate.”

A day after announcing a campaign shake-up and as he trails in the polls, the GOP nominee said that he recognized that his comments — which have angered minorities and alienated large swaths of the general election electorate — may have been ill-advised.

“Sometimes in the heat of debate and speaking on a multitude of issues, you don’t choose the right words or you say the wrong thing. I have done that,” the GOP nominee, reading from prepared text, said at a rally in Charlotte, N.C. “And believe it or not, I regret it — and I do regret it — particularly where it may have caused personal pain.” (Read more from “Trump Says He Regrets Remarks That ‘Caused Personal Pain'” HERE)

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Trump’s New Campaign Manager Pushed the GOP to Support Amnesty

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This week, Donald Trump rolled out his campaign team v3.0. While being very careful to say Putin ally Paul Manafort was keeping his position as campaign chairman, Trump rolled out two new senior hires. Breitbart Chairman Steve Bannon, and pollster Kellyanne Conway. Both bring some baggage to the campaign that may make Trump supporters’ heads turn. Of the two, Conway’s stance on immigration is the larger concern.

For Trump and his supporters, Goldman Sachs has been a favorite target throughout the campaign. The attacks reached a fevered pitch when focused against Sen. Ted Cruz’s wife, Heidi, who used to work at the company. With his hire of Bannon, Trump has turned over the running of his campaign to a former Goldman Sachs banker.

Conway’s past work strikes further to the heart of Trump’s campaign, though. After the Gang of Eight amnesty bill was passed in the US Senate and sent to the House of Representatives, there was a strong push by lobbyists to get the House to act on the legislation. A strong part of that push was lobbying by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s pro-amnesty group FWD.us. Conway was part of that effort, as CNN reports.

Kellyanne Conway, who was named Trump’s campaign manager Wednesday morning, co-authored a 2014 polling memo for the pro-immigration group FWD.us touting the benefits of a sweeping overhaul bill that would have created a 13-year pathway to citizenship for roughly 11 million undocumented immigrants.

The memo, which was signed by Conway and 15 other GOP pollsters, argued that “most Americans don’t believe deportation is a viable policy” and that there is an “overwhelming consensus” for “some kind of legalization” for people in the United States illegally. The pollsters made the case that there is “broad support” for the bill that Trump now strongly opposes but Hillary Clinton supports.

“Supporting this new immigration reform proposal should be good electoral politics for Republicans,” the memo said.

While conservatives, like Sen. Cruz, R-Texas (A, 97%) and Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. (C, 78%), were fighting against amnesty for illegals and the Gang of Eight bill, Trump’s new campaign manager was siding with the “masters of the universe” and pushing amnesty. The “key takeaways” of Conway and her colleagues were meant to make it easier for House members to squish on the issue of amnesty.

Conway’s position in 2014 is evocative of Trump’s in 2013. During the debate over the Gang of Eight legislation, Trump told a gathering of DREAMers, per NBC Latino, that they had convinced him to support amnesty for the children of illegal immigrants. This is a position he purportedly no longer holds.

In 2013, Trump also offered support for amnesty after the border was secured, which was the position of those pushing the Gang of Eight legislation.

Trump’s new campaign manager ran cover for the big corporations and establishment pushing on amnesty for illegal immigration. It makes one wonder what Trump supporters think of that. (For more from the author of “Trump’s New Campaign Manager Pushed the GOP to Support Amnesty” please click HERE)

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TRUMP FIRES BACK AT JIHAD: The ‘Ideology of Death Must Be Extinguished’

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Donald Trump delivered a major foreign policy speech Monday in Youngstown, Ohio, entitled “Understanding The Threat: Radical Islam And The Age Of Terror.” He lashed out strongly against the Obama-Clinton foreign policies that have led to turmoil in the Middle East, unleashed ISIS and allowed Iran to enhance its power in the region and globally. However, rather than dwell on the mistakes of the past, Trump also outlined his own forceful approach to defeating radical Islamic terrorist organizations once and for all, which includes, but is not limited to, just ISIS alone.

“We cannot let this evil continue,” Trump declared. He decried “the hateful ideology of Radical Islam – its oppression of women, gays, children, and nonbelievers” in a way that President Obama and Hillary Clinton have utterly failed to do. “Anyone who cannot name our enemy, is not fit to lead this country,” Trump said. “Anyone who cannot condemn the hatred, oppression and violence of Radical Islam lacks the moral clarity to serve as our President.”

While Trump’s words were measured, the moral clarity of his vision and strategies to achieve it were crystal clear. “We will defeat Radical Islamic Terrorism, just as we have defeated every threat we have faced in every age before,” he declared.

Trump offered a number of specific proposals to counter radical Islamic terrorism, which he said he would implement as president both abroad and at home. He said that the era of nation-building will be “brought to a swift and decisive end,” if he becomes president. All actions, he added, should be oriented around the goal of halting the spread of radical Islam.

Trump acknowledged the need for international cooperation in achieving this goal, and even called for an international conference with our allies in the fight against radical Islamists. His administration, he said, will “aggressively pursue joint and coalition military operations to crush and destroy ISIS.” (Read more from “TRUMP FIRES BACK AT JIHAD: The ‘Ideology of Death Must Be Extinguished'” HERE)

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Classic Donald Trump Shuts Down Protester With ‘Mother’ of All Comebacks

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One group of protesters were demanding that Trump release his tax returns — something he claims is not possible because of an ongoing audit — and held up signs that read “TAX FORMS.”

Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton released hers on Friday, so now pressure is mounting for Trump to do the same.

Later in his speech, a man from the audience shouted “Black Lives Matter!”

In a return to classic Trump style, the businessman pointed out the protester in the crowd and said, “Go home to mom! Go home to mom! And your mother is voting for Trump! She’s voting for Trump! It’s true, it’s true.”

The crowd cheered as the man was escorted out of the building.

Trump then used the end of his speech to convey how important winning the Keystone State was.

“We have to win Pennsylvania, so important,” he said. “We win Pennsylvania, we’re gonna win it.”

The Republican party is currently conflicted on its chosen candidate, with an open letter that was drafted this week urging Priebus to stop funding Trump’s campaign and to allocate resources to House and Senate members.

Priebus came to the rally to dismiss the doubt and pledged that the GOP will do all it can to support its presidential nominee. (For more from the author of “Classic Donald Trump Shuts Down Protester With ‘Mother’ of All Comebacks” please click HERE)

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Trump Declares ‘End of Nation Building’ in Major Speech

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump delivered a major speech in Youngstown, Ohio, Monday in which he laid out his vision for combating Islamic terrorism.

Citing the various terror attacks that have taken place all over the country in recent years, most notably in Boston, Orlando, and San Bernardino, Trump argued that the Barack Obama presidency has made America less safe. He repeated past criticisms of the president’s refusal to explicitly acknowledge the fundamental role radical Islam has had in each of the attacks.

“Anyone who cannot condemn the hatred, oppression and violence of radical Islam lacks the moral clarity to serve as our president,” Trump said.

Trump condemned the war in Iraq as a project of “nation-building” and simultaneously characterized President Obama’s decision to withdraw troops from Iraq as naïve. He laid the blame for the rise of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria directly at the feet of the Obama administration.

“That failure to establish a new status of forces agreement in Iraq and the election-driven timetable for withdrawal surrendered our gains in the country and led directly to the rise of ISIS,” Trump said. “Without question.”

He signaled a change of strategy from the Trump administration: “If I become president, the era of nation-building will be brought to a very swift and decisive end.”

Trump did not spare Hillary Clinton in his attacks against the Obama administration. He asserted that Clinton does not have the means to combat terrorism in the Oval Office. Further, he claimed she did not have the “moral character” to serve as Commander-in-Chief.

“Hillary Clinton lacks the judgment…stability and temperament and moral character to lead our nation,” Trump said. “She also lacks the mental and physical stamina to take on ISIS. And all of the many adversaries that we face.”

Among his policy proposals, Trump called for a strengthening of anti-terrorism efforts — including cooperation with international allies — to defeat ISIS and other radical Islamic groups like al-Qaeda, Hamas and Hezbollah.

Specifically, Trump called for an “international conference,” partnering with Israel, King Abdullah of Jordan, Egypt, Russia, “and all others who recognize this ideology of death that must be extinguished.” He also said he would “work very closely with NATO on this new mission.”

“We cannot always choose our friends,” he said. “But we can never fail to recognize our enemies.”

A second facet of the plan was a call for “a new immigration policy.”

“That common thread linking the major terrorist attacks on American soil — 9/11, the Fort Hood shooting, the Boston bombing, the san Bernardino attack, the Orlando attack — is that they have been called immigrants or the children of immigrants. Clearly, new screening procedures are needed.”

Trump cited a review by the U.S. Senate Immigration Subcommittee that “identified 380 foreign-born individuals charged with terrorism or terrorism-related offenses.” He called for the establishment of a “clear principle that will govern all decisions pertaining to any immigration,” noting that this principle will be “tough” and that “extreme vetting” is required.

Candidate Trump proposed limiting the issuance of visas to only those who express a willingness to “embrace a tolerant American society,” attacking Hillary Clinton for proposing to increase the flow of Syrian refugees to America.

Trump also called for an end to political correctness “replacing common sense.”

The female San Bernardino shooter was here on a fiancé visa, which most people have not heard of, from Saudi Arabia and wanted to support openly jihad online. So they were taken in. And neighbor saw a surprising behavior … but didn’t warn authorities because they didn’t want to be accused of racial profiling. Now many are dead and many wounded. The shooter in Orlando reportedly celebrated in his classroom after 9/11. He, too, was interviewed by the FBI. His father, native of Afghanistan, supported the oppressive Taliban regime and expressed anti-American views strongly. And by the way, was just seen sitting behind Hillary Clinton with a big fat smile on face all the way through her speech. He obviously liked what she had to say. It is called weakness, it is called stupidity and we have had it.

The Fort Hood shooters delivered a presentation to a room of mental health experts and threw out one red flag after another. He even proclaimed he love death more than you love life. These warning signs were ignored because of political correctness replacing common sense in our society.

To educate the public on radical Islam, Trump proposed the creation of a commission including reform-minded members of the Muslim community “to identify and explain to the American public the core convictions and beliefs of radical Islam. To identify the warning signs of radicalization and expose the networks in our site that support radicalization.”

With regard to Guantanamo Bay and drone strikes against ISIS in the Middle East, both would carry on under a Trump administration. Donald Trump concluded his remarks with a call for immigrants to this country “to accept the virtues and our way of life.”

“Assimilation is not an act of hostility but an expression of compassion,” he said in closing, praising the American system of government and American culture as the best road to “the best outcome for all those who adopt it.” (For more from the author of “Trump Declares ‘End of Nation Building’ in Major Speech” please click HERE)

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Trump Proposes Values Test for Would-Be Immigrants in Fiery ISIS Speech

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Donald Trump on Monday upped his call for action against radical Islam in an effort to reclaim the offensive on national security, proposing an ideological test to keep would-be immigrants with radical views out of the US.

The proposal was one of several Trump outlined in an Ohio speech laying out his vision for fighting Islamic extremism. In doing so, he sought to turn the tables on critics who are depicting him as unfit to serve as commander in chief and accused Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton of lacking the “mental and physical stamina” to fight ISIS.

Trump’s speech coincided with sagging poll numbers in key swing states, as the Republican nominee has lurched from one controversy to the next. Top Republicans have called on Trump to straighten out his flailing campaign.

Painting a grim picture of a world under attack and a homeland threatened by terrorism, Trump argued only he could be trusted to confront the present dangers. He characterized the fight as an ideological struggle on par with that of the Cold War that demands a sweeping rethink of US policies at home and abroad. (Read more from “Trump Proposes Values Test for Would-Be Immigrants in Fiery ISIS Speech” HERE)

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A NEW ILLUSTRATED STORY: What It Means to Be #NeverTrump…

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By @BiffSpackle

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14 Winning Issues Trump Could Use Against Hillary

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When a football team is down and headed into the second half of the game, the coach does himself no favors by denying reality and avoiding a course change.

With every single national and state poll showing Trump losing demographics Republicans haven’t lost in over 60 years and making states like Arizona, Georgia, and Missouri competitive, anyone who truly wants to beat Hillary Clinton does themselves no favors by spending the next few months simply declaring the polls skewed. The people must demand a course change and ask of their nominee to finally get back on message, go relentlessly on offense on the critical issues people care about, and begin spending money in the important states needed to win this election in November. Anything short of taking this approach is ensuring that Hillary Clinton indeed is on her way to the White House – the very outcome the most ardent Trump fans claim they wish to avoid.

Trump’s reliance on media coverage and name recognition may have gotten him through the primary but, as we’re witnessing, this won’t get him through the general. This is why it’s so important for Trump to get back on message, place Hillary on defense on critical issues, and run ads relentlessly holding her accountable for the security, societal, and economic woes that the entire country feels… so long as they are not distracted by the excitement of reality TV. When elections are about personalities, Democrats win, but when they are about issues Republicans win. And fortunately for Trump, his opponent’s past and present record provides ample opportunity for any challenger to expose her weaknesses and to run an honest campaign against a corrupt candidate.

Here is just a sample of the many issues that can easily be used to place Hillary on defense for the rest of the election.

1. Hang Obamacare on Hillary’s neck: Hillary bragged about being the pioneer for socialized medicine at the Democratic National Convention. Well, while private insurance costs are skyrocketing and doctors are leaving the health care profession in record numbers, now is the time to put Obamacare back into the center of this election. Republicans won two mid-term landslides on this issue, but lost in 2012 because they nominated someone who couldn’t effectively make health care an issue. That Obamacare has barely been mentioned in this election is criminal negligence. Trump must make it clear that if Hillary is allowed to expand Obamacare instead of repealing it, no middle class family will be able to live in dignity without government dependency and the largest sector of our economy will be permanently damaged, which will, in turn, continue to drag down the economy. There is something fundamentally wrong when Hillary is up double digits on the issue of health care, and the refusal to seriously campaign against Obamacare would be a great place to look for the culprit.

2. Hillary’s Regulations Will Crush the Poor: Democrats thrive on playing class warfare and claiming to only tax the rich while giving handouts to “the little guy.” The dirty little secret that needs to be publicized is that the hidden tax of regulations is shouldered by everyone and is most regressive against the poor. A new report shows how Obama’s regulations have cost the economy $734 billion. The total cost of all federal regulations in 2014 reached $1.88 trillion, which amounts to a $14,976 hidden tax per family every year. According to the Competitive Enterprise Institute, this amounts to 23 percent of the average family budget of $51,000. The $1.88 trillion number is also more than receipts from corporate and personal income taxes combined. Trump needs to shout at every event and run ads in every state warning that a third term of Obama will crush families with a higher cost of living for the most essential goods and services.

3. Highlight Hillary’s Radicalism on Immigration: Instead of holding a press conference about his wife’s immigration history, thereby making this, once again, about personality, Trump could capitalize on the spotlight by detailing all of the illegal executive actions Obama has taken in recent weeks to endanger this nation’s security and violate its sovereignty. He could then run endless ads in critical states warning about Hillary’s plan to walk in the footsteps of Europe and bring in hundreds of thousands of additional refugees from the Middle East. Continuing with some of the messaging from the Republican convention, he can note how it is Hillary who doesn’t care about American security and the economy by sacrificing our sovereignty on the altar of billionaire special interests in support of open borders.

4. Hit Hillary on Her War on the Suburbs: Elections are won or lost in the suburbs and Trump is getting crushed in suburban counties at this point. He needs to hammer home Obama’s fundamental transformation of America via HUD’s “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) Rule.” This program mandates suburban jurisdictions construct a certain number of “low income” housing. At the same time, HUD channels federal funds to crony left-wing organizations to move people out of the city into the suburbs, overwriting the zoning codes of the local governments. This unconstitutional executive action, cheered on by the lawless courts, violates property rights, federalism, and the true ideals of equal opportunity. It also represents a backdoor federal gerrymander and de facto eminent domain for ACORN-style organizations. Fight political correctness and win suburban votes at the same time.

5. Make Hillary Own Iran: Obama has allowed Iran to humiliate us and it is now clear he paid them a ransom to get back American hostages. Coupled with seizing our naval ship without retaliation, nothing embodies American weakness more than the Iran alliance. This all started under Hillary’s tenure as Secretary of State. The ad ideas to run against her on this issue are endless.

6. Attack Hillary’s Support for Jail Break Legislation: Make it clear that Hillary is the candidate of anarchy in an increasingly dangerous world. Rebuke Obama’s pardon of 214 criminals this week – 52 of which have serious gun violations – and demonstrate the irrevocable damage of four more years of this.

7. Attack Hillary’s Foreign Policy Record. This is perhaps the easiest, and most obvious, layup. WikiLeaks revealed Clinton had a hand in arming terrorists in Syria. That, coupled with her comments at the Democratic convention confirming that her approach to stopping ISIS will not be fast-acting, is enough to turn the millions of voters concerned about the barbaric attacks we’re witnessing throughout the world by the hand of radical Islamic terrorists. Hillary’s role in involving the U.S. in Libya should be another easy target. As Secretary of State, Hillary’s Libya “intervention” has in turn led to the rise of Boko Haram and the loss of almost the entire continent of Africa. Now, Obama is quietly sending more troops to Libya with no definite mission.

8. Run Against Hillary’s Judicial Oligarchy Philosophy: Don’t just run on appointing better judges but on reforming the judiciary altogether. Show how the courts are crushing the states on their most essential functions and promise to work with Congress to return power to the states. Talk about the recent rulings banning voter ID laws, a most basic element of protecting the franchise. Again, this would cut through the perception that Trump is a top-down power hungry leader. By being a voice for judicial integrity, Trump would connect with the large swath of Middle America that supports voter ID and strike a populist tone that is actually rooted in the Constitution.

9. Hillary Won’t Stand for Religious Liberty, bring out the Megaphone on Religious Freedom: Note that Hillary Clinton tolerates the Muslim Brotherhood but has no place for religious Jews and Christians in this country. Be the candidate of civil and religious liberty and stand for conscience and property rights. Promise legislation defending the people and the states from the agenda of coercion pushed by the sexual identity movement.

10. Attack Hillary’s Nanny State Agenda and Stand for Civil Liberty: One glaring hole in Trump’s entire agenda – from the primary through the general election – is no mention of liberty. This is something Democrats have insidiously but cleverly exploited to outflank him on constitutional freedoms. He must point out Hillary’s nanny state agenda, support for endless violations of the Fourth Amendment, and become the candidate of the Bill of Rights. “While Hillary wants to grant citizen rights to illegal aliens and coddle the Muslim Brotherhood, she doesn’t believe in the Bill of Rights for Americans,” would be a great line of attack.

11. Will Hillary Denounce Planned Butcherhood? It’s truly amazing that Planned Parenthood has been caught on video trafficking baby parts, a seminal moment in the 40-year battle over abortion, and yet Republicans have walked away from the issue. Trump is currently losing Catholics by 17 points. This is political malpractice. He needs to remind voters that Hillary has never disavowed Planned Parenthood’s butchery and that she wants to continue taxpayer funding for a private entity under criminal investigation for barbaric practices.

12. Double Down on Hillary’s Farcical War on Women Rhetoric: Instead of playing defense every time Hillary attacks him for his off-handed comments about women, Trump should double down on Hillary’s fake and hypocritical ‘war on women’ agenda. Throughout her career, Hillary has made championing women’s rights a central part of her platform despite having sent billions to Saudi Arabia and other countries in the Middle East that degrade, rape, and even occasionally mutilate and murder women who do not adhere to Sharia law. Not to mention Hillary’s support for bringing into the U.S. even more migrants who have the potential to mistreat women like we’re seeing take place in countries like Germany and Sweden. How is exposing women to rape, threats and potential abuse good for women?

13. Keep the Internet out of Hillary and K Street’s Hands: There is no greater issue that fits more into Trump’s branding and simultaneously seizes upon the liberty mantle while attracting younger voters (who are already sour on Hillary) than to oppose Obama’s giveaway of internet domains to an international tribunal that includes China, Russia, and Iran. The internet is the beacon of freedom that also exemplifies American exceptionalism (Making America First Again!). If Republicans don’t cave on this issue before the end of the year, this election will determine whether America will continue to control internet domains and ensure its freedom from the globalists and elitists, as well as despotic countries. Just imagine the ads that could be run on this issue and marketed to younger voters? Opposition to Hillary Clinton’s support for K Street’s internet sales tax would also be a great messaging tool.

14. Double Down on Hillary’s One-Size-Fits-All Education Policy: Common Core is just like Obamacare. It’s beyond an abstract policy issue. Every parent understands what it is and what it represents. This is an issue that Democrats have admitted, time and again, could destroy them on the campaign trail. There are so many clever commercials Trump could run demonstrating what children will be forced to do under Hillary’s Department of Education.

Obviously, this is just a cursory list. Once Hillary’s dangerous associations with Islamists are factored in, there are endless security issues that can be hung around her neck. The point is that it’s time to go on offense and make Hillary the relentless focus of this campaign.

For better or worse, Donald Trump has the biggest megaphone of any single human being in this country. He has the ability to attract media attention instantaneously. While the media will always be biased and exhibit a glaring double standard to any GOP nominee, Trump can take his destiny in his own hand. Elections are all about the ability to focus the public attention. Trump can do his part using this significant megaphone to focus voters on these and many other issues where Hillary stands in opposition to the majority of Americans. Or he can continue making his personality the focus of this campaign, something the Hillary campaign and the media are all too eager to capitalize on. (For more from the author of “14 Winning Issues Trump Could Use Against Hillary” please click HERE)

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