Trump: ‘I’d Never Withdraw. I’ve Never Withdrawn in My Life’

The outrage is almost too much to bear. The ‘I told you so’ people are out in force and numbers today, rightfully so. Everyone wants to be a winner. Politics is no different.

Trump has only himself to blame, chatting it up with a member of the Bush crime family about unsavory topics that should never come out of the mouth of a grown man. Like I said, its indefensible.

Now a sundry of republicans and GOP supporters are calling for Trump to withdraw. Why? That’s patently ridiculous and undemocratic. Let him fall on his sword and give people an opportunity to vote their conscience.

If your goal is to protect corrupt republicans in their reelection bids by having Trump drop out, I’d say your righteous indignation is woefully misplaced. Get them out. All of them.

Back to Trump. In a Washington Post interview today, the Donald said  he’d never drop out and will continue to press on.

source: WASHPO

“I’d never withdraw. I’ve never withdrawn in my life,” Trump told the Washington Post in a phone call from his home in Trump Tower in New York. “No, I’m not quitting this race. I have tremendous support.”

“People are calling and saying, ‘Don’t even think about doing anything else but running,” Trump said when asked about GOP defections. “You have to see what’s going on. The real story is that people have no idea the support. I don’t know how that’s going to boil down but people have no idea the support.

“Running against her,” Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, makes keeping the party behind him easier, Trump added.

“It’s because she’s so bad. She’s so flawed as a candidate. Running against her, I can’t say it’d be the same if I ran against someone else, but running against her makes it a lot easier, that’s for sure.”

Trump acknowledged that the video has consumed the presidential race — “it certainly has” — but he said he has endured past controversies, not only during his 2016 bid but during his career.

“I’ve been here before, I’ll tell ya, in life,” Trump said. “I understand life and how you make it through. You go through things. I’ve been through many. It’s called life. And it’s always interesting.”

Trump said “thousands and thousands” of backers have sent him letters and emails since the Post’s story was published. “You have no idea what it’s like,” he said. “So many people.”

Trump pointed to his disparagement of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) during the early months of last year’s Republican primary campaign as an example of how he has weathered political storms.

“Everyone said, ‘It’s over, it’s over.’ The people didn’t say that but the reporters said that,” Trump said. When asked to explain his ability in the past to survive, Trump said it’s because “I’m change.”

Reflecting on his state of mind as he watched news coverage from his apartment, Trump said, “I’m holding up well. I’m holding up well.”

Trump said he may make a speech or remarks on Saturday evening, perhaps in a suburb of New York City, as a way of encouraging his supporters.

“That’s what I’m thinking about,” he said. “We’ll see.”

Trump insisted, again, that any possible speech would not be a departure from the race.

“Forget that,” Trump said dismissively of the suggestion. “That’s not my deal.”

While everyone is nonplussed over the contents of Trump’s remarks, one has to wonder how this tape was acquired in the first place — especially since the host of the show was none other than Billy Bush.

Neocons gonna con.