its true that Manafort was brought in after he won the nomination and left before he won the general. he was relevant for defeating Never Trump's hail Mary hissy fit vote, obviously
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Manafort was brought in BEFORE Trump secured the nomination. He replaced Lewandowski after Trump had secured the nomination but he played a major role in the campaign before being elevated.
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he was hired in March to be campaign convention manager. He left in August, less than a month after the convention. i'm not saying he wasn't in charge of the campaign at one point, just that his work was mostly limited to the convention
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I don't dispute but when he came on the nomination wasn't yet secured & in fact he was brought on to manage delegate strategy in primaries & prepare to manage a potentially brokered convention.
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he definitely was brought it to manage a brokered convention but i think Trump was going to secure the nomination mathmatically with or without Manafort. Manafort was brought in specifically to fight for the delegates Trump had already won because Cruz wouldn't let it go
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I'm fine w/ your POV but nomination was in doubt when he was brought in. He played a key role in guiding POTUS to finish line, in terms of advisors that played key roles.
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i guess that depends on how likely you think it was that the GOP was going to over turn their primary system to steal the nomination from Trump. I personally did not ever think it was likely If you think it was, then I see why you think Manafort played a huge role
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You mean what exactly?
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That what Trump just said isn't exactly the way it was. But I was being snarky about it.
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hard to decipher snarky sometimes in twitterworld :)
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If I were in a cynical mood I’d comment: perhaps the only reason He went to WH lawn this AM was to answer this 1 question, for a few listeners, & bury it in other controversy. But how’d he know the press corps would ask it? O wait...-but I try to avoid being cynical on Fridayspic.twitter.com/6lgGQqUiid
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