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Title: Trump hires Rand Paul's former digital director
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Politico
URL Source: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/ ... trump-rand-paul-digital-224915
Published: Jun 30, 2016
Author: Shane Goldmacher and Darren Samuelsohn
Post Date: 2016-06-30 18:13:11 by Hondo68
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Keywords: fundraising emails, spam neocon spam, Mitch McConnell
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Comments: 26
Vincent Harris attends an awards ceremony on April 16 in Washington, DC. | Getty Donald Trump has hired Vincent Harris, the former chief digital strategist for Sen. Rand Paul’s presidential campaign and for Sen. Mitch McConnell’s 2014 reelection bid, as the presumptive Republican nominee continues to ramp up his digital operations, according to multiple people familiar with the hiring. Trump is hiring not just Harris but the services of his Austin-based firm, Harris Media, these people said. Trump has increasingly begun to focus on his digital operations, particularly fundraising, as he begins to try to build a small-dollar operation to compete with Hillary Clinton. Trump sent his first fundraising email to his own list of supporters only last week and his campaign claimed it raised $2 million — with Trump promising to match the donations dollar for dollar — in only 12 hours. This week, two of Trump’s son, Eric and Donald Jr., have emailed supporters asking them to raise $10 million by the end of the month, the next federal filing deadline. It is not clear what exact role Harris will play for Trump. His firm is located not far from San Antonio, where Brad Parscale, who has worked for the Trump campaign since 2015 and for theTrump family for years before that, is based. Parscale was recently named Trump’s digital director. Harris declined to comment. Harris is in his 20s but is already a veteran of multiple presidential campaigns. In 2012, he helped run online operations for then-Texas Gov. Rick Perry and former Speaker Newt Gingrich. He also worked on Cruz’s Senate bid, before joining McConnell’s 2014 reelection. He worked on digital operations for the Likud Party in Israel during the reelection campaign of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as well as for Paul’s 2016 presidential campaign. He was widely expected to work on Cruz's campaign but made an abrupt switch last year to join Paul. Harris has been in the vanguard among Republicans trying to tap into social media and the viral powers of the Internet to amplify a candidate’s message. Harris was an unabashed supporter, for instance, of Paul live-streaming an entire day on the trail. Paul answered viewer questions, including, memorably, “Is Rand Paul still running for president? I dunno. I wouldn't be doing this dumbass live streaming if I weren't." (That was a joke, Paul later claimed.) Harris wrote in a campaign post-mortem, “A campaign looking to spend money wisely, and perhaps more frugally, needs to produce content that has a viral tinge to it.” It is a message likely to resonate with Trump, who has been frugal so far when it comes to traditional campaign spending. The Trump campaign did not respond to a request for comment. In addition to Harris, Trump’s campaign has recently hired the GOP digital firm The Prosper Group, as POLITICO reported earlier this week, and has been meeting with Cambridge Analytica, which worked for Cruz’s presidential campaign. Harris is well known in media circles for his colorful on the record comments; a Bloomberg story in 2014 dubbed him “the man who invented the Republican internet.” Several GOP digital experts have noticed that Harris’s Twitter feed in recent weeks had taken on a positive glow regarding Trump, including retweets about what the presumptive GOP nominee has been doing on the digital front. Poster Comment: Trump has now become Rand Paul's new "Apprentice". 
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#1. To: hondo68 (#0)
Rand Paul? Now, where have I heard that name before? Hmmm ...
Rand Paul ... Now I remember ... he is that youngster with "libertarian views" who ENDORSED Trump. At least one libertarian with "some" sense ...
What's with that hair - recent brain surgery?
A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them. This is a recent interview. Orange faced windbag, complaints, concerned about limited government & constitutional approach, no endorsement. That new apprentice Donald, is going to need a lot of schooling from Ron & Rand Paul. Rand Paul is NOT a libertarian. He is a staunch member of the GOP that wears his dad on his sleeve. He is a bad guy ... not as bad as your selections of GWBush, John McCain or Mitt Romney, though.
Rand Paul is NOT a libertarian. He is a staunch member of the GOP that wears his dad on his sleeve. He is a bad guy ... not as bad as your selections of GWBush, John McCain or Mitt Romney, though. I beg your pardon. I don't know if you are right or if Rand Paul is right. Rand Paul distinctly that he identifies himself as both a "constitutional conservative" and a "libertarian conservative." I have read that no two libertarians can ever agree on one single thing. From what I zss here ... that has to be true. Oh, well ...
We saw the changes months ago. Trump will be a talking puppet for the driving power of the US government, which is not the US citizenry; he will become like all of his babbling, bobble-head politick-talk just like all his colleagues and possible predescessors. It is a given within the political-babble-speak cheesebord.
ROTFL! BHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Can you tell me exactly what a "constitutional conservative" or "libertarian conservative" *IS* ... if you can't, I understand completely.
Can you tell me exactly what a "constitutional conservative" or "libertarian conservative" *IS* ... if you can't, I understand completely. That is something you will need to ask Rand Paul. I doubt he can tell you exactly what a "constitutional conservative" or "libertarian conservative" is because I have never seen anyone who categorizes themselves as a "libertarian" in any manner knows anything ... anything at all. That poor boy hung around his father for too many years, it is a little wonder that he would be so misguided and have an identity crisis.
You're lying. Rand identifies himself as libertarian-ish. He doesn't wish to be identified as a libertarian. Buckeroo is correct. The Rotten Rand apple fell far from the tree, and rolled into Gatlin's Gulch next to Mitch McConnell and yukon. Really? Why do you say that? Don't you, as an errant poster, a wanne=be libertarian?
ROTFL! BHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
too much phun, 'eh? You are a fuckin' klouwn.
It is important to understand who is "liying" and why. Rand Paul used to be libertarian. Now he describes himself as “libertarian -ish.” It’s a slight distinction, but an important one. More important is the reason why. He decided it was best for him to go into the “libertarian closet” to run for president. All he did was to make GOP libertarians toast after his disastrous campaign which cause the end of the line. “You can change a Zebra’s name, but it is extremely difficult to hide his stripes and keep them hidden.” ~ Gatlin [LF - 6/30/2016]
Rand Paul used to be libertarian. Now he describes himself as “libertarian -ish.” It’s a slight distinction, but an important one. More important is the reason why. He decided it was best for him to go into the “libertarian closet” to run for president. All he did was to make GOP libertarians toast after his disastrous campaign which cause the end of the line. “You can change a Zebra’s name, but it is extremely difficult to hide his stripes and keep them hidden.” ~ Gatlin [LF - 6/30/2016] ROTFL! BHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Mind you, a Canary Clown from:
I completely agree, everything about libertarianism is hilariously funny. ROTFL! BHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Isn't the GOP a laff and half? how about BS?
Yea, many times ...
I heard you were scrubbing your Rolls/Royce in Arizona with illegal alien help. Did you run out of ilegal help? We want to KNOW!
I have no Rolls Royce.
Really? What do you have besides a governtment issued mandate?
Bliss.
Where did you find your, "bliss" besides a government welfare check?
Marrying my beautiful and charming wife of over 60 years.
#2. To: hondo68 (#1)
#3. To: hondo68 (#0)
#4. To: Gatlin, Banana Republican (#2)
that youngster with "libertarian views" who ENDORSED Trump.
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#5. To: Gatlin (#2)
Now I remember ... he is that youngster with "libertarian views" who ENDORSED Trump.
#6. To: buckeroo (#5)
Now I remember ... he is that youngster with "libertarian views" who ENDORSED Trump.
#7. To: hondo68 (#4)
#8. To: hondo68 (#4)
That new apprentice Donald, is going to need a lot of schooling from Ron & Rand Paul.
#9. To: Gatlin (#6)
Rand Paul distinctly that he identifies himself as both a "constitutional conservative" and a "libertarian conservative."
#10. To: buckeroo (#9)
(Edited)
Rand Paul distinctly that he identifies himself as both a "constitutional conservative" and a "libertarian conservative."
#11. To: Gatlin, buckeroo, Gatlins Gulch, globalist neocon progressives (#6)
Rand Paul distinctly that he identifies himself as both a "constitutional conservative" and a "libertarian conservative."
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#12. To: Gatlin (#10)
I have never seen anyone who categorizes themselves as a "libertarian" in any manner knows anything ... anything at all.
#13. To: buckeroo (#12)
#14. To: Gatlin (#13)
#15. To: hondo68 (#11)
You're lying. Rand identifies himself as libertarian-ish. He doesn't wish to be identified as a libertarian. Buckeroo is correct.
#16. To: Gatlin (#15)
It is important to understand who is "liying" and why.
#17. To: buckeroo (#14)
You are a fuckin' klouwn.
#18. To: buckeroo (#16)
ROTFL! BHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
#19. To: Gatlin (#18)
#20. To: buckeroo (#19)
#21. To: Gatlin (#20)
#22. To: buckeroo (#21)
#23. To: Gatlin (#22)
#24. To: buckeroo (#23)
#25. To: Gatlin (#24)
#26. To: buckeroo (#25)
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