N.H. GOP chair in more honest days: ‘Donald Trump is not a credible candidate for President’
Yesterday, former House Speaker Bill O’Brien and his shadow caucus hosted a house party for billionaire real estate mogul Donald Trump, who once again claims to be exploring a presidential bid.
O’Brien, who has reportedly asked potential Republican presidential candidates for up to $50,000 for the privilege of appearing before the dissident lawmakers, was effusive in his praise.
“Who would you want to deal with the Iranian mullahs?” O’Brien asked. “Someone like Barack Obama, who seems to agree with them, or would you rather have someone such as Donald Trump who can get the best deal for the United States?”
In a 2011 Union Leader op-ed, written before she became chair of the New Hampshire GOP, Jennifer Horn provided an honest answer.
“Donald Trump is like a cat with a length of yarn, who keeps jumping instinctively at the thread trying to grab it,” she wrote. “Trump can’t stop himself from reaching at the media attention that has erupted as a result of one well-placed birther comment.”
“Now it has grown into a firestorm of attention so fierce that he’s practically giddy, unable to stop himself from spouting outrageous comments and placing himself ever more often in front of the cameras,” she continued.
“Donald Trump is not a credible candidate for President,” Horn concluded, “and if the GOP allows him to hijack the primary process then they deserve exactly what they get.”