memeorandum: ‘This Week’ Transcript: Donald Trump (ABC News)

10:10 AM ET, July 19, 2015

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Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:

Trump GOP Candidacy Blows Up — Donald Trump confirmed two things during a stop in this central Iowa town Saturday: He has no class and he may well run as an independent when he does not win the Republican nomination. — There had been considerable public evidence of both long …

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ABC News:

‘This Week’ Transcript: Donald Trump — THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT FOR “THIS WEEK” ON JULY 19, 2015. — MARTHA RADDATZ: And let's get straight to Donald Trump who joins us right now on the phone for his interview since those controversial comments. — Thanks for joining us, Mr. Trump.

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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:

Trump attacks McCain: 'I like people who weren't captured' — Donald Trump might finally have crossed the line. — Appearing on Saturday at the Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa, the real estate mogul took his running feud with Arizona Sen. John McCain to a new level. — Story Continued Below

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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:

Trump slams McCain for being ‘captured’ in Vietnam; other Republicans quickly condemn him — AMES, Iowa — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump slammed Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), a decorated Vietnam War veteran, on Saturday by saying McCain was not a war hero because he was captured by the North Vietnamese.

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New York Times:

Donald Trump Says John McCain Is No War Hero, Setting Off Another Storm — AMES, Iowa — Donald J. Trump upended a Republican presidential forum here Saturday with incendiary comments about Senator John McCain's war record, drawing widespread condemnation. — Mr. Trump and Mr. McCain …

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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:

Trump Attacks McCain for Being Prisoner of War: 'I Like People That Weren't Captured' — Speaking today in Iowa, Donald Trump attacked John McCain for being a former prisoner of war. Watch here: — “He's not a war hero,” Trump, a Republican running for president, said of McCain.

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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
The Trump Campaign's Turning Point

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Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Donald Trump Mocks John McCain: “I Like People That Weren't Captured”

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Andrew Husband / Mediaite:
Donald Trump Ignores Draft Deferment Questions After Criticizing McCain, Vietnam

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Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
Trump on John McCain: 'I Like People That Weren't Captured, Okay?'

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New York Times:

Bill Cosby Deposition Reveals Calculated Pursuit of Young Women, Using Fame, Drugs and Deceit — He was not above seducing a young model by showing interest in her father's cancer. He promised other women his mentorship and career advice before pushing them for sex acts.

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Chris Moody / CNN:

O'Malley apologizes for saying ‘all lives matter’ at liberal conference — Democratic presidential candidates under pressure at liberal event 03:11 — Phoenix (CNN)Democratic presidential candidate Martin O'Malley apologized on Saturday for saying “All lives matter” while discussing police violence …

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Martin Pengelly / Guardian:

O'Malley and Sanders interrupted by Black Lives Matter protesters in Phoenix — The Democratic presidential candidates Martin O'Malley and Bernie Sanders were heckled and constantly interrupted during an appearance at the Netroots Nation conference on Saturday, as protesters …

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Daily Mail:
Hillary is outdone in first major Iowa test as Bernie Sanders calls for a 'revolution …

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Paul Sperry / New York Post:

Obama collecting personal data for a secret race database — A key part of President Obama's legacy will be the fed's unprecedented collection of sensitive data on Americans by race. The government is prying into our most personal information at the most local levels, all for the purpose of “racial and economic justice.”

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New York Times:

The Morning After the Iran Deal — If the historic nuclear accord with Iran gets through Congress and is not derailed by hard-liners in Iran, then what? — Apart from preventing Iran from building a nuclear bomb, the agreement is already altering the region's political dynamics …

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Ashe Schow / Washington Examiner:

With Buzzfeed video, Carly Fiorina continues her millennial outreach — Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More — In a video for Buzzfeed, Republican presidential hopeful Carly Fiorina took on the differences between how men and women are treated in the workplace.

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