The fight over whether longtime Republican adviser Roger Stone resigned or was fired from Donald Trump’s presidential campaign hasn’t undercut his strong support for the Republican and belief that he will win the presidency, especially if teamed with Dr. Ben Carson.
“I think Trump-Carson would be a very strong ticket,” said Stone on former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura’s show, “Off the Grid,” on the online TV channel OraTV.
“Now that’s just my opinion. Beyond that, I’d try to find someone else outside the discipline of politics. He doesn’t need some governor or former governor or senator, he needs somebody who comes from another world,” added Stone.
Stone recently made headlines when he quit Trump’s campaign after the candidate said crude things about Fox host Megyn Kelly, who fired tough questions in the first GOP debate that Trump felt were rude.
Trump reacted by saying that Stone, who has advised Trump for years, was fired. Stone explained to Ventura that he left because the Trump campaign had gone off track. “The reason I decided to resign was I didn’t feel like I was having any impact,” he said.
“I still support Donald Trump very strongly, even though we have some disagreements on issues. We still agree on the number one issue: cleaning up the special interest corruption of our government. Therefore, I resigned, most definitely. I was not fired,” he added.
Since Stone has been a Trump insider, he was also able to explain why the billionaire businessman continues to stay high in the GOP poll despite comments that might of torpedoed other candidates.
He told the professional wrestler-turned politician Ventura: “People are ready for blunt talk. They don’t want these politicians that are scripted or handled or practiced or coached. This is why you were successful, I think, in Minnesota. You were different from the other two guys who had come up through the system, paying their dues, careful about everything they say — let’s take a poll and then we’ll tailor everything we say to the polls so we can be more popular. People are sick of that. They like outspokenness. They don’t even have to agree with you on everything, but they like that you’ve got the guts to say what you really think, you don’t care if it’s politically incorrect, you don’t care who in the power establishment you offend.”
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner’s “Washington Secrets” columnist, can be contacted at [email protected].
