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Donald Trump.
"How do you fight millions of dollars of fraudulent commercials pushing for crooked politicians? I will be using Facebook & Twitter. Watch!" Trump said.
"We cannot let the failing REPUBLICAN ESTABLISHMENT ... ruin the MOVEMENT," he added.
The billionaire businessman was apparently upset that various conservative-aligned groups were readying an advertising blitz to try to slow Trump's momentum.
The New York Times reported Sunday that four groups opposing Trump had already reserved more than $10 million in new attack ads in Florida, where Trump is hoping to take down Marco Rubio in the senator's home state. These groups reportedly are the conservative-advocacy organizations American Future Fund and Club for Growth Action as well as a pro-Rubio super PAC, Conservative Solutions, and an anti-Trump one, Our Principles PAC.
But Trump suggested on Twitter that he would not match his critics dollar-for-dollar in TV ads. Instead, he vowed to use his reach on social media to expose both Rubio and the groups opposing him:
All of the phony T.V. commercials against me are bought and payed for by SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS, the bandits that tell your pols what to do
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 7, 2016Lindsey Graham is all over T.V., much like failed 47% candidate Mitt Romney. These nasty, angry, jealous failures have ZERO credibility!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 7, 2016We cannot let the failing REPUBLICAN ESTABLISHMENT, who could not stop Obama (twice), ruin the MOVEMENT with millions of $'s in false ads!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 7, 2016I will be using Facebook and Twitter to expose dishonest lightweight Senator Marco Rubio. A record no-show in Senate, he is scamming Florida
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 7, 2016