Checking in With the Republicans Who Want Donald Trump to Receive the Nobel Peace Prize

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Like a lot of things that involve Donald Trump, the campaign to award the president the Peace Prize began as a fraud.

On February 27th, the Nobel committee announced that someone had forged a nomination for Trump to win the award, while also noting for the first time that the same thing happened last year. The committee referred the forgeries to Oslo police, whose investigators contacted the FBI, suggesting that the forgeries came from the United States.

A little over a week later, Rep. Luke Messer from Indiana released a statement floating the idea in earnest on account of Trump's much-hyped negotiations with Kim Jong-un. "If North Korea talks lead to concrete action, President Trump should be well on his way to his own Nobel Peace Prize," he wrote, adding that Obama received his Peace Prize in 2009 "for being a charming presidential candidate.

But merely voicing support for Trump to bring home the prize wasn't enough for some Republicans. On May 2nd, a group of 18 congressmen led by Messer submitted a letter to the Nobel committee nominating Trump for the prestigious award, the winner of which will be announced in October. A few weeks after that, a group of seven governors led by South Carolina's Henry McMaster submitted a letter of their own, calling the negotiations with North Korea an "unprecedented victory for global peace and security."

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After Trump canceled the summit on Thursday, Rolling Stone reached out to Messer and McMaster, along with representatives Ralph Norman of South Carolina, Michael Burgess of Texas, Scott DesJarlais of Tennessee, Kevin Cramer of North Dakota, Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen of American Samoa, Mark Meadows of North Carolina, Matt Gaetz of Florida, Doug LaMalfa of California, David McKinley of West Virginia, Brian Babin of Texas, Diane Black of Tennessee, Steve King of Iowa, Pete Olson of Texas, Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, Jim Renacci of Ohio, Evan Jenkins of West Virginia, Drew Ferguson of Georgia, and governors Kay Ivey of Alabama, Phil Bryant of Mississippi and Paul LePage of Maine to see if they stood by their decision.

Renacci, Norman and Cramer were the only three leaders to respond.

"Congressman Renacci still fully supports his decision to nominate President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize," his team replied by email. "He has freed our hostages while North Korea destroyed their nuclear test site ahead of his visit. ISIS is collapsing and we’re closer to ending the Korean War than we’ve been since the 1950’s. Considering Barack Obama received the prize for simply having a pulse and then recklessly destabilizing the globe, it’s hard to imagine how anyone could keep a straight face while questioning if Trump deserves one."

"President Trump is to be commended for getting North Korea to the table for potential negotiations which has not been accomplished by any other of our former presidents," replied Norman. "One of the greatest attributes of President Trump is his willingness to walk away if the deal is bad for America. Just because it didn't happen now, does not mean it will not happen in the future. If and when it does happen, the President will deserve the Nobel Peace Prize and I'm proud of signing on to the recommendation and yes it will remain."

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/trump-nobel-peace-prize-w520753?utm_source=rsnewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=daily&utm_campaign=052518_16

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Uh, Norman, you lie.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

2. I'm confident

they will find another half-ass goal/threshold, and eventually give it to him for something extreme. Like, NOT cheating at golf.

[CanonRay]

7. But he DOES cheat at golf!!!

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

14. I know..

the point is...stop cheating at golf and its a low enough threshold for the gop to encourage a Nobel PP.

[Bob Loblaw]

3. For what it's worth

Messer lost in the primary.

[MyOwnPeace]

4. Oh, SNAP!!!!!!!

To me, I think it's worth a lot!

[Bob Loblaw]

8. Of course he lost because

he got out-trumped by both of his opponents in a contest of who could be the trumpiest. And the winner will be running against Joe Donnelly who is one of the most conservative Democrats in the Senate, but being portrayed in ads as a bleeding heart liberal. Ugh.

[MyOwnPeace]

12. Oh, CRUD!

Here I was hoping that perhaps some wisdom had overcome the voters and they realized what it means to send an idiot to represent them.

Sigh....................................................

[politicaljunkie41910]

5. Talk about ass backwards and putting the cart before the horse. Perhaps Drumpf might want to conduct

the peace summit first before these congressmen and women nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize. Just saying. It would seem only appropriate or are they giving it away for the thought alone these days. Also I recall when word came out that these congressmen had nominated him for the NPP, that they had submitted their request after the deadline. I checked the congressmen's letter and they nominated him for the 2019 award, having missed the February 1 deadline for the 2018 award. So they've got some time to go. Maybe he'll put together a real plan this time with some thought behind it in case he's serious about an actual Peace Plan for North and South Korea and not just a medal for himself, rather than just running out and minting official peace coins to sell as another means of generating money for the Trump family.

February – Deadline for submission. In order to be considered for the award of the year, nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize shall be sent in to the Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo before the 1st day of February the same year. Nominations postmarked and received after this date are included in the following year's discussions. In recent years, the Committee has received close to 200 different nominations for different nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize. The number of nominating letters is much higher, as many are for the same candidates.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

6. If the Nobel Committee awards Donnie Two Scoops the Nobel Peace Prize

I'm going to start a GoFundMe account so they can buy back their integrity, although I don't think there's enough mouthwash in the world to get the taste of shit out of their collective mouths. There are plenty of people -- including my kindergarten class -- who are more worthy of receiving a Peace Prize than the Traitor-in-Chief.

[smirkymonkey]

10. The prize will have lost all meaning. Nobody will ever value it again.

I would be shocked if they actually awarded him one. That will be the day that I go completely bonkers.

[Dave Starsky]

13. Henry Kissinger received one.

As far as I'm concerned, it's been a joke ever since.

[MFM008]

9. They meant

NO bail! .....SURPRISE.
not NOBEL prize......

[ProudLib72]

11. Just checked the Doomsday Clock. Still 2 minutes to midnight

Those Doomsday Clock people just don't get it do they? With so much Rump peace floating around, we shouldn't be this close to total annihilation.