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Atticus

(15,124 posts) Mon Aug 26, 2019, 08:17 AM Aug 2019

How did all those seeking the Republican 2020 nomination for POTUS escape from

"The Island Of Broken Toys"?

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How did all those seeking the Republican 2020 nomination for POTUS escape from (Original Post) Atticus Aug 2019 OP

Who is running? NewJeffCT Aug 2019 #1

They won't run Bettie Aug 2019 #2

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)

1. Who is running?

Reply to Atticus (Original post)

Mon Aug 26, 2019, 08:36 AM

Aug 2019

William Weld and Joe Walsh?

Weld is a moderate with no chance in a GOP primary even in a normal year.

Walsh has the RW credentials, but isn't going to gain traction with Trump giving the GOP base much of what they want.

Bettie

(16,110 posts)

2. They won't run

Reply to Atticus (Original post)

Mon Aug 26, 2019, 08:54 AM

Aug 2019

not any of them who have suggested it, they are just raising their own personal profiles for a while, but they will fall in line behind the Apricot Hellbeast before long.

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