Mon Oct 30, 2017, 10:44 AM
HAB911 (7,457 posts)
BREAKING! TRUMP MAY NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION
Another top GOP official has raised doubts about whether President Donald Trump will run for re-election.
Senator Rand Paul said on Sunday night that even though the president is raising millions for a 2020 campaign, Republicans should not assume he's running. “There could well be a primary," the junior senator from Kentucky said on MSNBC, after being asked if a 2020 primary would be good for the Republican Party. http://www.newsweek.com/trump-2020-election-white-house-manafort-696089?utm_campaign=NewsweekTwitter&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social
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HAB911 | Oct 2017 | OP |
Little Star | Oct 2017 | #1 | |
IronLionZion | Oct 2017 | #2 | |
Scarsdale | Oct 2017 | #58 | |
superpatriotman | Oct 2017 | #3 | |
RhodeIslandOne | Oct 2017 | #19 | |
L. Coyote | Oct 2017 | #4 | |
Orsino | Oct 2017 | #11 | |
BumRushDaShow | Oct 2017 | #16 | |
Ilsa | Oct 2017 | #21 | |
Hornedfrog1985 | Oct 2017 | #29 | |
volstork | Oct 2017 | #42 | |
Ilsa | Oct 2017 | #49 | |
NCjack | Oct 2017 | #32 | |
ProfessorGAC | Oct 2017 | #45 | |
NCjack | Oct 2017 | #46 | |
ProfessorGAC | Oct 2017 | #48 | |
NCjack | Oct 2017 | #50 | |
former9thward | Oct 2017 | #40 | |
KY_EnviroGuy | Oct 2017 | #57 | |
former9thward | Oct 2017 | #59 | |
KY_EnviroGuy | Oct 2017 | #67 | |
TlalocW | Oct 2017 | #5 | |
usaf-vet | Nov 2017 | #70 | |
TlalocW | Nov 2017 | #72 | |
Me. | Oct 2017 | #6 | |
Thor_MN | Oct 2017 | #39 | |
Wednesdays | Oct 2017 | #7 | |
emulatorloo | Oct 2017 | #8 | |
dalton99a | Oct 2017 | #9 | |
demosincebirth | Oct 2017 | #13 | |
BumRushDaShow | Oct 2017 | #18 | |
tblue37 | Oct 2017 | #30 | |
BumRushDaShow | Oct 2017 | #31 | |
demosincebirth | Oct 2017 | #36 | |
sarisataka | Oct 2017 | #10 | |
Louis1895 | Oct 2017 | #12 | |
Bernardo de La Paz | Oct 2017 | #14 | |
LiberalFighter | Oct 2017 | #33 | |
Ferrets are Cool | Oct 2017 | #15 | |
Vinca | Oct 2017 | #17 | |
IronLionZion | Oct 2017 | #25 | |
ProudLib72 | Oct 2017 | #43 | |
former9thward | Oct 2017 | #41 | |
Madam45for2923 | Oct 2017 | #20 | |
Honeycombe8 | Oct 2017 | #22 | |
joanbarnes | Oct 2017 | #23 | |
relayerbob | Oct 2017 | #24 | |
samnsara | Oct 2017 | #26 | |
Doodley | Oct 2017 | #27 | |
blueinredohio | Oct 2017 | #28 | |
louis-t | Oct 2017 | #34 | |
SaschaHM | Oct 2017 | #35 | |
Spider Jerusalem | Oct 2017 | #37 | |
bluestarone | Oct 2017 | #38 | |
ProudLib72 | Oct 2017 | #44 | |
George II | Oct 2017 | #47 | |
Ohiya | Oct 2017 | #51 | |
ATL Ebony | Oct 2017 | #52 | |
democratisphere | Oct 2017 | #53 | |
pansypoo53219 | Oct 2017 | #54 | |
tclambert | Oct 2017 | #55 | |
7962 | Oct 2017 | #56 | |
Historic NY | Oct 2017 | #60 | |
Blue_Tires | Oct 2017 | #61 | |
MrModerate | Oct 2017 | #62 | |
Nitram | Oct 2017 | #63 | |
bucolic_frolic | Oct 2017 | #64 | |
unblock | Oct 2017 | #65 | |
Cosmocat | Nov 2017 | #68 | |
TexasBushwhacker | Oct 2017 | #66 | |
Grins | Nov 2017 | #69 | |
NNadir | Nov 2017 | #71 | |
mdbl | Nov 2017 | #73 |
Response to HAB911 (Original post)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 10:46 AM
Little Star (17,055 posts)
1. No shit Sherlock (GOP official)!!!
Response to HAB911 (Original post)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 10:46 AM
IronLionZion (38,157 posts)
2. I'm surprised he's lasted this long
and am still hoping he doesn't make it through this year. That's all I want for Christmas is him gone.
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Response to IronLionZion (Reply #2)
Tue Oct 31, 2017, 07:13 AM
Scarsdale (9,426 posts)
58. Amen to that!
He is fund raising for lawyer fees for himself and family. Besides, it is easier for him to be in front of his donors that in front of US citizens. I am sure I have plenty of company wishing that he is in prison by Christmas.
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Response to HAB911 (Original post)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 10:48 AM
superpatriotman (5,841 posts)
3. F*ck Rand Paul
And f*ck .45!
Lock him up. |
Response to superpatriotman (Reply #3)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 12:17 PM
RhodeIslandOne (5,042 posts)
19. Also, Fuck Ron Paul n/m
Response to HAB911 (Original post)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 10:49 AM
L. Coyote (51,127 posts)
4. Trump won't run just so he can keep all the cash!
Think about it, Don the Con is already campaigning while impeachment looms!
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Response to L. Coyote (Reply #4)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 10:55 AM
Orsino (37,428 posts)
11. His goal all along, possibly.
He will not be giving back the money.
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Response to L. Coyote (Reply #4)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 12:19 PM
Ilsa (59,334 posts)
21. Will that be his money or RNC's? nt
Response to Ilsa (Reply #21)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 03:37 PM
Hornedfrog1985 (118 posts)
29. Its our money
It needs to be seized as a government asset. Use trump tower for poor people. Low income housing for minorities should really piss them off. Get some photos of black homeless people pooping in his golden toilet
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Response to Hornedfrog1985 (Reply #29)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 08:25 PM
volstork (5,105 posts)
42. What a sweet vision!
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Response to Hornedfrog1985 (Reply #29)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 09:09 PM
Ilsa (59,334 posts)
49. That gets my vote! NT
Response to L. Coyote (Reply #4)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 03:52 PM
NCjack (9,606 posts)
32. Those re-election contributions are peanuts compared to the tax cut he is playing to get. If we
can stop that, he has very little interest in continuing to be prez.
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Response to NCjack (Reply #32)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 08:38 PM
ProfessorGAC (53,211 posts)
45. You Sure?
First, there is little doubt that he's worth far less than advertised. Lower income means smaller tax cut.
Second, I'm not sure he's paying taxes now. 90% of zero is still zero The lower net worth and the tax cheating are why we aren't going to see those tax returns |
Response to ProfessorGAC (Reply #45)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 08:53 PM
NCjack (9,606 posts)
46. He depresses the real estate market, buys stuff with huge losses on balance sheet,
and pays for all with tax credits. Free stuff.
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Response to NCjack (Reply #46)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 09:04 PM
ProfessorGAC (53,211 posts)
48. Then Tax Cuts Don't Matter
Now his rich pals might be counting on it, but that slime ain't paying much in taxes now!
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Response to ProfessorGAC (Reply #48)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 09:10 PM
NCjack (9,606 posts)
50. He gets tax reductions on on all income from properties before he wrecks
the real estate market with a huge tax cut.
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Response to L. Coyote (Reply #4)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 07:40 PM
former9thward (26,195 posts)
40. Federal candidates can't keep campaign cash.
It is against the law. I know you will say "But he doesn't care abut the law!" The reason we know about how much he is raising is that he is complying with the law and reporting to the FEC. That cash can''t just disappear one day if he doesn't run again.
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Response to former9thward (Reply #40)
Tue Oct 31, 2017, 02:38 AM
KY_EnviroGuy (13,683 posts)
57. We can bet it will go to GOP funding somewhere! n/t
Response to KY_EnviroGuy (Reply #57)
Tue Oct 31, 2017, 08:14 AM
former9thward (26,195 posts)
59. Of course.
Just as money Clinton raised and wasn't spent will go to Democratic funding somewhere.
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Response to former9thward (Reply #59)
Tue Oct 31, 2017, 09:08 PM
KY_EnviroGuy (13,683 posts)
67. Yes, but...
I would bet when it's all said and done, tRump will find ways to funnel part of it to some of his enterprises. Resorts and hotels are expensive to maintain, don't ya know!
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Response to HAB911 (Original post)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 10:50 AM
TlalocW (14,378 posts)
5. Headline should be, "Trump My Not Be Able to Seek Re-Election"
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Response to TlalocW (Reply #5)
Wed Nov 1, 2017, 01:57 PM
usaf-vet (4,786 posts)
70. Can you run for president from a federal prison cell?
Just asking....
How about from Gitmo? |
Response to usaf-vet (Reply #70)
Wed Nov 1, 2017, 10:31 PM
TlalocW (14,378 posts)
72. I think I've read of someone who did
Wasn't able to get on all state ballots though.
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Response to HAB911 (Original post)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 10:52 AM
Me. (33,889 posts)
6. So He's Raising Money Just To Pocket It?
Response to Me. (Reply #6)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 07:31 PM
Thor_MN (11,843 posts)
39. Legal defense fund. He can't pocket it, but he can use it to pay lawyers.
Response to HAB911 (Original post)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 10:52 AM
Wednesdays (13,885 posts)
7. He'll run for reelection, all right
From his prison cell.
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Response to HAB911 (Original post)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 10:53 AM
emulatorloo (38,209 posts)
8. Headline should read: RAND PAUL RUNNING IN 2020
"There could well be a primary." Even if Trump runs in 2020 he most likely will face a primary challenge imho.
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Response to HAB911 (Original post)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 10:53 AM
dalton99a (68,317 posts)
9. He is raising millions for his bank account.
Response to dalton99a (Reply #9)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 11:38 AM
demosincebirth (12,271 posts)
13. He cannot use those funds for personal use.
Response to demosincebirth (Reply #13)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 12:16 PM
BumRushDaShow (96,153 posts)
18. They know how to massage and launder it
so that it doesn't appear to be for "personal use". Look at how he is handling his own facilities right now by having the government pay for people to stay there (SS, etc). Or how he funneled money from his "university" into his pockets.
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Response to BumRushDaShow (Reply #18)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 03:45 PM
tblue37 (52,915 posts)
30. And money from Eric's children's cancer charity. nt
Response to BumRushDaShow (Reply #18)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 07:18 PM
demosincebirth (12,271 posts)
36. Gotcha.
Response to HAB911 (Original post)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 10:54 AM
sarisataka (13,890 posts)
10. And I hear he is going
To turn down the nomination since he really doesn't want to be President.
Oh. Wait, that was last year... |
Response to HAB911 (Original post)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 11:24 AM
Louis1895 (729 posts)
12. New nickname for DJT: LAME-DUCK TRUMP
Has a nice ring to it!
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Response to Louis1895 (Reply #12)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 11:45 AM
Bernardo de La Paz (41,730 posts)
14. No more judicial confirmations. This is the last year of the tRump Presidency. . . . nt
Response to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #14)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 03:53 PM
LiberalFighter (43,663 posts)
33. Thumbs up! LMAO
Response to HAB911 (Original post)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 12:11 PM
Ferrets are Cool (16,300 posts)
15. DUH!!!
Response to HAB911 (Original post)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 12:13 PM
Vinca (48,227 posts)
17. Do they allow campaigns from prison cells?
Response to Vinca (Reply #17)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 03:15 PM
IronLionZion (38,157 posts)
25. I hope he thinks of himself as Nelson Mandella or Bobby Sands
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Response to IronLionZion (Reply #25)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 08:29 PM
ProudLib72 (17,984 posts)
43. Shit smearing?
Yeah, I can picture him doing a lot that. Starvation protesting, though, I do not see.
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Response to Vinca (Reply #17)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 07:45 PM
former9thward (26,195 posts)
41. Yes they do.
In 1920 the Socialist Party candidate, Eugene Debs, had been put in prison by President Wilson for opposing WW I. He got almost a million votes from his prison cell.
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Response to HAB911 (Original post)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 12:17 PM
Madam45for2923 (7,178 posts)
20. That is an understatement. Or a prison joke?
Response to HAB911 (Original post)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 01:41 PM
Honeycombe8 (37,648 posts)
22. In other words: Back off, haters! This is only temporary! Let us slide for a few years...
then we PROMISE we'll leave!
When has Trump ever left power on the table and walked away of his own volition? |
Response to HAB911 (Original post)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 01:53 PM
joanbarnes (1,669 posts)
23. Hmm, I WONDER what changed?
Response to HAB911 (Original post)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 02:53 PM
relayerbob (4,919 posts)
24. Hard to get to campaign rallies
from inside a prison cell. At least that's what many people are saying. Sad!
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Response to HAB911 (Original post)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 03:16 PM
samnsara (15,917 posts)
26. you mean he can run from prison?
Response to HAB911 (Original post)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 03:18 PM
Doodley (8,615 posts)
27. I hope he does re-run and get under 15%
Response to HAB911 (Original post)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 03:19 PM
blueinredohio (6,165 posts)
28. He's raising all that reelection money to make sure there's enough for his lawyers so he
doesn't have to pay any of it
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Response to HAB911 (Original post)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 05:53 PM
louis-t (21,424 posts)
34. And the repug candidate's campaign will consist of:
"I'm NOT Trump".
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Response to HAB911 (Original post)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 05:57 PM
SaschaHM (2,897 posts)
35. I could see him working out a perverse bargain where he pardons the crooks...
and fires Mueller while ensuring the Republicans that he won't run again in 2020. Absent a crushing defeat during the midterms, this may be the justification that they need for inaction in such circumstances.
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Response to HAB911 (Original post)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 07:20 PM
Spider Jerusalem (21,786 posts)
37. He'd have to still be president in 2020, which he may not (n/t)
Response to HAB911 (Original post)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 07:23 PM
bluestarone (13,561 posts)
38. of course not he'll be
standing on a corner playing an instrument with his hat turned upside down collecting
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Response to HAB911 (Original post)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 08:31 PM
ProudLib72 (17,984 posts)
44. In what sort of lunatic parallel universe are these assholes living?
They will need to set up a TV monitor in the Senate with a streaming feed of Dotard's cell just to remind these morans that their god is behind bars for the rest of his life.
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Response to HAB911 (Original post)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 09:00 PM
George II (67,782 posts)
47. Can one run for president from a jail cell?
Response to George II (Reply #47)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 09:13 PM
Ohiya (1,479 posts)
51. President of cell block nine.
The best cell block!
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Response to HAB911 (Original post)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 09:14 PM
ATL Ebony (1,097 posts)
52. I know he breaks all the rules but it's impossible to run while in prison.
Response to HAB911 (Original post)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 09:15 PM
democratisphere (17,235 posts)
53. I don't think drumpf has to worry about running for a second term.
I doubt he will make it through his first term with the way things are going.
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Response to HAB911 (Original post)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 10:18 PM
pansypoo53219 (19,454 posts)
54. who get sthe money the sleazy moron has been hoovering up?
Response to HAB911 (Original post)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 10:24 PM
tclambert (10,877 posts)
55. Can he run his campaign from Russia?
Okay, that made me laugh, too. My point is Russia does not have an extradition treaty with the US of A. Neither does Saudi Arabia, and they seem to like Donald there. But it's full of Muslims and brown people, so I think he'd prefer to flee to Russia.
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Response to HAB911 (Original post)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 10:28 PM
7962 (11,841 posts)
56. The GOPs best hope is that he DOESNT. nt
Response to HAB911 (Original post)
Tue Oct 31, 2017, 08:15 AM
Historic NY (35,360 posts)
60. Hard to run from a prison cell.
Response to HAB911 (Original post)
Tue Oct 31, 2017, 08:20 AM
Blue_Tires (55,443 posts)
61. LOLOL! FLEE, YOU RAT BASTARD PIECE OF SHIT COWARDS!
Response to HAB911 (Original post)
Tue Oct 31, 2017, 11:11 AM
MrModerate (9,753 posts)
62. I can't see how his health (mental or otherwise) holds up for another 3 years. n/t
Response to HAB911 (Original post)
Tue Oct 31, 2017, 11:18 AM
Nitram (18,098 posts)
63. They're hoping that if Trump announces he won't run again maybe all those
scary investigations will go away. Ha!
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Response to HAB911 (Original post)
Tue Oct 31, 2017, 05:08 PM
bucolic_frolic (31,653 posts)
64. Yes, but does he know it?
Already re-elected in his own mind - is there a diagnosis for that?
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Response to HAB911 (Original post)
Tue Oct 31, 2017, 08:26 PM
unblock (50,244 posts)
65. he is literally already seeking re-election. he already filed the paperwork with the fec.
one could speculate that he'll drop out, sure, but it's demonstrably false to say he won't seek re-election.
he's already done it and is continuing to do it at this very moment. |
Response to unblock (Reply #65)
Wed Nov 1, 2017, 08:03 AM
Cosmocat (13,827 posts)
68. I just don't get people who WANT to believe this
There is literally nothing in his ACTIONS that show him doing anything but moving forward with his shit show.
Every time people start up with them wanting to think he will step down I tell them to watch the final scene in Scareface, cause that is going to be a lot closer to how this ends ... |
Response to HAB911 (Original post)
Tue Oct 31, 2017, 08:45 PM
TexasBushwhacker (18,030 posts)
66. Rand Paul is NOT a major GOP official n/t
Response to HAB911 (Original post)
Wed Nov 1, 2017, 11:13 AM
Grins (4,971 posts)
69. And here we have true Reich-wing Republicanism...
"If he (Trump) runs again I would support him..."
And there you have it. Today's Republican Party, all wrapped up with a bow on it! Christie would support a man who record of accomplishment is a big fat zero, who has alienated huge swaths of Americans and all of America's allies, cozied up to some of the world's worst thugs, internally destroyed major American institutions, a demagogue with a dazzling unfitness for office, unprecedented ignorance, vindictiveness, mendacity, impulsive uncontrollable threats of mass annihilation, a despicable excuse for a human described by a Bush Republican, Michael Gerson, as "dangerously unstable, divisive, childish, nasty, deceptive, self-deluded, morally unfit, deeply unconservative and thus badly wrong on some of the largest issues of our time" - but Christie would still support him. All that and I didn't even mention Russia, Manafort, Flynn, Sessions, etc. And not just Christie, either. The 26%-ers and Neo-Nazi white supremacists will gladly overlook all that, too. |
Response to HAB911 (Original post)
Wed Nov 1, 2017, 04:07 PM
NNadir (29,257 posts)
71. It would be hard to conduct a campaign while...
...wearing tiny handcuffs in a tiny prison cell.
No surprise there. |
Response to HAB911 (Original post)
Fri Nov 3, 2017, 07:13 AM
mdbl (4,968 posts)
73. RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION?!?!
I hope he'll be trying for early parole.
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