Governor Baker leaves his ballot for president blank, as he did in 2016

[alp227]

Source: The Boston Globe

Governor Charlie Baker said Tuesday that he did not vote for President Donald Trump or Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden when he cast his ballot, leaving the options blank as he did in 2016.

“I blanked it,” he said during a press conference at the State House, when asked if he had voted for Biden.

The Republican governor has previously said he would not vote for Trump, but did not indicate whether he would vote Democratic for president. He did not support Trump in 2016. Baker has previously indicated he would support Republican Kevin O’Connor for Senate and would oppose ranked-choice voting.

Read more: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/11/03/metro/governor-baker-leaves-his-ballot-president-blank-he-did-2016/

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[bringthePaine]

1. what a fucking weenie! won't stand up and be counted cuz NO GODDAM SPINE🖕

[OAITW r.2.0]

2. I think he did vote for Biden.

But wouldn't say it publicly because he's going to be running for POTUS in 2024.

[Karma13612]

11. Wondered about that. 👍 nt

[sandensea]

14. +1

Then again, he could've spared us the melodrama.

There's no way in hell that today's hyper-radicalized, neo-fascist GOP would give Charlie the time of day.

I doubt he'd even make it to the kids' table debates in '23.

[OAITW r.2.0]

15. I'm betting DJT Jr gets the 2024 nod.

Republicans aren't through with their collective adoration for the Trump name.

[sandensea]

18. Could be.

Junior Mint will probably in jail by then - but I doubt that would stop them.

[Chemisse]

26. He's such a dufus. I can't imagine he could just inherit his father's following.

Trump had a perfect storm that combined his caustic personality and voter unrest into an explosive disaster. I don't think just anyone else can replicate this.

[Hulk]

27. Oh how I hope....if he isn't arrested for buying/selling cocaine before then.....

Among the shameless cowards in the cult...he would be a perfect fit. Probably have a GOP token candidate, and that loud mouth crack head running against Kamala 2024.

[Lock him up.]

30. Not if he's serving time for rape (DNA sample), criminal negligence leading to hundreds of

thousands deaths, children abductions and locking them in cages, multiple counts of tax evasion & bank fraud, and who knows what other crimes (Obstruction of Justice, witness tampering and intimidation, et al) can easily be proven without a doubt.

LOCK.HIM.UP


On edit: I didn't see the Jr. following the DJT lol

Tax fraud + tax evasion + money laundering for that mobster too.

[Harker]

32. Lil Shroom

is no Shrub.

[AdamGG]

28. If there are enough hearings/trials exposing Trump's malfeasance during the next 3 years

His brand may sour by 2024. Once he holds no power, there may not be as much RW media invested in burnishing his image.

At least I hope that's the case and that the Q-anon, know nothing, neo-Nazi wing fades back into the background.

If that's the case, an all female Presidential race in 2024, like Kamala vs. Nikki Haley wouldn't shock me.

[sandensea]

29. True - but they'll just find some other fascist pied piper

Keep an eye on Josh Hawley - he definitely has his on the nomination.

[AdamGG]

35. Trump level pied pipers are hard to come by

I'm thinking of the movie Network when they ran auditions to look for replacements for Howard Beal and Faye Dunaway said, "full fledged messiahs don't come in bunches".

Trump had a unique reality show/celebrity/megalomaniac persona that inspired his base to a level that Sarah Palin and other far right candidates hadn't been able to in the past. It could be that other wannabe Trumps won't be able to fire them up in the same way.

Prior to 2016, the centrist John McCain/Mitt Romney option was the one that ended up coming out on top of the Rethug primaries. Without Trump as the psychotically charismatic leader and with the perspective of how he has damaged the party, they could revert to that.

[sandensea]

36. You're right about Cheeto, of course: the personality cult fails w/o the personality

Politically, however, I fully expect the GOPee to do what's it's done every time it's lost since 1976: become angrier and shift further to the right.

[C_U_L8R]

3. Namby Pamby.

Come on Charlie, if you don't have a spine at least have a point of view. Ugh.

[C Moon]

4. Suuuuuure he did.

[Blues Heron]

5. "I blanked it" - like that's a really honorable stance

what a loser.

[L.Pharmstrong]

6. That's perfect!

We should hope that all of the Republicans who won’t vote for a Democrat decline to vote for Trump or just stay home and decline to vote at all.

[NYC Liberal]

7. So he voted for Trump then.

[lastlib]

8. Yes, basically. F*CK 'im!

[JDC]

9. Douche

[wendyb-NC]

10. Oh, piss on him.

Won't vote trump but too timid to vote for a Democrat. Repubs are stuck.

[stillcool]

12. and he endorsed Susan Concerned Collins...

showing his true colors.

[NurseJackie]

13. Gutless weenie.

🍄

[bucolic_frolic]

16. George Will has gotten to his mind

and made it vacuous.

[SouthernCal_Dem]

17. Fucking coward. nt

[Midnight Writer]

19. A Profile In meh.

[FailureToCommunicate]

20. I'm no expert, but boasting about leaving a blank ballot is not a winning strategy, Governor.

[paleotn]

21. Coward. Our Republican Gov. admitted he voted for Biden.

Phil Scott needs to quite pretending and come on over to gawd's side, as the old folks in my family would say.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

22. I also left the presidential options blanked on my ballot.

I filled in one oval, for the Democratic slate, walla, easy as pie.

Then came the non-partisan part of the ballot. That took some research.

And, who the heck came up with the expression "easy as pie". I've been part of pie-making operations. Trust me, pie is NOT easy. Hats off to bakers who can make it LOOK easy.

[Miguelito Loveless]

23. So, you voted for Trump by proxy

Got it.

[General Zod]

24. Real profile in courage there, Sluggo...

They're all spineless wimps, every last one of them.

[Hulk]

25. Just another enabling coward GOPutin stooge.....

Nothing to see here. I wouldn't expect anything more from this coward stooge.

[dhol82]

31. Well, so much for Warren as treasury Secretary.

[LudwigPastorius]

33. "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." ― Edmund Burke

I guess that quote doesn't apply, because Baker appears to be neither good, nor a man.

[Javaman]

34. Why is this story still top news?

It was posted around 4pm and the ones below it are much more recent?