Posted on 05/21/2019 2:59:10 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
‘The tea party is largely gone. It was replaced with ... the general philosophy of the party now under Trump’
The Libertarian Party has urged Rep. Justin Amash to consider mounting a third-party challenge to President Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election.
The Michigan Republican told his hometown paper that while he would not “rule out” a bid, he has not completely “thought through” his plans.
(Excerpt) Read more at rollcall.com ...
Losertarians always looking to drain votes from whoever the GOP nominates.
After their last candidate the Libertarian Party has become a joke.
Mark Steyn had plenty to say about people defending this creep.
Maybe he should have thought it through before opening his mouth.
You can bet that those who hate Trump will try to encourage third-party candidates to drain votes from him. Hopefully there will be the equivalent ‘alternative’ candidates drawing away votes from the Democrat nominee.
He will probably lose 100 Million to Zero
H/T Stroke your Page
Amash is a tool for the left and is part of the plan to divide the Republican vote.
Amash has to worry about Arkanicide, unless he is unbelievably stupid.
He’ll dilute the Dem vote, not the Republican side.
Amash would be more likely to steal Trump hating votes from the Dem nominee. However, given the stakes, I would expect the Dem voters to be united in voting for whoever wins the Dem nomination.
He’s not going to have a job in Congress very soon, so he should consider all his options.
Justin Amash is neither Republican nor libertarian. He has abandoned any principles that define either one of them.
He is now full-blooded RINO and a closet Progressive. It would not be surprising to learn he has also become Muslim, though I doubt it for the moment.
:: drain votes from whoever the GOP nominates ::
2 things...
1. Trump has the nom sewn-up. Amash has come out against Trump so any votes he gets will be stealth votes in the primary. They will be small.
2. Amash should watch the Trump Rally that was held IN HIS DISTRICT a few short weeks ago to help his decision. Maybe he should watch it twice.
Jussie Hogwash should think about keeping his CONgressional seat first...
Thanks to FReeper generally for this link at post #956 on the latest Q thread...
Amash is another SCUMBAG deceiver in CONgre$$.
I would think he would join the Palestinian Party.
“Losertarians always looking to drain votes from whoever the GOP nominates.”
It appears the strategy of the anti-trumpets in the GOP, possibly in collusion with the Democrats and Soros, is going to be denying Trump the win in 2020 by running an independent to take away enough moderate GOP votes to shift the popular vote to Dems in close states.
Trump actually lost the popular vote in 2016 and had margins of less than 2% in Ohio and Florida. Demographic shifts mean about 1/3 of the electorate will be non-white in 2020 and the Hispanic vote will exceed the black vote for the first time. Assuming the white vote is about 2 percentage points less, a third party libertarian/moderate Republican siphons 2-5% of the GOP vote in some close states Trump won in 2016 (Wisconsin, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Florida), and the Democrats spend an inordinate amount of money in those states to get out the vote, Trump can lose.
Ralph Nader cost Al Gore the 2000 election in the state of Florida. Had he not been running as a Green Party candidate, most of the Green votes would have gone Democrat and Gore’s vote total would have exceeded George W. Bush.
In a number of state elections in recent years, progressive groups have facilitate the running of a third party candidate for the sole purpose of siphoning votes from the GOP candidate in the general election with considerable success.
Republican women are most vulnerable to the emotional appeal of a moderate candidate. Many think Trump is a bully or worse.
This guy is delusional.
Mark Steyn had plenty to say about people defending this creep.
Yep. Heard some of that. It was epic. If we only had an opposition party to the progressive corportist agenda self promoting twerps like Amash would be squashed like roadkill.
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