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Oh My: Former Attorney General Eric Holder Considering A 2020 Run
Townhall ^ | June 20, 2017 | Matt Vespa

Posted on 06/20/2017 12:09:03 PM PDT by GuavaCheesePuff

Well, if there’s one candidate who could get the conservative base in the Republican Party to unite, even those who don’t like Donald Trump, it’s former Attorney General Eric Holder. Apparently, the former top law enforcement official is considering a 2020 run against Trump (via The Hill):

Former Attorney General Eric Holder is poised to take a more active role in opposing President Trump, telling Yahoo News in an interview published Tuesday that "now is the time to be more visible" — including weighting a 2020 presidential bid. “Up to now, I have been more behind-the-scenes,” said Holder, who served for six years in the Obama administration. “But that’s about to change. I have a certain status as the former attorney general. A certain familiarity as the first African-American attorney general." "There’s a justified perception that I’m close to President Obama. So I want to use whatever skills I have, whatever notoriety I have, to be effective in opposing things that are, at the end of the day, just bad for the country." […] In the first months of Trump's presidency, Holder has been serving as outside counsel to the California state legislature, where he has helped Democrats devise a legal strategy for hampering the president's policies.

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To: Flick Lives

HOLDER/WIENER 2020
GO FOR IT!


41 posted on 06/20/2017 1:48:44 PM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Just what we need another African rat to loot the country.


42 posted on 06/20/2017 1:50:27 PM PDT by Neoliberalnot (Marxism works well only with the uneducated and the unar)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

The person held in contempt of Congress (not punished of course - Democrat)? CNN will chair his campaign.


43 posted on 06/20/2017 2:00:19 PM PDT by Pinkbell (http://dtforpres.blogspot.com/2017/05/tips-for-trump-beating-russia-narrative.html)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

So far it looks like Trump is in a position to order an investigation for some reason on every one of his potential opponents.


44 posted on 06/20/2017 2:33:01 PM PDT by kempster
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To: TheTimeOfMan

Sessions seems to be MIA lately. WHAT is he doing?????


45 posted on 06/20/2017 2:46:07 PM PDT by hsmomx3
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To: antonico
“That's what Mueller is - Obama’s protector. "


46 posted on 06/20/2017 2:57:44 PM PDT by clearcarbon
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To: lee martell

You’re UNHAPPY WITH TRUMP?

I think he’s doing a very good job.

What don’t you like?

It’s a free country :)


47 posted on 06/20/2017 3:00:17 PM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know that if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: lee martell

I probably should have added “New (non-globalist) Republican
LIKE TRUMP. I don’t know if Donald Trump will be the nominee in 2020. That’s too far away and the challenges to this white house are unprecedented, witch hunt or not. Therefore, I’m hoping to get someone very similar to Pres. Trump.


48 posted on 06/20/2017 3:08:30 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: snarkytart

“The novelty has worn off, and Holder has none of the fake charm he needs like Obama.”

yeah, doesn’t Holder have the charisma of, say, a Scott Walker or a Jeb Bush?


49 posted on 06/20/2017 3:08:39 PM PDT by catnipman ( Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Wow, 8 years of Trump...who would have thought?


50 posted on 06/20/2017 3:13:46 PM PDT by jughandle (Big words anger me, keep talking.)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

The guy should be in prison on multiple charges.


51 posted on 06/20/2017 3:18:10 PM PDT by Bullish (May as well just rename Hollywood---> Hypocrite city)
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To: Bullish
The guy should be in prison on multiple charges.

But he's not.

Say what you want about Eric Holder, the guy was a badass. It's a shame we don't have someone like him on our side, someone not afraid to tell the opposition to go piss up a rope.

Eric Holder would NEVER have recused himself and he would NEVER have appointed an independent counsel. He OWNED the Department of Justice. And Obama had his back.

But he can't run. He got too close to the banks he refused to prosecute, an unpardonable sin to the Bernie Sanders wing of the Democratic Party.

52 posted on 06/20/2017 3:25:22 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: Flick Lives

I have just three words for Eric Holder.

Gibson Guitar Raid.

A politically motivated SWAT raid by the Obama Admin.


Glad you brought that up!!!


53 posted on 06/20/2017 3:31:00 PM PDT by Freedom56v2 (Inside Every Liberal is a Totalitarian Screaming to Get Out - D. Horowitz)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Please, please, please let him run.


54 posted on 06/20/2017 3:52:51 PM PDT by Strac6 ("We sleep safe in our beds only because rough men stand ready to visit violence on the enemy.")
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To: DCBryan1
“Well...they already have the name, just have them change the date: "

With apologies to original


55 posted on 06/20/2017 4:07:53 PM PDT by clearcarbon
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To: Responsibility2nd
if life was fair, he'd be inspiring the cabbages...
56 posted on 06/20/2017 4:29:37 PM PDT by Chode (My job is not to represent the world. My job is to represent the United States of America-#45 DJT)
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To: hsmomx3
Sessions seems to be MIA lately. WHAT is he doing?????

He's out fighting the War On Drugs. In this case, even legal ones. Hate to say it, but I think he is going to be a dud.

"Attorney General Jeff Sessions recently submitted a letter asking certain members of Congress to remove federal protections that prevent the Department of Justice from cracking down on medical marijuana patients, cultivators and dispensaries that are in line with state laws."

http://www.newsweek.com/jeff-sessions-medical-marijuana-legal-pot-625072

57 posted on 06/20/2017 4:35:56 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Oh, please do, Eric Holder! I would like nothing more than to see him try and find out what the country really thinks of him. He must be listening to Obama!


58 posted on 06/20/2017 4:38:57 PM PDT by maxwellsmart_agent (.)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

I like it. All the re-tread Obama and Clinton shitheels should make runs and drain the funds of the minions of Satan that support their causes.


59 posted on 06/20/2017 4:41:40 PM PDT by VietVet876
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

for what racist liar in chief?


60 posted on 06/20/2017 4:41:54 PM PDT by aces (Islam is satans lies, ask Jesus)
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