Posted on 07/17/2017 1:11:29 PM PDT by servo1969
Full title: "BREAKING: Kid Rock Officially Announces His 2018 Run For Senate"
Kid Rock sent out a tweet to his followers on Monday with an image attached saying, "I Believe if you work your butt off and pay your taxes, you should be able to easily understand and navigate the laws, tax codes, health care and anything else the government puts in place that affects us all."
https://t.co/RRVgISDFeq pic.twitter.com/zPDlqeHzJl
-- Kid Rock (@KidRock) July 17, 2017
TGP reported that Kid Rock would potentially be running for Michigan Senate back in February.
Elizabeth Warren seems nervous over Kid Rock's Senate run as she was already attacking the singer before he officially announced his run just a few days ago when she said the following:
"I know a lot of people are thinking: this is some sort of joke, right?" Warren wrote in an email blast with the subject line "Senator Kid Rock (R-MI)."
"Well," she said, "maybe this is all a joke -- but we all thought Donald Trump was joking when he rode down the escalator at Trump Tower and announced his campaign, too.
"And sure, maybe this is just a marketing gimmick for a new album or tour -- but we all thought Donald Trump was just promoting his reality TV show, too," she added.
On July 12th, the rocker teased his Twitter followers about his potential plans to run for Senate in Michigan.
I have had a ton of emails and texts asking me if this website is real... https://t.co/RRVgISDFeq The answer is an absolute YES. pic.twitter.com/uYCUg6mjW1
-- Kid Rock (@KidRock) July 12, 2017
Many believed the 'announcement' was fake, prompting Kid Rock to post the following note on his website:
Once again the press is wrong. First of all, I've got 15 days from my announcement to file paperwork with the FEC! Second, I'm not signed to Warner Bros!!! - which simple fact-checking would have revealed. I have recently worked out a unique deal with BMG, Broken Bow, CAA and Live Nation to release music ON MY TERMS. Like politicians write books during their campaigns, I'm planning on putting out music during mine and IT ALL STARTS TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT. It's not a hoax, it's a strategy and marketing 101! No plans for an album or anything else that has been the usual norm in the music business OR politics.....and....
Senator Stabenow and I do share a love of music, although probably not the same kind. I concede she is better at playing politics than I am so I'll keep doing what I do best, which is being a voice for tax paying, hardworking AMERICANS and letting politicians like her know that We the People are sick and tired of their bullshit.
"I am the captain now." #fakenews #kidrockforsenate #kidrock #podunk #greatestshowonearth
Oh crap. He’ll lose the purist Freepers.
LOL!
She got booted off FR more than once during the primaries for failing to understand that President Trump is Neo...
Not giving a damn who we elect so long as they have an R behind their name is what has given us the McConnells and McCains, and Grahams, and Flakes of the world. That may be fine with you. It isn't for me.
I’ll take him over Stabenow 366 days of the year.
If that were the only choice. But wouldn't it be better to vote for a conservative?
You need to be pro-abortion, pro-legalize drugs, and pro-gay marriage to win an election? Should the GOP change its platform so they agree with the Dems on those issues?
Stabmenow vs KidRock. <<
Well, good thing for him primary elections are so passé now so GOP voters are forced to have a pro-abortion nominee the instant Kid announces he's running.
Abortion is pretty far down the bottom of the list of issues I lose sleep over. For that matter, so is gay marriage. Legalize drugs? Sure. Why not. The alternative has been a dismal failure.
As far as platforms are concerned, one is either in board with President Trump or they are establishment. Kid Rock is on the same team as I am.
Interesting thing about that, Justin Amash remains one of the most outspoken NeverTrumper Republican in Congress today, and I have yet to see the "anti-establishment Tea Party" groups turn against him. Last time a decent conservative tried to challenge him, they rallied behind loose cannon Amash and screamed "GOPE!! GOPE!! GOPE!!" at any Republican who questioned Amash's habit of voting with Nancy Pelosi for "constitutional" reasons.
Who else is running? I want someone who can win.
Priority ONE is to take out Stabenow.
Lena Epstein, who ran Trump's campaign in Michigan. John Young, retired state Supreme Court justice. A businessman named John James. And Rock.
I want someone who can win.
I would like to see a conservative in the seat. Voting for anyone just because they have an R behind their name on the ballot is what has gotten us prizes like McConnell and McCain and Collins and Graham.
Stabenow has got to go.
ANY Republican would help with SCOTUS.
No disagreement there.
ANY Republican would help with SCOTUS.
True. But a conservative Republican could help in other legislative areas as well.
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