Posted on 09/14/2018 2:49:06 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Conservative commentator and outspoken "Never Trump" critic Bill Kristol says he is building a "war machine" within the Republican party to challenge President Trump's 2020 reelection campaign, according to CNBC.
Kristol told the network that he's preparing "for a primary run against Trump," adding that Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) is on his shortlist of possible candidates.
Kasich was unsuccessful in his 2016 bid for the Republican presidential nomination, only managing to beat Trump in his home state.
Kristol also said Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) and outgoing Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) are also being considered.
“We are thinking of and doing preliminary work to prepare for a primary run against Trump,” Kristol told CNBC on Thursday. “People aren’t going to say they will run against Trump unless they have the infrastructure, but I’ve been trying to persuade people that it may not be that difficult.”
Kristol, who has called Trump "disgraceful" and "buffoonish," is the editor at large and founder of conservative magazine, The Weekly Standard. Kristol also serves as director of the nonprofit organization, Defending Democracy Together.
In a statement to CNBC, Sasse's spokesman did not deny that the senator has spoken to Kristol.
"I'm not going to comment on what other people decide to bring up in their personal conversations with the senator, but — like we've said for a long time — Ben doesn't pay any attention to the 2020 Washington rumor mill," said spokesman James Wegmann.
The Hill has reached out Kasich and Flake for comment.
He's not a good fit for either because of his "independent" history. He couldn't beat a 90% approval rating on the R side, and the wackos on the left would view him as a Republican still.
Kristol has got to be a paid some kind of paid deep-state puppet. Nobody reads him, nobody listens to him, nobody cares about him - yet there he is, with his highly-inflated sense of his own importance, constantly in the media.
Thanks Bill. I needed a good laugh today. Bill, I doubt that you can even manage to wipe your butt properly, yet alone campaign against President Trump.
Your statement correct
Bring it on, one-eyed willy.
He does not live in “the muck at the bottom of a pond.” He lives in the muck at the bottom of a septic tank.
The Day of the Spineless RINO is OVER, Kristol.
It’s OUR party now. And you’re not invited.
I wonder how Bloomberg, who has announced for 2020, would have done against Trump in 2016?
Why?
What are the reasons?
Hi get’m, big boy! Show the Republicans what you’re made of, big boy!
LOL.
Jonah Goldberg seemed to be suggesting this week that Ben Sasse will run.
Auto correct strikes again!!!
What is Kristols beef? Doesn’t he like Conservative projects getting done? Or is he one of the closet Democrats?
Don’t try to understand CraCra!
Oh, please...Kristol is one of those media dinosaurs who just won’t go away.
Well I think that he got to bring out egg McMuffin again. That’s a winner.
Don’t forget Kasich’s ultra-porn parties at Gary Condit’s Pleasure Palace!
Hahahahah!
To the dustbin of history with them!
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