Posted on 08/12/2019 1:29:04 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
DES MOINES — Democratic presidential candidates descended on Iowa in a flurry of activity this weekend, attending the annual Wing Ding dinner and speaking at the Iowa State Fair, meeting as many voters as they could and kicking off the primary season in earnest. Top-tier candidates like Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders attracted huge crowds who followed their every move as they ate corn dogs and looked at the cow made of butter. And then, more quietly, there was Bill Weld.
Weld, the former governor of Massachusetts, arrived at the fair Sunday morning as a drizzly rain started to pick up. In 2016, Weld ran on the Libertarian presidential ticket as Gary Johnson’s running mate. This time, Weld is mounting a primary challenge to President Donald Trump as a Republican. Weld is the quintessential never-Trump Republican; he believes, essentially, that the Republican Party has been hijacked by Trump and twisted beyond recognition, and that with the right candidate and some momentum, everything could go back to normal. “Patrician” is a word that has often been applied to Weld. During a gaggle after his speech at the Des Moines Register Political Soapbox, a reporter asked what he planned to eat at the fair; I expected Weld to mention Iowa State Fair staples like pork chops on a stick or corn dogs, but instead he said that he generally wanted to eat “something fried,” and asked if the fair had fried dough.
Other Republicans’ names came up early this year as possible primary contenders to Trump in 2020, centrist moderates like Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and former Ohio governor John Kasich. But only Weld has actually gone through with it. He represents a different time, a different era of his party....
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Bring me an actual, proven CONSERVATIVE as a GOP primary contender in 2020 — one who sticks up for America and isn’t afraid to both stand up to other countries’ unfair trade practices (like Trump is sometimes doing) and cut actual SPENDING along with taxes — and I’ll be willing to vote for him.
As for Bill Weld, he can go bunk up with George Will after he loses.
Indeed, I am Trump 2020 all the way and no one else is even under consideration
End of Story
100American
Here's some fried dough in various concoctions you'll find at the county fairs.
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