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Scarborough: Independent conservative candidate will announce presidential bid
The Hill ^ | August 8, 2016 | Jesse Byrnes

Posted on 08/08/2016 5:27:54 AM PDT by kevcol

MSNBC host Joe Scarborough said Monday that an independent conservative candidate on Monday will announce a challenge to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

"It does appear that there is going to be a well-funded independent candidate," Scarborough said on "Morning Joe," without providing a name.

Scarborough, a former GOP congressman from Florida, said the candidate would aim to get on 20 to 30 state ballots.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016election; cfr; cia; evanmcmullin; goldmansachs; gop; mcmullin; mormons; nevertrump; refugeeresettlement; refugees; scarborough; trump; unitednations
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To: kevcol
No matter who it is, a vote for him is a vote for Hillary.

21 posted on 08/08/2016 5:45:27 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: Pinkbell
If this is true, the election is over

Not only that. If this is true, the nation is over. Let the dems have the whole damn mess. It'll be like the EU, where at this point the only survival is what will emerge whole enough to persevere after the collapse.

22 posted on 08/08/2016 5:45:31 AM PDT by grania
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To: All

We now have a statement from this McMullin from ABC News. It sounds true:

https://twitter.com/search?q=evan+mcmullin&ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Esearch


23 posted on 08/08/2016 5:45:57 AM PDT by Pinkbell (Liberal tolerance only extends to people they agree with.)
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To: kevcol

This supposed independent candidate, regardless of who it is, is really a nothing.

Trump is a movement, rolling along as unstoppable as a bull dozer. He will get elected, the public is just sick of all this PC leftwing BS ever since the first Clinton era. The public is fully aware that a RINO in an independents clothing is still a RINO. This ploy will just make the Trumpsters even more determined to get the country back.

Further, this independent could draw just as many Hillary voters away as Trump voters, especially when you consider how burned the Bernie supporters feel.


24 posted on 08/08/2016 5:46:07 AM PDT by redfreedom
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To: Pinkbell

At best, because of the various rules to get listed in each state, unless he has tons of money....I don’t see getting on more than five to ten states max. Without advertising, the most that this can take across the US in votes is maybe 200,000 votes. Amusing, at best.


25 posted on 08/08/2016 5:47:14 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: kevcol

Can’t let the voters have their way. Elites must get the message out for next time “support who we say or else - voters will never win so don’t even try”.


26 posted on 08/08/2016 5:47:35 AM PDT by LostPassword
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To: NTHockey
Has one now: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_McMullin
27 posted on 08/08/2016 5:47:44 AM PDT by ScaniaBoy (Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
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To: cba123

Heavens no. Early on, covering Trump was only as a novelty, the excitement, for ratings, which apparently MSNBC has a hard time getting.

They NEVER anticipated him actually becoming the nominee.


28 posted on 08/08/2016 5:48:46 AM PDT by americas.best.days... ( I think we can now say that they are behind us.)
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To: kevcol

BS. Ballot access is governed by laws, deadlines have passed.


29 posted on 08/08/2016 5:48:55 AM PDT by Ray76 (The evil effect of Obergefell is to deprive the people of rule of law & subject us to tyranny!)
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To: Pinkbell

McMullin is an absolute nobody and will draw as many votes as Gary Johnson or Jill Stein.

I just cannot see why anyone is getting bothered over this jerk.


30 posted on 08/08/2016 5:49:39 AM PDT by redfreedom
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To: kevcol

The Cheap Labor Express will do whatever it takes to prevent the citizens from stopping the illegal alien inundation.


31 posted on 08/08/2016 5:50:13 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam , Know Peace)
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To: Pinkbell

LOL, he is Goldman-Sachs.


32 posted on 08/08/2016 5:50:23 AM PDT by dforest
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To: redfreedom

I completely agree.

There is a (very large) section of “Democrats” who are supporting Trump. Trump is very popular with a whole huge section of America which NEITHER PARTY has been supporting for one entire generation.

He is leading a real movement.

There are people who still want to keep things just as they are. Those people have sold our infrastructure to China, for a kick-back. They are not for America. They are for themselves.

Screw ‘em. They need to be replaced.

America needs to be strong again.

Trump is the first politician, in over one entire generation, who is for AMERICA.


33 posted on 08/08/2016 5:50:31 AM PDT by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
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To: kevcol
that an independent conservative Clinton funded candidate on Monday will announce a challenge to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
34 posted on 08/08/2016 5:52:25 AM PDT by showme_the_Glory ((ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government))
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To: kevcol

BWAHAHAHA


35 posted on 08/08/2016 5:53:07 AM PDT by Nifster (Ignore all polls. Get Out The Vote)
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To: Democrat_media

Cruz vs Pence in 4 years for the nomination?

Pence in a walk


36 posted on 08/08/2016 5:54:58 AM PDT by Lib-Lickers 2
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To: kevcol

” independent” and “ well funded” are mutually exclusive concepts


37 posted on 08/08/2016 5:56:07 AM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: kevcol
The deadline for independent candidates per state signature submission requirements has already passed in 27 states:

AR DE FL GA IL IN KS MA MD ME MI MO NB NV NJ NM NY NC OK PA SC SD TX VT WA WV WI
Besides the glaring and laughable lack of any path to victory, access to ballots are already completely closed in 5 states:

DE MI NJ SD WV

And additionally closing in 10 states before the end of August:

LA MI MS MO MT NV OH [<-on Wed.] OR TX VA

38 posted on 08/08/2016 5:56:46 AM PDT by StAnDeliver (PS - Vote Trump. Vote Coal.)
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To: Lib-Lickers 2

From twitter:

Simon Maloy
@SimonMaloy
20 min
states where, as of now, Evan McMullin won’t be on the official ballot: TX, NC, IL, NM, IN, NV, GA, DE, SC, OK, FL, MI, WA, MO, NJ, AR...


39 posted on 08/08/2016 5:57:10 AM PDT by ScaniaBoy (Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
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To: kevcol

Lets see, last week it was Trump is pulling out. This week its (again) a conservative is going to get into the race.

I give it another month and they will pull this same crap out of the bag again. How many times have we heard this now?


40 posted on 08/08/2016 5:59:22 AM PDT by crz
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