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In Indiana, U.S. Senate Candidates Compete To Out-Trump Each Other
The Federalist ^ | October 18, 2018 | John Daniel Davidson

Posted on 10/18/2018 12:45:33 PM PDT by detective

The Indiana Senate race is one of the closest midterm elections in the country, and like the other close races, it’s been nationalized. Instead of a contest between two distinct candidates from opposing parties, the election has become a referendum of sorts on President Trump’s first two years in office.

But this is Indiana, so it’s a strange, non-binary kind of referendum. Trump carried the state by 19 points and remains hugely popular here. Strange as it might be to see a Democrat in 2018 bragging about being aligned with Trump, that’s exactly what Democratic incumbent Sen. Joe Donnelly is doing.

One Donnelly campaign ad boasts that he voted with Trump’s party “62 percent of the time,” and another recent ad slams “the radical left” for trying to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement, slams “socialists” for supporting government-run health care, calls for funding Trump’s border wall, and closes with Donnelly quoting Ronald Reagan. This is what the Resistance amounts to in Indiana.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Indiana
KEYWORDS: donnelly; senate; trump
The Republicans need President Trump to make a TV ad endorsing his opponent. She the clips of Donnelly bragging about how he supports Trump and then show President Trump slamming him as phony, a liar and a backstabbing, two faced slime ball who can not be counted on to support him and who Trump does not trust.

Play the OJ's song "The backstabbers" in the ad.

They smile in your face.

Then have Trump end it by saying, "we have too many phony, two faced politicians in Washington. That is what is wrong with our great country. We need to get rid of this slime ball."

1 posted on 10/18/2018 12:45:33 PM PDT by detective
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To: detective

I hate to beat a dead horse but Donnelly should have never even made it to the Senate. He’s there courtesy of a GOP candidate named Richard Mourdock who forgot to engage his mouth and brain at the same time.


2 posted on 10/18/2018 12:47:37 PM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: detective
Claire McCaskill has an ad running in Missouri that shows her seated near President Trump, and saying that she can work with him.

We know that's a lie!

3 posted on 10/18/2018 12:50:25 PM PDT by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: detective

If Donnelly wins, will he be voting for the Turtle for Majority leader? I don’t think so...

As long as Donnelly yields a Schuuuuumer, Braun is the way to go.

Donnelly might be 62% Trump, but that other 38% includes putting Shuuuuumer into power, and all that goes with that.


4 posted on 10/18/2018 12:52:55 PM PDT by C210N (Republicans sign check fronts; 'Rats sign check backs.)
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To: detective

Well that explains His polling, he’s pretending to be a republican.... but I highly doubt he’s surviving....


5 posted on 10/18/2018 12:56:22 PM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: detective

Article fails to mention he voted against Kavanaugh for some reason. That’s the critical and final nail in his political coffin. He’s gone.


6 posted on 10/18/2018 1:03:48 PM PDT by Hound46804
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To: detective

I love the smell of desperation in the morning.


7 posted on 10/18/2018 1:15:52 PM PDT by Fledermaus (Republicans - GROW A PAIR)
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To: detective

I believe VP Pence already has an anti-Donnelly ad up.


8 posted on 10/18/2018 1:20:39 PM PDT by HombreSecreto (The new Oldsmobiles are in early this year)
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It is only 62% for “Trump” when on votes where it does not matter and he has a pass from Chucky to pad his voting record.


9 posted on 10/18/2018 1:22:23 PM PDT by rigelkentaurus
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Funny ... I don’t recall Sen Donnelly voting yes for Kavanagh ... hmmm... Because he didn’t. Another fake “moderate.”


10 posted on 10/18/2018 1:34:58 PM PDT by CWW (Pray for God's Protection!)
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To: Repealthe17thAmendment

The dual Veritas videos are shaking Mother McCaskill all the way down to her orthopedic shoes. She’s threatening lawsuits. Demanding AG Hawley appoint a special prosecutor. She is becoming unhinged.


11 posted on 10/18/2018 1:36:36 PM PDT by donozark (There are no flamingos in Venezuela.)
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POTUS: “A vote for a[ny] Democrat Senator is a vote for Schumer.”


12 posted on 10/18/2018 3:15:42 PM PDT by Taxman (We will never be a truly free people so long as we have the income tax and the IRS.)
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To: detective

How has he voted on Judges? That’s the most important indicator.(Not that I’d ever vote for a RAT)!


13 posted on 10/18/2018 4:04:00 PM PDT by Nateman (If the left is not screaming, you are doing it wrong.)
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Donnelly voted against Kavanaugh. When it counts, he’ll side with Chuck Schumer over President Trump every time. I hope Hoosiers can see through his BS in the end.


14 posted on 10/18/2018 8:39:19 PM PDT by FLT-bird
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