Posted on 04/04/2019 11:49:03 AM PDT by GIdget2004
Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, one of President Trumps most devoted loyalists on Capitol Hill who represents the Florida Panhandle, has told GOP colleagues he is considering moving across the state line to run for the Senate in Alabama in 2020, several House lawmakers told The Hill.
Some of those discussions took place as recently as Thursday. The rumor had been bouncing around the Capitol for weeks but took a more serious turn in recent days when Gaetz began privately discussing the idea with fellow lawmakers.
Hes talking about running for Senate in Alabama. They have a one-day residency requirement there, said a GOP lawmaker who knows Gaetz well. POTUS [President of the United States] would probably endorse him.
Sources close to Gaetz, 36, said that "people in Trump's orbit" are personally encouraging the sophomore congressman to run for the Senate seat now held by freshman Sen. Doug Jones (D-Ala.). Those Trump allies are pointing to Alabamas liberal requirement that people can run for the Senate so long as they are 30 years old and have been a resident for a minimum of one day.
Gaetz would be pitted him against Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-Ala.) in the GOP primary. Byrne, 64, has been traversing the Yellowhammer State for nearly a year to meet with voters and officially launched his Senate bid in February.
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Hey, I thought this guy would make a great President ! It’s amazing how the political class of Republican Presidential aspirants turned out to be a total disaster. Witness George Allen, Mark Sanford, Sessions, et al.
I used to think prior political office should be a prerequisite to the highest offices. Now it appears they probably ought not have any and come straight out of the private sector as to not be tainted.
When the other poster said Sessions would easily coast to victory, especially when he’d have to answer for his willful negligence/incompetence (or perhaps blackmail) to the primary voters, I was just floored. I think THAT is precisely why he won’t ever run for office again. It’s a damn shame that he turned out such a fiasco. If he has a shred of dignity to restore his name in any way, especially if it was all due to blackmail or discovering the corruption running so deep and wide he couldn’t hope to begin to tackle it, he should write a book spelling out WHY his performance was abysmal and have it published upon his death.
As I said once before, Richard Baris has a friend who is close to Sessions. The guy couldn’t believe the difference in Senator Sessions/prosecutor Sessions and AG Sessions. Baris asked his friend what happened and he said he had no idea, but that it appeared “someone got to him.”
We know who it was, but what was it over ? Probably an affair or some such (unless it was a full-on Sen. Pat Geary-type setup).
There is no hammer.
I agree - the DOJ of a Republican administration will never jail top officials from the prior Democrat administration, even though they tried to do it to us, and badly deserve it - its just not in our nature.
That would be like - in a skunk vs. wildcat fight - expecting the wildcat to turn around and let loose with a stink bomb. Its not the way they evolved.
Our side (Trump) can and will win elections, but hell do it by outsmarting his prey - not by spraying it with fowl smelling oders.
I never expected Trump or any of his AGs to go down that road - and Im not at all disappointed he has failed to do so.
I know - two tier justice systems, a nation of laws, etc...
But look what he IS doing: maneuvering Democrats into embracing wildly unpopular positions, so that they cant win elections. Thats a far more permanent victory than attempting to jail your political opponents. Even if he succeeded - how long before they are fully pardoned and become heroes and martyrs for the Leftist cause?
Im perfectly happy with the way POTUS is approaching this fight - dont even try to lock them up - instead, marginalize them politically.
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