Posted on 04/15/2019 2:31:52 PM PDT by Coronal
Former Massachusetts Gov. William Bill Weld announced Monday he is running against President Trump for the Republican nomination for president.
Weld revealed that he formed a presidential exploratory committee back in February, but Mondays announcement makes his intra-party challenge official.
In these times of great political strife, when both major parties are entrenched in their win at all cost battles, the voices of the American people are being ignored and our nation is suffering, Weld said in a statement provided to the Washington Examiner. It is time to return to the principles of Lincoln equality, dignity, and opportunity for all."
He added: "There is no greater cause on earth than to preserve what truly makes America great."
Weld, 73, is the first major Republican challenger to Trumps presidency. He was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to serve as a U.S. attorney and served in that role from 1981 to 1986. Weld served for the following two years as the U.S. assistant attorney general for the criminal division under Reagan.
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I'm in! #Weld2020 https://t.co/XARRN08rUb— Gov. Bill Weld (@GovBillWeld) April 15, 2019
No one cares. https://t.co/4ETGMMbc4w— Kennedy (@KennedyNation) April 15, 2019
Or “gelded weld”!
The vote harvesters may make the difference in some states...
Just worried about the Dem crossovers in open primary states making the difference in close races between Trump and Weld.
Oh...ok.
Slick Willie Weld: Clintonista Communist Derp Stater.
(Or, he might be saying something about AOC's cow noises - "Smelled like Weld".)
He’ll get more money from democrats than from republicans.
“This means debates featuring Trump”
not necessarily. Trump could easily ignore Weld and any other gnats that might “announce” they’re running; however, Trump MIGHT want the free publicity ... his choice one way or the other ....
Well he does have Bubba’s nose. That should score points with the Clinton base.
Bill Weld, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez without the smarts...
I really don’t think that Democrats will cross over in the primaries to vote for Weld or any other Republican primary challenger leading up to the 2020 election, because they will be more focused on the Democrat primary candidates.
ESAD Bill Weld
Well the Dems will have at least a dozen or more...how many drop out before the primaries I don’t know...
Some might, just to screw with Trump. If he’s going to be reelected, the Republicans will have to unite behind him as tightly as possible. Weld will likely make that more difficult.
Weld won’t even get 1% of the vote, even Never Trumpers can’t stand the guy.
Trump could run a parody political commercial....”Gone with the Weld”....”As God as my witness, I swear I’ll never vote stupid again....”(cue soaring strings and “THE END” credit)
The elitist jerk is running to split the vote and be a spoiler, just as Ross Perot did to H.W. Bush. He’ll attract the Never Trump Republican votes and could be a serious problem to DJT’s re-election. Hopefully the Trump base will go to the polls in sufficient numbers to keep this a-hole in MA, where he belongs.
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