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The curious candidacy of William Weld
The Spectator ^ | 4/16/19 | Daniel McCarthy

Posted on 04/23/2019 9:29:54 AM PDT by OddLane

Good news for Team NeverTrump: they have their man — a declared 2020 primary challenger to Donald Trump, and it’s exactly the man they wanted, the former Republican governor of Massachusetts, a man who has graced a presidential ticket before, Mitt… Sorry, Willard… No, wait… Will…

William. As in William Weld. The other former Republican governor of Massachusetts who once had a spot on a national ticket, as the Libertarian party’s 2016 nominee for vice president. Romney has carpet-bagged his way to the US Senate, after all, a perch from which he can write Washington Post op-eds to show how woke he’s become. Romney was the racist, sexist Republican nominee known for ‘self-deportation’ and ‘binders full of women’ in 2012, but in January of this year, on the eve of his Senate swearing-in, he revealed that from now on he ‘will speak out against significant statements or actions that are divisive, racist, sexist, anti-immigrant, dishonest or destructive to democratic institutions.’

One might wonder why, if Romney thinks his party’s leader is guilty of all that — and if he thinks, as he must, that the rest of the party is craven for failing to denounce him — he bothers to keep the ‘R’ next to his name...

(Excerpt) Read more at spectator.us ...


TOPICS: Government; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: 2020gopprimary; billweld; bottomsup; chat; loser; massachusetts; spoiler; trump; trump2020; williamweld
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1 posted on 04/23/2019 9:29:54 AM PDT by OddLane
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To: OddLane

How much did the Dems pay him to do this?


2 posted on 04/23/2019 9:31:38 AM PDT by Innovative
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“How much did the Dems pay him to do this?”

He’s from Mass. It was his gift to the Democrats.


3 posted on 04/23/2019 9:33:09 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (How you can be exonerated if you committed no crime?)
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To: OddLane

The Lord loves the drinkin’ man...


4 posted on 04/23/2019 9:36:42 AM PDT by Jim Noble (Freedom is the freedom to say that 2+2 = 4)
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To: OddLane

Apparently Soros has money to burn.


5 posted on 04/23/2019 9:37:43 AM PDT by jospehm20
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To: OddLane

No thanks. He is no Republican. Throw him on the trash heap of failed RINOS: romney, dole, bush, mccain.


6 posted on 04/23/2019 9:38:52 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Lying Media: willing and eager allies of the hate-America left.)
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To: OddLane

Welds Libertarian co-candidate (Gary Johnson) did an interview with FoxNews during the campaign in which he made clear that we should have no border enforcement whatsoever. The interviewers couldn’t believe what they were hearing so they asked the question about 4 times in different ways in the expectation that there was some unseen nuance to his position but each time he answered the question very clearly saying that no he did not want any border enforcement at all.

The interview used to be on youtube. Don’t know if it’s still available or not.


7 posted on 04/23/2019 9:47:22 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: OddLane

After the Johnson-Weld Libertarian ticket no one trusts him. He’s just another name running for President, creating noise and no substance.


8 posted on 04/23/2019 9:47:51 AM PDT by Widget Jr
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To: OddLane
Well, the Dems have their skater boi candidate with Beto, we have our blond-haired surfer boy...


9 posted on 04/23/2019 9:47:53 AM PDT by Magnatron
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To: Magnatron

lol.


10 posted on 04/23/2019 9:48:55 AM PDT by OddLane
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To: OddLane

Trump should ignore him. The rest of us will.


11 posted on 04/23/2019 9:49:06 AM PDT by poinq
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To: OddLane
Weld has a lot of Bar Tabs to cover.
With campaign contributions coming in from Never Trumpers, he'll be able to write them off.

That's why he is “running”.

12 posted on 04/23/2019 9:53:54 AM PDT by CapnJack
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To: Brilliant
He's open borders
13 posted on 04/23/2019 9:55:08 AM PDT by OddLane
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To: Magnatron

Drunken, mentally ill, faggy, open borders losertarian.

Yeah, he’s a threat to President Trump. At least that’s what the voices in his head are telling him.

HaHaHaHaHa!


14 posted on 04/23/2019 10:00:17 AM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (President Trump is right! The media IS the enemy of the people!)
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To: OddLane
One might wonder why, ... he bothers to keep the ‘R’ next to his name...

Simple. He's a Mormon running in Utah where he's part of the [mostly conservative] tribe.

15 posted on 04/23/2019 10:01:07 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; 2ndDivisionVet; azishot; ...

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16 posted on 04/23/2019 10:03:27 AM PDT by bitt (The pain IS coming!!!)
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To: OddLane

President Trump


17 posted on 04/23/2019 10:04:22 AM PDT by TrumpisRight
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To: OddLane

Weld and all NeverTrumpers will never get my vote. I’m not a Republican anymore...I’m a NPA member.


18 posted on 04/23/2019 10:05:08 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation

“Drunken, mentally ill, faggy, open borders losertarian.”

But that description applies to at least 90% of the “repubicans” in public office today. I am not a Republican today, I am a Trumpian, and proudly so! I just hope that Trump has some loyal, dedicated folks working on the Election Map for 2020 and 2022. Some plan to rid the Congress of at least the most vulnerable of these feckless turds!


19 posted on 04/23/2019 10:09:06 AM PDT by vette6387
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To: Deplorable American1776

The national number of remaining NeverTrumpers would be hard pressed to beat Hellary’s turnout numbers! Meaning it might fill one bleacher in a middle school gym!


20 posted on 04/23/2019 10:10:11 AM PDT by Reily
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