Posted on 03/04/2020 5:09:58 AM PST by robowombat
February 25, 2020 - 03:02 PM EST Joe Walsh: 'I'd rather have a socialist in the White House than a con man'
BY JUSTINE COLEMAN
Former presidential candidate Joe Walsh criticized fellow Republicans who labeled themselves as "never Trump" for considering a vote for President Trump if Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is the Democratic 2020 nominee.
Walsh, a former Illinois congressman, wrote in a Washington Post op-ed Tuesday that he'd "rather have a socialist in the White House than a con man."
He went on to chide his fellow "never Trump" party members for what he sees as their wavering stances.
"Some of my Republican and ex-Republican brethren have started implying that what never-Trump actually meant was something more like: fingers-crossed-I-really-really-hope-not-Trump-but-I-guess-sometimes-Trump if Democrats wind up nominating a self-described democratic socialist," he wrote. "But that's not how this works."
But Walsh, who attempted to take on Trump in the Republican primary, said he sympathizes with those who do not want Sanders to be in the White House, with a personal caveat.
"If it were up to me, Sanders isn't the guy I'd put in charge," he wrote. "But when I finally came around to saying, 'never Trump,' I meant it."
Walsh, however, said those who designated themselves as "never Trump" should "suck it up and support his Democratic opponent, no matter who that is," promising to campaign for Sanders if he is the nominee.
"Lots of politicians stink, and people hold their noses and vote for them, anyway," he wrote. "But if you've already gone on record as a never-Trumper, and now you're saying that you'll vote for Trump because you don't like the alternative, you're not holding your nose, you're inhaling deeply."
The former congressman dropped out of the presidential race against Trump earlier this month after receiving only 1 percent of the vote in the Iowa caucuses.
Concerns surrounding Sanders, who is a self-described democratic socialist, have surfaced in recent weeks as the Vermont progressive has become the front-runner in the race to win Democratic presidential nomination. Sanders currently has 45 delegates after winning Nevada and New Hampshire and coming in second in Iowa by an extremely thin margin.
Lawmakers on both sides took issue with Sanders's comments regarding the late Cuban leader Fidel Castro when he said on "60 Minutes" that "it's unfair to simply say everything is bad" about Castro.
EXPOSED
It’s never about the country it’s only about them what THEY want
The ConMan was Obama U POS
You know slow Joe’s running mate?
But Bernie is a socialist con man. Is he better than Joe, the senile con man?
A socialust is the biggest con man of them all.
come on Joe...socialism IS the great con...a 19th century one at that
Aren’t all socialists con men?
That is how socialism is sold
Its so well it worked great in the countries that have tried for a while, everything is free, nobody has to work, quality of life goes up
Its all a big giant con, so electing a socialist is electing a con man
But Orange Man bad.......
And I’d rather have President Trump who gives to the people than a Communist who wants to take from the people. A Republican this man is not; he hates us.
Any person that could vote for a socialist is not a person I would my countryman. It’s a hard line for me.
*would call
Some people look stupid, but why open your mouth and prove everyone right...this nut job should be put in quarantine….
I really like his guitar playing...
I with Joe Walsh would drink some Draino.
Keep the steel balls away from this lunatic..
Um, the socialist in this case IS a conman.
I wish Joe Walsh would drink some Draino.
musicians.....what DON’T they know
A Socialist is by Definition a CON MAN, Promise the moon and everything under the Sun to everyone.
I wonder if this is not an extreme case of projection. What has Walsh been up to?
The “libs” are radicals, arrogant, intolerant, zealots. Some are really stupid; but as time goes on, I am seeing they are more evil than stupid.
There is no difference between them and the MSM, only the latter has access to a megaphone.
This dummy’s career is over. Can’t go back to talk radio. Can’t get elected dog catcher. Not interesting or personable enough to get a lefty news spot as a “principled conservative”.
Way to shoot yourself in BOTH feet...
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