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Joe Walsh: 'I'd rather have a socialist in the White House than a con man'
The Hill ^ | February 25, 2020 - 03:02 PM EST | JUSTINE COLEMAN

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.


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: jep; jepsteinwalsh; joebtfsplk; joewalsh; jokewalsh; nevertrump
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A good example of just how nuts or bought off TDS types are.
1 posted on 03/04/2020 5:09:58 AM PST by robowombat
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To: robowombat

We are blessed that the libs are so demonstrably stupid.
But we are cursed that the MSM is even more stupid.


2 posted on 03/04/2020 5:11:38 AM PST by Da Coyote
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To: robowombat

I thought he was comparing Bernie to Joe.


3 posted on 03/04/2020 5:12:57 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: robowombat

How can anyone call himself a Republican if he’d rather see a socialist in the White House than someone whose personality he simply doesn’t like? This is truly the mark of someone with arrested psychological development.


4 posted on 03/04/2020 5:13:10 AM PST by A_perfect_lady (The greatest wealth is to live content with little. -Plato)
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To: robowombat

“rather have a socialist in the White House than a con man.”


Once again, an accusation without any evidence. I could see someone saying this before 2016 but now, three years into his term President Trump has demonstrated his ability to perform the functions of President. So where is the “con”?

Then to state he would rather see a socialist as President, has this man not paid attention to world history. Please Joe, show me one nation that has prospered with a socialist government.


5 posted on 03/04/2020 5:15:17 AM PST by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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To: robowombat

Well Luckily Trump is neither

Go play ‘Funk #49’, Joe.


6 posted on 03/04/2020 5:15:45 AM PST by stanne
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To: robowombat

“...my Maserati does 185...How ya doin’?”


7 posted on 03/04/2020 5:17:33 AM PST by gr8eman (Stupid should hurt! Treason should hurt more!)
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To: robowombat

Wow - Joe Walsh calling some else a Con Man - this coming from a guy who owes money to everyone including back tuition payments at his kids Catholic School. Joe has been sued numerous times for not paying his bills. Look in the mirror Joe!


8 posted on 03/04/2020 5:20:03 AM PST by EC Washington
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This clown sounds like he never had a DL to lose.


9 posted on 03/04/2020 5:20:10 AM PST by Mouton (The media is the enemy of the people.)
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To: robowombat

‘I’d rather have a socialist in the White House than a con man


How about a socialist con man, Joe?


10 posted on 03/04/2020 5:20:32 AM PST by cuban leaf (The political war playing out in every country now: Globalists vs Nationalists)
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Yes Joe. I'm sure you think this is a valid or worthwhile sentiment.

But YOU don't get to choose who in habits the White House. WE do. As in...We The People.

11 posted on 03/04/2020 5:21:09 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (There is not a climate bedwetter who is not a total hypocrite.)
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To: A_perfect_lady

Why listen to a man who has lost touch with reality?


12 posted on 03/04/2020 5:24:11 AM PST by Destroyer Sailor (Revenge is a dish best served cold)
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To: robowombat

They’d have to be nuts to be bought off this time. Bernie’s both a Marxist AND con man, which is not unusual. Donald says what he’ll do and does what he says. Where was America “conned”? It’s been five years, and every heinous accusation they could dream up has been tried. So where’s the con? Put up or shut up.


13 posted on 03/04/2020 5:24:29 AM PST by Eleutheria5 ("SHUT UP!" he explained.)
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To: robowombat

No one cares what you think, want or do, Joe.

You’re no one.


14 posted on 03/04/2020 5:24:32 AM PST by chris37 (Impeach Chief Obama Injustice Roberts, a fraud, a clown and a tyrant!)
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To: robowombat

Joe Walsh, I have one retort...

“So What?”


15 posted on 03/04/2020 5:27:00 AM PST by ScottinVA (Prayers up for Rush Limbaugh...)
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To: robowombat

So he likes Bernie over Biden?


16 posted on 03/04/2020 5:27:31 AM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: robowombat

Which is why you never vote for rinos! They are just dems with R’s in front of their names. You will be betrayed over and over and are stuck with them for decades.


17 posted on 03/04/2020 5:27:48 AM PST by Lady Heron
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To: robowombat

Joe seems to be the kind of guy that will never admit he was wrong.


18 posted on 03/04/2020 5:28:37 AM PST by super7man (Madam Defarge, knitting, knitting, always knitting)
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To: A_perfect_lady

What about those who called themselves Conservative? They’re backing SLO Joe which goes to show they were Establishment over Citizens all along. Expanding the government used to be against doctrine With friends like them who needs enemies?


19 posted on 03/04/2020 5:31:47 AM PST by griswold3 (Democratic Socialism is Slavery by Mob Rule)
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To: robowombat

STFU Joek.


20 posted on 03/04/2020 5:32:35 AM PST by HighSierra5
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