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Trump Reportedly Wants To Unseat Alabama GOP Gov. Ivey Over Canceled Rally
News.yahoo.com ^ | 11/21/21 | Mary Papenfuss

Posted on 11/22/2021 2:44:12 AM PST by cotton1706

A vengeful Donald Trump wants to drive Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) from office because a July rally he wanted to hold at a memorial park in her state was canceled, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Trump has reportedly reached out to a former ambassador in his administration, Lynda Blanchard, and promised her his endorsement if she drops her bid for U.S. Senate and runs instead against Ivey.

The former president was planning to hold a rally at the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park in Mobile, Alabama, on July 3, but its permit was denied shortly beforehand.

Once officials learned that Trump would be the keynote speaker at the rally, they informed organizers that it violated a ban on partisan events at the park.

“It became apparent that it was going to be a partisan political event, rather than just a patriotic event planned for that evening,” Park Commission Chairman Bill Tunnell said at the time.

Park commissioners are appointed by the governor but an Ivey aide told the Journal that the governor had nothing to do with the decision.

About half of the 16 Republican governors up for reelection next year face primary challenges from opponents endorsed or inspired by Trump, the Journal noted.

Trump has met with ex-Ambassador Lynda Blanchard & discussed a possible endorsement if she abandoned her Senate campaign—and instead challenged Alabama governor, Kay Ivey.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections; US: Alabama
KEYWORDS: elections
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1 posted on 11/22/2021 2:44:12 AM PST by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

Good plan!


2 posted on 11/22/2021 2:44:39 AM PST by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

BRAVO! When patriotism is labeled partisan and events are cancelled the wrong people are in charge.


3 posted on 11/22/2021 2:57:35 AM PST by Louis Foxwell (This is what you get when you put criminals in charge.)
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To: cotton1706

She needs to get the boot.


4 posted on 11/22/2021 3:09:17 AM PST by Smellin Salt
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To: cotton1706

It’s from the WSJ and yahoo? Then by golly of course it’s true!!!


5 posted on 11/22/2021 3:13:53 AM PST by Prince of Space ( Let’s go, Brandon! )
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To: cotton1706

Let’s go Ivey!


6 posted on 11/22/2021 3:14:28 AM PST by razzle9251
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To: cotton1706

I’m sure it’s more than just the cancelled rally that prompted Trump’s action.

RINOism is an ongoing pattern, not a single event.


7 posted on 11/22/2021 3:14:40 AM PST by Fresh Wind (You are not a horse, you are not a cow. Seriously, y'all. Stop it.)
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To: Louis Foxwell

Agreed. She needs to go. She is yet another RINO.


8 posted on 11/22/2021 3:26:24 AM PST by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: cotton1706

Yeeehawww..down with the hair sniffing dribbler

https://rumble.com/vpl7jb-only-one-brain-cell-left.html


9 posted on 11/22/2021 3:54:10 AM PST by aces (and )
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To: cotton1706

Let’s go Poison Ivey!


10 posted on 11/22/2021 4:02:04 AM PST by Theophilus (Coercion Is Not Consent)
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To: cotton1706

Not too sure about Lynda Blanchard


11 posted on 11/22/2021 4:05:24 AM PST by Theophilus (Coercion Is Not Consent)
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To: cotton1706

Can anyone think of a legitimate reason for the Governor to cancel the rally? Or for her to let some bureaucrat cancel it? Was it “covid?” That’s *not* a legitimate reason! Did Antifa and BLM threaten a bombing or massacre? Still no reason to cancel the rally. Rittenhouses are more than capable of stopping communist terrorists dead in their tracks!


12 posted on 11/22/2021 4:07:53 AM PST by Big Brother Go to Hell
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To: cotton1706

Sweet home.


13 posted on 11/22/2021 4:13:59 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: cotton1706

Meemaw needs to go. Jim Zeigler, of block the tolls fame, has the most momentum.


14 posted on 11/22/2021 5:24:59 AM PST by Mister Da (The mark of a wise man is not what he knows, but what he knows he doesn't know!)
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To: cotton1706

She needs to go. She doesn’t belong in public office.


15 posted on 11/22/2021 5:49:02 AM PST by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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“Meemaw”

That’s gold, Mister Da! Gold!


16 posted on 11/22/2021 5:59:17 AM PST by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

I fully support as a citizen and resident of Alabama.


17 posted on 11/22/2021 6:14:39 AM PST by Mathews (It's all gravy, baby!)
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To: cotton1706

We’ve been calling here that for years.


18 posted on 11/22/2021 6:15:39 AM PST by Mathews (It's all gravy, baby!)
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To: cotton1706

Not my nickname. Meemaw is what she is called by many Alabamians, mostly conservatives.


19 posted on 11/22/2021 6:19:18 AM PST by Mister Da (The mark of a wise man is not what he knows, but what he knows he doesn't know!)
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To: Mister Da

That’s hilarious!


20 posted on 11/22/2021 6:21:56 AM PST by cotton1706
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