Posted on 06/22/2023 6:42:10 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
Former National Security Adviser and U.N. Ambassador John Bolton told Newsmax on Wednesday that he hasn't made a decision yet about whether to enter the race for the Republican nomination, but he believes the Republican Party should focus on someone other than his former boss, Donald Trump.
"I think it's very important that the Republican Party move beyond Donald Trump," Bolton said while appearing on "John Bachman Now." "History is going to take us beyond Trump one way or the other. If we make him our nominee, we will lose the 2024 election. We could lose both Houses of Congress, and we could lose control of the Supreme Court if the Democrat is elected and and fills any vacancies that occur.
"The stakes are too high here," he added. "We don't need Trump's baggage, and I want to see if other contenders for the nomination make that point effectively. And I also want to see that they raise issues to the level they should be in this campaign."
Regarding the criminal charges against former President Trump over his alleged handling of classified documents found at his Florida residence, Bolton said, "I think the most important thing that could happen, if it were possible, would be to ask every American to read the indictment against Trump. Read all 40-plus pages. If I or any other executive- branch officials were charged with the things that he has done in there, I think we probably would be in jail already."
Bolton continued that the former president "is entitled to the presumption of innocence. He is entitled to all due process at trial, and the prosecution has to prove those allegations beyond a reasonable doubt. That's a very heavy burden,
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The ruling class finds the necessity of acquiring the consent of the governed to be such a bother.
Here is an idea, Mr Grumpy, Give him 4 more years then get over it! STFU
Bolton is a NEOCON TRAITOR, and one of the many who helped create any baggage Trump may have! He’s probably one of the main players in the cabal to hurt Trump, and in so doing, this Country!
Too bad this DB didn’t have an accident. I’d be so sad to see something happen to him.
Trump’s baggage seems to be mostly stuff leftists made up.
I don’t need a lecture from traitors like him
I wuz talking to JB. I used to like that SOB because he didn’t take crap from anyone. Then one day as if a switch was flipped, he became a cuck.
I know this will not be popular and I get it for the reasons you stated, but at this moment in time, DeSantis is the most viable candidate we have. Sorry to offer a reality check, but Trump is un-electable, he will not get votes from all the people he drew in when he ran the first time.
“What happened to you?
We don’t need a deep state finger puppet like you either.”
I can answer that. What happened is cultism. And it has made similar cultists here into propagandists .... who, whether they know it or not, are doing the dirty work of the leftists by bashing, demonizing and attempting to destroy DeSantis.
Says the long time Scrotum BAG Sack insider.
I used to like him. Then overnight he became a POS.
Mr. Bolton, are you a smart man?
Yes.
Mr. Bolton, do you remember things well.
I believe so.
Here is a declassified summary of document X. Take a look at it. Does that rings bells?
Yes.
Could you elaborate?
Not in front of uncleared people without the need to know.
Do you think Trump could elaborate?
I don’t see why he can’t remember too.
Do you think the declassified summary provides sufficient information for defense purposes?
Why yes, lock him up, toss away the key. How dare he insist on having documentary proof that justified his actions. You’d think there are people out to get him just because he got in the way of leftists for four years.
Article II, Section II provides that: “The President...may require the opinion, in writing,of the principal officer in each of the executive departments, upon any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices”
Why Presidents might need to retain documents of every type (quote):
“The depths of his dishonesty is just astounding to me. The dishonesty, the transactional nature of every relationship, though it’s more pathetic than anything else. He is the most flawed person I have ever met in my life.”
Former White House chief of staff, retired Marine Gen. John Kelly
“he constantly engages in reckless conduct that puts his political followers at risk and the conservative and Republican agenda at risk.”
William Barr, Trump’s former Attorney General
Go support the pedo party if you don’t like it.
“Bolton is a war hawk. He wants to go to war with everyone over anything. Trump called him out as a war hawk. Bolton hates that, so he is waging war on Trump. War hawk.”
Bolton is a war-mongering globalist hack. And it’s obvious ‘why’ he is demonizing Trump... Trump being anti-war and anti-US decades-long involvement in s-holes like Afghanistan (the DS RINOs’ version of Ukraine re: their MIC money laundering scheme).
The real problem is that Trump lives in their Heads ,LOL
Do yourself a big favor bigfreak, and stay away from the political consulting biz.
That's funny. I became an ardent Trump supporter when I decided we don't need the baggage of John Bolton and the bucket full of @ssholes he represented as a Beltway hack.
Weapons down people, lets not frag each other. We have enough problems.
“And sadly, you are allowing yourself to be manipulated by the Globalist / GOP-E propaganda being regularly spewed by the DeSantis Online Influencers.”
Just as....sadly.... you’re allowing yourself to be manipulated by the Globalist/Leftist propaganda machine that is regularly spewed by Trump Online Influencers. Hint: The DS leftists are bashing both candidates because they’re using divide and conquer tactics. They’re playin ya, IOW. And you’re falling for it.
It’s not an either/or deal, or it shouldn’t be. Yet that is exactly what you’re making it into... while the left gleefully applauds your complicity in their agenda.
Wake up. We need both Trump AND DeSantis in our corner. Even if Trump were able to win next year, we’ll need DeSantis for 2028. There is NO OTHER viable candidate on the horizon.
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