Posted on 02/06/2020 8:51:53 PM PST by FreedomPoster
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump suggested Thursday that hes working on a compromise between U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler and U.S. Rep. Doug Collins, two Georgia Republicans who are clashing over the same seat in a November election.
The president floated the idea that one of the two could leave the race during a speech at the White House celebrating the defeat of the Democratic-led attempt to remove him from office.
I know, Kelly, that youre going to end up liking him a lot, Trump said of Collins, whom the president called an unbelievable friend.
He added: Somethings going to happen thats going to be very good. I dont know; I havent figured it out yet.
The presidents remarks triggered immediate talk in Georgia GOP circles that Collins could be in line for a judgeship or another appointment, or that Loeffler could be tapped for a premier position.
"We took it as the president preparing to offer Kelly Loeffler a job she's more suited for," Collins spokesman Dan McLagan said.
A Loeffler aide, Stephen Lawson, said Trumps comments speak for themselves and that the senator was focused on supporting his agenda, fighting for Georgians and keeping her seat in the U.S. Senate.
Both Republicans are scrambling to lock up Trumps support, eager to tout every retweet and every supportive remark from the president as a sign he might be taking sides in their race.
So far, the president has stayed publicly neutral although Trump privately lobbied Gov. Brian Kemp to tap Collins for the seat on three separate occasions before he appointed Loeffler to succeed retired U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson.
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There are liberal plants in the GOP who are only there to cause problems to cause it recuperated by communists.
That woman has been big problems from the get go
Loefflers vote not to convict Trump has endeared her to the President.
He rewards his friends and punishes his enemies.
You mean aside to vote to acquit in her first ever vote?
That cuts a LOT of ice with me.
That cuts a LOT of ice with me.
Oh, Oh, I'm so sorry. If I had only known what you thought, I would have reconsidered. /s
She bought her way into the Senate AND (from Wikipedia) Loeffler donated $750,000 to Restore Our Future, a Super PAC supporting former Governor Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign AND, AND, The National Republican Senatorial Committee received $247,500 from Loeffler and her husband (in 2019).
Yeah. She really has conservative core values. My azz!
No you get your facts straight. The FACT is that David Perdue had to step down from that committee assignment on the Senate Agricultural Committee so Loeffler could have it.
The FACT is that a newly appointed jr senator was immediately placed on a senate committee that watch dogs her husband’s company. This a total conflict of interest assignment which she never should have accepted. Are you OK with that? Yes or no?
Unlikely, but possible. Why not see if we can make it happen?
Theoretically possible, practically impossible.
The same thing applies to removing an elected official in Georgia. Similar sort of thing.
No, on the face of it, but I need to know more details. And I misinterpreted your meaning, thinking you meant Senate seat, not committee seat.
You know all the details from my previous post. What more is there to know? This whole last minute appointment of Loeffler has stunk up the joint from day one.
Trump gave Nicki Haley the UN job to get her RINO azz out of the SC governor’s seat so a true conservative Henry McMaster could takeover. My guess he will do a similar thing for Loeffler to get Collins in the GA senate seat. She’s a wildcard, Collins is a known entity.
Trump avid supporters will support a Trump endorsed candidate.
But there is probably the winning margin of swing voters who do not want an “outsider” telling Georgians who they should run to represent GA. I believe we have played that card, ourselves.
So the 2 wannabes need to figure it out without Trump.... and then let Trump support it after the fact.
Collins has a record AND has totally earned it this woman has proven NOTHING and after Trump is re-elected how the hell do we know how she will vote or back up Trump!! She was appointed !!!
Or have all 3 agree on something behind closed doors, have the two announce it, and have Trump endorse.
She’s a self-funder, he’s probably looking to get Collins out, not her.
Mulvaney on thin ice? Collins could be COS.
I don’t see what appointment she would possibly want over a US Senate seat.
Why would she take a short-term ambassador or cabinet position when she could have a life-time senate seat?
Ambassador to the Court of St. James, maybe ?
Senate seats are lifetime ? Maybe in Demonrat states.
Orrin Hatch. Ted Stevens. Chuck Grassley. Thad Cochran.
That would imply they stayed until they died in office. Hatch retired, Stevens was defeated due to being set-up with fake corruption charges. Cochran resigned after stealing his last term. Even Strom Thurmond retired.
Grassley might stay until he dies. His grandson, who was just elected Speaker of the IA House, presumably will succeed him if he passes mid-term.
Only McQueeg comes to mind, and he wasn’t much of a Republican.
I told you the President was trying to get him out.
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