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Trump Mulls White House Bid in CPAC Speech: "I May Even Decide to Beat Them for the Third Time"
Epoch Times ^ | 02/28/2021 | Jack Phillips

Posted on 02/28/2021 2:43:28 PM PST by SeekAndFind

Former President Donald Trump delivered his first major speech after leaving office, charting a path forward for the Republican Party and conservatives but suggesting that he might run in 2024.

“I may even decide to beat them for the third time,” he said.

Trump said the conservative movement he created “is far from being over” but did not declare that he would try to run against for president in 2024. “There’s never been a journey more successful,” he remarked, adding that conservatives “will be victorious and stronger and greater than ever before.”

“The future of the Republican Party is as a party that defends the social, economic, and cultural interests and values of working American families—of every race, every color, and every creed. Republicans believe that the needs of everyday citizens must come first,” he said on Sunday at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida.

Republicans over the next four years will be the bulwark against socialism, communism, and Biden administration policies.

“I’m going to continue to fight right by your side,” he said, adding that he won’t create a “brand new party,” adding: “I am not starting a new party.”

Trump has discussed privately running again for president in 2024, according to advisers. The former president has only delivered a few interviews to news outlets since he departed office in January.

“That’s going to be a decision he makes down the road,” Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel told CBS’s “Face the Nation.”

“I think without question” the Republican Party remains the Trump party, his son Donald Trump Jr., told Fox News on Saturday. “I think you hear it from the voices. I think you see it in the speeches of others that are in government.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 01readpost133; 01readpost138; 01readpost175; 01readpost176; 2024; cpac; dontfeedthetroll; galactics; georgiagirl2; heavymetal; speech; trump
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To: Revel
"You people are the reason why we are in this mess. You can start with where the constitution says that the State legislatures makes the rules for an election."

You people who think the federal executive branch runs elections in the states are the reason we are in this mess. Its ignorance. What law gives the federal executive branch the authority to run elections in the states?

181 posted on 03/02/2021 12:45:10 AM PST by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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To: Georgia Girl 2
You seem completely clueless and hostile toward anyone trying to bring information. I’m just the messenger.

A messenger that does not provide sources for her claims. A messenger that skulks off when claims she make don’t come to fruition or events don’t happen on the date she says they will.

That’s not being a messenger. That’s being intellectually lazy and trolling.

Up to you if you keep ‘jackassin on threads.

182 posted on 03/02/2021 3:34:41 AM PST by Fury
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To: Republican Wildcat

She is endlessly amusing, that’s for sure.


183 posted on 03/02/2021 3:54:35 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: Republican Wildcat

Re: 179 - yes, pretty sad. Definitely a psychosis.

All we can do is to point out it’s fake news, and how utterly wrong the predictions and claims have been. A good diversion on boring days!


184 posted on 03/02/2021 8:09:59 AM PST by Fury
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To: rxsid

The constitution lays out rules(laws) for the states. If they are not followed then the violation becomes a federal matter to be dealt with. Why is that so hard to understand.


185 posted on 03/02/2021 11:33:00 AM PST by Revel
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To: Fury

+1


186 posted on 03/02/2021 12:41:36 PM PST by Kevmo (So America gets what America deserves - - the destruction of its Constitution. ~Leo Donofrio, 6/1/09)
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie

I didn’t say that you did.
He had a persistent problem with being surrounded by very disloyal people. pretty obvious. Would love to know the true story someday.
not here looking for a bar room brawl just pointing out some weaknesses.
He was a great president and for me his best accomplishment was crashing the gates of PC.
Because of the swamp many of his fantastic achievements were washed away on Day 1 of Biden via executive orders


187 posted on 03/02/2021 7:51:50 PM PST by magna carta (TX all you have to do is send an email to principal with a witness included on the communication.)
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To: MayflowerMadam

Please reference where either Trump or Kobach said that the investigations failed due to states refusing cooperation.


188 posted on 03/02/2021 9:08:17 PM PST by Ponce de Leon County (Ad maiorem Dei gloriam )
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To: Lurkinanloomin
"The ones up in 2022 that must be replaced are Murkowsky, Thune, Hoeven, Blunt, Grassley, Lankford, Lee, Scott and Rubio."

Here is Trump's list, starting at 1:14:05

  1. Senators Romney, Sasse, Burr, Cassidy, Collins, Murkowski & Toomey

  2. House: Rice, Kinzinger, Newhouse, Gonzoles, Upton, Butler, Meier, Katko, Valero & Cheney
Seems like a good list to me, a great place to start and hope for good support.

Not a good idea to bite off more than we can chew.

189 posted on 03/03/2021 3:45:45 AM PST by BroJoeK ((a little historical perspective...) )
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To: Mr. K
"If he’s not starting a new party then he will be fighting the same RINO’s again"

He's not starting a new party.

Deal with it.

190 posted on 03/03/2021 3:47:20 AM PST by BroJoeK ((a little historical perspective...) )
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To: hopespringseternal
"There better be a huge bunch of RINOs that get voted out or there will be not be a point."

Here is Trump's list, starting at 1:14:05

  1. 1.Senators Romney, Sasse, Burr, Cassidy, Collins, Murkowski & Toomey

  2. 2.House: Rice, Kinzinger, Newhouse, Gonzoles, Upton, Butler, Meier, Katko, Valero & Cheney
A good place to start.

191 posted on 03/03/2021 3:53:10 AM PST by BroJoeK ((a little historical perspective...) )
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To: Lurkinanloomin
"Rubio is an amnesty pimp, Scott (SC) said Trump was wrong to use force on the “protesters” who tried to burn down the church across from the White House, Thune blamed him for the Reichstag Riot, Blunt is Mitch’s toady and has never been on our side."

Apparently unlike you, Trump does not seem to hold minor grudges. Trumps list includes those who actively worked to impeach him, not some who said the wrong thing at some point.

192 posted on 03/03/2021 3:58:47 AM PST by BroJoeK ((a little historical perspective...) )
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To: Ponce de Leon County

Search engines are easy to use.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-dissolves-voter-fraud-commission-after-states-balk-at-data-requests

“Trump dissolves voter fraud commission after states balk at data requests

“President Trump announced late Wednesday that he had disbanded his controversial ‘election integrity’ commission and blamed a refusal by more than a dozen states to provide what he called ‘basic information.’

“’Rather than engage in endless legal battles at taxpayer expense, today President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order to dissolve the Commission, and he has asked the Department of Homeland Security to review its initial findings and determine next courses of action,’ White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement.

“The commission, led by Vice President Mike Pence and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, had asked all 50 states and the District of Columbia to hand over reams of personal voter data, including voters’ names, voting histories and party affiliations.”

(Interesting that this is another important commission / task force led by Pence that harmed, rather than helped, PDJT. Just sayin’.)


193 posted on 03/03/2021 4:00:42 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (Just because you're offended doesn't mean you're right.)
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To: BroJoeK

“Trump does not seem to hold minor grudges.”

Maybe he should.


194 posted on 03/03/2021 4:01:50 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (Just because you're offended doesn't mean you're right.)
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To: DoodleDawg
"There are plenty of laws on the books allowing for the prosecution of voter fraud and he had four years in which to prosecute them.
He didn't.
If Trump lost last election due to vote fraud then he's partly to blame."

Listening to Trump explain it, he thought he had the election in the bag, with far more votes than he needed to win.
He did not expect the massive levels of cheating Democrats unloaded.

There's so much of this story we don't know -- i.e., how many stuffed ballots were there, how much was illegal laws and how much (if any) was hacked voting machines -- that we can only guess what "really happened" behind the scenes.

195 posted on 03/03/2021 4:06:25 AM PST by BroJoeK ((a little historical perspective...) )
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To: MayflowerMadam
Trump dissolves voter fraud commission after states balk at data requests.

If the Biden administration sent a request to the states demanding personal voter information, saying it was to further an investigation into voter suppression, what do you think the state response should be? I would hope that it would be the same as 44 states and D.C. who all replied that the request was illegal and they wouldn't comply. But regardless of that, the commission was disbanded because it was not finding any evidence of the massive number of illegal immigrant votes that Trump claimed cost him the 2016 popular vote. It was, start to finish, a joke.

Instead of wasting time on crap like this, Trump should have told his Justice Department to put priority on investigating and charging people for vote fraud. He didn't.

196 posted on 03/03/2021 4:14:09 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: hardspunned
"Yeah and the Uniparty (R) would completely undermine him again, for the third time.
If he sticks with the Uniparty (R) MAGA must move on from Trump or it will die completely.
The Uniparty (R) is a much larger threat to MAGA than the Uniparty (D)."

Sorry, but you're delusional if you fantasize MAGA without Trump, or if you think Trump will lead any party other than Republicans.

The real issue is which Republican leaders are actively working against Trump, and he gave us his list.
Here is Trump's list, starting at 1:14:05 of his CPAC speech:

  1. 1.Senators Romney, Sasse, Burr, Cassidy, Collins, Murkowski & Toomey

  2. 2.House: Rice, Kinzinger, Newhouse, Gonzoles, Upton, Butler, Meier, Katko, Valero & Cheney
Start there.
197 posted on 03/03/2021 4:17:55 AM PST by BroJoeK ((a little historical perspective...) )
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To: BroJoeK
Listening to Trump explain it, he thought he had the election in the bag, with far more votes than he needed to win.
He did not expect the massive levels of cheating Democrats unloaded.

Trump claimed millions of illegals voted in 2016 and vote fraud in 2018. This shouldn't have caught him by surprise. If vote fraud existed on the massive scale that he insists then this wasn't the first time it would have happened. It would have occurred in earlier elections and had the Justice Department investigated it and prosecuted it then it could have been prevented, or at least greatly suppressed, in 2020. But he didn't and I really wonder why?

198 posted on 03/03/2021 4:24:28 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: littleharbour
"A primary challenge to the handful of pro-impeachment Republicans is not nearly enough.
McConnell, McCarthy, Graham, Cheney are all entrenched with the overwhelming support of the GOP House and Senate delegations, and will continue to sell out America....
It's over."

Trump's list includes those who actively worked to defeat him:

1.Senators Romney, Sasse, Burr, Cassidy, Collins, Murkowski & Toomey

2.House: Rice, Kinzinger, Newhouse, Gonzoles, Upton, Butler, Meier, Katko, Valero & Cheney

It's a great place to start.
Don't get distracted by minor disagreements.

199 posted on 03/03/2021 4:24:50 AM PST by BroJoeK ((a little historical perspective...) )
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To: BroJoeK

Trump was ridden out of town on a rail by the GOP. Trump, for the most part, is currently held incommunicado. He is able to reach a few thousand RSBN viewers. When he was president he had zero influence within the GOP but now, from his great position of power, he’s going to slap the GOP into line. You Uniparty (R) stooges do provide comic relief.


200 posted on 03/03/2021 4:38:13 AM PST by hardspunned (Former GOP globalist stooge)
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