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Former Republican Governor [Christine Todd Whitman (R-NJ)] Rips Trump, Says ‘It’s a Scary Time for Our Democracy’
Mediaite.com ^ | 12/29/21 | Kipp Jones

Posted on 12/30/2021 5:03:20 AM PST by cotton1706

Former Gov. Christine Todd Whitman (R-NJ) said Wednesday that former President Donald Trump’s conditional endorsement in the Alaska gubernatorial race is a sign that the Republican Party is headed in a scary direction.

Trump a day before endorsed Gov. Mike Dunleavy (R), but only on one condition: He must refuse to support Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) in her reelection bid in 2022. Murkowski of course voted earlier this year to convict the former president on a charge of incitement of insurrection following the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot.

“Alaska needs Mike Dunleavy as Governor now more than ever,” Trump said in a Tuesday statement. “He has my Complete and Total Endorsement but, this endorsement is subject to his non-endorsement of Senator Lisa Murkowski who has been very bad for Alaska, including losing ANWAR, perhaps the most important drilling site in the world, and much else. In other words, if Mike endorses her, which is his prerogative, my endorsement of him is null and void, and of no further force or effect!”

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Whitman then compared Trump’s contingent support for Dunleavy to the actions of a dictator.

“If that isn’t the definition of trying to be a dictator, I don’t know what is. It’s a scary time for our democracy. And as you point out, Poppy, and very rightly, we ought to be worried and watching closely what’s happening down ballot. It’s not just Congress. It’s not just the Senate. It is the governors, it’s the secretaries of state and the attorneys general. It’s important, all the way down to the local level.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Alaska; US: New Jersey
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To: Qilin

No. It is saying that strings are attached. That’s how the real world works. You want something you have to do something in return.


61 posted on 12/30/2021 6:07:38 AM PST by FLT-bird
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To: Qilin

So who is your Republican “hero”?


62 posted on 12/30/2021 6:08:06 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: cotton1706

THIS IS WHY TRUMP SHOULD CREATE A NEW PARTY


63 posted on 12/30/2021 6:09:09 AM PST by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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To: cotton1706

She carries about as much weight as a piece of balsa wood.


64 posted on 12/30/2021 6:10:01 AM PST by Golden Eagle (What's in YOUR injection?)
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To: Mr. K

No, we kick them out, they can join the Rats, or start their own party, we are the majority of Republican voters now, it’s OUR party. They need to leave.


65 posted on 12/30/2021 6:10:06 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: JonPreston

Looks like Snaggletooth got her teeth fixed.
While governor she could eat corn-on-the-cob through a chain link fence.


66 posted on 12/30/2021 6:13:39 AM PST by Roccus (First we beat the Nazis........Then we defeated the Soviets........Now, we are them.)
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To: MDLION

Not if we keep letting the media dictate to us what the GOP must do.


67 posted on 12/30/2021 6:18:50 AM PST by stratboy
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To: cotton1706

We’re NOT a ‘democracy’.


68 posted on 12/30/2021 6:19:53 AM PST by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...siameserescue.org)
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To: cotton1706

Another assistant democrat spews, on cue.


69 posted on 12/30/2021 6:21:57 AM PST by Redleg Duke (“I’m not the only one!”)
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To: dfwgator

Can’t be said enough.

This is a hostile take over RINO scum. Suck it.


70 posted on 12/30/2021 6:22:55 AM PST by HYPOCRACY (This is the dystopian future we've been waiting for!)
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To: Mr. K

Hahaha, I just spewed tea out of my nose. New party? Let me ask, I know the answer, but answer anyway, please. Have you ever been a member of any political party? Thanks.


71 posted on 12/30/2021 6:22:59 AM PST by bigfootbob (ALL Biden VOTERS have BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS….Ann Archy)
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To: cotton1706

“Oh, they are REALLY pissed at Trump’s conditional endorsement of Dunleavy. Probably put a big wrench in their plans.”

Agree, I can’t think of a conditional endorsement like this in the past. Makes me think that someone tipped off Trump as to their strategy in Alaska to try to have it both ways.


72 posted on 12/30/2021 6:29:11 AM PST by BobL (I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's, I just don't tell anyone, like most here.)
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Who is these “our” and since when did the country change away from a Constitutional Republic to a Democracy (mob rule)?


73 posted on 12/30/2021 6:33:14 AM PST by USCG SimTech ( )
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To: McGavin999

“Why do they keep digging up all these has been politicians? Nobody care what they think.”

Because THEY own the media and they can choose whatever Republicans THEY want to choose. If we owned the media, we likely could dredge up has-been Democrats who now support our side, but we do not.

I also think the process is that Whitman or someone working with her contacts the networks and tells them that Whitman has some choice words about Trump (or whoever they’re attacking at the time). It is up to the network to decide who gets air time...their choice.


74 posted on 12/30/2021 6:33:30 AM PST by BobL (I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's, I just don't tell anyone, like most here.)
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To: cotton1706

This seems to be the current modus operandi - if you can’t legitimately argue and win your case then attempt to scare the living shit out of people.


75 posted on 12/30/2021 6:40:38 AM PST by No Party Affiliation
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To: BobL

“Why do they keep digging up all these has been politicians? Nobody care what they think.”


MY SENTIMENTS EXACTLY.

I thought Whitman was an idiot years ago.

Why do these people get any attention, let alone OURS.


76 posted on 12/30/2021 6:40:45 AM PST by Maris Crane
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To: Qilin

I didn’t like the move but the reaction means it was the right move. Now his primary opponent can take a strong stance against Murkowski and force Deleaney to openly and very publicly take a side. It ends up being an referendum on the RINO of the Senate and that will have an impact on both races.


77 posted on 12/30/2021 6:46:37 AM PST by wiseprince (Me,)
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To: Maris Crane

“Why do these people get any attention, let alone OURS.”

I’m cool with articles on them.

Our BIGGEST MISTAKE in the post-WW2 time period was the ‘Greatest’ Generation ignoring the Leftists in this country, and thinking they were cute, but powerless young hippies who would grow out of it and become normal Americans.

Well, they certainly did grow up, but they never changed and they are FAR from powerless.

We have to watch the Left, to have any chance of righting this country. In the case of Whitman, we may not think much of her, but the people who run the GOP likely invite her to ALL their functions. She has power where it counts, whether we like it or not.


78 posted on 12/30/2021 6:48:18 AM PST by BobL (I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's, I just don't tell anyone, like most here.)
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To: who knows what evil?

My poor wife tires of my saying the same.

Finding a democrat who says anything other than “our democracy” is an impossible mission. It’s the political speech of the age to convince any and all of “our democracy”.


79 posted on 12/30/2021 6:50:56 AM PST by wita (Always and forever, under oath in defense of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.)
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To: cotton1706; Impy; BillyBoy; GOPsterinMA; NFHale; LS; campaignPete R-CT; AuH2ORepublican; ...

“Our Democracy” = Witless’s beloved Stalinazi Demonrat Derp State party.


80 posted on 12/30/2021 6:54:47 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Plugs the Pedo - The Shart Heard 'Round The World)
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