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Some of Joe Walsh’s backers

artappraiser — Thu, 29 Aug 2019 08:06:54 +0000

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Some of Joe Walsh’s backers downplay and are poised to wave off his own history of racist statements because they hope he’ll get Trump to tweet about Walsh https://t.co/qcaK8XLFBB
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) August 27, 2019

Michael Steele on topic on

artappraiser — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 02:55:20 +0000

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Michael Steele on topic on MSNBC yesterday:

No beating around the bush

artappraiser — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 01:30:58 +0000

In reply to A Former Congressman and Tea Party Republican Considers a Challenge to Trump

No beating around the bush here, he's doing a full-out hard bash of Trump and Trumpism in the GOP, that cannot be denied:

Joe Walsh: "This guy in the White House is a goof. He's an embarrassment." pic.twitter.com/7IaGjRpI2X
— The Hill (@thehill) August 28, 2019

AMERICAN VOICES: Republican

artappraiser — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 06:21:47 +0000

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AMERICAN VOICES: Republican Joe Walsh Announces 2020 Primary Challenge To Trump; Yesterday 5:20pm

Trump critics eye GOP primary

artappraiser — Thu, 22 Aug 2019 04:57:05 +0000

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Trump critics eye GOP primary race, even if defeating him seems ‘preposterous’

By Robert Costa & Philip Rucker @ WashingtonPost.com, Aug. 21

Joe Walsh, a pugnacious former congressman, is preparing a Republican primary challenge to President Trump that he previewed as a daily “bar fight” with the incumbent over his morality and competency.

Mark Sanford, a former South Carolina governor and congressman, said he is inching closer to a bid of his own by sounding out activists in New Hampshire and other early-voting states about an insurgency focused on the ballooning deficit.

Jeff Flake, a former Arizona senator and Trump antagonist, said he has taken a flurry of recruitment calls in recent days from GOP donors rattled by signs of an economic slowdown and hungry for an alternative to Trump.

And former Ohio governor John Kasich will head to New Hampshire next month to “take a look at things” after experiencing “an increase” in overtures this summer, an adviser said.

The anti-Trump movement inside the Republican Party — long a political wasteland — is feeling new urgency to mount a credible opposition to Trump before it’s too late. With state deadlines for nominating contests rapidly approaching in the fall, potential candidates face pressure to decide on running within the next few weeks. So far, only former Massachusetts governor Bill Weld has declared that he is running, but he has struggled to gain traction.

Republicans considering bids, as well as those trying to draft other candidates, acknowledge that defeating Trump appears to be nearly impossible but argue that a recession or an unforeseen change in the political climate could weaken him enough to make a primary challenge more than a Never Trump fantasy [....]