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The right-wing mogul refuses to rule out an independent bid for the White House if his run for the GOP nod sputtersSOPHIA TESFAYE
Donald Trump is promising to be the GOPs never-ending nightmare. So many people want me to run as an independent so many people, Trump told the Washington Post today, refusing to rule out a third party run should he fail to secure the GOP nomination.
As Trumps popularity in the Republican Party grows and the nightmare of a Trump presidential run becomes a more present reality, the real estate mogul has grown ever more defiant in his dealings with the GOP establishment. Trump refuted a report by the Washington Post which claimed Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Preibus called Trump yesterday to encourage that he tone it down on all the anti-Mexican immigrant rhetoric. Trump denied the details of the story but eventually conceded that Prebius had encouraged he soften his language.
Trump continued, telling the Post, that he was a serious candidate with every intention on filing his financial disclosures with the Federal Election Commission in time to enter the Fox News debates. Fox News is hosting the first Republican debate which will only include the top 10 presidential candidates based on their standings in the national polls. But each candidate must file all necessary paperwork. Trump said his campaign would have no problem with that requirement. Its extremely large but I think well file it ahead of schedule, he said of his financial disclosure, predicting a release as early as next week.
For his part, Jeb Bush has already asked for a 45-day extension on his financial disclosures. The Fox News debate is on August 6. Trump currently polls seventh nationally.
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http://www.salon.com/2015/07/09/donald_trump_could_hand_the_election_to_hillary_now_he_says_he_may_go_third_party/
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,732 posts)malthaussen
(17,202 posts)bluesbassman
(19,374 posts)underpants
(182,826 posts)Deadshot
(384 posts)It'll mean Hillary or Sanders will win.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)HFRN
(1,469 posts)maybe they could call it 'The Apprentice- White House Edition'
JCMach1
(27,559 posts)PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)virtualobserver
(8,760 posts)I experienced it first hand when Trump was on his birther rampage.....The right wingers that I know....they worshiped Trump....."Trump is going to get to the bottom of this, he is sending investigators to Hawaii" I had to listen to this in professional situations on more than one occasion.
DCBob
(24,689 posts)Cleita
(75,480 posts)tymorial
(3,433 posts)Are we sure the democrat party didn't hire this guy? he is a businessman first after all... Going third party would basically lock in a victory for the democrats regardless of who wins the nomination.
Self Edit: I realize that some people do not have a finely honed internet sarcasm meter... so /sarcasmoff
PowerToThePeople
(9,610 posts)If Trump goes third party, he will hand the election to Sanders.
Imo, this OP should be locked. It is a sneaky way to put GD: P HRC fanboy shit thread into GD.
Pisses me off.
DonViejo
(60,536 posts)place for it.
As Lyndon Johnson once said, "better to be pissed off than pissed on."
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)lpbk2713
(42,759 posts)No matter how he chooses to run he has a chance of a snowball in hell.
Lil Missy
(17,865 posts)tanyev
(42,564 posts)PSPS
(13,600 posts)This is all a publicity stunt, and it seems to be working very well. He's getting a lot of ink these days, which is all he's really interested in.
whatthehey
(3,660 posts)former9thward
(32,019 posts)And it won't happen. Most major states have a "sore loser" election law. This law stops someone from getting on the ballot as an independent if they competed in the primaries of either the D or R parties. So Trump could not get on the ballot in enough states to become President or even affect the election one way or the other.
Liberal_Stalwart71
(20,450 posts)I think he's deliberately saying fucked up shit, knowing how bigoted the Republican Party faithful are.
If he can divide the party along ideological lines, that could be great.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Oh, and the Trump Card could just as easily hand the election to Bernie.
GeorgeGist
(25,321 posts)Man from Pickens
(1,713 posts)I lied, there's nothing breaking about that news. If you're a billionaire, of course your candidate is the one person most likely to keep the party going for the uber-rich.
spanone
(135,844 posts)City Lights
(25,171 posts)Blue Owl
(50,407 posts)n/t
fadedrose
(10,044 posts)and I would like to see him and Christie go at each other....
I would like to see Lindsey Graham in the debate too, but his ratings are low.