As many as five Republicans may challenge Trump in the primaries

[applegrove]

Bill Weld is already running, but now anti-Trumpers Joe Walsh, Jeff Flake, John Kasich and Mark Sanford may join

IGOR DERYSH at Salon

https://www.salon.com/2019/08/21/as-many-as-five-republicans-may-challenge-trump-in-the-primaries/

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Four former Republican lawmakers are considering joining former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld in the primary battle against President Donald Trump.

Former Reps. Joe Walsh, R-Ill., and Mark Sanford, R-S.C., are close to launching primary challenges to Trump, The Washington Post reports, while former Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., and former Ohio Gov. John Kasich are being recruited into the race by anti-Trump Republican donors. The only Republican to formally announce his candidacy is Weld, who ran as Gary Johnson’s running mate on the Libertarian Party ticket in 2016, but has failed to gain any traction.

Flake, who frequently criticized Trump before leaving the Senate, has received a “flurry of recruitment calls” from Republican donors, according to the report. Flake has said he is “unlikely” to jump into the race but is keeping his “door slightly ajar.” The former Arizona senator said that Republican donors are worried that the slumping economy could cost Republicans the White House. 


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[Funtatlaguy]

1. I'd love for five of them to force Trump to debate them.

[KPN]

2. Me to. But he will never do that. In his mind, it shows weakness on his part.

And why would he want to take any chance by debating. Ain't gonna happen.

[Funtatlaguy]

5. Would Fox have another debate without him?

Maybe CNN would.

[Zoonart]

3. This is the only way the GOP saves itself from imolation.

I think and have heard locally, that there is a lot of Republican money looking for somewhere, anywhere else to go in order to
keep a Republican in the White House... and MF45 ain't it.

if MF45 is primaried... he will have to debate...or throw in the towel. Trumpism is a cult and that allegance will not be easily transferred, so if the GOP does get MF45 off the ticket... we can beat anyone else up there.

Just my opinion, but the easiest, least damaging path forward for the country would be for MF45 to loose the primary.

A girl can dream...

[guillaumeb]

4. Will the US corporate media immediately speak about "the GOP in disarray",

or is that reserved for Democrats?

[Funtatlaguy]

7. Rhetorical question is rhetorical. Lol.

[Wounded Bear]

6. Might be "fun" to watch...

but I'm not real hopeful. Most of these guys could be bought off. Hell, they're Repubs.

[Hortensis]

8. They're all the problem that Trump's an erratic symptom of.

[Downtown Hound]

9. He has over 90% approval rating from Republicans

Hard to see anybody in the party beating him.

[MiniMe]

15. Yes, but he can't get on the ballot in a number of States unless he releases his Tax Return

[hvn_nbr_2]

10. They'll all run just as soon as Susan Collins' "concern" has any effect on anything. nt

[Bettie]

12. Well, it did keep her from going to her town hall

in Portland...oh, wait that was concern that she'd be asked about her "concern"!

[Bettie]

11. Didn't the GOP decide that there will be no

Republican primaries, that they are all in with Agent Orange?

[former9thward]

13. No they didn't.

That was posted as fact here several times but it was untrue. There will be primaries in any state where candidates meet the state filing requirements. The RNC is backing Trump just as the DNC backed Obama in the 2012 cycle. Incumbents are always backed by the party national committees.

[Bettie]

14. OK....maybe the statement I recall

was more about other candidates not receiving funding from the RNC. It was a while ago.

[UTUSN]

16. K&R