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[Xipe Totec]

1. More vote spoilers to help Trump get the nomination. nt

[Eugene]

4. Exactly, and this makes 5 by my count.

Dump
Haley
DeathSentence
Asa Hutchinson (just announced)
Abbott

EDIT: Six if you count John Bonkers Bolton.

[H2O Man]

19. Right.

With hopes of being picked as Trump's vp candidate.

[Lovie777]

2. LOL.........

GQP trying to oust DeSatan...................

Hopefully they will cancel each other out.

[dalton99a]

3. Another murderous psycho whose middle name is Wayne

[Clash City Rocker]

5. The more clowns, the better the circus

I look forward to watching Trump, DeSantis and Abbott tearing each other apart.

[Cha]

6. I'm guessing they want to Sucker

more Bucks in their coffers.. they have no chance in hell.

[Paladin]

7. The trump scum will be making jokes about Abbott's wheelchair.

Might as well brace yourselves for it.

[dalton99a]

8. +1. "The guy is in a wheelchair. He is looking very bad. He has no strength or STAMINA!"

"Does he look PRESIDENTIAL, fellas?"

[Paladin]

12. The trump assholes will be making actual crude JOKES about it.

As if his shitty policies and repeated failures aren't enough.

Horrible thought: Is Abbott teeing up Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick to be Governor? Please God, don't let it happen.

[Ilsa]

20. Irony abounds. Slobfather is a proponent of the "limited heartbeats in

a lifetime" theory. So without the increased exercise and heart rate from walking, Abbott should live to be "200" according to Dr. Ronnie Buttkisser.

[blm]

9. It appears they've been awaiting indictments against Trump.

[efhmc]

10. Interesting. Do you think that they will make them more viable?

[blm]

11. Heh, only a bit less scared, is my guess.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

13. I doubt that this is an April Fool's joke

Link to tweet

[blogslug]

18. Did you go to that FEC link?

https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00836460/

We don't have GREG ABBOTT PRESIDENT CAMPAIGN for 2023–2024.

This can be because:

We’re still processing the data. Try looking for raw versions of committee filings. Raw files are only available for electronic filers.

No one filed this type of activity during the time period.

The filing deadline hasn’t passed yet.

[UTUSN]

14. Barf

[Initech]

15. Gross, he's the last guy I would vote for.

[dalton99a]

16. The phone number in the filing goes to an Arby's

[roamer65]

17. ...

[IcyPeas]

21. Link no longer works. is there any corroboration?

[crickets]

22. Just in case anyone's wondering about resign-to-run laws.

https://pluribusnews.com/news-and-events/resign-to-run-laws-affect-a-few-potential-2024-contenders/

Legislators said Tuesday they would consider revising a state law that would require [DeSantis] to resign if he wanted to run for president. Florida is one of five states, along with Texas, Georgia, Arizona and Hawaii, that require officeholders to resign from their current office to run for another.

Like DeSantis, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) emerged from re-election victories with national profiles and as potential 2024 primary contenders. [snip]

Resign-to-run laws are intended to ensure that elected officials don’t neglect their duties while pursuing other offices, misuse public resources for their campaigns, or unfairly leverage their position for an advantage over competitors. Opponents argue that they make elections less competitive.

Lawmakers in other states have also proven that they are open to debate on such laws under the right circumstances.

Always a way around the rules for some of those among us 🙄... but for now, according to state laws, Abbott, DeSantis, and Kemp are required to resign if they decide to run.

[blogslug]

26. I'm not sure that's correct

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resign-to-run_law#Texas

Texas

Article 16, Section 65(b) of the Constitution of Texas states: "If any of the officers named herein shall announce their candidacy, or shall in fact become a candidate, in any General, Special or Primary Election, for any office of profit or trust under the laws of this State or the United States other than the office then held, at any time when the unexpired term of the office then held shall exceed one year and 30 days, such announcement or such candidacy shall constitute an automatic resignation of the office then held, and the vacancy thereby created shall be filled pursuant to law in the same manner as other vacancies for such office are filled."[11]

The "officers named herein" are listed in Article 16, Section 65(a):

District Clerks
County Clerks
County Judges
Judges of the County Courts at Law
Judges of the County Criminal Courts
Judges of the County Probate Courts
Judges of the County Domestic Relations Courts
County Treasurers
Criminal District Attorneys
County Surveyors
County Commissioners
Justices of the Peace
Sheriffs
Assessors and Collectors of Taxes
District Attorneys
County Attorneys
Public Weighers
Constables

Tex. Elec. Code § 145.001(e) permits a person to run for office and simultaneously be a candidate for president or vice president of the United States. This statute permitted Lyndon B. Johnson to run for vice president in 1960 and, at the same time, seek re-election as United States Senator from Texas. Lloyd Bentsen took advantage of the same provision in 1988 when he was the vice presidential running mate of Michael Dukakis.

[crickets]

27. Hmm. 🤷 I guess we'll see eventually.

I think governors, of all offices, really should have to resign. YMMV.

[blogslug]

28. Let's not forget W

I know I won't. He was a serving governor when he ran for president.

[Emile]

23. His platform, tax cuts for billionaires and abortion illegal nationwide.

[Renew Deal]

24. He'll be ok Dancing with the Stars in no time.

I think there’s no way he wins the nomination, even if Trump and Desantis don’t win it.

[Rstrstx]

25. Running on a platform to keep everyone frozen in winter

[kentuck]

29. Only because he wants Trump to win.

If there are more than 3 or 4 people in the race, Trump would win the nomination with his base alone.

[lindysalsagal]

30. Does anyone know how many clowns a clowncar holds?

We're about to discover...

[dclarston13]

31. At least he comes already indicted.

For felony Fraud.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

32. This was evidently a false filing

Link to tweet