Ex-Rep Alan Grayson files paperwork to challenge Marco Rubio in 2022

[Mr. Evil]

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Source: Federal Election Commission

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Former Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) filed paperwork on Friday to begin raising money for a potential 2022 Senate bid against incumbent GOP Sen. Marco Rubio.

Grayson was first elected to serve Florida in Congress in 2008, but was defeated for re-election in 2010. But in 2012, he launched a comeback and served two additional terms.

He gave up his seat to run for U.S. Senate in 2016, but was defeated in the Democratic primary by Rep. Patrick Murphy, who went on to lose to Rubio. But six years later, Grayson is considering another comeback.

On Saturday, the Federal Election Commission posted a "statement of candidacy" Grayson filed, which designated the "Committee to Elect Alan Grayson" as the fundraising entity he would use for a potential 2022 Senate bid.

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/alan-grayson/

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Not much more at link but, there is a funny Twitter post Mr. Grayson posted recently.

[Mr. Evil]

1. Like him or not,

It will be an interesting and most likely entertaining campaign. He will not go easy on Little Marco.

[ancianita]

13. Yep.

It will indeed be interesting. He's humorous, smart as they come for FL, and he can convince FL that Rubio's a do-nothing flake. I'll be tuned in to their back-and-forth.

[Under The Radar]

14. Correct - Alan fights fire with a flame thrower

He is a democrat that plays Republican hardball better than they do. Sometimes he makes us cringe, but he makes them sweat.

[ancianita]

15. Hell yeah he does.

I like his political grit and humor. He was the first to mock Republicans' "healthcare plan" on the floor of the Senate. I'll never forget it.

[DanieRains]

28. Republican Healthcare Plan Don't Get Sick

And if you do get sick.

Die quickly.

[ancianita]

31. It looks tame now, but then, it was the first time a Dem broke speaking norms to mock

and the visual of the mock. It got a lot of media attention and pissed off Republicans before they became a cult. Now that they're a cult, who knows what that guy will call them out for. He'd probably say what we say here.

Grayson called out Republicans for who they were, early and often.

[brooklynite]

24. He won't get the opportunity...

There are four other Democrats running; he’ll never win a Statewide Primary.

[Polybius]

40. That's what many said about Andrew Gillum

It's possible if the Left comes out in force.

[brooklynite]

26. He won't get the opportunity...

There are four other Democrats running; he’ll never win a Statewide Primary.

[NJCher]

46. Let's assume you're right

I think I’d still donate a few hundred bucks just to hear him critique the system.

I won’t consider it a donation; more like an entertainment fee.

[azureblue]

58. Issues? LOL

As compared to Repub he wants to run against? Can you say mountain vs molehlll?

And no doubt his "issues" will be blasted by the GOP. and the GOP will learn the hard way to not leave themselves open for counter attack by a guy who has a rep of going for the throat.

[Deminpenn]

50. +1

nt

[Hoyt]

2. Hope some other Democrats run too.

[JohnSJ]

4. Exactly. Grayson has a lot of issues

[ancianita]

10. Used to. He probably figures he's distanced himself from the marital probs that made him

problematic for the party.

I wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't get big donor backing. The 14 billionaires in Florida work to make sure it stays red.

[JohnSJ]

21. It was more than marital problems, but I agree, it wouldn't be surprising about those diners either

[Turbineguy]

3. Excellent!

[Mr. Evil]

5. I edited this post to add his picture.

Just in case there may be some that don't remember him.

[BumRushDaShow]

18. He has an account on DU

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=259058

(may have been locked out after the hack)

[oldsoftie]

6. Good lord, THIS guy again? There has to be 700,000 better Dem candidates in FL.

At least if only one of them run, he'll lose the primary.

[ancianita]

41. Not with Harvard magna cum laude degrees.

He's got a lot of business cred and policy activism behind him.
Howard Dean and progressives thought he was great on healthcare.

The Democrats couldn't get a better guy to pour money into than this guy in Trump's new carpetbagger turf.

The gloves are off in 2022. We might as well get in the Florida ring.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Grayson

[bucolic_frolic]

7. I did not realize Grayson served 2 more terms

He's a heavyweight, if only because he's what, a money manager? So he can bring some financial support for himself.

[aeromanKC]

8. I'd much prefer Crist

[ancianita]

12. I would, too. But he lost to Scott. Big FL billionaire money outspent him.

[csziggy]

45. Crist, really? Jeb Junior?

Sure, now he's a Democrat, but he sure kept Jeb's policies in force when he followed Jeb Bush into the Governor's Office. Frankly, it it were Crist versus Rubio, I might not vote in that race.

[Warpy]

9. I wonder what scandal they'll fake THS time

Last time it was spousal abuse complete with a video that clearly showed her hitting him. Stupid people saw what they were told to see.

While I don't see him as a knight in shining armor, he's got to be better than Rubio. Even comatose, he'd be better than Rubio, whose only discernible talent seems to be hating Democrats.

Even Florida Man deserves better.

[soldierant]

43. I'm with you.

We need some bluntness at the best of times, and at this point we need a lot. Sure, there are people who won't like it. I probably won't like all of it myself. But I do like his legislative style.

[PortTack]

16. Oh geez..I don't know. Guess we'll see how it goes

[The Wizard]

17. he doesn't take prisoners.

[BlueStater]

19. This will be a long shot no matter who gets nominated.

For reasons I can’t wrap my head around, this state seems content having a worm like Rubio as one of its senators.

[ancianita]

22. Yep, both the stupidity of retirees' politics and manipulative ad buy of big donors that sinks

challenges to Republican incumbents.

https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/marco-rubio/summary?cid=N00030612&cycle=2020

[babylonsister]

20. I'm so okay with this!

He's no rube, and doesn't spout Bible verses. Name recognition, works for me.

[brooklynite]

23. Someone arranged for me to meet with Grayson the LAST time he ran for Senate in 2016

My takeaway from the meeting was:

1. He thinks he’s brilliant

2. He thinks YOU should think he’s brilliant.

I won’t spend a penny on him.

[Escurumbele]

47. But...he IS brilliant

And he will bring the fight to the republicans, they are afraid of him.

[brooklynite]

57. Please elaboate...

What brilliant things did he do in his short Congressional career?

Why would Republicans be afraid of him?

[marble falls]

25. Other than one of the messiest divorces ever, I think he'd be a reasonable replacement to Rubio.

[brooklynite]

27. Why would an Independent or moderate Republican vote for him?

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[marble falls]

29. Independent or moderate Republican. In Florida?

[brooklynite]

34. So you're saying the election can't be won?

If we only rely on Democrats, we'll lose.

[DanieRains]

30. Grayson Treated Republican Traitor Scum

Like traitor scum.

I donated hundreds to him and will do so again.

A Democrat with what it takes to tell the truth.

[onetexan]

48. if he in fact is the anti-GQP then i'll do the same - donate to his campaign

[Pepsidog]

32. A couple of weeks ago I showed my son who is a 4th year medical student a You Tube clip of Grayson's

floor speech about the republicans healthcare plan. It was classic Grayson, the republicans plan was simple “ If you get sick, you die”. Looking back we can see a flaw in his theory, it turns out their plan is “if you get sick, we will help you die”.

[flibbitygiblets]

33. I'll take any Democrat who can help widen our majority

If this guy can beat little Marco, then GOOD.

[ancianita]

37. He's persistent. Trump will help lil Marco only because he hates Grayson more.

If Grayson campaigns against Rubio the way he supported Obamacare, he can.


Watch at the 4:00 mark , when he names Republicans who'd have blood on their hands rather than vote for Obamacare.

[Escurumbele]

49. Who gives a sh& about trump

Please, lets stop giving energy to that buffoon, he will be a bad memory very soon, as a matter of fact, he is a bad memory to 8 million people in the USA and the rest of the world.

Lets stop bringing him into our conversations, he needs to disappear.

[ancianita]

54. Think that through.

Who gives a shit? Probably at least half of the 74 million who voted for him. They are at least 12% of the population. Like or not, it only takes 3% to form a movement, and as we saw, even less to damage a nation's capitol building and threaten lives of those who govern. To not let that assault be continual means giving a shit. Because they're not going anywhere.

Like it or not, he's still on Foxfeed, stirring millions -- this is from DU's front page:

..Donald Trump, the self-styled law and order president, delivered an extensive defense of his supporters who violently ransacked the Capitol in January ... with Fox News host Laura Ingraham on Thursday night, Trump complained that the rioters who attacked the Capitol are being prosecuted, while decrying Antifa and Black Lives Matter as violent and deadly groups...

“They don’t go after those people, but they go after people, I guess you would call them lean toward the right, and they wave American flags, in many cases, they are waving the American flag, and they love our country,” Trump said, notably leaving out the violent attacks and more than 100 police officers injured by his supporters. “And to those people, they are arresting them by the dozens, but they don’t go after Antifa, who kill people, by the way.”

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215270101

As you know, the general gist of the thread is about whether Grayson might be able to talk that FL style, maybe rearrange FL voters' brain cells about this powermongering loser and his cult.

So don't complain to me. I just mentioned him in one line. Instead, take it to the site admins.
Disappear him from all conversations, call him all the names you want, hope he has only the power of a memory, obliterate him from your awareness, but that won't disappear him. His kind of dirty work doesn't want to be called out, so all that just plays into his hands anyway; can't ignore his followers, either, because they fester into militias, insurrections, angry mass shooters -- as stupid and banally evil as OAN and FOX can stir them up to be.

In the long game, you can't ignore the other team and wage all offense and no defense.

[Tarheel_Dem]

35. Dear Lord. Perhaps we can resurrect Anthony Weiner to run for Governor?

SMH.

[BobTheSubgenius]

36. I'll be very much pulling for him!

He became an instant favourite as soon as some video clips of him in action started circulating.

[SunSeeker]

38. I hope he keeps his rapier wit trained on Rubio and not his Democratic primary opponents. nt

[Polybius]

39. I like him but this is Florida

I'll be frank. He can not win a statewide election there against Little Marco, no chance.

[jcgoldie]

42. I hope Demings runs

She would be our best chance IMO.

[Rhiannon12866]

44. And he's a member of DU, he used to post quite frequently:

Alan Grayson
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=259058

[oldsoftie]

55. Hell, he probably got banned. Not that hard to do

Even if you dont do anything wrong.

[Rhiannon12866]

59. No, take a look, I posted the link to his profile

It's just that he hasn't posted for awhile, looks like it was before the 2016 hack. But when he was in office he posted quite frequently about the issues we were facing, check out his Journal. John Conyers was a member of DU as well, back in the day.

[Buckeyeblue]

51. Isn't one of the Trump kids going to primary Marco?

A messy Republican primary could help.

[NurseJackie]

52. Lord.

[Owl]

53. Glad to hear this.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

60. Go away.

[DonViejo]

61. Locking...

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