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GOP donors are reportedly encouraging Mitt Romney to primary Trump

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GOP donors are reportedly encouraging Mitt Romney to primary Trump

n recent days, Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) has been fielding calls from GOP donors itching for him to primary President Trump in 2020, a person close to Romney told Vanity Fair.

"There is a half-billion dollars on the sidelines from guys who are fed up with Trump," one donor told Vanity Fair's Gabriel Sherman. Romney has been one of the few Republican voices to speak out against Trump's attempts to get foreign leaders to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, tweeting on Friday that his "brazen and unprecedented appeal to China and to Ukraine ... is wrong and appalling." This earned Romney a rebuke from Trump, who tweeted the next day that he is "a pompous 'ass'" who "never knew how to win."
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Wow, right off the bat and the article lies right to your face.

I would say that has to be some kind of record, but in this day and age... not so much.
 
OscarLevant said:
He could do it. He could primary Trump. Not sure he'd win, but he'd give him a helluva race.
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I think its important to watch this thread because if the GOP does break with Trump, this might be the fault line. It will be interesting to watch develop.
 
Oborosen said:
Wow, right off the bat and the article lies right to your face.

I would say that has to be some kind of record, but in this day and age... not so much.
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What is the lie?
 
OscarLevant said:
He could do it. He could primary Trump. Not sure he'd win, but he'd give him a helluva race.
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don't republican voters approve of trump by record margins? what is the donor class smoking?
 
You know what they say, when the elephants fight, the grass will get trampled on.
 
DarkWizard12 said:
don't republican voters approve of trump by record margins? what is the donor class smoking?
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Yes, they love the cruelty and pwning the libs. The rest is all secondary. They are truly grotesque.
 
tres borrachos said:
Yes, no, it won't happen. Don't get me wrong. I supported Romney in 2012 and worked on his campaign. I think he would have made a great President. But he won't get the widespread support now. And I'd prefer Kasich or Huntsman as the man to challenge Trump at this point.
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I'd prefer Kasich too, but I think Romney may be the only guy with enough name recognition to have a chance.

To be clear, I don't think he would have much of a chance (at least not right now, though that could change), but I think he'd have the best chance.
 
Slyfox696 said:
I'd prefer Kasich too, but I think Romney may be the only guy with enough name recognition to have a chance.

To be clear, I don't think he would have much of a chance (at least not right now, though that could change), but I think he'd have the best chance.
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You're certainly right about the name recognition. Kasich, and also Huntsman, don't have it. I really like Kasich and wish he was the nominee.
 
tres borrachos said:
You're certainly right about the name recognition. Kasich, and also Huntsman, don't have it. I really like Kasich and wish he was the nominee.
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One never knows what would have happened if history had changed, but if Kasich had been the Republican nominee, I might have voted for someone on the President line of my ballot. As it was, I left that one blank and just voted on every other race/issue.

But we know what happens if Kasich runs in a primary against Trump. If Republicans wanted Kasich, they would have voted for him. We know they don't, even if he'd be a much better representative for their party in nearly every way.
 
Slyfox696 said:
One never knows what would have happened if history had changed, but if Kasich had been the Republican nominee, I might have voted for someone on the President line of my ballot. As it was, I left that one blank and just voted on every other race/issue.

But we know what happens if Kasich runs in a primary against Trump. If Republicans wanted Kasich, they would have voted for him. We know they don't, even if he'd be a much better representative for their party in nearly every way.
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That's because stupid Republicans voted for Trump. The smart ones voted for Kasich. My husband voted for Kasich in NH. I was torn and in the end voted for Rubio. I wish I had voted for Kasich. He came in second here to Trump.

Trump supporters won't support Kasich. They are too ignorant.
 
azgreg said:
I don't know if it's a record or not but the last numbers I saw was in the mid to high 80's among GOP members.
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That's what I saw last too. And they are hardly "record numbers" as that poster claimed. He was obviously believing the debunked words of the Idiot In Chief who falsely claimed his approval amongst Republicans was a record.
 
tacomancer said:
GOP donors are reportedly encouraging Mitt Romney to primary Trump
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If Trump wants to run again, he will be the GOP nominee. 79% of all Republicans want Trump to run for reelection, only 14% do not. Question 74

https://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/document/eb2rrb9ofh/econTabReport.pdf

68% of Republicans have a very favorable view of Trump, 19% a somewhat favorable view of him, a total of 87% favorable. Only 6% of all Republicans have a very unfavorable view of Trump, 5% somewhat unfavorable for a total of 11%. Question 56A.

This mean if Romney were to challenge Trump, along with Weld and Walsh who already announced their candidacy for the Republican nomination, those three would be fighting for their share of that 11%.

I don't have any numbers on how Republicans view Romney at this time. As for Walsh, only 2% view him very favorable, 23% very unfavorable. 53% of Republicans don't even know who Walsh is. Weld, 3% very favorable, 22% very unfavorable with 57% of Republican having never heard of him. Questions 34S and 34T.

I'm sure most Republicans know who Romney is. But until we get some numbers on him, if he does decide to challenge Trump, I'm sure he would have very low favorable's and very high unfavorable's.
 
tres borrachos said:
Yes, no, it won't happen. Don't get me wrong. I supported Romney in 2012 and worked on his campaign. I think he would have made a great President. But he won't get the widespread support now. And I'd prefer Kasich or Huntsman as the man to challenge Trump at this point.
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I do wonder though, and mainly because Romney is a statesman unlike Trump. The problem is Trump enjoys a pretty high approval rating among Republican supporters, so it would be an uphill battle in that demographic. He might have some appeal among independents though, and that would be based on his messaging and platform. I agree with you on Kasich and Huntsman; though I think Hunstman would be the more "middle ground" of the two in terms of marketability.
 
I seriously doubt that the party will allow dear leader Punkinhead to be primaried. They are riding that ship all the way down into the Mariana Trench.
 
ElChupacabra said:
I do wonder though, and mainly because Romney is a statesman unlike Trump. The problem is Trump enjoys a pretty high approval rating among Republican supporters, so it would be an uphill battle in that demographic. He might have some appeal among independents though, and that would be based on his messaging and platform. I agree with you on Kasich and Huntsman; though I think Hunstman would be the more "middle ground" of the two in terms of marketability.
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You expect trump supporters to care about statesmanship? They don't. They aren't smart enough to know how adults and executives are supposed to act. I suspect that's because most of them don't interface with executives, and their idea of a statesman is based on their experience as McDonald's fry cooks and how the store manager behaves.
 
tres borrachos said:
You expect trump supporters to care about statesmanship? They don't. They aren't smart enough to know how adults and executives are supposed to act. I suspect that's because most of them don't interface with executives, and their idea of a statesman is based on their experience as McDonald's fry cooks and how the store manager behaves.
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No, which is why I don't think Romney really has a chance among Republican voters. I think his supporters do know how adults and executives are supposed to act; the problem in my opinion, is they think the people who are belittled deserve it so there's this added layer of vindictiveness that further complicates politics.
 
Gee, does Romney have any experience running for president? :3oops:

Not exactly sure how the GOP would gain from passing the torch from a sitting president running for reelection to someone who lost a presidential election.
 
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