Bill Kristol Considering Run For President In 2020

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07-31-2018, 12:31 PM
patbrunz

Bill Kristol Considering Run For President In 2020

Bill Kristol Considering Run For President In 2020

Peter Hasson | Reporter

Bill Kristol, the former editor-in-chief of The Weekly Standard, is considering challenging President Donald Trump in the 2020 Republican primary.

Kristol, who is consistently one of the most vocal anti-Trump Republicans, has been considering a run for months, a source familiar with Kristol’s thinking told The Daily Caller News Foundation.

Kristol, who remains an editor-at-large for the Standard, said he has no plans to run but declined to rule it out when asked by TheDCNF.

“No plans to run. But I’m randomly in Boston today, and happen to have had lunch with someone who does a lot of work in New Hampshire,” Kristol wrote in an email. “As he’d say, ‘Ya nevah know.'”

The New Hampshire primary, the second electoral contest after the Iowa Caucuses, is a key hurdle in the presidential nominating process.

Kristol previously sparked 2020 rumors in March when he popped up in New Hampshire to speak at “a must-show event for potential presidential contenders,” as Inside Sources noted at the time.

Kristol has consistently said that Trump needs to face a 2020 primary challenger. “We need to take one shot at liberating the Republican Party from Trump, and conservatism from Trumpism,” Kristol told the New York Times in August 2017.

Whether Kristol will be that challenger remains to be seen. Republican Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse is often floated as a potential Trump challenger, and former GOP Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney — who is now running for Senate in Utah — has declined to say whether he will support Trump in 2020.

If Kristol were to run, he would be the second conservative writer to announce a primary challenge to Trump.
Conservative author Brad Thor pledged in April to run in 2020. Thor, a best-selling author, pledged to run if no other conservative would challenge Trump. “In fact, let’s make it official,” he added on Twitter shortly afterwards. “I’m in.”

Any Republican challenger to Trump would face a steep uphill climb, as Trump currently enjoys the support of 88 percent of Republicans, according to the latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News polling.

http://dailycaller.com/2018/07/30/bill-kristol-2020/
07-31-2018, 12:32 PM
patbrunz

I hope he does. It would be hilarious to see Trump destroy the useless neocon.
07-31-2018, 12:33 PM
Judy

Hilarious!!! So delusional.
07-31-2018, 05:11 PM
jtdc

What party does he plan to run as? 8O
07-31-2018, 05:31 PM
MW

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What party does he plan to run as? 8O

He wants Trump's job (Republican).
07-31-2018, 06:34 PM
jtdc

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Originally Posted by MW

He wants Trump's job (Republican).

So do a lot a Democrats and a few socialists. That doesn't define his position! ;)
08-01-2018, 12:48 AM
MW

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Originally Posted by jtdc

So do a lot a Democrats and a few socialists. That doesn't define his position! ;)

Huh? What I said was pretty clear, he's a Republican. It's in the article.
08-01-2018, 03:11 PM
jtdc

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Huh? What I said was pretty clear, he's a Republican. It's in the article.

So what? President Trump was running as a Republican, yet there was concern that he would run as an independent! Bill Kristol is more of a RINO!
08-01-2018, 03:20 PM
MW

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Originally Posted by jtdc

So what? President Trump was running as a Republican, yet there was concern that he would run as an independent! Bill Kristol is more of a RINO!

Why are you attempting to start an argument? You asked a question and I answered it. That should have been the end of the discussion.

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Bill Kristol, the former editor-in-chief of The Weekly Standard, is considering challenging President Donald Trump in the 2020 Republican primary.

If he runs it will be against Trump in the Republican primary. Why is this so difficult to understand?
08-01-2018, 05:11 PM
jtdc

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Originally Posted by MW

Why are you attempting to start an argument?

It takes no effort with you!

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Originally Posted by MW

You asked a question and I answered it. That should have been the end of the discussion.

So you expect to have the final word!

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Originally Posted by MW

If he runs it will be against Trump in the Republican primary.

Why did a tongue-in-cheek comment about what party Kristol would run in become a major point of argument? You must be a Kristol fan, and don't like his party loyalties being questioned! 8O
08-01-2018, 05:29 PM
MW

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Originally Posted by jtdc

Why did a tongue-in-cheek comment about what party Kristol would run in become a major point of argument? You must be a Kristol fan, and don't like his party loyalties being questioned! 8O

Not that it's any of your business, but I absolutely despise Kristol. Furthermore, you're the one that made what Kristol is running as a major point of argument, not me.

jtdc wrote:

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What party does he plan to run as?

MW response:

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He wants Trump's job (Republican).

jtdc response:

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So do a lot a Democrats and a few socialists. That doesn't define his position!

MW response:

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Huh? What I said was pretty clear, he's a Republican. It's in the article.

So, for the final time, he may run in the Republican primary against Trump. For anyone (you) having a difficult time comprehending what that means, he's running as a Republican.
08-01-2018, 09:54 PM
jtdc

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Originally Posted by MW

Not that it's any of your business, but I absolutely despise Kristol.

Inquiring minds want to know! ;)

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Originally Posted by MW

Furthermore, you're the one that made what Kristol is running as a major point of argument, not me.

So now that is a major point of argument? :confused:

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So, for the final time, he may run in the Republican primary against Trump. For anyone (you) having a difficult time comprehending what that means, he's running as a Republican.

So you are saying another RINO running in the Republican Primary is no big deal? :D