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Rand Paul will support Donald Trump if heās the nominee
Hot Air.com ^ | April 3, 2016 | TAYLOR MILLARD
You can add Rand Paul to the list of Republicans who say theyāll support Donald Trump if he ends up being the GOP nominee. Paul made his pledge on Friday during a stop in Northern Kentucky. Via Cincinnati Enquirer:
Paul, during a visit to Northern Kentucky Friday morning, said he will support whoever is the Republican nominee, even if itās Donald Trump. He said itās better than supporting Democrat Hillary Clinton.
Paul criticized Clintonās comments she made while campaigning in Ohio that she will āput a lot of coal companies and coal miners out of business.ā Those words will likely reverberate around the state in the next few months and could hurt Clinton.
āI think we never get the candidate we exactly want unless youāre the candidate,ā Paul said. āThink about it from this perspective. Iām from Kentucky, and Hillary Clinton recently said she would put coal miners out of business, and she would put coal companies out of business.ā
Paul ended the press conference after that and didnāt take follow-up questions.
He isnāt the only libertarian-leaning politician to make the comments. Congressman Thomas Massie told Reason in January heād vote for Trump, even though he doesnāt like him.
āWell, if itās between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, I will most certainly vote for Donald Trump, I can tell you that. Or Bernie Sanders, or literally anybody on the Democrat side. So there you have it.ā
Massieās comrade-in-arms, Michigan Congressman Justin Amash, wasnāt as forthcoming only promising to Reason he wonāt vote for Hillary Clinton because he thinks āshe would be the worst president of my lifetime.ā He was still pretty coy on whether heād vote for Trump.
āBut yeah, Iām not going to say who I would vote for on Election Day if Trump were the Republican nominee. Iāve always been a proud Republican and have voted for Republican nominees I didnāt always agree with on a whole bunch of issues, but I think we can do better.ā
Paulās decision to say heād support Trump has gotten criticism. One libertarian Iām friends with took a shot at both Paul and Massie on her Facebook page writing āSOSā after I pointed out Massieās comments (Iāll let you guess what āSOSā means). Eric Levitz wrote a piece at New York Magazine entitled āPrinciple Libertarian Pledges to Support Authoritarian Strongman in November.ā Iām certainly not happy with Paulās comments, and do not believe any conservative or libertarian should be supporting the authoritarian Trump.
So why arenāt Paul and Massie taking more of a Ben Sasse or Ron Paul approach and joining the #NeverTrump movement? The answer is simply politics. Both Paul and Massie are up for re-election this year in a state where Trump is enjoying a ton of support. Massie even told The Daily Independent how disturbing it was to see those who support him are also in favor of Trump.
āDonald Trump is a big middle finger to Washington, D.C.,āāMassie said. āIāunderstand. I have to be careful because the guy is polling at 30 plus percent and in the Fourth District, Donald Trump supporters are my supporters.ā..
Massie is often described as Libertarian, but now he is unsure if the wave of support was actually for those ideas or it was, perhaps, something else that inspired voters.
āIām thinking, āWow, the American public really seems to like these Libertarian ideas,ā and then Donald Trump runs and he gets all of their (Rand Paul and Ron Paul) voters, he gets all of my voters. Iām thinking, āNo, theyāre just voting for the craziest guy in the race,āāāhe said and the audience laughed. āIt was very sobering for me. Iām that guy.ā
He said he understands Americansā frustrations with government, which may lead some voters to rank Rand Paul as their first choice for president and Donald Trump as their second.
āIāknow a lot of people who are going to vote for Rand Paul for president who say Trump is their second choice. They couldnāt be more different in terms of substance. One (Rand)āis all about substance and the other (Trump)āis nothing about substance. It concerns me,āāMassie said.
Massie understands the difference between people voting anti-establishment for the sake of being anti-establishment versus voting anti-establishment because they agree with the candidateās principles. Paul understands this too, which is probably why he made the comment on Trump. Sasse and Ron Paul can make their #NeverTrump declarations because theyāre not running for re-election. Theyāre allowed to stand on principle, while Massie and Rand Paul canāt exactly do that because theyāve got votes to think about. Itās an unfortunate case of having to play politics to stay in office. Massie is taking on Calvin Sidle and will hopefully win. Paul is taking on Lexington Mayor Jim Gray and will hopefully win. I donāt think either wants to see Trump ascend to the White House, but I canāt fault them for their comments. It also doesnāt mean theyāll actually vote for Trump come November, but it might depend on what the polls are saying IF Trump is the GOP nominee against Clinton or Bernie Sanders. Iām definitely disappointed in both of them for their comments, but I completely understand it. After all, itās politics.
Another poll of your's that didn't work out--LOL
Not my poll idiot, I only post them, and have nothing to do with what's inside... but even a demented dwarf like you knew that!
Rand Paul will support Donald Trump if heās the nominee
Hot Air.com ^ | April 3, 2016 | TAYLOR MILLARD
You can add Rand Paul to the list of Republicans who say theyāll support Donald Trump if he ends up being the GOP nominee. Paul made his pledge on Friday during a stop in Northern Kentucky. Via Cincinnati Enquirer:
Paul, during a visit to Northern Kentucky Friday morning, said he will support whoever is the Republican nominee, even if itās Donald Trump. He said itās better than supporting Democrat Hillary Clinton.
Paul criticized Clintonās comments she made while campaigning in Ohio that she will āput a lot of coal companies and coal miners out of business.ā Those words will likely reverberate around the state in the next few months and could hurt Clinton.
āI think we never get the candidate we exactly want unless youāre the candidate,ā Paul said. āThink about it from this perspective. Iām from Kentucky, and Hillary Clinton recently said she would put coal miners out of business, and she would put coal companies out of business.ā
Paul ended the press conference after that and didnāt take follow-up questions.
He isnāt the only libertarian-leaning politician to make the comments. Congressman Thomas Massie told Reason in January heād vote for Trump, even though he doesnāt like him.
āWell, if itās between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, I will most certainly vote for Donald Trump, I can tell you that. Or Bernie Sanders, or literally anybody on the Democrat side. So there you have it.ā
Massieās comrade-in-arms, Michigan Congressman Justin Amash, wasnāt as forthcoming only promising to Reason he wonāt vote for Hillary Clinton because he thinks āshe would be the worst president of my lifetime.ā He was still pretty coy on whether heād vote for Trump.
āBut yeah, Iām not going to say who I would vote for on Election Day if Trump were the Republican nominee. Iāve always been a proud Republican and have voted for Republican nominees I didnāt always agree with on a whole bunch of issues, but I think we can do better.ā
Paulās decision to say heād support Trump has gotten criticism. One libertarian Iām friends with took a shot at both Paul and Massie on her Facebook page writing āSOSā after I pointed out Massieās comments (Iāll let you guess what āSOSā means). Eric Levitz wrote a piece at New York Magazine entitled āPrinciple Libertarian Pledges to Support Authoritarian Strongman in November.ā Iām certainly not happy with Paulās comments, and do not believe any conservative or libertarian should be supporting the authoritarian Trump.
So why arenāt Paul and Massie taking more of a Ben Sasse or Ron Paul approach and joining the #NeverTrump movement? The answer is simply politics. Both Paul and Massie are up for re-election this year in a state where Trump is enjoying a ton of support. Massie even told The Daily Independent how disturbing it was to see those who support him are also in favor of Trump.
āDonald Trump is a big middle finger to Washington, D.C.,āāMassie said. āIāunderstand. I have to be careful because the guy is polling at 30 plus percent and in the Fourth District, Donald Trump supporters are my supporters.ā..
Massie is often described as Libertarian, but now he is unsure if the wave of support was actually for those ideas or it was, perhaps, something else that inspired voters.
āIām thinking, āWow, the American public really seems to like these Libertarian ideas,ā and then Donald Trump runs and he gets all of their (Rand Paul and Ron Paul) voters, he gets all of my voters. Iām thinking, āNo, theyāre just voting for the craziest guy in the race,āāāhe said and the audience laughed. āIt was very sobering for me. Iām that guy.ā
He said he understands Americansā frustrations with government, which may lead some voters to rank Rand Paul as their first choice for president and Donald Trump as their second.
āIāknow a lot of people who are going to vote for Rand Paul for president who say Trump is their second choice. They couldnāt be more different in terms of substance. One (Rand)āis all about substance and the other (Trump)āis nothing about substance. It concerns me,āāMassie said.
Massie understands the difference between people voting anti-establishment for the sake of being anti-establishment versus voting anti-establishment because they agree with the candidateās principles. Paul understands this too, which is probably why he made the comment on Trump. Sasse and Ron Paul can make their #NeverTrump declarations because theyāre not running for re-election. Theyāre allowed to stand on principle, while Massie and Rand Paul canāt exactly do that because theyāve got votes to think about. Itās an unfortunate case of having to play politics to stay in office. Massie is taking on Calvin Sidle and will hopefully win. Paul is taking on Lexington Mayor Jim Gray and will hopefully win. I donāt think either wants to see Trump ascend to the White House, but I canāt fault them for their comments. It also doesnāt mean theyāll actually vote for Trump come November, but it might depend on what the polls are saying IF Trump is the GOP nominee against Clinton or Bernie Sanders. Iām definitely disappointed in both of them for their comments, but I completely understand it. After all, itās politics.
Another poll of your's that didn't work out--LOL
Not my poll idiot, I only post them, and have nothing to do with what's inside... but even a demented dwarf like you knew that!
You endorse the poll and proclaimed a winner tonight based on an obvious outlier.
