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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(135,732 posts)
Sat Jan 2, 2021, 03:36 PM Jan 2021

Sen. Hawley tramples the 2020 vote in his run to 2024

Let's say you're a would-be 2024 Republican presidential candidate. There's a crowded field alongside Donald Trump, the 800-pound gorilla.

What's your strategy?

Pretty easy to see Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley's: All you have to do is look at his plan, announced Dec. 30, to formally object to the Jan. 6 Electoral College count certifying Joe Biden's election.

Like every Republican hopeful not named "Trump," Hawley has been pondering how to jump the competition - and what to do about the party's leader who consumes all the political oxygen in the room?

Hawley's answer: Tie yourself to Trump's mast. Trump has an ocean of followers. For Republican primary contenders, it's sink or sail in that sea.

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SWBTATTReg

(26,257 posts)
2. Hawley is a fool. I suspect that when trump is out of office finally and Mr. Biden is in later this
Sat Jan 2, 2021, 04:02 PM
Jan 2021

month, then the lawsuits and such will all start back up again. Among them is one regarding raping someone. Not a good thing to tie one's career to.

Midnight Writer

(25,410 posts)
3. Hawley is indeed a fool. But so is Trump, and look what happened when he ran for President.
Sat Jan 2, 2021, 04:15 PM
Jan 2021
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