Democrats Fear 'Unity Ticket'
Democrats Fear 'Unity Ticket'
They worry it would take more votes from Biden
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Centrist Democratic think tank Third Way is warning that a well-funded effort by No Labels, another centrist group, to run a third-party presidential ticket in 2024 would result in Donald Trump’s return to the White House.
If Trump does get back to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, his second reign could be rooted in spite and vengeance.
Trump is considering a female running mate, possibly defeated Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, if he is the GOP nominee. Govs. Kristi Noem (R-SD) and Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R-AR) are other possibilities.
Ron DeSantis says America should be more like Florida.
Republican Doug Mastriano, who lost the 2022 Pennsylvania gubernatorial race by 15 points and may have helped drag down the GOP Senate nominee, is now considering a Senate run himself.
Cory in the House: Actor Ben Savage will run for the seat held by Senate candidate Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) as a Democrat.
A half-dozen House Republicans from New York are going all-out to quarantine Rep. George Santos (R-NY).
Federal Communications Commission nominee Gigi Sohn, whose nomination dragged out for nearly a year and a half, has withdrawn from consideration, citing “unrelenting, dishonest and cruel attacks” from lobbyists.
DeSantis hates drag, but likes high heels.
Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-MT) on a photo op with Nazis: Oops.
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It’s better to get more independents in at the State & congressional levels than long shot vanity bids. Especially when we have a major political party openly playing footsie with insane conspiracy theorists, bigotry & seditionists. As Fox News’ history of lies is being finally put under the microscope. As DeSantis wears heels. 😑
Oh & like I said last night on the Rosendale neo-nazi thread on PW: The funny thing is that this congressman has a trail of these incidents. Like does he have some weird nazi attracting pheromones? 🤨”
https://american-ledger.com/accountability/rosendale-courts-white-supremacists-in-rapid-rise/
But as both American Ledger & media matters have noted, the Congressman has a interesting history of repeating running into or interacting with people with these backgrounds.