Third Party Run for Trump?

[StClone]

With Kari Lake as his mate! What a wonderful thing if the Feds don't get him first.

'Hostage situation': GOP insiders fear Trump third party run if he loses primary

https://www.alternet.org/2022/11/hostage-situation-gop-insiders-fear-trump-third-party-run-if-he-loses-primary-2658766249/

[Deep State Witch]

1. Do it!

I've been saying for a while now that the Repubs are going to split into two parties.

Maybe they can call it the Know-Nothing Party 2.0?

[EYESORE 9001]

5. Both factions would be know-nothings

We’d need another way to tell them apart

[StClone]

10. Republicans vs Frankenparty

As in Frankenstein and his bride Kari.

[Captain Zero]

36. The Frankenparty could be Orange on the electoral map.

just sayin'

[33taw]

2. Please proceed

[mzmolly]

3. :D

Let's hope!

[Victor_c3]

4. Please please please please please

If he doesn’t get the nomination, he’ll almost have to. How else could he continue to mooch off of political contributions or use an active political career to help shield him from criminal prosecution?

[republianmushroom]

6. I like it

[jmowreader]

7. Weird technical question follows

How many states' sore loser laws apply to presidential candidates?

[StormKing]

15. Trump won't care

He will literally say the laws were created out of nowhere to stop him.

[brooklynite]

8. Not possible...

Too many States have a “sore loser” law that prohibits a candidate from getting on the ballot as an Independent or third party after losing a Primary.

[Raven123]

9. Even if some do, is it not possible for him to play the spoiler in the general election?

[brooklynite]

16. He can certainly try...it just wouldn't be about electing him.

[Raven123]

17. Of course, but Trump might like claiming the GOP couldn't win without him.

[StClone]

13. Yes but IF he feels he will be "robbed" prior to formal vote of primary.

He will officially take out his Independent candidate position prior to being formally rejected. Thus Trump will technically avoid state law violations.

[Aristus]

23. That doesn't affect write-in votes, though, does it?

If every MAGAt in the country writes Trump in, that will split the right-wing vote just as effectively.

[brooklynite]

24. Depends on the State...

Some States require a candidate to register as a write-in, otherwise the votes aren’t counted.

[newdayneeded]

26. That won't affect the Maga dumbshits,

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I've made OPs about this very thing. I'm convinced if trump isn't on the ballot 100s and 100s of thousands of trumpers are gonna write him in. This will mean Biden will cruise to a victory.

[Captain Zero]

37. It does assume they can write his name.

Some probably can't.

[DemocraticPatriot]

28. It seems that may not be true for presidential candidates...

except in Texas and South Dakota. (I had believed as you do, but recently decided to research the question).


From Ballotpedia:

. Richard Winger, editor and publisher of Ballot Access News, has argued that, generally speaking, "sore loser laws have been construed not to apply to presidential primaries." In August 2015, Winger compiled a list of precedents supporting this interpretation. He argued that in 43 of the 45 states with sore loser laws on the books, the laws do not seem to apply to presidential candidates. Winger claimed that sore loser laws apply to presidential candidates in only two states: South Dakota and Texas.

https://ballotpedia.org/Sore_loser_laws_for_presidential_candidates,_2016

[TreasonousBastard]

11. Impossible. Even in the most pumpkin of days, his survival...

instincts must be telling him that third party runs just don't win.

Didn't win for T. Roosevelt or any of the lesser knowns that tried it since. Orangeanus has to be aware of the doom that befell every one who tried.

[ProfessorGAC]

20. Especially Since....

...he didn't win the PV even with a major party label.

[tinrobot]

33. True, but he also has a strong revenge instinct.

If he can't have it, he'll go scorched earth on the nominee to make sure he/she can't have it, either.

[newdayneeded]

39. his intention wouldn't be to win,

but to stick a fork in desatan with the 3rd party run. in typ trump fashion "if I can't win, no other repub can win either!"

[gab13by13]

12. Domestic oligarchs will snuff that out.

[bpj62]

14. No Republican Primary

Each party controls their primary process and it wouldn't surprise me if Trump demands that the party anoint him as the defacto candidate. Trump wants all the campaign cash he can grab and the Republicans do not want Trump to humiliate any of thier future Presidential candidates.
A third party run by Trump would create two Republican losers in one election and I don't think party hierarchy will allow that. I truly believe that the party faithful are hoping for a Trump indictment followed by a drawn out trial that ends in a conviction.

[yardwork]

18. Go for it! Run, Donny, run!

[Emrys]

19. Yes please!

Much as I'd prefer never to hear that obnoxious drawl or see an image of that revolting bloated physog again, witnessing a record victory for the Democrats up and down the board would be worth the teeth-gritting.

There might be some mopping up to do as his more deranged supporters set about each other and anybody that got in the way, and the overspill had unfortunate consequences, but sometimes a festering boil's better lanced, sterilized and done for good.

[WarGamer]

21. Not a chance.

1) Trump OWNS the GOP, why go 3rd Party?

2) Even if Trump lost a primary, he'd need to support the nominee to get the promise of a pardon and/or disabling any DoJ probes/investigations.

So... not a chance of a 3rd Party run.

[BlueTsunami2018]

22. I want him in the Republican primary kneecapping the other dolts.

Piss Wig is now an asset to us. He can’t win the general, people already caught that act, but he can win the primary.

[0rganism]

25. We should be so lucky

If this happens it will be the singlemost useful thing he's done for this country, I hope his loyal followers feel the same way.

[Hekate]

27. All the Dems would snicker & say: "Please don't throw me in that briar patch!"

[BlueIdaho]

29. Yes Please!

I can see huge Democratic majorities in House and Senate along with another term with a Democrat in the White House if that stumble bum goes 3rd Party!

[tanyev]

30. He might talk about it ad nauseam, but I doubt he would be able to assemble a team

capable of fulfilling all the legal requirements to get him on the ballot in all states and territories.

[Captain Zero]

38. Yeah. They would expect to be paid.

And he won't.

[former9thward]

31. I doubt "GOP insiders fear Trump third party run if he loses primary."

GOP insiders would know that most states have "sore loser" laws which stop a candidate who loses a primary from being on the ballot in the general election.

in other states the time limits to get on the ballot for an independent/third party run in the general election would have run by the time a primary is held. So its impossible to get on the ballot.

Click bait article.

[StClone]

32. Sore Losers laws will not apply

If he declares without going through the Republican nomination process the laws do not apply. Plus, write-in votes WILL HAPPEN if he goes rogue regardless of the process. These votes will be wonderfully wasted...

[former9thward]

34. From YOUR OP:

"if he loses primary"

Which means he would be going through the Republican nomination process. Sore loser laws would apply. Trump would not engage in an embarrassing fruitless write in campaign.

[UTUSN]

35. Yes, please!