Posted on 02/14/2021 1:59:49 PM PST by libstripper
Senator Richard M. Burr’s decision to vote for the conviction of former President Donald J. Trump on Saturday added fuel to speculation that Lara Trump, Mr. Trump’s daughter in-law, will seek the North Carolina Senate seat Mr. Burr will vacate in 2022.
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I agree 100pct.
Move to NC and run yourself.....Problem solved.
Lara does not impress me. Why won’t her husband run?
She wouldn’t need the GOPe apparatus. Go third party and watch the Repukes come in 4th. N.C may not be the right state but I say where ever MAGA can’t win a primary they should rum third party. Play for keeps
“IMO Burr is leaving because he made millions on Insider Trading and was caught. Nothing happened to him as far as I know. Good riddance.”
Burr made the announcement he would retire in 2022 in 2016, while he was running for reelection. There has been no indication he had any plan to reverse direction and run.
Early in 2020 the press reported the DOJ was investigating Burr and GOP Georgia Senator Kelly Loeffler for insider trading. Both publicly denied the charge. After a few weeks Loeffler provided details of the trading which appeared to exonerate her. Burr provided nothing and stepped down as Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. He effectively disappeared from public view. He has not posted to his “Senator Richard Burr” Facebook page since April 20, 2020. Not the behavior one expects of someone who is 100% innocent of the charge.
On January 19, 2021 the DOJ announced it was dropping its investigation of Burr for insider trading. On January 20, 2021 Joe Biden took the oath of office as president. On February 13, 2021 Burr was one of seven GOP Senators to vote for the conviction of President Trump. In doing so he was clearly voting against the wishes of the majority of North Carolina voters and overwhelming majority of NC Republican voters.
Was a deal made?
Lara Trump is an articulate, intelligent, classy speaker.
Caroline Kennedy is dumber than an ahh, ahh....post.
Lara is extremely articulate and knowledgeable. Very unlike Caroline Kennedy who could not get out a coherent thought in a cohesive sentence...like, like you know what I mean?
Agreed. NO dynasties, especially when considering someone with no experience at all other than being a wealthy member of the Trump family. Let’s look at some of the state level polititicans—Keith Kidwell of the 79th district comes to mind.
He and his buddy Danang Dick Blumenthal also escaped criminal justice after a FISA request was leaked to the media by the SSCI custodian of classified documents. The copy of the FISA document that the FBI sent to the SSCI had an incorrect date (and was the only copy with that date) so that there was clear evidence of who leaked the document. The document custodian (Wolf) was allowed to plead guilty to a minor boo-boo and the whole thing was swept under the rug.
We have a great candidate, but I want to see him elected as our Governor. We would control the legislative and executive branches in NC. We need to get some things done in this State that will only happen of he have control of both. If Lara Trump is not running then it is hard to see anyone beating Cooper unless we have another Black conservative candidate like our LT Governor.
I agree. I’m tired of these families having a permanent hold on political office just because of their name. Just because she is a Trump doesn’t mean she is conservative.
Seems ok to me.
Oh wait, she's not a lawyer. Gotta have lawyerticians because they've done so well for us, especially the ones from Harvard. /s
Another sore point for me is that he was Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee during the Russian Collusion hoax. Richard Burr was asleep at the wheel during this entire farce. He did NOTHING to pursue the real criminals and left President Trump twisting in the wind.
Meanwhile Adam Schiff became the House Intel Chairman in 2018 and we sure all remember what he did. The RINO spinelessness of Richard Burr did great damage to Trump's reelection campaign.
LOL...I just knew there was a reason...well done!
I hope so, because it's going to be absolutely vicious. They will plaster every skeleton in her closet on the airwaves and make up a few in addition.
As has been stated many, many times on many, many threads - Burr is not running for reelection. He is out in 2022.
Last time I did that I got in trouble. lol This title was wrong.
"Lindsey Graham Says Lara Trump Could Enter Congressional Race in North Carolina"
I agree. My friends in NC are so disgusted with Burr. He must have had some pretty powerful business people supporting his campaign and there was a price he was, and is, willing to pay.
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