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Roger Stone says Trump may not run in 2020, pledges to line up challenger to Pence-Haley ticket
Washington Examiner ^ | May 19, 2018 | Daniel Chaitin

Posted on 05/19/2018 6:56:25 PM PDT by EdnaMode

Longtime Trump confidant Roger Stone pledged to have someone lined up to challenge Vice President Mike Pence should he run for president in 2020.

During an interview Friday with Big League Politics, a right-wing news website, Stone suggested that President Trump may not ultimately run for re-election if his first term is adequately successful and denounced the possibility of a 2020 ticket with Pence and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley.

"I guarantee you I will have a candidate challenge Mike Pence," said while speaking on the "Howley Reports" show.

Stone derided Pence as a "establishment Republican quisling" who is under the control of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Speaker Paul Ryan, and the Koch brothers.

Asked what he thinks about Haley, Stone grimaced and alleged that she "loves war" that isn't in the interest of the U.S.

On the prospect of a Pence-Haley ticket, Stone exclaimed, "Bring it on!"

The New York Times recently reported that Trump has been alarmed by the rising diplomatic star of Haley and even grown suspicious of her political ambitions. “Republicans close to the White House whisper about the prospect of an alliance between Ms. Haley and Vice President Mike Pence,” the Times reported in April, pointing to a possible run as a ticket in 2020.

Though Trump has already begun campaigning for re-election -- he has already chosen a 2020 slogan: "Keep America Great!" -- Stone cast doubt on it being a sure thing.

"I don't think that it is a foregone conclusion that the president will definitely run," Stone said. "If at the end of the next three years the economy is very strong, he has built the wall, sealed our borders, he's reformed our immigration policies, he has redone these trade agreements so that they are beneficial to the United States, that he has got a peace agreement in Korea -- I could see him saying, 'You know what? I don't need this anymore. I made America great again. I have kept my promises to the American people. I'm heading off to the golf course.'"


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2020; 2020election; donaldtrump; fakenews; haley; mikepence; neverpencer; nikkihaley; pence; rogerstone; stonecoldtruth; trump; trump2020
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To: familyop

Nothing you cite changes to whom was given the power to create a ‘natural born’ US citizen. Neither Congress or the judicial branch can give or remove ‘natural born’ US citizenship. We the people are government.


81 posted on 05/19/2018 9:49:54 PM PDT by Just mythoughts
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To: jospehm20

Sorry, I was responding to the wrong post.


82 posted on 05/19/2018 9:50:09 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: frank ballenger

Sen. Rudy Boschwitz of Minnesota, who was born in Germany, once said that he ans Sen. S.I. Hayakawa (who was born in Japan) were the only senators who didn’t wake up in the morning, look in the mirror, and say, “Now, that would be a fine-looking president.”


83 posted on 05/19/2018 9:51:49 PM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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To: familyop

Don’t confuse them like that.


84 posted on 05/19/2018 9:53:23 PM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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To: TBP

She’s doing a fine job at the UN. But there’s not a snowball’s chance that I’d vote for a ticket with her on it. I have a strong dislike for neocon imports who think that we need to alter our culture to suit them.


85 posted on 05/19/2018 10:08:06 PM PDT by Pelham (California, a subsidiary of Mexico, Inc.)
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To: EdnaMode

Pence would have his head handed to him.
He has shown he is a follower and not a leader.
Better than Ted Cruz but only slightly better.


86 posted on 05/19/2018 10:16:03 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: Pelham

Nimrata the carpetbagger would kill that weak ticket.

This is just neocon reflux. It’s not going anywhere.


87 posted on 05/19/2018 10:28:26 PM PDT by Psalm 144 (Ace McCain: The tumor is a rumor but the boot was a hoot.)
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To: blackberry1

“Stone is a drama queen. His 15 minutes is fading.....”

Sounds like he’s tripping, or just injecting shock jock confusion into the herd. I suppose it is fun to tease the neocon dog pack that way.


88 posted on 05/19/2018 10:32:09 PM PDT by Psalm 144 (Ace McCain: The tumor is a rumor but the boot was a hoot.)
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To: JohnBrowdie

LOL he has to be related to Oliver Stone the whacky movie moron.


89 posted on 05/19/2018 10:44:55 PM PDT by fish hawk (MACA Make America Christian Again)
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To: EdnaMode

President Trump will run and win in 2020. When he says he will, he will. If he did nothing else in the second term other than put a lot more conservative judges on the bench, he would be a huge success. But he has figured out ways to get around several of the limitations of dealing with Congress. He will only get better at that. If we pick up a half dozen or more senators this fall, his negotiations will go much easier.


90 posted on 05/20/2018 2:07:31 AM PDT by Revolutionary ("Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition!")
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To: EdnaMode

A Nikki Haley ticket would force me to sleep in on election day. I can’t stand that liberal *itch!


91 posted on 05/20/2018 2:43:17 AM PDT by Beagle8U (Liberals can kiss my bitter clingers!)
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To: EdnaMode

I may win the lottery next week.


92 posted on 05/20/2018 3:19:18 AM PDT by School of Rational Thought
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To: EdnaMode
I expected that Trump might not run, if he became frustrated and couldn't get anything done. But that's hardly been the case, in spite of The Swamp pulling out every stop against him.

Roger Stone?

I don't think it's completely normal for a conservative to have a tattoo of Richard Nixon on his back. (Maybe having a tattoo of Richard Nixon on his back is normal for a liberal.)

93 posted on 05/20/2018 3:27:36 AM PDT by Sooth2222 (Hanlon's Razor: "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.")
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To: tennmountainman
The MSM would eat Pence alive.

Absolutely, and I've been thinking that for a while now. They would / will take all their pent up rage at Trump out on him after Trump is gone. If you think it's bad now, just wait until Pence is in line for the Presidency, or even elected.

94 posted on 05/20/2018 4:04:20 AM PDT by Hardastarboard (Three most annoying words on the internet - "Watch the Video")
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To: EdnaMode
"Peace Agreement with Korea? (sic)" Ohhh, puhhleaze! Gimme a frikkin break, Stone.
95 posted on 05/20/2018 4:06:41 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (Easy does it.)
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation

For “legal” reasons.


96 posted on 05/20/2018 5:10:32 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: EdnaMode
Trump has been alarmed by the rising diplomatic star

Where do these fools get these idiotic ideas???

97 posted on 05/20/2018 5:14:47 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Mother nature is a serial killer......)
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To: JohnBrowdie

Roger Stone is a news “source”. A GOOD one. Maybe you don’t like him, but why cut off your nose?

He has connections and contacts worth hearing what they know. Including TRUMP!

I try not to stick my head in the sand or other places that some do.


98 posted on 05/20/2018 5:17:59 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: Reno89519

“BS, first Trump is ALREADY running for re-election and Second, Haley is not eligible”

LOL!

ALREADY running for “legal” reasons. Campaign stuff.

“Haley is not eligible”, tell that to Obama, Cruz, and McCain.


99 posted on 05/20/2018 5:29:21 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: catnipman

trump has already copyrighted slogans for 2020 and bought relevant domain names for his 2020 run .... not only that, trump keep talking about “eight years” ...

Political necessities. Are you people really this dull?

Could Trump change his mind about running?

NEVER....... wait....../s


100 posted on 05/20/2018 5:33:22 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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