Blankenship Says He’ll Run Third-Party In West Virginia Senate Race

Talking Points Memo ^ | May 21, 2018 | Cameron Joseph

[Trump20162020]

Don Blankenship isn’t done being a thorn in the side of the GOP.

The ex-con former coal baron announced Monday morning that he plans to run as the Constitution Party’s nominee for Senate, a move that could damage his former party’s chances at defeating Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) if he’s able to actually get on the ballot.

[rdl6989]

I can’t imagine anybody in WV voting for this guy.

[Mozilla]

You can see why Trump did not want him. Another Carl Palladino hot head in Blankenship.

[Trump20162020]

West Virginia does have sore loser laws; he’s suing to get that struck down by the courts, and will maybe run a write-in campaign should that fail.

[Wm F Buckley Republican]

These egomaniacs care more about their own egos than their country. All third parties are made up of kooks.

[JohnBovenmyer]

I thought pre-primary it was said West Virginia had a sore loser law.

[FreeReign]

This should confirm that Blankenship is a total put-up job.

[umgud]

The dems are probably paying him to do this.

[b4its2late]

What an idiot. Can’t stand to be out of the media spotlight.

[Salgak]

. . .sounds a lot like Egg McMuffin and his NeverTrumper antics. . .

[JohnBrowdie]

West Virginia does have sore loser laws; he’s suing to get that struck down by the courts, and will maybe run a write-in campaign should that fail.

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manchin is pretty popular for a democrat in WV. the danger isn't that he wins, it's that he siphons enough votes away with his write-in candidacy.

[Zathras]

Several of us suggested he was a DNC paid plant, put there to save the Senate Seat.
Looks like it could easily be true.

[JimRed]

False flag, maybe, in the pay of the RATs?

[Williams]

I think so.

[EdnaMode]

Please. Don’t.

[QuigleyDU]

Of course, the only reason he ran at all was to get Manchin elected. Thats been obvious from the get go. And because a good 33% of the people in this country are complete idiots, no matter which party their in, it will work.

[Pollster1]

I wonder whether this is ego or graft. I imagine the corrupt Left is happy to pay spoilers to enter races like this.

[Vaquero]

Probably put up to it by the dhimmicrats to take votes away from the GOP candidate.

[jalisco555]

I don’t follow WV politics. What does the guy stand for that might persuade someone to vote for him over the Republican candidate?

[daler]

"The dems are probably paying him to do this."

Countless elections have gone to the Democrats over the past 20 years or so (beginning with Ross Perot) when the left ran a pseudo-"conservative" to steal votes from the Republican. And when (if ever) has The Stupid Party employed the same tactic?

Perhaps if they did, this very effective Dem strategy would quickly disappear.

[ealgeone]

Well, then we need to prop up a Green party candidate.