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Liz Warren sounds fundraising alarm over Kid Rock's potential Senate run
The Boston Herald ^ | July 14, 2017 | Chris Cassidy

Posted on 07/14/2017 4:49:14 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is sounding the alarm with her Democratic base, warning a Senate run by Detroit bad boy Kid Rock could be the second coming of Donald Trump.

The “Wasting Time” and “All Summer Long” rap rocker-turned-country singer tweeted on Wednesday that he’s running for U.S. Senate in Michigan. Although it’s been largely dismissed so far as a publicity stunt, Warren isn’t taking any chances with the longshot Republican.

“I know a lot of people are thinking: this is some sort of joke, right?” Warren wrote in an email blast with the subject line “Senator Kid Rock (R-MI).”

“Well,” she said, “maybe this is all a joke — but we all thought Donald Trump was joking when he rode down the escalator at Trump Tower and announced his campaign, too.

“And sure, maybe this is just a marketing gimmick for a new album or tour — but we all thought Donald Trump was just promoting his reality TV show, too,” she added.

The Bay State senior senator then links to a fundraising page where donations are split between Michigan Democratic U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow and Warren’s own 2018 re-election campaign.

A Warren campaign spokeswoman did not return repeated inquiries about how much the fundraising appeal has hauled in or the strategy behind it.

But if the effort succeeds, other Democrats are likely to also cash in on a Rock candidacy — remote as it may be — to fill their own campaign coffers, said Larry Sabato, a political science professor at the University of Virginia.

“Political elites and activists who actually give money to campaigns keep up with all this stuff,” he said.

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“Plus, the most effective direct mail is often tied to something that just happened — something that can be spun into a threat.”

Republican state Rep. Geoff Diehl, who will officially challenge Warren next month, blasted the email as proof that Warren is more concerned about crafting a bid for the White House.

“She uses any and every issue, whether it’s a celebrity Republican or it’s Hillary Clinton, to try to scare her support base into giving her more money so that she can reach that main goal I believe of running for president ... not of focusing on the concerns of her constituents in Massachusetts,” said Diehl.

Rock, 46, whose real name is Robert James Ritchie, insisted in a blog post last night that “it’s not a hoax” and that he plans to be a “voice for tax paying, hardworking AMERICANS and letting politicians like her (Stabenow) know that We the People are sick and tired of their (expletive)!”

Rock has launched a campaign website — kidrockforsenate.com — that mostly sells merchandise, and cycles through campaign slogans, such as “Pimp of the Nation” and in a reference to a “Bawitdaba” lyric, “Get in the Senate and try to help someone.” But he hasn’t filed any paperwork with the Federal Elections Commission.

Still, don’t count him out, said Saul Anuzis, the former chairman of the Michigan Republican Party.

“He’s well-liked,” said Anuzis. “He’s a big proponent of Detroit and somebody who’s put his money where his mouth is investing back home.”


TOPICS: Massachusetts; Michigan; Campaign News; Parties; U.S. Senate
KEYWORDS: crockajawea; democrats; detroit; fauxcahontas; fauxcohontas; kidrock; lieawatha; massachusetts; michigan; trump; warren
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1 posted on 07/14/2017 4:49:14 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

When is the primary? Can he say a long-winded sentence without saying it? Politicos have it down.


2 posted on 07/14/2017 4:51:34 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I'd say rational people would have to take him at least as seriously as, say...

...Al Franken?

FUEW

3 posted on 07/14/2017 4:53:33 PM PDT by Gargantua (Still Not Tired Of Winning... ;^)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

In my mind I can see him knocking Lindsey Graham in the face.


4 posted on 07/14/2017 4:53:46 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Funny thing that she didn’t mention “Senator” Al Franken (D-SNL).


5 posted on 07/14/2017 4:55:03 PM PDT by Bob (Damn, the democrats haven't been this upset since Republicans freed their slaves.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Real Patriots replacing real corrupt Senators is a big ass threat.

We need Kid Rock and Hank Williams Junior leading the reformation charge.

If the scum sucking Globalist Senators are ascared, I’m for it.


6 posted on 07/14/2017 4:55:30 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The president has been set. National elections are basically based on a cult of personality mindset.


7 posted on 07/14/2017 4:57:31 PM PDT by subterfuge (Build the damn wall...)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The president has been set. National elections are basically based on a cult of personality mindset.

Precident


8 posted on 07/14/2017 4:58:02 PM PDT by subterfuge (Build the damn wall...)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

we know nothing about Kid Rock but anyone FakeAHaunches is against, we’re for!


9 posted on 07/14/2017 4:58:10 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicans are not born, they're excreted." -- Marcus Tillius Cicero)
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To: Eddie01
Ted Nugent should run for the other Michigan senate seat.

Kid and Ted, there's a dynamic duo.

10 posted on 07/14/2017 4:59:21 PM PDT by Former Proud Canadian (Islam delenda est.)
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To: Eddie01

Yea but old Hank Jr is getting a little long in the tooth to run for office.


11 posted on 07/14/2017 5:00:20 PM PDT by eastforker (All in, I'm all Trump,what you got!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

She doesn’t realize she is one of the biggest jokes in the Senate.


12 posted on 07/14/2017 5:02:35 PM PDT by alternatives? (Why have an army if there are no borders?)
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I don’t know what she’s complaining about. Her party has a senator whose only resume was as a mediocre comic.


13 posted on 07/14/2017 5:03:02 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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The public are always looking to turn their politicians into celebrities. In fact the road to success on the dem side is to do just that. Didn't they turn Obama and Clinton into rock stars? Hillary and Jimmy Carter didn't have that kind of stuff and they didn't get far. Carter, in fact, got beaten by the first repub celebrity.

So, now the repubs have gone them one better. Rather than turn their candidates into celebrities, they just run celebrities like Reagan, Trump and the Kid.

Before I get flamed, I think the Kid will be 10 times the senator that Debbie Stabenow is. Reagan was a great president, and Trump is getting it done.

14 posted on 07/14/2017 5:06:21 PM PDT by Former Proud Canadian (Islam delenda est.)
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Shake em up Kid !
Love it. Pass the popcorn !


15 posted on 07/14/2017 5:07:43 PM PDT by wardamneagle
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To: DIRTYSECRET
Does he have a web site ....?...where to send some cash...?

Rock On.

16 posted on 07/14/2017 5:07:51 PM PDT by spokeshave (The Fake Media tried to stop us from going to the White House, I am President and they are not. DJT)
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To: Former Proud Canadian

He would have to move back to Michigan.


17 posted on 07/14/2017 5:08:39 PM PDT by FrdmLvr ("A is A. A thing is what it is." Ayn Rand)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren ... by Detroit bad boy Kid Rock could be the second coming of Donald Trump.

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She says it like it’s a bad thing!


18 posted on 07/14/2017 5:09:52 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftists today are speaking as if they plan to commence to commit genocide against conservatives.)
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To: subterfuge

Precedent


19 posted on 07/14/2017 5:11:36 PM PDT by al baby (May the Forceps be with you Hi Mom Its a Joke friends)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

but we all thought Donald Trump was joking when he rode down the escalator at Trump Tower and announced his campaign, too.

but we all thought Donald Trump was just promoting his reality TV show, too,” she added.

Stupid Democrats lie so much they think a Conservative must be lying whenever he tells the truth.

20 posted on 07/14/2017 5:12:22 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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