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Never Trump Republicans quietly preparing to back Biden
Washington Examiner ^ | | September 19, 2019 12:00 AM | David M. Drucker

Posted on 09/18/2019 10:14:55 PM PDT by conservative98

Republicans opposed to President Trump are quietly preparing to support Democratic front-runner Joe Biden, backing that could materialize in the primary as he attempts to fend off a surging Elizabeth Warren.

Some Republican operatives active in Never Trump circles are discussing what form support for Biden might take and the timing. Groups such as Stand Up Republic, co-founded by prominent Never Trump Republicans Evan McMullin and Mindy Finn, could target disaffected GOP voters in key micro-battlegrounds with finely tailored advertising in a bid to boost Biden in the Democratic primary.

Biden, 76, is the most likely Democrat to receive measurable support from the Never Trump crowd, most of whom quickly concluded that the president does not face a realistic threat from the three Republicans challenging him in the GOP primary in 2020.

“Biden is probably the only plausible candidate the Never Trumpers could support,” said Jim Dornan, a Republican operative in Washington who maintains relationships with anti-Trump Republicans.

How a Warren nomination might impact the Never Trump movement, and its participation in the 2020 campaign, is unclear.

Some Republicans in this community, who believe Warren’s policies are a different sort of extreme than Trump but equally dangerous to the country, might channel their opposition into helping one of the president’s long shot primary challengers or get behind an independent candidacy, should one develop. Other Never Trump Republicans insist that the label means exactly that.

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“If it’s Elizabeth Warren, that presents a real problem because she may have a lot of plans, but most of them are terrible,” said Sarah Longwell, a veteran GOP operative and outspoken anti-Trump Republican. "Being Never Trump doesn’t mean abandoning conservative sensibilities,” she said.

“Never Trump means what it says: Never Trump. Under no circumstances can you embrace that man coming back to the White House,” countered Jerry Taylor, who runs the Niskanen Center, a centrist Washington think tank that has become a gathering spot for anti-Trump Republicans. “Most Never Trump Republicans that I traffic with are of the mind that any electoral outcome that doesn’t return Donald Trump to the White House is a good outcome, save for the wild card of Bernie Sanders.”

1 posted on 09/18/2019 10:14:55 PM PDT by conservative98
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2 posted on 09/18/2019 10:15:14 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

Jeb, Kasich, Romney, Kristol, Stephen Hayes?


3 posted on 09/18/2019 10:20:09 PM PDT by conservative98
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“Being Never Trump doesn’t mean abandoning conservative sensibilities,” Yes it does


4 posted on 09/18/2019 10:20:33 PM PDT by jospehm20
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Sorry, if you support any of these socialist Dems, you’re neither Republican nor conservative.


5 posted on 09/18/2019 10:20:40 PM PDT by Unam Sanctam
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To: conservative98

Picture of Biden back when Poligrip made a better paste. ;-)


6 posted on 09/18/2019 10:20:57 PM PDT by House Atreides (Boycott the NFL 100% — PERMANENTLY)
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Mark Levin on Biden the other day: False teeth. False hair. False mind.


7 posted on 09/18/2019 10:22:29 PM PDT by conservative98
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Backstabbing ####s and ENEMIES of us.

At this point, I hate to sound horrible, but whether it’s family or fiance or best friend, voting for anyone other than Trump makes them anti American and traitors in a way.

Because there’s no time left for another “bad” dem president.


8 posted on 09/18/2019 10:23:23 PM PDT by dp0622 (Bad, bad company Till the day I die.)
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Hey RINOs, just be honest and declare as Democrat.

What am I saying!? Neither RINO or Democrat can be honest!
9 posted on 09/18/2019 10:23:29 PM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: conservative98

the only names I see named are two guys no one has ever heard of. DJT has conquered the GOP. he has as much party support as any of the past 3 or 4 nominees/sitting presidents.


10 posted on 09/18/2019 10:25:26 PM PDT by JohnBrowdie
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To: jospehm20; conservative98

They like Biden because he supported the Iraq War.

No matter what else they say, Never Trumpers are big supporters of the Iraq War and they hate Trump for being the first Republican presidential candidate to criticize it.


11 posted on 09/18/2019 10:26:00 PM PDT by rintintin
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For the Bush League Republicans, it’s all about trying to save the Bush Plan for North Mexico (aka USA)


12 posted on 09/18/2019 10:27:07 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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13 posted on 09/18/2019 10:29:49 PM PDT by musicman (The future is just a collection of successive nows.)
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President Trump can spot Brainless Joe a bunch of NeverTrumper votes without worry, *that's* how bad off the Demagogic Party is right now. Thanks conservative98.

14 posted on 09/18/2019 10:30:38 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: dp0622

I honestly thought the top teeth was gonna drop


15 posted on 09/18/2019 10:31:30 PM PDT by Undecided 2012
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This group can’t be more than a few.


16 posted on 09/18/2019 10:32:17 PM PDT by lurk
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Biden (John McCain’s good friend), has strong appeal to
Russophobia “conservatives”.


17 posted on 09/18/2019 10:35:33 PM PDT by granada
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An interesting tweet today from Jerry Taylor:

George Soros is a target is because he defends free media, democracy, rule of law, minority rights, and compassion. https://t.co/LueODxJumT

Google Nikasen Center and Soros. It looks like they have received funding from good old Uncle George.


18 posted on 09/18/2019 10:36:35 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.)
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19 posted on 09/18/2019 10:36:57 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (In Italia i fascisti si dividono in due categorie : i fascisti e gli antifascisti. -- Ennio Flaiano)
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This will cripple him in the primaries. I wouldn’t be surprised if Warren is behind the story.


20 posted on 09/18/2019 10:37:09 PM PDT by dead (Liberals ruin everything.)
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