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GOP Sen. Todd Young won’t vote for Trump and pines for a ‘principled’ conservative
Washington Examiner ^ | 3/19/24 | Emily Jacobs

Posted on 03/20/2024 4:15:40 AM PDT by cotton1706

Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) is holding firm on his commitment to not support former President Donald Trump in the November election as he locks up the Republican nomination.

Young split from the former president after he refused to accept the results of the 2020 election, though he voted against impeachment. He pledged not to vote for Trump again in 2023 over his conciliatory tone toward Russian President Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine and has remained undeterred by the wave of endorsements from his GOP colleagues.

“I won’t be voting for Biden. I also won’t be voting for Trump,” Young said in an interview on Monday. “So, does that mean I leave it blank? Does that mean I identify another conservative who’s almost certain not to be the next president of the United States and write them in? I haven’t decided that, and I think that’s a largely unimportant point. I don’t know who goes in that line, if anyone.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections; US: Indiana
KEYWORDS: elections; elekchunz; nevertrumpexaminer; searchworks; tds; toddyoung; trump; young
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To: cotton1706

From an April 7, 2016 CNN story:

“Rep. Marlin Stutzman is a member of the anti-leadership House Freedom Caucus, a conservative in the mold of Ted Cruz and a three-term Indiana congressman who voted against John Boehner as speaker. Now, he wants a promotion to the Senate – and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his allies want to stop that. Privately, McConnell has made clear to his confidantes that he wants to bolster the candidacy of Stutzman’s chief GOP rival, Rep. Todd Young, and push him over-the-top in the May 3 primary, according to sources familiar with the conversations.”

This is how the Old Crow, with the help of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce et al., have kept conservatives out of the Senate.


21 posted on 03/20/2024 5:44:03 AM PDT by SharpRightTurn (“Giving money & power to government is like giving whiskey & car keys to teenage boys” P.J. O’Rourke)
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To: catnipman

The mistake is that we allowed people who were run of the mill republicans to call themselves conservatives far too long.

They alone destroyed the conservative brand. They were nothing but neoCON artists.


22 posted on 03/20/2024 5:47:06 AM PDT by dforest
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To: cotton1706

people need to learn to distinguish right wing republicanism from MAGA

MAGA works because it is a coalition movement that avoids the extremes on both sides-and the extremes are where the UniParty Media Machine tries to keep the public


23 posted on 03/20/2024 5:48:58 AM PDT by mo ("If you understand, no explanation is needed; if you don't understand, no explanation is possible)
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To: SharpRightTurn

Yup. We’ve seen that over and over, especially in VERY Republican states where there was danger of electing a conservative because whatever Republican is nominated will likely get elected. McConnell helped sandbag the conservative in 2012 that got nominated (taking out incumbent liberal Republican Lugar) on the phony rape question. Then Indiana got a Democrat for 6 years and then got Young. So same same as far as McConnell is concerned.


24 posted on 03/20/2024 5:49:51 AM PDT by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

Like Joe Biden or Barak the Messiah.


25 posted on 03/20/2024 6:00:05 AM PDT by bray (You can tell who the Commies fear.)
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To: cotton1706

He’s not principled and he’s not a conservative if he would rather see Biden in office than Tru.p.


26 posted on 03/20/2024 6:13:17 AM PDT by Socon-Econ (adi)
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To: Westbrook
LOL exactly.

He was in that English business prof's class mopping the floor with him.

The business prof had never run a lemonade stand but was looking down his nose at Thornton Mellon. BWAHAAAhahahaha.

A masterpiece.

27 posted on 03/20/2024 6:15:51 AM PDT by caddie
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To: Westbrook
Oh yes sorry. Caddyshack yes. I was thinking Back to School.

Trump actually KNOWS what he is talking about and has negotiated anything and everything with real hard-core bastards.

Perfect training for when dealing with hard-core mass-murdering lying CCP and Rats.

28 posted on 03/20/2024 6:18:39 AM PDT by caddie
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To: cotton1706

Chances are, any modifier before the word conservative is a sign of a weasel.


29 posted on 03/20/2024 6:35:13 AM PDT by lurk (u)
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To: caddie

The “Back to School” analog works perfectly, too.

There, he’s an outsider with common sense and real life business experience, but doesn’t fit in with the elites and commies.


30 posted on 03/20/2024 6:38:23 AM PDT by Westbrook (The Democrats are wizards at two things: Finding votes and losing evidence.)
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To: cotton1706

Their ‘principle’ is our peonage.

A vote not cast for Trump is, by default, a vote for Biden.


31 posted on 03/20/2024 7:15:43 AM PDT by tsomer
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To: cotton1706

Sounds like he isn’t a principled conservative or he’d have run.


32 posted on 03/20/2024 7:40:14 AM PDT by bgill
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To: EQAndyBuzz

Young is a total embarrassment to Indiana.


33 posted on 03/20/2024 7:51:48 AM PDT by RoadieFan
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To: Susquehanna Patriot

He’s Rodney Dangerfield in Cadyshack.


34 posted on 03/20/2024 8:51:17 AM PDT by cowboyusa (AT THIS POINT, I'M WARMING TO AN AMERICAN PINOCHETE. )
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To: cotton1706

He should undervote POTUS if he doesn’t like the candidate. I’ve seen his name on my ballot a number of times and undervoted or voted 3rd party.

Everyone should do this. Especially where there are supermajorities. Giving your vote to the party gets you RINO’s.


35 posted on 03/20/2024 8:55:46 AM PDT by IamConservative (I was nervous like the third chimp in line for the Ark after the rain started.)
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To: Lazamataz

You buy that hat you get a free bowl of soup, looks great on you though.


36 posted on 03/20/2024 8:57:10 AM PDT by cowboyusa (AT THIS POINT, I'M WARMING TO AN AMERICAN PINOCHETE. )
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To: Lazamataz; All

BUSHwood.


37 posted on 03/20/2024 8:58:30 AM PDT by cowboyusa (AT THIS POINT, I'M WARMING TO AN AMERICAN PINOCHETE. )
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To: cotton1706

I did Todd the favor of voting for McCain and Romney (spit). The least Todd could do is return the favor by voting for Trump.


38 posted on 03/20/2024 9:04:47 AM PDT by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: cotton1706

Note to mister Young: A vote for anyone but Trump will have the same result as a vote for Biden. There is no such thing as “neutral” in this situation.


39 posted on 03/20/2024 10:20:09 AM PDT by Wuli (ena)
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To: cotton1706

Doesn’t a public refusal to support all Republican nominees mean he can no longer call participate in Republican politics?


40 posted on 03/20/2024 1:12:55 PM PDT by nvcdl
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