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Title: President Trump Bets On Big Loser, Cannot Fill Seats In Alabama For Luther Strange Rally
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The Liberty Conservative
URL Source: http://www.thelibertyconservative.c ... bama-for-luther-strange-rally/
Published: Sep 20, 2017
Author: Shane Trejo
Post Date: 2017-09-22 14:32:21 by Tooconservative
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White House officials told Breitbart News that they are having trouble filling up a large venue on behalf of Strange, the establishment crony who was appointed to his position in the U.S. Senate by disgraced former Gov. Robert Bentley. Organizers are downsizing to a smaller venue than Trump’s 2016 rally, which packed in over 30,000 people, to the Von Braun Center in Huntsville which seats fewer than 10,000. Making Trump look even more foolish, White House aides believe that many in attendance will be there to shout slogans on behalf of Strange’s challenger, former Alabama supreme court justice Roy Moore. Moore is known for defying the federal SCOTUS on key issues pertaining to religious freedom, such as homosexual marriage and showing the Ten Commandments in public spaces. “We have concerns that there may not be a high amount of turnout at the rallies for Strange and we are concerned that some of those that may show up may be there to shout pro-Roy Moore slogans–or that they just want to see the president and vice president but still plan to vote for Roy Moore,” a White House aide said to Breitbart reporters. “Translating this into votes for Luther Strange is going to be very difficult, if not impossible.” Vice President Mike Pence will be joining Trump to push for Strange this week as well, as the full-court press is on for the administration to do McConnell’s bidding. If they are successful in their efforts, Trump and Pence will have effectively stabbed each of their grassroots supports of Alabama in the back–all to curry favor with McConnell and other reviled swamp rats of the Washington D.C. sewer. This embarrassing display is also indicative of a nationwide trend of Trump supporters growing weary with his false promises. As Trump shifts on immigration and healthcare while working directly with Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (R-CA), fewer Americans are interested in raising pompoms on his behalf. The Mother of All Rallies, hosted by Trump supporters in Washington D.C. this past weekend, was a national punchline where clueless, desperate organizers even gave Black Lives Matter the microphone and a platform to speak. Rather than listening to the likes of McConnell, Pelosi and Schumer, Trump should be listening to the voices that put him in the White House. But with those people long-gone from the administration and Trump’s handlers such as Chief of Staff John Kelly and national security advisor H.R. McMaster in complete control of the out-to-lunch president, it is looking more probable that Trump will never reach a second term in the oval office.
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Once again, President Donald Trump was played for a sap by the GOP establishment. After endorsing Sen. Mitch McConnell’s crony Luther Strange against his hard-right constitutional challenger last month, Trump is now planning to stump for Strange this Friday. There is only one problem though: Nobody is showing up to hear Trump’s doublespeak.
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#9. To: Tooconservative (#0)
Looked like a packed and energetic crowd to me. But these lyin' eyes of mine, I don't know.
It was a third the size of the crowd he drew last year in the same city. So a decline of 66% in Trump's ability to draw a crowd in Huntsville is obviously a sign of his popularity. If Trump could have filled a bigger stadium, no doubt he would have booked one. I think Strange will go down in flames to a humiliating defeat. This race and the behavior of the principals and their surrogates and the general tone of coverage across the Right media sector indicates that. Of course, Roy Moore remains a pretty lousy choice, having grandstanded himself out of a job as chief justice of the AL supremes due to his unlawful installation in the dark of night of his own chosen monument in the supreme court building, damaging the expensive marble floors in the process. And the same can be said of Strange. Strange is obviously corrupt and no voter could conclude otherwise. Neither of them has the integrity and reputation of Sessions. Alabama could do so much better than either of them but I guess that is the choice they ended up with. Moore was again elected Chief Justice in 2013, but was suspended in May 2016, for directing probate judges to continue to enforce the state's ban on same-sex marriage despite the fact that it had been overturned. Following an unsuccessful appeal, Moore resigned in April 2017, and announced that he would be running for the United States Senate seat which was vacated by Jeff Sessions, upon his confirmation as Attorney General of the United States. I can't blame Mitch the Turtle for not wanting a turd like Moore in the Senate GOP caucus. This goes way beyond the Not-A-Witch and other problematic GOP Senate candidates. I'm surprised that Moore hasn't been disbarred but apparently the AL bar association is incredibly lenient.
#11. To: Tooconservative (#10)
Last year in the same city HE was running. Do you expect Trump to draw the same campaign-size crowds no matter why he's there? What kind of crowd did he draw in Texas when he visited after Hurricane Harvey? Was it smaller than the crowd during the campaign? Oh, what a failure, huh? "I think Strange will go down in flames to a humiliating defeat." I do, too. But that's no reflection on Trump. "I'm surprised that Moore hasn't been disbarred ..." As though Trump doesn't have enough controversy going on, he's supposed to hitch his wagon to that star? Why? Moore's going to win anyways.
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestWhite House officials told Breitbart News that they are having trouble filling up a large venue on behalf of Strange,
#10. To: misterwhite (#9)
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Looked like a packed and energetic crowd to me. But these lyin' eyes of mine, I don't know.
How about Moore's wife and son? Moore was elected to the position of Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court in 2001, but removed from his position in November 2003 by the Alabama Court of the Judiciary for refusing to remove a monument of the Ten Commandments commissioned by him from the Alabama Judicial Building, despite orders to do so by a federal court. Moore sought the Republican nomination for the governorship of Alabama in 2006, but lost to incumbent Bob Riley in the June primary by a nearly 2-to-1 margin. He sought the Republican nomination for the office again in 2010,[1] but placed fourth in the Republican primary. Moore's wife, Kayla, is the President of the Foundation for Moral Law, which Roy founded. His son Caleb works there as well, and was identified in 2012 tax returns as its Executive Director. Arrested for possession of Xanax and marijuana on March 15, 2015, Caleb paid a $900 fine and was granted pretrial diversion after promising to enter drug rehab, despite three prior drug convictions, and three Driving Under the Influence arrests since 2011, in Alabama and Florida. "I must admit, the things people are saying about me on social media are for the most part true. I do have a past that I'm not proud of. Thank God for salvation and changing my life," he posted on Facebook. Blaming others after his arrest, Caleb wrote, "the media and crooked police officers and critics of my dad try to not only destroy his career for what he stands for but will go as far as trying to destroy his family."[112][113][114] On November 25, 2016, he was arrested for the eighth time in five years, for hunting over bait and hunting without permission of the property owner.[115]
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