The Texas woman who is blowing up the GOP (Mindy Finn)

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The Texas woman who is blowing up the GOP
by Abby Livingston  Nov. 4, 2016  12:01 AM 

Mindy Finn is a native Texan who is not just running for vice president — she's putting herself on the frontline of an expected Republican civil war. 
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https://www.texastribune.org/2016/11/04/texas-woman-who-blowing-gop/
 

Mindy Finn, independent candidate for vice president, is from Kingwood. Mindy Finn, independent candidate for vice president, is from Kingwood.

Mindy Finn, independent candidate for vice president, is from Kingwood. 


Editor's note: This story has been updated to include more information about Evan McMullin's ballot strategy in Texas and other states.

WASHINGTON — Not so long ago, a legion of Texans were in contention to wind up on a presidential ticket this fall. None made it. And then, out of nowhere a few weeks ago, a woman with Texas roots burst onto the national scene as an independent candidate for vice president. 

Her name is Mindy Finn, and she is a native of Kingwood, Texas. Up until her launch as a candidate only a month ago, she was a nationally unknown political consultant in Washington.

But amid the chaos and disgust of the 2016 presidential campaign, there is a real chance she could be the first non-major party vice presidential candidate in a generation to win electoral votes come next Tuesday.

On Oct. 6, she joined the presidential ticket of a fellow Republican, Evan McMullin, a renegade who left the party as part of the "Never Trump" movement.

It's an independent bid, with no affiliation to any of the peripheral political parties. The McMullin-Finn organization has secured ballot access in 34 states, according to the campaign website. As of mid-October, the three-month campaign had raised a little over $1 million, and a staff of professional mostly anti-Trump GOP consultants is running the organization.

"I don't see how I can comfortably fit in a party that normalizes the bigotry of Donald Trump," Finn said in an interview with The Texas Tribune.

"I see what's happening in the two major parties right now as an attack on our system and our future," she later added.

It's a risky gambit for both McMullin and Finn: They're career Republicans who've worked on Capitol Hill, in Finn's case as a consultant. Their campaign is blowing up the GOP and, possibly, their future careers. 

They're running as the conservative anti-Trumps, arguing that a modern political party should not harbor the racist, sexist and anti-Semitic tones coming out of some pockets of the Trump support base.

"She's decided to endure all of the slings and arrows that will come from those demanding all Republicans fall in line because she knows that it is important to take a stand now, rather than only taking a stand when it is convenient,” said Republican pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson, a friend of Finn's.

This is no half-baked campaign.

Polls show McMullin, a Mormon, is within striking distance of winning Utah. Some conservatives fantasize that the Utah win could result in a 269-269 electoral vote tie between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton — throwing the election to the House of Representatives.

“I don't see how I can comfortably fit in a party that normalizes the bigotry of Donald Trump.”
— Mindy Finn, independent vice presidential candidate

Oddly enough, Texans will not technically be able to vote for Finn: She signed onto the campaign too late to make the state's ballot. In Texas, where McMullin is a certified write-in candidate, as well as in several other states, McMullin's running mate is officially Nathan Johnson, someone the campaign has said served as a "temporary placeholder" before McMullin decided on Finn as his running mate. 

"Sure, it's bittersweet, but I view us as a ticket and I'm just happy to support our ticket and what it stands for," she said.

Born in Houston and raised in Kingwood, Finn was a standout at Kingwood High as a drill team officer, a National Honor Society member and math tutor.

Many back home are startled to see their friend running for vice presidency.

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[geronl]

She should primary Cornyn

[Sanguine]

She should primary Cornyn

I would support that. 

[GrouchoTex]

She should primary Cornyn

 

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Mindy Finn

Jan 15·4 min read

I’m a Republican. You Couldn’t Pay Me to Vote for Trump.

So I get it.

But here’s why I will never vote for Donald Trump, no matter how charming or how devoted to country he appears.

He’s a master at propaganda. He’s a bully. And he’s dangerous.

I’m a lifelong Republican. But more importantly, I’m an American, a Mom, and though I don’t wear it on my sleeve, a committed Jew.

When I see an authoritarian decide who are winners and losers as if he were picking race horses to bet on, habitually equate people to animals and mock their looks and mannerisms, I see the antithesis of leadership. When I see a man equate strength with an ability to erect tall buildings in their name while threatening to banish entire religions from our country, I don’t merely shake my head in disgust. I’m afraid.

https://voices.nevertrump.com/i-m-a-republican-you-couldn-t-pay-me-to-vote-for-trump-bd0404df67e8#.29zb12k5v

[HonestJohn]

Mindy Finn

Jan 15·4 min read

I’m a Republican. You Couldn’t Pay Me to Vote for Trump.

https://voices.nevertrump.com/i-m-a-republican-you-couldn-t-pay-me-to-vote-for-trump-bd0404df67e8#.29zb12k5v

Good read.

[TomSea]

What a joke, McMullin Finn are going nowhere.  Per the Utah poll, seems Trump is better than McMillan by 20 points.

I thought I've heard, Texas Tribune is owned by Soros.

Never Trumpers like Finn can be happy with more babies killed if Clinton and her crime syndicate is elected.

[Oceander]

Actually, it's the Trump-humpers that made Orange Julius the Republican candidate that can take ownership of that.

Yes they can.  Mind you, they're not much into personal responsibility - like their orange lord and master - so expect them to vigorously, and violently, blame everyone other than themselves. 

[Silver Pines]

What a joke, McMullin Finn are going nowhere.  Per the Utah poll, seems Trump is better than McMillan by 20 points.

I thought I've heard, Texas Tribune is owned by Soros.

Never Trumpers like Finn can be happy with more babies killed if Clinton and her crime syndicate is elected.

@TomSea


"I'm very pro-choice."

"You would not ban partial-birth abortion?"  "No."


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsOlXidHXRE