The reason I am so upset about this is that I like Sasse a lot and I think he has a future in the leadership of the country.
But it is childish and thoughtless for him to throw it away in a silly tweet.
Ted Cruz is probably equally disgusted with some of the Republicans but he would never do that.
Ben is young, good-looking and incredibly smart. I hate to see him throw it away on some pie-in-the-sky notion of some perfect party out there somewhere.
He has to work within the party and he won't get anywhere by making an enemy of his own party.
There is no Republican party anymore. It is a huge experiment in reality show.
For years, talking about running for the presidency has been somewhat of a hobby for Donald Trump. The first time was in 1987, when, instead of buying ad space to promote his new book, he gave speeches hinting at the possibility of a run. In 1999, he suggested to Larry King that Oprah Winfrey would be his first choice for a vice president. Gwen Ifill traces his trajectory to the nomination.
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GWEN IFILL:
Tonight, we continue our series exploring Donald Trump’s life, his transformation from businessman to reality TV star, to presidential nominee.
In this final installment, we look at Trump’s political transformation to billionaire populist.
In retrospect, this scene seemed inevitable, Donald Trump, surrounded by the trappings of wealth and celebrity, staking his claim to the world’s most powerful office.
DONALD TRUMP, (R) Presidential Candidate:
I am officially running for president of the United States, and we are going to make our country great again.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
GWEN IFILL:
His candidacy was initially dismissed as a prank, a long shot. But, in fact, it was 28 years in the making.
Gwenda Blair is a Trump biographer.
GWENDA BLAIR, Author, “The Trumpsâ€:
It’s not the first time, second, third, fourth, or even fifth. It’s the sixth time that he has talked about being president.................................
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https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/2016-donald-trump-history-toying-presidential-runUnder a President Donald Trump, the Republican Party would become a different one, a broad, populist coalition focused on workers who have gone too long without a raise and on social programs the party establishment has long seen as anathema to its long-term success.
“Love the question,†Trump said in response to a question from Bloomberg Businessweek's Joshua Green in a profile of Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus published Thursday. The article bears the headline, "How to Get Trump Elected When He’s Wrecking Everything You Built."
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“Five, 10 years from now — different party. You’re going to have a worker’s party," Trump said in the May 17 interview. "A party of people that haven’t had a real wage increase in 18 years, that are angry."
https://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/trump-gop-workers-party-223598The many ways in which Donald Trump was once a liberal’s liberal
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/07/09/ths-many-ways-in-which-donald-trump-was-once-a-liberals-liberal/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.f6f5d6c2dc3aAnd is it any wonder that Trump would call Manafort a good man even though he clearly broke the law?
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/08/21/trumps-business-of-corruption