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You are here: Home / Elections 2024 / 2024 Primaries / Late Night Open Thread: More Luzer 2024 Campaigns Grind Into Gear

Late Night Open Thread: More Luzer 2024 Campaigns Grind Into Gear

by Anne Laurie|  June 6, 20233:13 am| 37 Comments

This post is in: 2024 Primaries, LGBTQ Rights Are Human Rights, Open Threads, Republican Stupidity, Republican Venality

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Former Vice President Mike Pence filed paperwork to run for president, setting up a clash with Donald Trump in an increasingly crowded battle for the future of the Republican party https://t.co/f10a4gtLB4 via @bpolitics

— Mark Niquette (@mniquette) June 5, 2023

It is very funny to me that the law & order crowd has adopted the imagery of an actual international crime organization and made it uncool https://t.co/9TB2Gsv6wZ

— vocational politics appreciation account (@Convolutedname) June 3, 2023


this is how he becomes trump’s VP choice again, he knows his audience https://t.co/vfhy4261p0

— GOLIKEHELLMACHINE (@golikehellmachi) June 4, 2023

Going to be a hell of an thing in the primary debates when the moderator is like “Mister Pence, was Mister Trump right to attempt to have you lynched” and Mike is unable to give a straight answer because the average GOP primary voter is an orc. https://t.co/3mBjvRwLp7

— Starfish PhDing in Plankton and Salmon Studies (@IRHotTakes) May 31, 2023

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Cornell West is ‘running’ to bump up his speaking fees:

Cornel West says he's running for president https://t.co/6603NzbJxy

— Akayla Gardner (@gardnerakayla) June 5, 2023

You mean 2016 where people like me were screaming at the top of our lungs that electing Trump would lead to dire consequences (like overturning Roe), while people like you spent all your time attacking Clinton and voting for Stein/Harambe? Nah, I'm good. https://t.co/yRztU5nIn6

— Centrism Fan Acct ?? (@Wilson__Valdez) June 5, 2023


Or maybe a different campaign is already slipping him a little something under the table…

apropos of nothing. pic.twitter.com/9Ibx0peIq9

— Michael Realman (@trichesfaucons) June 5, 2023

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And Nikki Haley just signed the death warrant on her ‘maybe Trump will pick me to replace Pence’ tour…

The last GOP President, the longest serving GOP Speaker, and the current GOP Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee have respectively bragged on, gone to prison for, and covered up sex crimes specifically in locker rooms against teens. Including Haley's last boss.

— zeddy (@Zeddary) June 5, 2023

CNN continues to pollute the political discourse with toxic right wing messaging. https://t.co/SGSYfy5Cvg

— Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha) June 5, 2023

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  1. 1.

    Joey Maloney

    June 6, 2023 at 3:29 am

    Frist! (I believe this is my frist time!)

  2. 2.

    David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch

    June 6, 2023 at 3:38 am

     Cornel West says he’s running for president

    Pat Paulsen he’s not

  3. 3.

    David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch

    June 6, 2023 at 3:45 am

    All they do is win (photo)

  4. 4.

    Tony Jay

    June 6, 2023 at 3:53 am

    Give it up, Mike. Not even the MAGOP is going to choose a Presidential candidate with resting Quantum Leap face. Especially not one that at least 35% of the Party electorate would like to see hanged for unspecified crimes of Woke Treason.

    And Eric Bunson needs to go and do what all characters called ‘Eric Bunson’ are likely to do in any film in which there is a character called ‘Eric Bunson’. Tip – it involves self-stimulation with a petrol driven tree-feller.

  5. 5.

    Hilbertsubspace

    June 6, 2023 at 4:00 am

    Since this is the anniversary of D-day, it seems appropriate to wish Ukraine good fortune in taking it’s land back from fascists.

    Sadly, gaining ground on fascists is an important goal in every country right now.

    Will Mike Pence even poll at the 1% he needs to be in the debate?

  6. 6.

    Frankensteinbeck

    June 6, 2023 at 4:35 am

    Pence is an also-ran for the reasons everyone here has said many times.

    West won’t even get on the ballot.  He has no constituency at all.  Who would vote for him over any other candidate?  Who?  Why is he even trying?  My guess is some combination of ego and grift.  I doubt he has ever realized he’s just a black guy who criticizes Democrats, which is a job you can get paid for in the US.

    I think Haley has ambitions to actually be president rather than running for VP.  Like West, she hasn’t realized she’s just a token the GOP in her area find non threatening.  A sidekick pretending to be in charge.  You’ve hit that glass ceiling, lady.

    I guess VP is possible because it’s a sidekick role.  Maybe she knows and really has set her sights on that, but I think she’s deluded.  Eh.  Who knows?  She doesn’t have what Trump wants:  Absolute, ass-kissing loyalty.

    No candidate so far has both the white supremacist cruelty chops and the strength to stand up to Trump and call him a loser.  It’s so pathetic.

    Nobody who might ever vote Democrat cares what Leftier-Than-Thous like Bunson think.  I knew some of ‘Bernie was robbed’ voters in 2016 and they learned their lesson.

  7. 7.

    NotMax

    June 6, 2023 at 4:35 am

    Will Cornel run with Kanye in order to economize on yard sign printing costs?
    //

  8. 8.

    NotMax

    June 6, 2023 at 4:38 am

    @Hilbertsubspace

    Shan’t draw support but he sure can draw flies.
    //

  9. 9.

    Frankensteinbeck

    June 6, 2023 at 4:39 am

    Come to think of it, Trump will pick whatever VP Russia tells him to, and not even realize that’s what happened.  Both their government documents and public propaganda make it clear Russia thinks he’s a chump who’s hilariously easy to manipulate.

  10. 10.

    NotMax

    June 6, 2023 at 4:46 am

    @Frankensteinbeck

    Gov. Noem keeping uncharacteristically mum, methinks in aspiration of being tapped for Veep.

  11. 11.

    Baud

    June 6, 2023 at 4:50 am

    Centrism Fan Acct speaks some truth.

  12. 12.

    Chyron HR

    June 6, 2023 at 5:03 am

    “Democrats allowed Roe to be overturned”

    Why didn’t Biden just mint the Trillion Abortion Coin?

  13. 13.

    lowtechcyclist

    June 6, 2023 at 6:01 am

    @David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch: ​
     

    Pat Paulsen he’s not

    This generation needs a new sort of parody candidate – one who will thumb his nose at the First and Second Amendments, and run as a Third Amendment absolutist.

  14. 14.

    JWR

    June 6, 2023 at 6:15 am

    So I looked up this Jeremy Wayne Tate referenced in the Michael Realman tweet, and aside from being a DeSantis fellator and a regular at NRO, he’s also the hard-core homeschooler behind the Classic Learning Test. That said, I’m sure that he and “My Brother” Dr. Cornel West would get along famously as a presidential ticket.

  15. 15.

    raven

    June 6, 2023 at 6:19 am

    79th anniversary of D-Day and 55th of Bobby Kennedy assassination.

  16. 16.

    JWR

    June 6, 2023 at 6:27 am

    @NotMax:

    Will Cornel run with Kanye in order to economize on yard sign printing costs?
    //

    “West & West, we’re better than the rest”? Yes, My Brother, I can dig it.

  17. 17.

    Baud

    June 6, 2023 at 6:39 am

    @JWR:

    Stop making that ticket sound attractive.

  18. 18.

    Baud

    June 6, 2023 at 6:48 am

    @raven:

    I wonder what RFK would think of his son. It’s sad in a way.

  19. 19.

    MisterDancer

    June 6, 2023 at 6:48 am

    Everything you need to know about the brainrot of Cornel West is around that “Maybe DeSantis has a post” article he co-authored. Specifically — it’s all a grift now:

    It may seem confusing that Cornel West would endorse Ron DeSantis until you realize that West is on the board of Classic Learning Initiatives, which created the Classic Learning Test that DeSantis just approved funding for all school districts in Florida to use.

  20. 20.

    Manyakitty

    June 6, 2023 at 7:08 am

    @MisterDancer: West lost my respect when he decided to try to tear down President Obama. It was just so ugly that it seemed personal.

  21. 21.

    raven

    June 6, 2023 at 7:12 am

    @Baud: Oh yea. This also marks 55 years since my first acid trip!

  22. 22.

    Ken

    June 6, 2023 at 7:14 am

    @MisterDancer: I know Republican consistency is too much to ask, but how does pushing classics education in grade school jibe with their complaints about colleges offering “impractical” degrees that won’t get people jobs?

  23. 23.

    bjacques

    June 6, 2023 at 7:23 am

    @Ken: I reckon that depends on what works made the cut and which didn’t, and whether any of them were “woke”.

  24. 24.

    SFAW

    June 6, 2023 at 7:26 am

    @Ken: ​
     
    It just does, OK? Freakin’ libtards, with yer “logic” and “facts” BS.

  25. 25.

    Baud

    June 6, 2023 at 7:31 am

    @raven:

    Now that’s a cause for celebration!

  26. 26.

    David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch

    June 6, 2023 at 7:31 am

    @raven: ​
     Were you watching “2001: A Space Odyssey” at the time?

  27. 27.

    raven

    June 6, 2023 at 7:35 am

    @David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch: No, I was getting ready to go to Vietnam.

  28. 28.

    SFAW

    June 6, 2023 at 7:41 am

    @David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch: ​
     
    IMDB tells me that Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood are both still alive.
    Just an FYI that I thought was interesting, because I’m weird.

  29. 29.

    Manyakitty

    June 6, 2023 at 7:46 am

    @raven: seems like an appropriate response in that case.

  30. 30.

    David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch

    June 6, 2023 at 7:52 am

    @SFAW: ​
      I hear Hal 9000 is still alive. Works as a lip reader for a private investigator.

  31. 31.

    docNC

    June 6, 2023 at 7:54 am

    The last tweet there mentioned trans kids contemplating suicide.  Nikki Haley said “teenage girls” contemplate suicide.  Not trans kids.  She could care less about trans kids.  I’ve never liked her and these days vindication flows every day.  Ugh.  I  can’t stand her and her hateful self.

  32. 32.

    Ascap_scab

    June 6, 2023 at 8:09 am

    Cornel West should be running for the No Labels primary and smash Joe Manchin.

  33. 33.

    WereBear

    June 6, 2023 at 8:46 am

    @docNC: They tell us we can’t talk to their kids about it.

    Then in the next breath admit they can’t and won’t. “I can’t even imagine telling my kids this stuff.”

    Yes. We know.

  34. 34.

    biff murphy

    June 6, 2023 at 2:33 pm

    Is mike riding a menstrual cycle?

    ?

    /

  35. 35.

    VOR

    June 6, 2023 at 2:44 pm

    Who is the constituency asking for Mike Pence? The MAGAts don’t want him because he was insufficiently loyal to the maximum leader on January 6th. The Liberals and independents don’t want him because he was an ass-kissing sycophant to the Bad Orange Man for 4 years. He left office as Governor of Indiana with a sub 15% approval rating so he won’t get moderate votes based on past competence. Who is left?

  36. 36.

    mrmoshpotato

    June 6, 2023 at 5:22 pm

    Former Vice President Mike Pence filed paperwork to run for president, setting up a clash with Donald Trump in an increasingly crowded battle for the future of the Republican party

    Oh, you poor miserable bastard.

    Will the Trump trash crowd start chanting “Hang Mike Pence!” at the shitshows they try to call debates?

  37. 37.

    Kent

    June 7, 2023 at 12:27 am

    @VOR:Who is the constituency asking for Mike Pence? The MAGAts don’t want him because he was insufficiently loyal to the maximum leader on January 6th. The Liberals and independents don’t want him because he was an ass-kissing sycophant to the Bad Orange Man for 4 years. He left office as Governor of Indiana with a sub 15% approval rating so he won’t get moderate votes based on past competence. Who is left?

    He thinks it is the fundamentalists and evangelicals.  Who once did support him in Indiana in the before times.  But where he is wrong is that they have turned out to be the most rabid Trumpers of all.  I know of what I speak because I’m related to a bunch.  Basically because evangelicalism is nothing more than a tribal grift and Trump knows him some tribal grifts.

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