Steve Bannon Advised Mark Cuban to Run in 2020 as a Democrat

[demmiblue]

Source: Daily Beast

As he publicly flirts with a run for the presidency in 2020, Mark Cuban has also privately been in touch with potential allies and strategists to plot out a campaign.

The Dallas Mavericks owner confirmed that he has corresponded on multiple occasions since the 2016 election with Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump’s former chief strategist.

He downplayed the interactions in an email exchange with The Daily Beast, saying merely that he “texted with him a few time[s]” and that none, he believed, had “been more than one full sentence.” But according to four sources familiar with their conversations, the two have been in touch for months about a possible 2020 bid. Bannon, these sources say, has encouraged Cuban to run and to consider doing so as a Democrat, seeing it as a realistic path to a viable presidential run.

“They talk regularly,” said Sam Nunberg, a former Trump adviser who is close to Bannon. “They’re very similar. They have a lot of synergy there. Even when [Steve] went to work for Trump, Mark would be interviewed and say nice things about Steve.”

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/steve-bannon-advised-mark-cuban-to-consider-running-in-2020-as-a-democrat

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Oy!

[Achilleaze]

1. We are known by the company we keep*

* Favorite muttering of Dear Old Wizzened Mother Achilleaze long, long ago.

[OKNancy]

2. no way Cuban would work with Bannon or vice versa

He denied to The Daily Beast that Bannon had personally told him to run as a Democrat but he did note that the Breitbart chairman had suggested he do so to TMZ.

Different spin on the whole thing.
Cuban would be a formidable foe if he were to run as a Republican. I doubt he would get the nomination though. He's way too liberal on social issues.

[Fullduplexxx]

3. And with open primaries.....

[HopeAgain]

4. If he is truly in touch with Bannon

He's dead to me. Wouldn't vote for anyone who has an iota of respect for that Bannon. Not under any circumstances.

[AJT]

5. No vote #1-libertarian

No vote #2-zero experience

[leftynyc]

6. I think the only business person

I would vote for (at this time, things change, of course) is Michael Bloomberg. The inexperience in donnie (hardly his worst fault, just one of many) has shown that we need someone who knows HOW to govern. I can guarantee, he has NOTHING to do with Steve Bannon.

[pnwmom]

7. Not surprised at all. Just another narcissistic billionaire. nt

[moda253]

8. Not that I would want him as our candidate

Not that I would want him as our candidate... But this is a situation where I believe "Don't believe everything you read" is a good saying.

[maveric]

9. Why is Bannon still relevant?

Really. Why?