Joe Walsh is primarying Trump. He brings tons of very Trumpian baggage.

[Eugene]

Source: Washington Post

Joe Walsh is primarying Trump. He brings tons of very Trumpian baggage.

By Aaron Blake
August 25 at 10:29 AM

This post has been updated with Walsh’s campaign announcement.

Former congressman Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) announced Sunday that he will challenge President Trump in the 2020 primaries.

It’s difficult to overstate how questionable this idea is for everybody involved.

The New York Times reported last week that Walsh was getting some high-profile encouragement from a leader of the “Never Trump” Republican movement, Bill Kristol:

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Walsh doesn’t just have experience with conservative talk radio and supporting Trump; he inhabited the fever swamps of birtherism and anti-Muslim rhetoric and conspiracy theories as recently as a couple of years ago. The one-term congressman also tweeted the n-word on several occasions and carries significant personal baggage into his primary with Trump.

Last week, Peter J. Hasson pulled out a number of examples of Walsh’s tweets. They include the falsehood that former president Barack Obama is Muslim, employ the racist trope that he should “go back” to someplace other than the United States, and make frequent use of ethnic slurs:

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/08/22/joe-walsh-is-not-your-anti-trump-savior/

[Thomas Hurt]

1. another reality tv grifter...on the positive side, he isn't completely batsh*t crazy like Trump.

[shraby]

2. If he beats trump, he'll be an instant re-run, only younger and thinner.

[Frustratedlady]

3. I listened to him on Morning Joe and, as he ate a ton of crow, all I could think of was:

"You lie!" That shocking moment at Obama's SOTU still rings in my ears.

Of course, I would never vote for him in any way, but I doubt he's changed his spots enough to stay in the running for very long. I hope that in the process of deciding (or, hopefully long before) he has rectified being behind in his child support payments. His mouth and his inability to support his children will follow him long after all that crow he has to eat.

Speaking of crow, he isn't a lot different from Trump. Birds of a feather...

[Meadowoak]

4. "you lie" was Joe Wilson, not Joe Walsh.

[Frustratedlady]

5. My bad!

[YOHABLO]

6. Well this ought to be entertaining.

This could be good for the Democratic Party. Syphoning off some Republican voters from Trump.