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AP Article Suggests Donald Trump May Run for President with a Third Party

Donald Trump
Donald Trump
This Associated Press article suggests businessman and former ‘Apprentice’ host Donald Trump may seek the presidency with an alternative party, rather than seek the nomination of a crowded GOP. An excerpt:

Donald Trump is currently running for president as a Republican. But while courting evangelical voters at the Family Values Summit in Ames, Iowa, on Saturday, he again refused to rule out a third-party run if he doesn’t win the nomination.

Some Republican officials don’t take the businessman and reality TV star’s candidacy seriously. Others fear that heading a third-party, Trump could siphon votes away from the eventual Republican nominee and ultimately cost the GOP the presidency.

In 2000, Trump briefly sought the nomination of the Reform Party, winning the party’s California primary.

One party that appears to be courting Trump, at least on social media, is the American Independent Party. Their chairman, Markham Robinson, has made numerous pro-Trump statements on his Twitter account.

10 Comments

  1. paulie July 18, 2015

    Go for it if you feel like it. Should be good for readership pull, I would think.

  2. Jill Pyeatt July 18, 2015

    Here’s a video where he supposedly says he’ll run third party if the GOP doesn’t want him. I don’t think it’s worth its own article.

    https://youtu.be/7k1ajHAeXMU

  3. Wake Up July 18, 2015

    He could probably get the Libertarian nomination pretty easily if he wanted it.

    The reports from Freedom Fest was that he had a lot more applause than boos.

  4. Jill Pyeatt July 18, 2015

    LOL to all of the above!

  5. NewFederalist July 18, 2015

    I would guess John McCain would not be his running mate!

  6. Election Addict July 18, 2015

    Root would consider Ventura anti-american.

    I could guess what Trump would think but he would change his mind tomorrow.

  7. Mark Axinn July 18, 2015

    Trump-Jackass?

    Oops, same person cannot run for both Pres. and VP.

  8. NewFederalist July 18, 2015

    Ah.. you mean Ventura-Trump! đŸ˜‰

  9. Bondurant July 18, 2015

    Trump/Hairpiece 2016

  10. NewFederalist July 18, 2015

    Trump-Ventura? Sanders-??? Ventura-Root? đŸ˜‰

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