BREAKING: Establishment Pick to
Challenge Trump Revealed
Two Republicans intimately familiar with Bill Kristol’s efforts to recruit an
independent presidential candidate to challenge Donald Trump and Hillary
Clinton have told Bloomberg Politics that the person Kristol has in mind is
David French -- whose name the editor of the Weekly Standard floated in
the current issue of the magazine.
French is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom. According to the website
French is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom. According to the website
of National Review, where French is a staff writer, he is a constitutional lawyer,
a recipient of the Bronze Star, and an author of several books who lives in
Columbia, Tenn., with his wife Nancy and three children.
Reached in Israel late Tuesday afternoon, Kristol declined to comment on
Reached in Israel late Tuesday afternoon, Kristol declined to comment on
his efforts to induce French to run. The two Republicans confirmed that
French is open to launching a bid, but that he has not made a final decision.
One of the Republicans added that French has not lined up a vice-presidential
running mate or significant financial support. However, according to this person,
some conservative donors look favorably on the prospect of French entering
the fray.
In Kristol’s piece in the Standard’s June 6 issue, he argued that “the fact of
In Kristol’s piece in the Standard’s June 6 issue, he argued that “the fact of
Trump's and Clinton's unfitness for the Oval Office has become so self-evident
that it's no longer clear one needs a famous figure to provide an alternative.”
After mentioning Mitt Romney and other possibilities such as Judd Gregg and
Mel Martinez, Kristol invoked French’s name and résumé, writing, “To say that
he would be a better and a more responsible president than Hillary Clinton or
Donald Trump is to state a truth that would become self-evident as more
Americans got to know him.”
Read more at http://americanactionnews.com/articles/breaking-establishment-pick-to-challenge-trump-revealed#DJyhwpAypVS6RPmb.99
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