Bill Weld took the gloves off with one sentence, "There is no reason to believe a word he says..

[Stuart G]

“ ..about anything, and the American people deserve better,” Weld writes.

A republican has come out swinging to get Trump. He has publically called Trump a total liar. For whatever reasons, this is very important, because now some republicans will have to defend Trump or confirm what Weld has said. The process of defending Trump to this statement, could destroy any plausible defense that republicans can come up with.
... Weld is running for president as a republican. If he stays in, then at some point this will be dealt with. This sentence sets the tone. Trump will have to try to defend against this. Or, Trump will try to ignore this. The media will not let go, because Weld is running for the office of President of the United States against Donald Trump. He is likely to repeat this sentence again and again.
... We will hear a lot more about this one. This is it. (more popcorn)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Good for Weld. He is, of course, absolutely right.

Of course, this is a pipe dream, but wouldn't it be something if he knocked tRump out of the race?

I know it won't happen........but it's a beautiful sight in any case.

[Vogon_Glory]

3. He won't win the Republican nomination

But I wouldn’t mind seeing William Weld try to appeal to the Pachyderms’ moral high ground. Aside from my belief that those values ought to be respected, the Rethuglies’ rejection of Weld will underscore just how far away Club Pachyderm has gotten from truth, Honor, and decency.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. I am very well aware that he won't. I was amused at the thought, however.

I agree with the rest of your post!

They've gotten very far away from any feelings of truth, honor or decency. Those great ideas really don't exist for them these days.

Weld's candidacy will reveal just how far removed they are.

[misanthrope]

11. What counts is if Weld can damage Trump in some way

That's the bottom line.

[MH1]

21. Maybe make Weld the Republican Sanders.

Get enough R's demanding a "better" nominee, Weld. Then when Weld doesn't get the nomination, convince those voters they can't cast a vote for Trump.

Hey the same approach worked in 2016 for the GOP and their Russian troll machine.

[MLAA]

4. Real ones or bots? 😬

[Ponietz]

6. Either way it makes Addleall choke on his own bile.

Weld is 6’4” and 73 years old. Cage match!

[IndyOp]

17. Nice observation! (nt)

[NewJeffCT]

18. huh?

Weld has 68K
Trump has 59 million

[Ponietz]

20. Sorry, my bad

[DallasNE]

7. Ask Republicans In Town Hall Setting

Whether they concur with Bill Weld when he says "...." and if not, why not.

[Stuart G]

8. What matters is he is a legitimate opponent. Ex governor with some credentials.

This is not some sort of fake tomato. The media will have to pay some attention to him. Especially if Weld continues to call Trump a total liar. "No reason to believe a word he says about anything" Trump can totally avoid Weld, but if he stays in and there are "debates" then Trump will have to call Weld a "liar."

..That one, Trump calling an opponent a "liar" will be really something.

[ooky]

9. Hope he says it loud and often. The more he works him over the better for us.

I hope he also starts pointing out on a regular basis that Trump has done absolutely nothing during his time in office.

[DoctorJoJo]

10. If Dems Seem Sure to Nominate Someone I Don't Like, I May Cross Over & Vote for Weld ...

... In the Repuke Primary!

[Ponietz]

12. You're in good company

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[summer_in_TX]

13. Please think long and hard about doing that.

My county is purple, but cross-over voting led potential Dem candidates to assume they could not win here because crossovers depressed the number of Democratic voters. So the next election cycle, shockingly few ran on the Democratic ticket and some who did were not particularly high-caliber. The next cycle was slightly better. It wasn't until the recent mid-terms that we had a solid and well-credentialed slate of Dems in all county races. We won several seats this time.

Unless you have a strong blue county, I'd recommend finding other ways to support Weld in the R primary.

[patphil]

14. It's good to see a Republican stand up to the Trump beast.

If anything he will be a counterpoint to all the lies and bullshit that Trump spews forth, even though I think the soul of the Republican party is just about stone cold dead.
But maybe not quite.

[UTUSN]

15. K&R

[robbedvoter]

16. Media will ignore him like they ignore the women Democratic candidates

🍊 said one of the B boys and that’s what you’ll hear.

[malaise]

19. After nearly 10,000 lies this looks like

an understatement