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According to a new report in The Atlantic, in the wake of the explosive Access Hollywood tape, then-vice-presidential candidate Mike Pence contemplated a ballot coup against then-candidate Donald Trump, and a small group of billionaire donors were weighing the possibility of paying the firebrand $800 million to drop out of the race. Within hours of The Washington Post story about the tape, Pence made it clear to the Republican National Committee that he was ready to take Trumps place as the partys nominee, McKay Coppins reports. At the same time, multiple donors entertained the possibility of offering Trump enough money to walk away from the election. According to Coppins, Republican donors and party leaders began buzzing about making Pence the nominee and drafting Condoleezza Rice as his running mate.
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marble falls
(57,106 posts)Thank goodness Pence has gotten Russia splashed all over him.
Now how do we get rid of the basket of deplorables that make up the succession or do we settle for President Ryan until 2020?
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)marble falls
(57,106 posts)Paul Maniford and the Exiles, first hit: Back in the USSR?
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,492 posts).........
Lochloosa
(16,066 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)unblock
(52,253 posts)... that he missed out on $800 million!!
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)His children insisted that the inheritance tax be abolished .... plus, he'd have been taxed on the $800 million ....
DangerousUrNot
(431 posts)some good evidence.
LonePirate
(13,424 posts)He would have lost 7-9 (or more) states won by 45. Things would be remarkably different today if Pence had been atop the ticket.