Election 2020: The Game!

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Round 25 : March 15, 2020-March 21, 2020

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New polls

Marco Rubio still leads the Republican presidential field. Due to his late entry in the race, Ron Paul trails behind, but this tendency might change depending on how the race will go on.

National Polls

Marco Rubio : 50 %
Paul Ryan : 28 %
Tom Cotton : 15 %
Ron Paul : 7 %

Guam Polls

Marco Rubio : 72 %
Paul Ryan : 14 %
Tom Cotton : 6 %
Ron Paul : 5 %

Virgin Islands Polls

Marco Rubio : 71 %
Paul Ryan : 15 %
Ron Paul : 9 %
Tom Cotton : 5 %

Colorado Polls

Marco Rubio : 53 %
Paul Ryan : 33 %
Tom Cotton : 10 %
Ron Paul : 4 %

Kentucky Polls

Marco Rubio : 40 %
Paul Ryan : 34 %
Tom Cotton : 12 %
Ron Paul : 12 %

Virginia Polls

Marco Rubio : 48 %
Paul Ryan : 33 %
Tom Cotton : 12 %
Ron Paul : 7 %

General Election Polls

Hillary Clinton vs Marco Rubio vs Tim Ashe

Marco Rubio : 46 %

Hillary Clinton : 40 %

Tim Ashe : 13 %

Hillary Clinton vs Paul Ryan vs Tim Ashe

Paul Ryan : 42 %

Hillary Clinton : 41 %

Tim Ashe: 15 %

Hillary Clinton vs Tom Cotton vs Tim Ashe

Tom Cotton : 42 %

Hillary Clinton : 42 %

Tim Ashe : 16 %

Hillary Clinton vs Ron Paul vs Tim Ashe

Hillary Clinton : 42 %

Ron Paul : 37 %

Tim Ashe : 17 %

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BREAKING NEWS

Tom Cotton drops out of the race and endorses Marco Rubio

After winning one primary in his home state of Arkansas and 97 delegates, Tom Cotton decided to drop out of the race. Later, in his concession speech, he announced his that he gives his endorsement to Florida Senator Marco Rubio. We are giving you a few quotes from his concession speech :

« Despite the efforts we invested, we didn't manage to win enough contests and delegates to remain viable. So in order to bring our party together, to ensure our victory on November and then to get our country back on track, I decided to drop out of the race. I want to thank all of you my friends and all the Americans that supported me in this race. However, my fight for our country and for liberty does not end here and it's for two reasons :

First, I will run for re-election in the U.S. Senate in order to help the Republican Party to keep it's majority.

Secondly, I give my endorsement to my friend Senator Marco Rubio. He will keep us safe by reinforcing our military, standing with our allies, orchestrating a strong fight against jihadism, securing strategic geographical zones and making sure that Iran will never ever get any nuclear weapons. I know this as a former soldier in the United States Army. He has all the necessary foreign policy experience to keep America safe.

Thanks to his economic plan, the American Dream will be restored thanks to a stronger purchasing power for all the American people due to tax cuts. America will become the world's energy superpower by clinching energy independence. America will be competitive again in the world economy through free trade. Our education system will be fixed and all of our kids and all future generations will earn the best education they ever know. Budget will be balanced through smaller government and reduction of government spending. Our prosperity will be insured by championing our businesses. Thanks to his experience as a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, the Rubionomics will make America much more prosperous than it was ever before and correct Hillary Clinton's mess that brought us in the economic downturn we are actually living.

That's why I'm supporting Marco Rubio to be the next President of the United States of America. Thank you. God bless you and God bless America. »

An additional Republican presidential primary debate will be held in Denver on March 21

Marco Rubio and Paul Ryan accepted Ron Paul's demand for additional and final primary debate. This debate will be held at the University of Denver, Colorado, on March 21, 2020. All the three remaining Republican presidential candidates are preparing to face each other in this debate set to be very intense.

The Senate vote on the Syria Arms Nonproliferation Act set on March 20

We just learned that the vote on the Syria Arms Nonproliferation Act co-sponsored by Republican Florida Senator Marco Rubio and Democratic New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez and that would establish penalties and sanctions for nations, persons or companies assisting the dictatorial Syrian regime of Bachar al-Assad in acquiring chemical and missile technology or all other types of weapons of mass destruction is set on March 20, 2020. Most of the 56 Republican senators are likely to support the bill but we need to wait until we know how much support from Democratic senators this bill will get to affirm if it will pass.

Endorsements

Marco Rubio Arkansas Senator and 2020 Presidential candidate Tom Cotton; Former Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell; former Alabama Congressman Bradley Byrne; Republican House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy; former Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle; CEO, former Arizona Congressman and son of Barry Goldwater Barry Goldwater Jr.; former Colorado Congressman Bob Beauprez; former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell

Tim Ashe Retired General and 2004 Presidential Candidate Wesley Clark, Former Senator and 2004 Democratic VP nominee John Edwards, Delaware Governor John Carney, Former Maryland Governor and 2016 Presidential Candidate Martin O'Malley, Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court John Stevens

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Marco Rubio for President 2020 Right here Right now

Schedule for the week of March 15, 2020-March 21, 2020, Part 1

March 15, 2020
-Fundraising breakfast at the Jefferson Hotel in Richmond, Virginia
-Speech at the St. John's Episcopal Church
-Speech at the Carpenter Theatre in Richmond, VA, in reaction to Tom Cotton's withdrawal from the race :

We just learned that Senator Cotton dropped out of the race. I congratulate him for the campaign he led for the American people's cause. By running for a second term in the Senate, he will keep fighting for this cause, thus ensuring the defense of the Constitution of the United States, free market survival and stronger national defense. I thank Senator Cotton for his endorsement. By bringing our party together and then by growing through attracting new voters from minority voters, independent voters and liberal voters, we will defeat Hillary Clinton, get this country in the right direction and bring prosperity, security, justice and unity back in America.

-Innovation policy speech at the Science Museum of Virginia in Richmond, VA
-Meet with college voters at the University of Richmond in Richmond, VA
-Bus trip to Norfolk, VA
-Debate preparation on the bus
-Foreign policy speech at the USS Wisconsin battleship museum in Norfolk, VA
-Defense policy speech at Naval Station Norfolk in Norfolk, VA
-Speech at Nauticus in Norfolk, VA
-Economic policy speech at Dominion Enterprises headquarters in Norfolk, VA
-Debate preparation

March 16, 2020
-Fundraising event at the Harrison Opera House in Norfolk, VA
-Meet with college voters at Norfolk State University in Norfolk, VA, in an effort to attract African-American voters
-Speech in front of the MacArthur Statue in Norfolk, VA, about Rubio's record on reforming the VA and improving veterans' living conditions
-Rally at Harbor Park in Norfolk, VA
-Counterterrorism policy speech at Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach, VA
-Rally at Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach in Virginia Beach, VA
-Economic policy speech at Lynnhaven Mall in Virginia Beach, VA
-Foreign policy speech at Naval Auxiliary Landing Field Fentress in Chesapeake, VA
-Infrastructure policy speech in Chesapeake, VA
-Education system reform policy speech in Chesapeake, VA
-Barnstorm in Chesapeake, VA
-Debate preparation

March 17, 2020
-Speech at the Naval Shipyard Museum in Portsmouth, VA
-Speech at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Portsmouth, VA
-Foreign policy and free trade policy speech at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, VA
-Defense policy speech at Marine Corps War Memorial (Iwo Jima Memorial) in Arlington, VA
-VA policy speech at Memorial Amphitheater in Arlington, VA
-Barnstorm in Arlington, VA
-Speech at the Alexandria Library in Alexandria, VA
-Speech at the George Washington Masonic National Memorial in Alexandria, VA
-Debate preparation

March 18-21 will come after the Guam caucuses

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GUAM REPUBLICAN CAUCUSES, 2020

CNN America's Choice theme : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uvpd4myQXs

Wolf Blitzer : « Good evening ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to the coverage of the results of the Guam caucuses. »

John King : « It's 8 pm and Marco Rubio leads largely in Guam. »

Guam caucuses - 50 % reported
Marco Rubio : 73 %
Paul Ryan: 15 %
Ron Paul : 6 %

Anderson Cooper: « It's 8 : 30 pm and Senator Rubio wins the Guam caucuses and all the 9 delegates. »

Guam caucuses- 100 % reported
Marco Rubio : 76 %, 9 delegates ✔
Paul Ryan: 15 %, 0 delegate
Ron Paul : 9 %, 0 delegate

MARCO RUBIO WINS THE GUAM CAUCUSES

Blitzer : « We'll see you in two days when we will cover the Virgin Islands caucuses. »

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Republican Party Presidential Primaries, 2020 - Map and Delegate Count

Marco Rubio : 716 delegates
Paul Ryan : 184 delegates
Ron Paul : 0 delegate
Tom Cotton : 97 delegates
James Comey : 4 delegates

1219 delegates needed to win the nomination

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Marco Rubio for President 2020 Right here Right now

Schedule for the week of March 15, 2020-March 21, 2020, Part 2

March 18, 2020
-Senate duties in Washington D.C.
-Debate preparation

March 19, 2020
-Bus trip to Charlottesville, VA
-Rally at John Paul Jones Arena, VA
-Meet with college voters at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA
-Town hall meeting at Charlottesville Public Library in Charlottesville, VA
-Dinner with voters at Muhouse Coffeehouse in Charlottesville, VA
-Barnstorm in Charlottesville, VA
-Rally in Mount Vernon, VA
-Speech at the Taubman Museum of Art in Roanoke, VA
-Barnstorm in Roanoke, VA

March 20, 2020
-Senate duties in Washington D.C.
-Senator Marco Rubio votes in favor of his co-sponsored Syria Arms Nonproliferation Act in the United States Senate in Washington D.C.
-Debate preparation

March 21 will come after Virgin Islands caucuses

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U.S VIRGIN ISLANDS REPUBLICAN CAUCUSES, 2020

CNN America's Choice theme : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uvpd4myQXs

Wolf Blitzer : « Good evening ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to the coverage of the results of the U.S. Virgin Islands caucuses. »

John King : « It's 8 pm and Marco Rubio leads largely in the U.S. Virgin Islands. »

U.S. Virgin Islands caucuses - 50 % reported
Marco Rubio : 70 %
Paul Ryan: 14 %
Ron Paul : 6 %

Anderson Cooper: « It's 8 : 30 pm and Senator Rubio wins the U.S. Virgin Islands caucuses and all the 9 delegates. »

Guam caucuses- 100 % reported
Marco Rubio : 73 %, 9 delegates ✔
Paul Ryan: 17 %, 0 delegate
Ron Paul : 10 %, 0 delegate

MARCO RUBIO WINS THE U.S VIRGIN ISLANDS CAUCUSES

Blitzer : « We'll see you tommorow for the moderation of the 11th and final Republican presidential primary debate that will be held at the University of Denver, Colorado and in one and a half week for the coverage of the primary results in Virginia, Kentucky and Colorado. I wish you good night ladies and gentlemen. »

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Republican Party Presidential Primaries, 2020 - Map and Delegate Count

Marco Rubio : 725 delegates
Paul Ryan : 184 delegates
Ron Paul : 0 delegate
Tom Cotton : 97 delegates
James Comey : 4 delegates

1219 delegates needed to win the nomination

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Marco Rubio for President 2020 Right here Right now

Schedule for the week of March 15, 2020-March 21, 2020, Part 3

March 21, 2020
-Flight to Denver, Colorado
-Debate preparation on the plane
-Energy policy speech at the Noble Energy facility in Denver, CO
-Speech at Denver Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metro Denver, CO, in an effort to attract Hispanic voters and to reiterate Senator Rubio's economic proposals for the Hispanic community
-Dinner with the voters at Chipotle Mexican Grill in Denver, CO
-Fundraising event at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House in Denver, CO
-Debate preparation for all afternoon
-Florida Senator Marco Rubio debates with Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and former Texas Congressman Ron Paul at the University of Denver in Denver, CO

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Eleventh Republican primary presidential debate at the University of Denver, Colorado

Date : March 21st, 2020

Participants : Florida Senator Marco Rubio, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, former Texas Congressman Ron Paul





Host : CNN


Moderator : Wolf Blitzer


Podium order was determined by the average of the national polls since Super Tuesday :

Ryan    Rubio    Paul

CNN America's Choice theme : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uvpd4myQXs

Questions

-Opening statements

-Congressman Paul, four years ago, Hillary Clinton suffered a pneumonia during the 2016 presidential campaign and is now sharing the status of oldest President in the history of the United States with Ronald Reagan. And this year, Angus King, former Independent nominee, died at 76 years old due to health problems. So I want you to respond to the following question : do you have worries about your health in the case you would be elected President?

-Senator Rubio do you believe Congressman Paul is too old to be president?

-Speaker Ryan?

-When he entered this race, Congressman Paul said that the Republican Paarty has not nominated a conservative since Ronald Reagan. So I want to you to tell the audience here or people watching this debate online : why are you the most conservative candidate on this stage?

-Senator Rubio, the Senate recently voted in favor of your co-sponsored Syria Arms Nonproliferation Act. How will it be effective when it comes to deter foreign arms transfers to the Assad regime and make our fight against ISIS and potentially against the Assad regime successful?

-Speaker Ryan, in 2015, Senator Rand Paul, Ron Paul's son, called your budget an Omnibus Spending Bill. How do you respond that?

-Congressman?

-Congressman Paul, you supported Ronald Reagan's candidacy in in 1976 and 1980. Yet in 2008, you didn't support John McCain as the Republican presidential nominee and you didn't supported Mitt Romney in 2012. You would, of course, have endorsed your son Rand Paul if he won the nomination in 2016 and in this same year you said that you would have endorsed Donald Trump if he supported free market but you didn't because he didn't believe in free market. So I want to ask you the following question : this year in 2020, if you were to lose this race, do you take the pledge of supporting the eventual Republican presidential nominee?

-China once adopted the one-child policy before increasing the limit number of children per family at two. These policies have been criticized for violatinf a human right of determining the size of one's own family. Do you believe it would be a reason why abortion should not be tolerated in the United States?

-A few months ago, there are concerns about nuclear energy's security in Pakistan since some terrorist groups like Al Qaïda, the Taliban, the Hezbollah, ISIS, etc. could use this nuclear energy to build nuclear weapons and use them against us and our allies. One of the main natural resources in Niger is uranium, a basic element into the manufacturing of nuclear weapons, and this country is in the throes of terrorism due to Boko Haram's terrorist attacks. Do you believe Boko Haram could use this uranium in Niger to build nuclear weapons in order to prepare terrorist nuclear attacks?

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Ashe 2020
Taking America Back

Schedule for March 15-21, 2020

15 March
-Add recently appointed NAACP President John Monds (replacing Cornell William Brooks) to VP list for vetting
-Finalise VP nominee in preparation for announcement on the 18th in Ashe's home of Burlington, Vermont. Final list of candidates includes:

Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard


Senator Al Franken


Former Governor Jesse Ventura


NAACP President and 2010 Libertarian nominee for Governor of Georgia, John Monds


16 March
-Fly to Florida
-Rally in Tampa, Florida with Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich
-Town Hall in Orlando, Florida
-Rally in Miami, Florida
-Barnstorm in Lee County, Florida

17 March
-Fly to Indiana
-Rally in Huntington, Indiana with Former Congressman Dennis Kucinich
-Rally in Bloomington, Indiana
-Barnstorm in Johnson County, Indiana
-Barnstorm in in Hendricks County, Indiana

18 March
-Fly to Vermont
-Rally in Burlington, Vermont with Senator Bernie Sanders and VP nominee

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-Rally in Montpelier, Vermont
-Discuss strategy with Monds

19 March
-Fly to Georgia
-Rally in Atlanta, Georgia with Monds
-Fly to Arkansas
-Rally in Little Rock, Arkansas with General Wesley Clark. Clark slammed Clinton for her 'Republican-lite' policies, and announced his full support of Ashe's proposed expansion of the VA.
-Fly to Washington, DC for legislative announcement.

20 March
-In a House session, Ashe introduces the Help for Heroes Act in conjunction with Congresswoman Gabbard. The Act proposes increased funding for the VA, as well as a major retraining and housing program for past and future veterans. Should the bill pass the House, Senators Sanders and Warren will introduce the bill to the Senate.
-Fly to Delaware
-Rally in Dover, Delaware with Governor John Carney and Former Associate Justice John Stevens. Both hammered various candidates over the use of SuperPACs, with Stevens reiterating his Citizens United dissent, stating "A democracy cannot function effectively when its constituent members believe laws are being bought and sold."
-Fly to Maryland
-Rally in Baltimore, Maryland with Former Governor Martin O'Malley

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21 March
-Fly to North Carolina
-Rally in Raleigh, North Carolina with Former Senator John Edwards. Edwards stated that Ashe's status as an outsider meant that he hadn't been 'corrupted' by Washington yet, and as such, was the only logical choice for those wanting honesty and transparency in the Presidential race
-Prepare surrogate teams

John Monds will be campaigning in Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, with a particular focus on highlighting Ashe's plans to return jobs to America and rebuild the south's infrastructure.

Surrogate schedule

Gov. Ventura and Gov. Johnson, the campaign's Libertarian Team, will be campaigning in Colorado, Arizona and Nevada, highlighting Ashe's selection of Monds as VP as indicative of his desire to ally with libertarians

Former VP Gore, Mr Nader and Dr Stein, the Environmental Team, will be campaigning in New York, Vermont, and Pennsylvania, highlighting the pro-environment aspects of the campaign.

Former Congressman Kucinich, Senator Franken, Congressman Ellison and Senator Sanders, the Progressive Team, campaigned in California, Oregon and Washington, emphasizing Ashe's platform for the poor and middle class. Both Franken and Ellison announced they would be voting for the HFH Act, with Ellison promising the votes of the Progressive Caucus (67 House votes, 2 Senate votes, discounting Sanders and Warren)

Mr Lewis, Mr Eisman and Senator Warren (joined next week by John Stevens), the Economics Team, will campaign in Wisconsin, Indiana and Ohio.

Gov. Inslee, Gov. Kennedy and Gov. Baldacci, the Governors' Team (joined next week by Gov. O'Malley) will not be campaigning for Ashe, but will instead campaign for Baldacci's Senate bid.

Senators Feingold, Baldwin and Markey, the Senators' Team (joined next week by John Edwards), will be campaigning in New Jersey, Massachusetts and Washington DC. All three Senators announced their intention to vote for the HFH Act.

Congresswoman Gabbard, to be joined next week by General Clark (forming the Veterans' Team) will be touring VA hospitals up and down the west coast

Mr Gates and Mr Buffett, the Fundraising Team, will hold fundraisers in Pennsylvania, Illinois and Iowa. These will all be low-priced affairs, and rely on grassroots attendees.

EFF, AFL-CIO, NAACP and SEIU leaders will be campaigning in all states. Richard Trumka will coordinate efforts.

Edward Snowden and his girlfriend Lindsay Mills will record a YouTube advertisement entitled "Paying the Price". The ad will highlight what Snowden did and why he did it, as well as making a case for the psychological toll the exile is inflicting on him and Mills. Mills will end the ad by saying "Should the price for telling the truth be this high?". The ad will then end with the hashtag #LetSnowdenComeHome, which has become a rallying cry at EFF rallies for Ashe.

All other surrogates will be campaigning in their home states.

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Marco Rubio's debate responses, Part 1

-Opening statements

Good evening, we accepted this additional debate in order to give the American people a new democratic opportunity to decide who is the best to lead us to a new American Century. Do we want four more years of Hillary Clinton's failed policies and disappointment or a better future for America that includes prosperity through free market policies and a better education for our kids and for future generations. A future that includes a stronger national security through a reinforced and modernized military that will lead us to victory against international terrorism and tyranny. A future that will bring stronger national unity. Through my foreign policy experience, my experience as a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship and because I lived the American Dream, I know what it takes to bring such a prosperous, safer and fairer future for America. So I wish you to enjoy this debate to understand this matter of fact. Thank you.

-Congressman Paul, four years ago, Hillary Clinton suffered a pneumonia during the 2016 presidential campaign and is now sharing the status of oldest President in the history of the United States with Ronald Reagan. And this year, Angus King, former Independent nominee, died at 76 years old due to health problems. So I want you to respond to the following question : do you have worries about your health in the case you would be elected President?

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-Senator Rubio do you believe Congressman Paul is too old to be president?

No I don't think so, but let me tell you this, Wolf, we should not bring up age as a campaign issue. I won't in any case exploit for political reasons my rival's old age and fatigue. I respect Congressman Paul, his experience and his service to America. This election is a generational choice time has come for a new  generation to lead us to a new American century. Before us now is the opportunity to author the greatest chapter yet in the amazing story of America. We can’t do that by going back to the leaders and ideas of the past like Hillary Clinton. If I'm President, taxes will be lowered for all Americans which will give them a stronger purchasing power, lead us to energy independence, which will not only help us to create jobs but also to develop renewable energies, free trade will bring job creation and innovation and make American products more accessible and education will be accessible for every single American children through school choice, taxes and regulations on businesses will be reduced, which will be reinforce their expansion and their ability to innovate and to create jobs and companies investing in R & D will receive tax credits, which will help their capacity to create jobs through innovation. If I'm the nominee, we will be the party of the future.

-Speaker Ryan?

[Paul Ryan's response]

-When he entered this race, Congressman Paul said that the Republican Paarty has not nominated a conservative since Ronald Reagan. So I want to you to tell the audience here or people watching this debate online : why are you the most conservative candidate on this stage?

Well, first of all, if George H. W. Bush, Bob Dole, George W. Bush, John McCain, Mitt Romney and Donald Trump were really not conservatives, then I don't think they would have been in the Republican Party. But of course, they adopted positions that didn't please the conservative base (Bush Sr. increased taxes while he promised not to do so, Bob Dole pushed for federal funding for viagra, George W. Bush increased government spending, John McCain is in favor of abortion only when it comes incest, rape and life of the mother, Mitt Romney adopted different positions on abortion especially and Donald Trump before becoming a Republican adopted progressive positions) and might have hurt our party because conservative voters might have stayed home instead of going to the polls on previous Election Days.

If I'm the Republican nominee, I will be the most conservative nominee since Ronald Reagan. I'm fully pro-life, I'm a great defender of the right to own a gun and to ensure self-defense, I'm a great defender of freedom of religion, I want to promote school-choice to ensure education success for all of our kids, I will cut taxes for all the American people to give them a stronger purchasing power, I want our country to clinch energy independence by increasing oil drilling and production while Speaker Ryan voted against the Bush Administration national energy policy in 2004, I want to promote free trade in order to get us new consumers around the world and to reduce tariffs, which will make trade easier and help us creating many good-paying jobs here in America, and I want to champion businesses of all sizes by abolishing regulations and cutting taxes for business owners, which will prevent them from offshoring overseas and help them to grow, to expand, to innovate, to produce and to hire. Our national debt is now standing at over 20 trillion $. We will balance the budget and reduce our national debt thanks to job creation because the more jobs we create, the more wages will increase and the more it will be easy to balance the budget and reduce the debt.

When it comes to Ron Paul, who lectured us about how to be a conservative, I don't think he would be such a conservative nominee. He's against free trade : he's against NAFTA, he voted YES on withdrawing from the WTO, he voted NO on implementing free trade agreement with Chile, he voted NO on implementing US-Singapore free trade agreement, he voted NO on implementing US-Australia Free Trade Agreement, he voted NO on implementing CAFTA (Central America Free Trade) and he voted NO on promoting free trade with Peru.

Congressman, how can you be a conservative while opposing free trade and economic freedom while these pro-growth policies reduce the cost of exporting and importing? How can conservatives and libertarians trust you on this issue if they are in favor of free trade while you oppose this? And you know that one of the main reasons why the Great Depression got longer and worse is the legislation of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930 that increased tariffs and reduced American exports and imports, thus increasing unemployment rate from 8 % in 1930 to 25 % in 1932.

By reducing tariffs, reducing the cost of exporting and importing and get us new consumers, American businesses will be competitive again. By getting energy independence through increased oil production, we will make American cars less expansive than Asian cars, which will give us the upper-hand in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and make sure that more American cars will be bought than Asian cars.

Even if India is not a member of TPP, Florida’s $1 billion annual exports to India represent a reason why trade ties with India’s and Asia's large and growing markets matter to Americans. The more we export, the more consumers we get in the world, the more our companies can ensure their expansion and the more jobs we can create. That's why I take the pledge to ratify the TPP if I become President. Free trade will boost free enterprise, which is the strength of our economy. It will also give international consumers a greater access to American products and ensure massive job creation here in the United States, which will be good for our economy. America's ability to compete and innovate derives from its open markets and from the continual search for new markets through the expansion of free trade.

-Senator Rubio, the Senate recently voted in favor of your co-sponsored Syria Arms Nonproliferation Act. How will it be effective when it comes to deter foreign arms transfers to the Assad regime and make our fight against ISIS and potentially against the Assad regime successful?

This bill will increase economic sanctions on every nation, including Russia, that provides military material to the Assad regime. Russia should put the fight against ISIS ahead of it's own interests through defending the Assad regime, a procedure that Mr. Putin doesn't embrace. As long as Assad remains in power, our fight against radical Islamic terrorism will be difficult and ineffective. So by weakening the Assad regime through detering foreign arms transfers to this tyrannical regime, Syrian rebels will have a decent chance of toppling Assad, bringing freedom and democracy back to Syria, eradicate corruption and give this country back to the Syrian people. That way, our fight against ISIS will be much easier because the Syrian people will havre finally regained trust in their government due to integrity and freedom. Democracy, freedom and integrity are elements required to ensure security.

-Speaker Ryan, in 2015, Senator Rand Paul, Ron Paul's son, called your budget an Omnibus Spending Bill. How do you respond that?

[Paul Ryan's response]

-Congressman?

[Ron Paul's response]

-Congressman Paul, you supported Ronald Reagan's candidacy in in 1976 and 1980. Yet in 2008, you didn't support John McCain as the Republican presidential nominee and you didn't supported Mitt Romney in 2012. You would, of course, have endorsed your son Rand Paul if he won the nomination in 2016 and in this same year you said that you woul have supported Donald Trump if he supported free market but you didn't because he didn't believe in free market. So I want to ask you the following question : this year in 2020, if you were to lose this race, do you take the pledge of supporting the eventual Republican presidential nominee?

[Ron Paul's response]

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Marco Rubio's debate responses, Part 2

-China once adopted the one-child policy before increasing the limit number of children per family at two. These policies have been criticized for violatinf a human right of determining the size of one's own family. Do you believe it would be a reason why abortion should not be tolerated in the United States?

I do. Allowing abortion restricts the right for unborn children to live as well as the human right of determining the size of one's own family, like you just said Wolf. Everybody, whether or not they are yet eligible to vote, has the right to live. And like I said, if we tolerate abortion, future generations are likely to look back at this history of our country and call us barbarians for murdering millions of babies who we never gave them a chance to live. This is not only a social issue, it's also an economic issue. One of the main reason why the Glorious Thirty (1945-1972) were so prosperous was the great number of young baby boomers who were available to find a job and work. Today, it's exactly the opposite : many baby boomers are going to retirement, which hurts our workforce and slows our GDP. So if we want longer term economic growth and prosperity, we need to fight abortion in order to let future generations live and make sure that our workforce will get stronger and stronger, making our economy growing again.

-A few months ago, there are concerns about nuclear energy's security in Pakistan since some terrorist groups like Al Qaïda, the Taliban, the Hezbollah, ISIS, etc. could use this nuclear energy to build nuclear weapons and use them against us and our allies. One of the main natural resources in Niger is uranium, a basic element into the manufacturing of nuclear weapons, and this country is in the throes of terrorism due to Boko Haram's terrorist attacks. Do you believe Boko Haram could use this uranium in Niger to build nuclear weapons in order to prepare terrorist nuclear attacks?

I think they could, unless we take action on this to make sure these resources of uranium are secured and to fight terrorism in this region. We have to remember, in 2002 and 2003, investigations about potential weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, there was a denied possibility that Saddam Hussein's regime bought uranium from Niger to develop such weapons. So if it could have happened we have to make sure it doesn't happen. We need to help Niger and it's neighbors to fight Boko Haram through military and intelligence training and support and military material provision because against  military techniques from the strongest military power of the world, the United States, Boko Haram has no chance of defeating Western African military troops. By eradicating terrorism in this region, Niger's uranium resources will be secured and be used only for electricity production and Niger's economic growth and not for the development of nuclear weapons by Boko Haram who could use them to attack anybody, including us or our allies, which would be very catastrophic, cause a very deadly disaster and impose a serious threat to freedom, justice and security.

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Ron Paul's Debate Responses[/u][/b]


Opening statement: good evening, my name is Ron Paul I am a former congressman from Texas. I am the champion of the constitution and the defender of liberty. I got into this race to save conservatism. Ever since Ronald Reagan left the white house we have not nominated a conservative. I plan to change that. Conservatism means consistently small government, not small government until I disagree with your personal choices. It means spending cuts across the board, not spending cuts on domestic issues but when it comes to wars and overseas spending then spare no expense. And finally conservatism means having a government that leaves you alone not a government that invades your privacy and stomps on your civil liberties. If you nominate me I will save conservatism and I promise to cut taxes across the board, to shrink government, and to expand liberty for all Americans.

-Congressman Paul, four years ago, Hillary Clinton suffered a pneumonia during the 2016 presidential campaign and is now sharing the status of oldest President in the history of the United States with Ronald Reagan. And this year, Angus King, former Independent nominee, died at 76 years old due to health problems. So I want you to respond to the following question : do you have worries about your health in the case you would be elected President?

Answer: No Wolf I don’t, but I’d like to address Senator Rubio’s jab at my health. Senator Rubio claims to be the heir to Ronald Reagan's legacy he has said it the entire campaign, he even stole one of Reagan’s quotes to attack me. Senator Rubio I knew Ronald Reagan, Ronald Reagan was a friend of mine. Senator Rubio you’re no Ronald Reagan. On the issue of my health, I go for bike rides every weekend and my wife, Carol, makes good healthy meals for me. if you also remember in 2012 I was the only congressman to hit a homerun over the fence in history. Speaker Ryan may have been on Men's Health and Senator Rubio brags about his hands but neither of them have hit one over the fence and they are 30 years younger than me!


(Rubio’s Answer)

(Ryan’s Answer)


-When he entered this race, Congressman Paul said that the Republican Party has not nominated a conservative since Ronald Reagan. So I want to you to tell the audience here or people watching this debate online : why are you the most conservative candidate on this stage?

Answer: I have voted against more government spending that Senator Rubio and Speaker Ryan combined. I have voted against every tax increase and every bill that infringes on the bill of rights. I have advocated for a foreign policy that saves american lives and american dollars. I have fought against crony trade deals that don’t represent free trade. Real free trade is abolishing tariffs and allowing for foreign and american goods compete giving us low prices and high quality. I have advocated for ending the federal reserve which is destroying the middle class. I am the only one on this stage who has stood on principle and has never caved to political pressure or the special interests.

-Senator Rubio, the Senate recently voted in favor of your co-sponsored Syria Arms Nonproliferation Act. How will it be effective when it comes to deter foreign arms transfers to the Assad regime and make our fight against ISIS and potentially against the Assad regime successful?

(Rubio’s answer)


-Speaker Ryan, in 2015, Senator Rand Paul, Ron Paul's son, called your budget an Omnibus Spending Bill. How do you respond that?

(Ryan’s Answer)

Answer: Yes my son Rand is right. The spending bill was probably the worst bill passed or even proposed this past year. This is something that really frustrates me about you Speaker Ryan. My son proposed a budget that balanced in less than 4 years yet you decided to cave on principle and team up with the democrats and president obama and now president clinton. The 2o trillion debt is a result of you and members of congress refusing to take a stand. What you should have done is you should have taken Rand’s budget and sent it to the President's desk and force him to veto it. After he vetoes it you take it directly to the people and say “look the president is now clearly responsible for the debt and has done nothing to stop it” after that the people would be calling for the heads of everyone who voted for it and for the president. Whoever the nominee of your party would be, he would win by a landslide but instead you passed a bill that dumps the blame on the Republicans and on you. You should be ashamed of yourself. I would ask you for an apology to the American people for your role in our now 20 trillion dollar debt.

-Congressman Paul, you supported Ronald Reagan's candidacy in in 1976 and 1980. Yet in 2008, you didn't support John McCain as the Republican presidential nominee and you didn't supported Mitt Romney in 2012. You would, of course, have endorsed your son Rand Paul if he won the nomination in 2016 and in this same year you said that you would have endorsed Donald Trump if he supported free market but you didn't because he didn't believe in free market. So I want to ask you the following question : this year in 2020, if you were to lose this race, do you take the pledge of supporting the eventual Republican presidential nominee?


Answer: I will endorse the nominee if they pledge to support economic freedom, personal liberty, and a foreign policy of peace and diplomacy not endless war. If they don’t support these values then I will not. Senator Rubio scares me. His foreign policy is Obama’s and Clinton’s on steroids, he recommends more wars and more spending that will bankrupt this country. He supports unconstitutional spying on Americans and this really concerns me. If Senator Rubio cared about being a conservative he wouldn’t support a foreign policy of endless war and the eternal occupation of the middle east. Maybe we ought to consider a Golden Rule in foreign policy: Don't do to other nations what we don't want happening to us. We endlessly bomb these countries and then we wonder why they get upset with us?I won’t have any part in the poisoning of conservatism and my seal of approval on this perversion of conservatism would seal the grave. So no, i won’t make the pledge.


-China once adopted the one-child policy before increasing the limit number of children per family at two. These policies have been criticized for violating a human right of determining the size of one's own family. Do you believe it would be a reason why abortion should not be tolerated in the United States?


Answer: I believe that people should be able to live there lives the way the want as long as they don’t hurt anyone or damage their property. Abortion is murder. It really is as simple as that, ending the life of a child is not an acceptable consequence for you making bad sexual decisions. I believe in an exception in the cases of rape or when the mother's life is threatened. This is something that really sickens me about the left of this country. Not only do they support regular abortion they also support partial birth abortion where the baby can be halfway out of the womb and the mother can still decide that she doesn’t want it and the doctor smashes in the skull of the child and vacuums out its brain. Abortion is one of the reasons that I am so proud to be a conservative.


-A few months ago, there are concerns about nuclear energy's security in Pakistan since some terrorist groups like Al Qaïda, the Taliban, the Hezbollah, ISIS, etc. could use this nuclear energy to build nuclear weapons and use them against us and our allies. One of the main natural resources in Niger is uranium, a basic element into the manufacturing of nuclear weapons, and this country is in the throes of terrorism due to Boko Haram's terrorist attacks. Do you believe Boko Haram could use this uranium in Niger to build nuclear weapons in order to prepare terrorist nuclear attacks?


Answer: Not in the foreseeable future, I have faith in our intelligence capabilities to keep us informed and up to date on this threat. We need to be cautious when it comes to this situation. Many member of our party and the Democratic party will call for us to invade and take out this terrorist threat. I think that's the wrong course of action, do we really want to start another war overseas? We have been intervening in the middle east for the last 20 years and it’s created this terrorist threat we have to reject this policy and we have to understand that our interventions are directly related to terrorism and make things worse and not better. I say no more Americans have to die overseas and no more dollar bills spent on this empire around the world, it’s time to quit this!

[WashLibertarian]

Ron Paul Schedule March 15-21[/u][/b]


March 15, 2020
-Fly to Louisville
-Twitter Q&A on Plane
-Rally In Louisville with Rand Paul
-Meet with college voters at University of Louisville
-Foreign Policy Speech at University Of Louisville
Excerpt: I have a few questions for my colleagues.
What if our foreign policy of the past century is deeply flawed and has not served our national security interest?
What if we wake up one day and realize that the terrorist threat is the predictable consequence of our meddling in the affairs of others, and has nothing to do with us being free and prosperous?
What if propping up repressive regimes in the Middle East endangers both the United States and Israel?
What if occupying countries like Iraq and Afghanistan and bombing Pakistan is directly related to the hatred directed toward us?
What if someday it dawns on us that losing over 5,000 American military personnel in the Middle East since 9/11 is not a fair tradeoff with the loss of nearly 3,000 American citizens no matter how many Iraqi, Pakistani, Afghan people are killed or displaced?
What if we finally decide that torture, even if called “enhanced interrogation technique”, is self-destructive and produces no useful information and that contracting it out to a third world nation is just as evil?
What if it is finally realized that war and military spending is always destructive to the economy?
What if all war-time spending is paid for through the deceitful and evil process of inflating and borrowing?
What if we finally see that war-time conditions always undermine personal liberty?
What if Conservatives who preach small government wake up and realize that our interventionist foreign policy provides the greatest incentive to expand the government?
What if Conservatives understood once again that their only logical position is to reject military intervention and managing an empire throughout the world?
What if the American people woke up and understood that the official reasons for going to war are almost always based on lies and promoted by war propaganda in order to serve special interests?
What if we as a nation came to realize that the quest for empire eventually destroys all great nations?
What if Obama has no intention of leaving Iraq?
What if a military draft is being planned for for the wars that would spread if our foreign policy is not changed?
What if the American people learned the truth, that our foreign policy has nothing to do with national security, that it never changes from one administration to the next?
What if war in preparation for war is a racket serving the special interests?
What if President Obama is completely wrong about Afghanistan and it turns out worse than Iraq and Vietnam put together?
What if Christianity actually teaches peace and not preventive wars of aggression?
What if diplomacy is found to be superior to bombs and bribes in protecting America?
What happens if my concerns are completely unfounded?
Nothing.
But what happens if my concerns are justified and ignored?
Nothing good.

March 15, 2020
-Drive to Lexington
-Rally in Lexington
-Doorknock with Supporters in Lexington
-Drive to Frankfort
-Rally in Frankfort
-Doorknock with supporters in Frankfort


March 16, 2020
-Drive to Campbellsville
-Rally in Campbellsville
-Lunch with supporters and donors
-Townhall in Campbellsville
-Dinner with supporters

March 17, 2020
-Drive to Bowling Green
-Doorknock with supporters in Bowling Green
-Rally in Bowling Green
Excerpt: We have to cut taxes across the board for all americans. It's your money not washington DC’s. That’s why my tax plan is the most conservative of all the Republican candidates. It’s a 12.5% flat tax which exempts your 1st 50,000 dollars. My plan also drops the corporate rate to 10 % and gets rid of all the other taxes except for social security, medicaid, and medicare which will be devolved to the states. My plan leave everyone with more dollars in there pockets and this will grow the economy exponentially.
-Townhall in Bowling Green
-Dinner with Donors

March 18, 2020
-Drive to Madisonville
-Twitter Q&A on the drive
-Rally in Madisonville
-Townhall in Madisonville
-Lunch with supporters in Madisonville
-2nd Rally in Madisonville

March 19, 2020
-Drive to Owensboro
-Taking to twitter and posting numerous tweets about Rubio and Ryan’s failed foreign policy and social issue policies
-Rally in Owensboro
-Townhall in Owensboro
-Doorknocking with supporters in Owensboro
-2nd Town Hall in Owensboro

March 20, 2020
-Drive to Hopkinsville
-Breakfast with supporters in Hopkinsville
-Rally in Hopkinsville
-Townhall in Hopkinsville
-Doorknocking in Hopkinsville
-Dinner with supporters in Hopkinsville

March 21, 2020
-Fly to Wisconsin
-Rally in Madison
-Townhall in Madison
-Meet with college voters at the University of Wisconsin
-Drive to Milwaukee
-Twitter Q&A on the way
-Town Hall in Milwaukee
-Rally in Milwaukee

[R/H]

Round 26 : March 22, 2020-March 28, 2020

[R/H]

New polls

Marco Rubio still leads the Republican presidential field, this is partly due to Tom Cotton's withdrawal from the primary race, which resulted that the Florida Senator the support from many former Cotton's supporters. This is also due to his strong performance during the final Republican presidential primary debate at the University of Denver, especially when he compared his conservative record to the previous Republican presidential nominees since Ronald Reagan and when he questionned Ron Paul's conservatism due to the Texas Congressman's opposition to some free trade agreements. When it comes Ron Paul, his best line seems to be when he criticized Paul Ryan's budget which, according to the Texas Congressman, increased government spending and the national debt. The Speaker of the House made the poorest debate performance that night. According to a poll, 51 % of the debate watchers said that Marco Rubio won the debate while 37 % said the same for Ron Paul and only 12 % for Paul Ryan.

National Polls

Marco Rubio : 55 %
Paul Ryan : 31 %
Ron Paul : 10 %

Colorado Polls

Marco Rubio : 56 %
Paul Ryan : 35 %
Ron Paul : 7 %

Kentucky Polls

Marco Rubio : 46 %
Paul Ryan : 37 %
Ron Paul : 14 %

Virginia Polls

Marco Rubio : 53 %
Paul Ryan : 36 %
Ron Paul : 9 %

General Election Polls

Hillary Clinton vs Marco Rubio vs Tim Ashe

Marco Rubio : 46 %

Hillary Clinton : 41 %

Tim Ashe : 13 %

Hillary Clinton vs Paul Ryan vs Tim Ashe

Hillary Clinton : 43 %

Paul Ryan : 41 %

Tim Ashe: 16 %

Hillary Clinton vs Ron Paul vs Tim Ashe

Hillary Clinton : 43 %

Ron Paul : 38 %

Tim Ashe : 18 %

[R/H]

BREAKING NEWS

The Syria Arms Nonproliferation Act passed the Senate

Last week, Senators Marco Rubio (Rep.-Florida) and Bob Menendez(Dem.-New Jersey) co-sponsored the Bipartisan Syria Arms Nonproliferation Act that would establish penalties and sanctions for nations, persons or companies assisting Syria in acquiring chemical and missile technology or all other types of weapons of mass destruction.

The bill passed the Senate by clinching 66 votes required to override a potential veto by President Clinton. All the 56 Republican Senators voted in favor of the bill, which made 56 YES votes. In addition of these 56 YES votes, 10 Democratic senators supported the bill : Bob Menendez, Chris Coons, Edward Markey, Mark Warner, Bob Casey Jr., Tammy Duckworth, Evan Bayh, Martin Heinrich, Cory Booker and Ron Wyden.

With a Republican supermajority in the House of the Representatives, the bill is likely to pass in this chamber as well. The vote in the House of the Representatives is set to be done next week.

North Korea orchestrates a nuclear test between Sea of Japan and East China Sea

Yesterday, North Korea orchestrated a nuclear missile test on the maritime zone located between Sea of Japan and East China Sea. The explosion could have been seen from Nagasaki (one of the towns that suffered nuclear strikes from Americans at the end of World War II), Japan, and from Busan, South Korea. These two countries accused Kim Jong-un of using this missile test as an act of provocation. The international community condemned the nuclear missile test.

Endorsements

Marco Rubio Radio animator Michael Reagan (son of Ronald Reagan), General Motor's CEO Mary Barra, former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder, former Florida Lieutanant Governor Carlos Lopez-Cantera, former Puerto Rico Governor Luis Fortuno, Florida Congressman Tom Rooney, Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam, former Utah Senator Orrin Hatch, Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson.

Tim Ashe Journalist Glenn Greenwald, The Congressional Progressive Caucus

[UWS]

Marco Rubio for President 2020 Right here Right now

Schedule for the week of March 22, 2020-March 29, 2020

March 22, 2020
-Speech at the Latin American Educational Foundation headquarters in Denver, Colorado, in an effort to attract the Hispanic vote
-Energy policy speech at Anadarko Petroleum Coroporation facility in Denver, CO
-Fundraising event at the Pepsi Center in Denver, CO
-Foreign policy speech at Lowry Air Force Base in Denver, CO, in reaction to North Korea's nuclear missile test :


This nuclear missile test represents a threat to international security and allowed North Korea to make progress in the development of its nuclear program. We can't allow this. Diplomatic and economic sanctions are required to decrease Pyongyang's nuclear capacity and we need to increase our military's presence on the Pacific by deploying more warships on this ocean. That way, we can prevent an arms race as well as a nuclear war from happening. That's why I'm proposing the creation of the Pacific Treaty Organization (PTO) in order to reinforce our defense ties with our allies around the Pacific, to deploy all the necessary arsenal, to create an anti-missile shield, to increase pressure on North Korea by stopping this nation from offending its neighbors and to prevent China from violating South East China's territorial integrity. Peace will be restored and maintained through strength and collaboration.

-Small government policy speech at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, CO
-Meet with college voters at the University of Colorado Denver in Denver, CO
-Dinner with the voters at Qdoba Mexican Eats headquarters in Denver, CO
-Rally at the Denver Performing Arts Complex in Denver, CO
-Speech at Sports Authority Field at Mile High in Denver, CO
-Rally at Coors Field in Denver, CO, alongside Colorado Senator Cory Gardner who praises Marco Rubio's presidential agenda :


Marco is the best candidate to take on Hillary Clinton. He lived the American Dream and will make the Republican Party competitive again among Hispanics and all other ethnic minorities by doing what Donald Trump couldn't have done : attracting ethnic minorities, thus leading us to victory on November. He will do so by promising to fix our broken immigration system and offering them school choice and giving them access to a better education. Like Senator Rubio said, free trade with Latin America will help our Hispanic business owners to innovate, to grow and expand their businesses and to create jobs by becoming top importers, exporters, translators and executives managing such commercial and cultural exchanges thanks to their fluency in Spanish. That's how I will be able to expand GOP's support among Hispanics and young people. It will also allow us to counter China's trading power and to remain the first worldwide economic power since Latin America's economy is as big as China's.

Marco has the right experience and background to grow our economy due to his experience of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. His foreign policy experience due to his membership in the U.S. Senate Committees on Foreign Relations and in the Select Committee of Intelligence will keep us safe. He will use all the necessary arsenal and reinforce and expand our alliances to defeat international terrorism and promote international freedom, democracy, justice and peace.

I’m proud to endorse my friend Senator Marco Rubio, the next President of the United States of America and our leader for the 21st Century, a New American Century.

-Barnstorm in Golden, CO
-Health care policy speech at St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood, CO
-Meet with college voters at Colorado Christian University in Lakewood, CO
-Fundraising supper with voters at Casa Bonita in Lakewood, CO
-Town hall meeting with voters at Lakewood Civic Center in Lakewood, CO
-Bus trip to Colorado Springs, CO

March 23, 2020
-Space policy speech at Space Foundation in Colorado Springs, CO
-Social and familiarity policy speech at Focus on the Family headquarters in Colorado Springs, CO
-Speech at the United States Olympic Committee headquarters in Colorado Springs, CO, where the Florida Senator gives a speech that shows optimism about the 2024 Summer Olympic Games that will be held in Los Angeles.
-Foreign policy speech at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO
-Fundraising dinner with the voters and the donors at Antlers Hotel in Colorado Springs, CO
-Bus trip to Aurora, CO
-National defense policy speech at Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora, CO
-Barnstorm in Aurora, CO
-Supper with the voters at the Radisson Hoyel Denver Southeast in Aurora, CO

March 24, 2020
-Flight to Louisville, Kentucky
-Economic policy speech at the General Electric facility in Louisville, KY
-Rally at the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, KY
-Fundraising event at the Frazier Museum in Louisville, KY
-Speech at the Kentucky Center in Louisville, KY
-Speech at Louisville Slugger Field in Louisville, KY
-Meet with college voters at University of Louisville in Louisville, KY
-Economic policy and foreign policy speech at the University of Louisville in Louisville, KY
-Barnstorm at the Fourth Street Live! in Louisville, KY
-Supper with the voters at the Hard Rock Cafe at the Fourth Street Live! in Louisville, KY
-Bus trip to Frankfort, KY

March 25, 2020
-Meet with college voters at Kentucky State University in Frankfort, KY, in an effort to attract African-American voters
-Barnstorm in Frankfort, KY
-Bus trip to Lexington, KY
-Economic policy speech at Lexmark International headquarters in Lexington, KY
-Meet with college voters at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY
-Foreign policy speech at Memorial Hall at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY
-Speech at Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington, KY
-Rally at Rupp Arena in Lexington, KY
-Foreign policy speech at the Aviation Museum of Kentucky in Lexington, KY
-Speech at First African Baptist Church in Lexington, KY, in an effort to woo the African-American vote

March 26, 2020
-Bus trip to Owensboro, KY
-Economic policy speech at Modern Welding Company in Owensboro, KY
-Social security policy speech at Owensboro Medical Health System in Owensboro, KY
-Foreign policy speech at Temple Adath Israel in Owensboro, KY
-Barnstorm in Owensboro, KY
-Flight to Washington D.C.
-Senate duties in Washington D.C.

March 27, 2020
-Senate duties in Washington D.C.

March 28, 2020
-Bus trip to Alexandria, Virginia
-National security speech at the Institute for Defense Analyses headquarters in Alexandria, VA
-Speech at the Torpedo Factory Art Center in Alexandria, VA
-Barnstorm in Alexandria, VA
-Barnstorm in Arlington, VA
-Barnstorm in Reston, VA
-Speech at Leidos headquarters in Reston, VA
-Speech at Reston Town Center in Reston, VA
-Barnstorm in Winchester, VA
-Barnstorm in Stephens City, VA
-Speech at Trinity Lutheran Church in Stephens City, VA

Surrogate schedule

March 22, 2020
-Rudy Giuliani gives a foreign policy speech in New York City, NY :


I have to remind Congressman Paul like I told him before, especially during a presidential primary debate in Goffstown, New Hampshire, in January 2008 : America did not create radical Islamic terrorism. Claiming the contrast is simply not true. Extremist Islamic terrorists killed over 500 Americans before September 11, 2001, going back to the late 1960s. They have also killed people recently in Bali, in London. They have launched attacks in Germany. They attacked everywhere because we didn’t do anything to prevent such terrorist attacks. The attack in Chicago demonstrated this matter of fact.

We need to reinforce our security measures, increase defense spending, modernize and reinforce our military, promote, consolidate and expand our strategic alliances, use all the necessary troops to destroy terrorism and all the tyrannical regimes supporting terrorists and prevent arms races from happening in order to stop any nuclear war from triggering. That’s exactly the agenda that Senator Marco Rubio is promoting and that’s why I’m proud to endorse him.

March 23, 2020
-Cory Gardner barnstorms for Marco Rubio in Yuma, CO
-Cory Gardner gives an energy policy speech in Denver, CO, where he praises Rubio’s energy agenda


-Cory Gardner barnstorms for Marco Rubio in Denver, CO

March 24, 2020
-Cory Gardner gives a foreign policy speech where he praises Marco Rubio’s foreign policy agenda

March 25, 2020
-Jim Webb gives a foreign policy speech where he promotes Marco Rubio’s foreign policy agenda in Richmond, VA

March 26, 2020
-Mitch McConnell praises Marco Rubio’s legislative record in both the Florida House of Representatives and in the United States Senate and claims that this kind of leadership is needed in the White House

March 27, 2020
-During an interview with ABC News in the U.S. Senate in Washington D.C. when he's asked about Ron Paul's comments on national security, John McCain rebukes Congressman Paul and promotes Marco Rubio’s foreign policy agenda :


I know that Congressman Paul has this tendency of claiming that our defense spending costs too much. And yet he endorsed Ronald Reagan in 1976 and 1980 while he knew very well that during his presidential campaigns Ronald Reagan was promoting a strong foreign policy agenda that included an increased defense budget and a stronger military. That’s exactly what helped us to win the Cold War over USSR, to make the world safer and to make us the only superpower in the world. And it's thanks to a strong military and a strong intelligence system that we found and killed Bin Laden. So it's due to a strong military that we will defeat Al Qaida and ISIS, capture or kill Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, stop nuclear wars from triggering and maintain international peace. Senator Rubio understands this and that's why I believe he's the best qualified candidate to make America and all the rest of the world safer and that's why I support him to be our next President.

March 28, 2020
-Tim Scott barnstorms for Marco Rubio in Richmond, VA

[GoTfan]

Ashe/Monds 2020
Taking America Back

Schedule for March 22-28, 2020

22 March
-Fly to Georgia
-Rally in Georgia with John Monds.
-Barnstorm in Bartow County, Georgia
-Barnstorm in Barrow County, Georgia
-Town Hall in Columbus, Georgia with Monds

23 March
-Fly to Maine
-At a rally for the Baldacci for Senate Campaign in Augusta, Maine, Ashe formally endorsed John Baldacci for the open Senate seat, calling him "a fighter for progressive values". Governors Kennedy, O'Malley and Inslee also appeared to support Baldacci
-Ashe spent the remainder of the day campaigning for Baldacci

24 March
-Fly to New York
-Rally in New York City with Glen Greenwald. Greenwald slammed both Clinton and Rubio for their stances on foreign policy, and attitude towards whistleblowers.
-Build campaign infrastructure in New York

25 March
-House duties

26
-Fly to California
-Rally in Los Angeles with Jerry Brown. Ashe also advertised the Help for Heroes Act, and called on Senators McCain and Rubio to back it in support of veterans.
-Build campaign infrastructure in California with the aid of Brown

27 March
-Fly to Arizona
-Rally in Phoenix, Arizona with leaders of the Congressional Progressive Caucus

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-Build national infrastructure with the aid of the CPC

28 March
-Fly to Florida
-Rally with Steve Eisman and Michael Lewis in Tampa, Florida
-Rally with Tulsi Gabbard in Miami, Florida. Both advertised the Help for Heroes Act.
-Build support for the Help for Heroes Act

Schedule of John Monds

22-24 March
-Monds will hold rallies, Town Halls and give speeches across Georgia, Florida, the Carolinas  and Kentucky, emphasizing that a progressive/libertarian ticket is the bipartisan solution the country needs

25-28 March
-Monds will focus the remainder of his efforts on a single state: California. He will campaign extensively on civil liberties

Surrogate Schedule

The Libertarian Team (Ventura and Johnson) will campaign in Arizona, New Mexico and Minnesota, once again emphasizing Ashe's civil libertarianism

 Environmental Team (Gore, Nader and Stein), will be campaigning in New York, Vermont, and Pennsylvania, highlighting the pro-environment aspects of the campaign.

The Progressive Team, (Kucinich, Franken, Ellison and Sanders) campaigned in California, Oregon and Washington, emphasizing Ashe's platform for the poor and middle class.

The Economics Team, (Warren, Eisman, Lewis, Stevens and Reich) will campaign in Wisconsin, Indiana and Ohio.

The Governors' Team (Inslee, Kennedy, Baldacci, O'Malley, Brown, Wolf) will not be campaigning for Ashe, but will instead campaign for Baldacci's Senate bid.

Senators' Team (Feingold, Baldwin, Markey, Edwards), will be campaigning in New Jersey, Massachusetts and Washington DC.

The Veterans Team (Gabbard, Clark, Powell) Will be advertising the Help for Heroes Act, with Powell in particular praising it for its farsightedness. Powell also called on fellow Republican veterans, such as McCain and Graham to support the bill.

Mr Gates and Mr Buffett, the Fundraising Team, will hold fundraisers in Connecticut, Michigan and Washington. These will all be low-priced affairs, and rely on grassroots attendees.

EFF, AFL-CIO, NAACP and SEIU leaders will be campaigning in all states. Richard Trumka will coordinate efforts.

All members of the Progressive Caucus will campaign in their home states (AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IL, IN, IA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, NJ, NY, NC, OH, OR, PA, RI, TN, TX, VT, VA, WA, WI and DC).

[R/H]

Round 27 : March 29, 2020-April 4, 2020

[WashLibertarian]

Ron Paul 2020[/u]

Taking Over The Government To Leave You Alone

Ron Paul Schedule March 22-29, 2020


March 22, 2020
-Fly to New Mexico
-Rally in Albuquerque
-Lunch in Albuquerque
-Foreign Policy Speech
-Doorknocking with supporters
-Meet with college voter at University of New Mexico

March 23,2020
-Fly to New York City
-Rally in NYC
-Economic Policy Speech in NYC
-Meet with small business owners
-Drive to Albany
-Healthcare Speech

March 24, 2020
-Fly to Maine
-Rally in Maine
-Education Speech in Portland, ME
-Lunch and Doorknocking with supporters
-Drug Policy Speech in Portland, ME


March 25, 2020
-Fly to North Dakota
-Rally in Bismark
-Foreign Policy Speech in Bismark
-Rally at North Dakota University
-2nd Amendment Speech at Bismark

March 26, 2020
-Fly to Washington
-Personal Liberty Speech in Seattle
-Rally in Tacoma
-Meet with small business owners
-Role of Government Speech at the University of Washington
-Doorknocking in Bothell, WA
-Dinner Rally with supporters

March 27, 2020
-Fly to Colorado
-Rally in Boulder
-Economic Policy Speech in Boulder
-Rally at University of Colorado
-Rally at Colorado State University
-Doorknocking with supporters

March 28, 2020
-Fly to Kentucky
-Twitter Q&A on Plane
-Rally in Lexington
-Coal Speech in Louisville
-Personal Liberty Speech at University of Louisville
-Foreign Policy Speech at University of Kentucky
-Speech on Religous Liberty and Fighting Poverty at African American Church in Louisville

March 29, 2020
-Fly to Michigan
-Bureaucracy Failures Speech at Flint
-Rally in Detroit
-Economic and Poverty Speech in Detroit
-Education Speech in Detroit
-Rally at University of Michigan
-Personal Liberty Speech at Michigan State

[R/H]

New polls

As we are approaching the Virginia and Kentucky primaries and the Colorado caucuses, Senator Rubio increased his lead for the Republican nomination and sounds to be the Republican candidate that is most likely to beat Hillary Clinton.

National Polls

Marco Rubio : 56 %
Paul Ryan : 31 %
Ron Paul : 10 %

Colorado Polls

Marco Rubio : 57 %
Paul Ryan : 33 %
Ron Paul : 6 %

Kentucky Polls

Marco Rubio : 48 %
Paul Ryan : 40 %
Ron Paul : 12 %

Virginia Polls

Marco Rubio : 54 %
Paul Ryan : 36 %
Ron Paul : 8 %

General Election Polls

Hillary Clinton vs Marco Rubio vs Tim Ashe

Marco Rubio : 47 %

Hillary Clinton : 39 %

Tim Ashe : 14 %

Hillary Clinton vs Paul Ryan vs Tim Ashe

Paul Ryan : 42 %

Hillary Clinton : 42 %

Tim Ashe: 16 %

Hillary Clinton vs Ron Paul vs Tim Ashe

Hillary Clinton : 43 %

Ron Paul : 39 %

Tim Ashe : 18 %