They’re multiplying
Speculation about the post-White House career of Ivanka Trump is now centered on Florida, where the soon to be ex-first daughter and senior aide to her president father has reportedly bought an expensive plot of land for a house and may be considering a run for Senate.
She’s a twerp, she’s pig-ignorant, she defends everything her evil daddy does, she’s corrupt, and she’s a criminal. Also she’s entitled, arrogant, self-dealing, empty-headed, and narcissistic. Other than that, awesome choice for the Senate.
Ivanka Trump is not the only member of her family potentially eyeing up a political future post-Trump. Donald Trump Jr – who is popular with his father’s conservative base – is often seen as likely to make a serious bid to enter politics in his own right. Meanwhile, daughter-in-law Lara Trump has been mentioned as a potential candidate for the Senate in North Carolina.
Iiiiiiiiick. They’re like bedbugs.
You just described the perfect qualifications for a GOP candidate, for everything from dog catcher to President.
Lol, did they have a family dinner and decide they were all entitled to Senate seats?
I’d like to say no way that could happen, but in conservative states it very well could. Oh well, they’ll be cookie cutter votes that’ll support the same things any other Republican would have, so the impact will be minimal, unlike with their father / father-in-law.
And in the best case they’ll lose the seats for the Republicans. Ivanka in particular is so plastic and devoid of charisma that I could see her bringing in a lot of anti-Trump voters without inspiring the MAGA crowd much (Don Jr. and Lara can at least speak off the cuff without sounding like they’re reciting something they practiced in front of a mirror 30 times).
I have to admit, the reaction of Marco Rubio to a primary challenge by Ivanka would be hilarious. “But… but… I spent four years debasing myself in slavish obedience to Donald, and this is how you thank me?”
Yes, Marco. It’s what they do to everyone.
It’s like the Kennedys minus the noblesse oblige
Mind you, the Kennedys were more like the Trumps than most of us (or some of us, including me) realized. Joe Senior was a genuine crook.
Got to preserve those chances of Trump-Kushner dynastic kleptocracy. She knows she can continue to grift the public trust to enrich herself. Then she can use the personality cult to leverage a presidential run. I imagine Mitch is salivating at the possibility of running a slicker version of Trump to fulfill his dreams of one-party rule.
A crook and a fascist sympathizer.
But most of his descendants had at least some sense of public duty, something which none of DJT’s spawn have shown.
Are convicted felons allowed to run for federal office?
Asking for someone hoping to get a pre-emptive pardon from her daddy…
not Bruce, I have one answer to your question: Eugene Debs.
Now you can argue about whether someone should have been convicted or not, but yes, you can run for office even if you’ve been convicted of a felony.
I live in Florida. Believe me, if she runs for the senate, she’ll win. This state is fond of blustering corruption and loathes taking care of its citizens. I’m speaking of the citizens here.