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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Wed Jun 27, 2018, 11:14 AM Jun 2018

Did Michael Avenatti Just Hint He's Running for President in 2020?


by Ronn Blitzer | 9:49 am, June 27th, 2018

Twitter is abuzz with speculation that the legal and media battle of 2018 may be the political battle of 2020, after Stormy Daniels‘ lawyer Michael Avenatti posted a comment on Twitter Tuesday night about what it would take for someone to go up against President Donald Trump.




Avenatti has similarly described himself this way in the past, and has certainly shown no fear in publicly going after the president.

The reactions to the comment were excited, to say the least.








It doesn’t look like Avenatti has answered these questions yet, although when someone asked if his tweet meant he’d be up for the role of U.S. Attorney General, he did say no to that.




In an email to Law&Crime, Avenatti explained that he meant that he’s not interested in being Attorney General in the current administration. Regarding the presidential buzz, he simply said, “As for the response, I am extremely fortunate to have some very strong and passionate supporters who don’t hesitate to tell me what they think.”

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Did Michael Avenatti Just Hint He's Running for President in 2020? (Original Post) DonViejo Jun 2018 OP
Geez, I wish this self promoting fool would just go away already. His 15 minutes have long since Trust Buster Jun 2018 #1
What politician ISN'T "self-promoting"? Tracer Jun 2018 #8
Let him tease xmas74 Jun 2018 #9
Better than a lot of the other names I've heard bandied about... vi5 Jun 2018 #2
How gullible can some people be? awesomerwb1 Jun 2018 #3
I love him in his current role... Dem_4_Life Jun 2018 #4
K&R ! stonecutter357 Jun 2018 #5
I've never heard any policy from him AlexSFCA Jun 2018 #6
Do not approve of his running but he would be Dotard's worst nightmare. Sneederbunk Jun 2018 #7
Whether he runs or not, his assessment of the 2020 Presidential avebury Jun 2018 #10
 

Trust Buster

(7,299 posts)
1. Geez, I wish this self promoting fool would just go away already. His 15 minutes have long since
Wed Jun 27, 2018, 11:16 AM
Jun 2018

Expired IMO.

Tracer

(2,769 posts)
8. What politician ISN'T "self-promoting"?
Wed Jun 27, 2018, 12:38 PM
Jun 2018

I think you could say that 45 gets an Olympic gold in self-promotion.

xmas74

(29,675 posts)
9. Let him tease
Wed Jun 27, 2018, 12:56 PM
Jun 2018

And not run. It keeps another person on Twitter occupied.

I think he's a good person overall who wants to do something but also knows this is his chance at self promotion on an international scale. Would I take him seriously as a candidate? No but it's fun to watch.

 

vi5

(13,305 posts)
2. Better than a lot of the other names I've heard bandied about...
Wed Jun 27, 2018, 11:19 AM
Jun 2018

I'd take him over anti-vaxxer snake oil schill Oprah.

Hell, I'd take him over Blue Dog Gillibrand and IDC superfan Cuomo.

But it's a moot point since it's not happening. People should stop being gullible.

Dem_4_Life

(1,765 posts)
4. I love him in his current role...
Wed Jun 27, 2018, 11:21 AM
Jun 2018

I do love Michael Avenatti but cannot see him as running for President but who knows where we will be in 2020. I just want to get through the mid-terms first.

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