Is A Mystery Anti-Trump Candidate About To Enter 2016 Race?

[Purveyor]

Conservative editor Bill Kristol, a leader of the #NeverTrump movement, says a serious independent challenger is about to appear.

By Peter Grier, Staff writer MAY 30, 2016

WASHINGTON — Is a mystery spoiler candidate really about to jump into the presidential race?

GOP pundit and Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol would like us to think so. Or he’d like Donald Trump to think so, at least. On Sunday Mr. Kristol tweeted this: “Just a heads up over this holiday weekend; There will be an independent candidate, an impressive one, with a strong team and a real chance.”

Kristol has been a rhetorical leader of the #NeverTrump movement from its inception. For months he’s been actively recruiting potential third party or independent conservative candidates in hopes of draining off enough votes to ensure Trump doesn’t win the White House.

Trump himself responded to Kristol’s latest prediction as you might expect. In his own tweetstorm he attacked Kristol as a lightweight and a “dummy.”


"Bill Kristol has been wrong for 2 yrs – an embarrassed loser, but if the GOP can’t control their own, then they are not a party. Be tough, R’s!” Trump tweeted.

Should we take this prediction of an imminent right-leaning challenger to Trump seriously? Or should we take it with multiple grains of salt?

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http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/Decoder/2016/0530/Is-a-mystery-anti-Trump-candidate-about-to-enter-2016-race

[Journeyman]

1. Well, I certainly can't dispute Trump's counter-attack: Kristol IS a lightweight and a dummy. . .

(no quotes marks required).

[Brother Buzz]

2. Sylvia Browne had a better track record of predicting the future than Kristol

I'm just saying....

[vanlassie]

3. Well since Kristol gave us Sarah Palin, I'm all ears!

[trueblue2007]

5. Kristol told me the person running for President would be Gary Bussey !!!!

[vanlassie]

6. Kreistol's a FUCKING GENIUS!!!

[Yonnie3]

4. If the never t'Rump movement stays as competent as they have been, this should be entertaining.

[Initech]

7. Um... it's Bill Kristol. He's wrong on everything!

[melman]

10. He is

but I really would not be surprised if he is not wrong on this.

[MerryBlooms]

8. No way. Kristol has never made a correct prediction in his career.

How he rates any damn air time or print is beyond me. He's someone's useful idiot... gotta be.

[eissa]

9. Mark Cuban?

A conservative who has been bashing Trump. A billionaire with some name recognition. Hhhmmm