Front-runner Mike Braun looks to break away from field in governor’s race

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10 thoughts on “Front-runner Mike Braun looks to break away from field in governor’s race

  1. If voters no nothing of Braun, by now have been exposed his ad nauseam television ad touting that he is “endorsed by President Trump.” The fact the the twice-impeached, four times indicted ex-president endorsed Braun says all you need to know about his character and philosophy. Ugh.

    1. The more your ilk hates people like Braun, the stronger they become.

      Another indictment from the Deep State would only make the endorsement even more ringing. And yes, these impeachments and indictments reveal a great deal about the characters of the people initiating them. How many cases are collapsing because the DAs and AGs pressing charges can no longer hide their own corruption behind the media more than willing to do their bidding? Are ANY of those cases still on firm footing?

    2. Oh Lauren, failing to admit that Jack Smith’s cases against Trump for his attempts to (1) deny the peaceful transfer of power on January 20, 2021 and for (2) his illegal possession of classified documents and his attempts to obstruct the investigation of that crime are solid and air tight. Not even Trump’s claim of lifetime immunity from indictments holds water, or will save him from convictions.

    3. If Trump isn’t elected in November will Braun just go home?

      He’s done literally nothing since Biden was elected because he only knows how to listen to his deep state puppet masters like Trump

    4. So Brent, we must have missed your endorsement of the prosection of the current dementia patient in the White House for his mishandling of classified material. I mean the guy wasn’t even president at the time. Or maybe you’re ust the kind that would follow a Democrat straight of a cliff….. You know. A cult.

    5. Here’s the reality …

      Probably every president and vice president over the past few decades has mishandled classified documents. I bet if you sent the squads in on Bush and Obama, they’d find something tucked away somewhere and forgotten. I wouldn’t be surprised if folks at various Presidential libraries have found things and quietly turned them over.

      What gets people in trouble is when they, instead of saying “my bad” and giving it all back, like Pence and Biden did … they act like a 4 year old and go to insane lengths to keep things by hiding them.

      Want to throw the book at Hillary for what she did with her servers? Argue it’s disqualifying? Fine. Trump did worse. “I can declassify documents just by thinking about it?” But people who refuse to vote for Trump are in a cult? Sure.

      Just stop trying to tell us that a bunch of clowns selected for their fealty to Donald Trump is an improvement over his nebulous “Deep State” you all claim is the worst thing in the world. The first Trump administration put paid to the lie that a Trump Presidency would attract all the best people.

      We get it, you did poorly in world history and didn’t pay attention to how badly all the personality cults end. You just sat there and nodded like a puppy like Tucker did with Putin. Maybe he was afraid he would fall out of a tall building if he asked any tough questions.

  2. At one point, Braun was the better of Indiana’s two senators. After the events of Jan 6th, he changed his mind and decided to do the right thing and certify the election. Todd Young did not change his decision, and gaslighted a good portion of the country by doing so.

    Since then, though, Young has become much more of a moderate – even co-authoring the CHIPS Act witt Senator Schumer – and Braun hasn’t done a single thing except try to ride the sorry coattails of Trump.

  3. Can we stop electing 70 year olds to jobs they aren’t fit to hold? Braun is retiring from the Senate where he got literally nothing done, for a job that is 100x more demanding. Indiana deserves better. I hope people will actually consider what’s at stake and elect someone capable of leading Indiana forward, not taking it backwards.

  4. Like who? Mike? I love the he did nothing argument….. good I don’t want senators doing much. The more they do… The more they screw up the country. Every federal law that is passed further restricts our liberty.

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