Election 2020: The Game!

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Hello guys! I'm taking over the moderation of the game. Here are the DKrol's rules

-Each round will cover one week IG
- Each round will last 72 hours, but if you ask me to extend the deadline for a round, let me know
- Each round will start with an updated poll summary and a list of the upcoming electoral contests
- Periodically, News events will be introduced to elicit responses from the players that will impact the race
- Players are encourage to post, for each round, a schedule for the week. It can be as in-depth as an hourly itinerary for the candidate, or it can be as general as a summary of the entire week
- Players should PM me, the Game Moderator, for endorsements. The PM should contain the name of the person you'd like to be endorsed by, the most recent office or position they've held, and a brief reason why they would endorse you (Ie: George H.W. Bush, former President, should endorse George W. Bush because he is his son.)
- Advertisements will be accepted, if you want to make them, but they're not 100% required
- All events have in this TL have occurred as they did in OTL
- Independent/Third Party candidates will be accepted, but be warned that they will have to work very hard to make a national impression

If you have suggestions of News events, PM me.

The debate schedule remains the same, though there might be more after the Iowa caucuses.

In the coming week that will be covered in this game, remember that there will be a Republican presidential debate featuring Marco Rubio, Paul Ryan, Joni Ernst, James Comey, Cory Gardner, John Kasich and Tom Cotton in Dallas on October 8, 2019. Here's the procedure for the debates : I will post the questions and you will have to post your responses to the questions. When it comes to the attacks from your opponents (that they will post as well), it will be the same procedure, which is you post your responses to the attacks. If you have suggestions of questions for the debates, please PM me.

Can I join as independent Angus King?

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Can I join as independent Senator Angus King

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Angus King for President!

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-Senator King announcing his independent Presidential bid in Augusta, captial of Maine

King 2020: Let's Take America Back!

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King 2020

Schedule for October 6-12 2019

October 6
-Announce candidacy in Augusta, Maine
-Rally in Portland, Maine

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-Barnstorm in Hancock County, Maine
-Barnstorm in Penobscot County, Maine
-Meet with students and lecturers at the University of Maine

October 7
-Build campaign infrastructure in Maine (all day)

October 8
-Fly to Los Angeles, California
-Appearance on New Rules with Bill Maher

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-Build campaign infrastructure in California (remainder of day)

October 9
-Rally in San Diego, California
-Policy Speech in Santa Clara, California: "Why Corporations Are Destroying our Democracy"
-Barnstorm in Fresno County,
-Barnstorm in Mariposa County, California
-Town Hall in San Francisco, California

October 10
-Continue building campaign infrastructure in California
-Fly to New Hampshire

October 11
-Rally in Dover, New Hampshire
-Barnstorm in Strafford County, New Hampshire
-Host public lunch in Laconia, New Hampshire
-Barnstorm in Belknap County, New Hampshire
-Town Hall in Concord, New Hampshire

October 12
-Build campaign infrastructure in New Hampshire
-Fundraiser in Manchester, New Hampshire

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King 2020

Senator King releases VP shortlist

Representative Tim Ashe

Former Governor Bill Walker

Former Senator Tom Daschle

Senator Al Franken

Representative Tulsi Gabbard

Former Governor Lincoln Chaffee

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King 2020

October 27
-Fly to New Hampshire
-Rally in Dover, New Hampshire
-Barnstorm in Grafton County, New Hampshire
-Build ampaign infrastructure in New Hampshire

October 28
-Fly to New York
-Rally in Brooklyn, New York
-Build campaign infrastructure in New York

October 29
-Fly to Vermont
-Rally in Burlington, Vermont

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-Build campaign infrastructure in Vermont

October 30
-Rally in Montpelier, Vermont with Tim Ashe, should he accept VP nomination
-Meet with Vermont Progressives
-Barnstorm in Orange County
-Continue building campaign infrastructure in Vermont
-Fly to Massachusetts

October 31st
-Rally in Worcester, Massachusetts
-Barnstorm in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
-Barnstorm in Essex County, Massachusetts
-Rally in Boston, Massachusetts
-Meet with college students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

November 1st
-Fly to Ohio
-Rally in Cleveland, Ohio
-Barnstorm in Huron County, Ohio
-Build campaign infrastructure in Ohio
-Meet with college voters at Ohio State University

November 2nd
-Build campaign infrastructure in Ohio (all day)

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Tim Ashe accepts the nomination and intends to fight for the defeat of the Bush-Clinton machine.

Angus King unveils the independent ticket for the election.

King/Ashe 2020

Taking America Back

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-Senator King, announcing that Tim Ashe has accepted the Vice-Presidential pick.

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Tim Ashe speech:
"My fellow Americans, early in the morning on November seventh, Senator Marco Rubio has used me and Senator King as political ploys. He created a narrative saying he stands for independents, moderate Democrats, and moderate Republicans. He accused me and Senator King of dividing Democrats. He has compared himself to Ronald Reagan, a much better man than himself. Ronald Reagan was a good leader, despite bad elements of his ideology. Part of the reason he was a good leader was because he didn't compare himself to others. He stood on his own two feet.

Marco Rubio, if you're listening, listen to my next words: later that same day, there you go again. He quotes to Jimmy Fallon three times Ronald Reagan. He can't stand on his own two feet. Rubio has to compare himself to someone else. America, do not listen to him. Let him tell us who he is - not in sound bites for commercials, but let him tell his background. Let us find his personality ourselves. Senator Rubio, do not try to get us to mix your personality with the optimism of Ronald Reagan.

Let me also clarify: my campaign intends to be on the ballots in all the early primary states. If the DNC blocks this, we intend to get write in ballot access. We will call out the system on its many problems. It is rigged by the status quo against the poor, racial and sexual minorities, and many others. This campaign, of King and mine, is one that promises we will not leave anyone behind. We will unrig the system. Together, we will defeat the people destroying America and the world. We represent the failed economic policies of neither Hillary Clinton nor George W. Bush. We represent all the people."

King responds to Sen. Rubio's accusations.

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King/Ashe 2020

Taking America Back

November 17
-Fly to Maine
-Apply for general election ballot access in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York and Massachusetts
-Rally in Augusta, Maine

November 18
-Fly to Massachusetts
-Rally in Dorchester, Massachusetts
-Barnstorm in Bristol County, Massachusetts
-Barnstorm in Hampden County, Massachusetts
-File for GE ballot access in California, Ohio, Colorado and Michigan

November 19
-Rally in Cambridge, Massachusetts with Vice-Presidential nominee Tim Ashe

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-Meet with college voters at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
-Barnstorm in Norfolk County, Massachusetts
-Build campaign infrastructure in Massachusetts

November 20
- File for GE ballot access in Indiana, Wisconsin, Florida, Minnesota and Washington state.
-Fly to Ohio
-Rally in Cincinnati, Ohio
-Policy speech in Columbus, Ohio "Protecting the Rustbelt"
-Town Hall with Tim Ashe in Toledo, Ohio

November 21
-Build campaign infrastructure in Ohio (all day)

November 22
-File for GE ballot access in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Texas, Oregon, New Mexico and New Jersey
-Rally in Cleveland, Ohio
-Barnstorm in Perry County, Ohio
-Fly to Washington state

November 23
-Rally in Seattle, Washington
-Barnstorm in Snohomish County, Washington
-File for GE ballot access in Arizona, Rhode Island, Delaware, Montana and Nevada.
-Build campaign infrastructure in Washington.

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King responds to President Clinton's accusations

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King/Ashe 2020

Taking America Back

Schedule for 1-7 December

December 1
-Fly to Hawaii
-File for ballot access in Hawaii and Alaska
-Rally in Honolulu with Tulsi Gabbard

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-Barnstorm on Maui
-Meeting With college voters at Hawaii Pacific University

December 2
-Build campaign infrastructure in Hawaii

December 3
-Fly to Minnesota
-File for ballot access in Minnesota
-Rally in Minneapolis with Jesse Ventura

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-Barnstorm in Ramsey County
-Town Hall in Duluth with Tim Ashe and Jesse Ventura

December 4
-Build campaign infrastructure in Minnesota, utilising Ventura's resources from his term as Governor

December 5
-Fly to Washington state
-Rally in Medina with Bill Gates

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-File for ballot access in Washington state
-Fundraise in Seattle
-Town Hall in Tacoma

December 6
-Build campaign infrastructure in Washington

December 7
-File for ballot access in all remaining states
-Build national campaign infrastructure

Senator King encourages Tim Ashe to campaign heavily in New England with Bernie Sanders, using both his resources and those of Senator Sanders.

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King/Ashe 2020

Taking America Back

Schedule for December 22-28

December 22
-Fly to Wisconsin
-Rally in Madison, Wisconsin

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-Barnstorm in Taylor County, Wisconsin
-Barnstorm in Wood County, Wisconsin
-Organise state volunteers in Wisconsin

December 23
-Fly to New York
-Rally with former Mayor Bill de Blasio and former Secretary of State Colin Powell in New York City, NY

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-Town Hall meeting in Buffalo, NY
-Barnstorm in Westchester Counry, NY
-Organise state volunteers in New York

December 24
-Fly to Brunswick, Maine to spend Christmas with family

December 25
-Spend day with family

Decmber 26
-Fly to Nashville, Tennessee
-Rally with former VP Al Gore in Nashville

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-Build campaign infrastructure in Tennessee

December 27
-Fly to South Dakota
-Rally in Sioux Falls with Tom Daschle

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-Build Campaign infrastructure in South Dakota

December 28
-Internet ad buy  ($50,000)
-TV ad buy ($100,000)
-Build national campaign infrastructure

Ashe will be campaigning heavily in Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts and Rhode Island and hold rallies in Vermont and New Hampshire with Sen. Sanders.

Surrogate schedule:

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard
-Campaign heavily in Hawaii.
-Organise Hawaii volunteers.
-Large rally in Honolulu, touting King's progressive credentials, lack of reliance on big money and non-interventionist policy

Fmr. Gov. Jesse Ventura
-Campaign heavily in Minnesota
-Organise Minnesota volunteers
-Interview with MSNBC

Businessman Bill Gates
-Fundraise heavily in Washington state
-Organise Washington state volunteers
-Interview with CNN

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King/Ashe 2020

Taking America Back

Schedule for December 29 to January 4

December 29
-Fly to New York
-Rally on the Brooklyn Bridge with Steve Eisman and Michael Lewis

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-Barnstorm in Suffolk County, New York
-Barnstorm in Nassau County, New York
-Town Hall meeting in Cooperstown, New York

December 30
-Fly to Maine
-Rally in Augusta, Maine with former Governor John Baldacci

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-Fly to Connecticut
-Rally in Hartford, Connecticut with Ralph Nader

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-Fly to Maine

December 31
-Spend day with family

January 1
-Spend day with family

January 2
-Fly to Los Angeles, California
-Formally unveil platform at the Staples Center, Los Angeles with Tim Ashe and all surrogates.

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-Host a public dinner in Los Angeles with Tim Ashe and all surrogates to celebrate platform unveiling

January 3
-Fly to Cleveland, Ohio
-Rally in Cleveland, Ohio with former Congressman Dennis Kucinich

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-Build campaign infrastructure in Ohio with the aid of Kucinich

January 4
-Television ad buy ($150,00)
-Internet ad buy ($50,000)
-Build national campaign infrastructure

Tim Ashe will be campaigning heavily in all Rustbelt states with Sen. Sanders and AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, touting King's backing of a higher minimum wage and his opposition to right-to-work legislation

Surrogate Schedule

Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard will be campaigning in Alaska all week, emphasizing King's record on the rights of minorities

Former Governor Jesse Ventura will be campaigning in all libertarian-leaning states, touting King's opposition to NSA spying, support for marijuana legalisation and non-interventionist foreign policy

Businessman Bill Gates will be fundraising up and down the west coast

Former Mayor Bill de Blasio and former Secretary of State Colin Powell will be campaigning in New York, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. Powell will also give an interview to Fox News' Bill O'Reilly explaining why he supports King over any of the Republican candidates.

Former Vice President Al Gore will be campaigning in in the southeast, focusing on those who have felt maligned by the government. He will also be interviewed by CNN's Anderson Cooper as to why he supports King over Hillary Clinton, given his ties to the Clinton family

Former Senator Tom Daschle will be campaigning in the Northwest, touting King's progressive credentials. He will be interviewed by MSNBC's Rachel Maddow as to why he has endorsed King over Clinton.

In addition, all surrogates will attend the platform unveiling and public dinner held on the 2nd.

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King/Ashe 2020

Taking America Back

Schedule for January 12-January 18

January 12
-Fly to California
-Rally in San Francisco, California (accompanied by Congressman Ashe)
-Speech to the Electronic Frontier Foundation

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-Fundraiser in Sacramento, California
-Barnstorm in Santa Clara County, California

January 13
-Fly to Ohio
-Rally in Mount Vernon, Ohio (accompanied by former Congressman Kucinich)
-Barnstorm in Union County, Ohio
-Town Hall meeting in Wilmington, Ohio. During the meeting, King expressed a desire to meet with 2016 Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson and 2016 Green nominee Jill Stein to discuss a possible Libertarian-Progressive alliance to break the two-party duopoly.
-Interview with The Young Turks' Cenk Uygur

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January 14
-Fly to Massachusetts
-Rally in Boston, Massachusetts with Sen. Elizabeth Warren

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-Rally in Cambridge, Massachusetts
-Barnstorm in Norfolk County, Massachusetts
-Barnstorm in in Plymouth County, Massachusetts with Sen. Warren

January 15
-Fly to Washington state
-Rally in Seattle, Washington with Governor Inslee and Mr Krugman. Inslee and Krugman gave full-throated endorsements of the independent Maine Senator, with Krugman blasting Clinton over her economic policies, labeling her a "person who willingly and joyfully sells out to Wall Street"
-Barnstorm in Pierce County, Washington
-Barnstorm in Thurston County, Washington
-Meet with college voters at Washington State University. King had his most successful college meeting here, signing up many campaign volunteers.

January 16
-Fly to Pennsylvania
-Rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with former Secretary Robert Reich and President of the National Education Association, Lily Eskelsen Garcia. Reich hit the same notes as Krugman did the day before, hammering Clinton on her ties to Wall Street. Garcia chose to slam Clinton for failing to make the minimum wage a living wage and her ties to "school-killing Wall Streeters"
-Build campaign infrastructure in Pennsylvania

January 17
-Senatorial duties

January 18
-National campaign organization (with the aid of all surrogates)
-Fly to Maine
-Attend a "Taking America Back" public dinner hosted by former Governor John Baldacci

Tim Ashe, apart from events mentioned above, will be campaigning heavily in Indiana and Wisconsin with Trumka, once again touting King's pro-union stance

Surrogate schedule

Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard will campaign in Georgia, emphasizing her military service and her subsequent support of Sen. King. She will also give an interview to CNN's Wolf Blitzer about the similarities between Sen. Sanders' 2016 campaign and King's 2020 campaign

Former Governor Jesse Ventura will be campaigning in Colorado and Nevada, with emphasis on King's civil libertarianism

Businessman Bill Gates will be campaigning in Arizona and New Mexico

De Blasio and Powell will continue campaigning together, this time hitting Michigan, Vermont (with Sen. Sanders) and New York

Senator Bernie Sanders will be campaigning in Vermont (with Powell and de Blasio), Rhode Island and Delaware

Former Vice President Al Gore and Former Senator Tom Daschle will be campaigning in Florida, Arkansas and South Carolina

Michael Lewis and Steve Eisman will be campaigning in Washington, Oregon and California, touting King's opposition to corporate influence of the political process

Former Governor John Baldacci will be campaigning in all New England states and host a "Taking America Back" public dinner on the 18th. Admission is free to all campaign volunteers, children under 25 and adults over 50. Price of admission for all others is $2.00. All food is free of charge.

Ralph Nader will be campaigning heavily in New York

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While they may be political opposites and rarely agree on issues, Senator King congratulates Senator Rubio on his victory in the Iowa Caucuses, and looks forward to a lively campaign against him.

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King/Ashe 2020

Taking America Back

Schedule for January 19-January 25

January 19
-Fly to Washington
-Rally in Seattle, Washington (accompanied by Bill Gates)
-Policy Speech in Spokane, Washington: "My Benchmark Legislation"

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-Build campaign infrastructure in Washington

January 20
-Watch live interview of Edward Snowden by Glenn Greenwald

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-Fly to Florida
-Rally in Miami, Florida
-Rally in Tampa, Florida
-Barnstorm in Polk County, Florida

January 21
-Fly to Pennsylvania
-Rally in Scranton, Pennsylvania. During the rally, King welcomed Snowden's endorsement, stating his immense pride in it. He once again reiterated his "Let Snowden Come Home" phrase, which has become an unofficial slogan for his campaign
-Meet with 2016 Libertarian and Green nominees Gov. Gary Johnson and Dr Jill Stein in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
-Meet with college voters at Pennsylvania State University
-Town Hall meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania accompanied by Tim Ashe and Robert Reich

January 22
-Fly to California
-Rally on the Golden Gate Bridge with Brian Beheldorf (EFF Board Chair), Cindy Cohn (EFF Executive Director), Mitch Kapor, John Perry Barlow and John Gilmore (EFF founders). All blasted the Republican and Democratic parties over their whistleblower policies, and repeated the phrase "Let Snowden Come Home"
-Build internet campaign infrastructure with the aid of the Electronic Frontier Foundation

January 23
-Fly to Maryland'
-Rally in Baltimore, Maryland with NAACP President Cornell William Brooks, Service Employees' Union President Mary Kay Henry and American Nurses Association President Karen Daley. All three slammed Clinton and the Republicans, with Daley stating there is no difference between them. All three ended their speeches with "Let Snowden Come Home"
-Build campaign infrastructure in Maryland

January 24
-Public video call with Edward Snowden and his girlfriend Lindsay Mills (accompanied by Tim Ashe)

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-Continue building internet campaign infrastructure with EFF aid

January 25
-Announce east coast tour
-Meet with all surrogates to discuss national strategy
-Rally in Silver Springs, Maryland

All surrogates will be campaigning in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Wisconsin and Iowa

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Marco Rubio's victory speech in New Hampshire

Thank you New Hampshire! This victory just got us closer to the nomination and the presidency of the United States of America!

In this time of economic depression due to Hillary Clinton's big government policies, extreme taxes and regulations and protectionism, we lost millions of jobs and some of our young people decided that America would not be the best place in the world to open a new business, which offshored businesses and jobs overseas and increased the unemployement rate. We need to embrace free enterprise and economic freedom in order to ensure massive job creation and economic prosperity for all by cutting taxes for all the American people, which will reinforce their purchasing power, clinching energy independence through increasing oil production and drilling that will get us more revenues that will be invested for renewable energy development, expanding free trade to reduce the cost of trading and to make us competitive in the world economy, making education accessible for all of our people, balancing the budget, invest a part of future budget surpluses into the development of infrastructure and championing businesses to reinforce their capacity of growing, expanding, innovating, producing and hiring.

In this time of war and growing terrorism, terrorists and all tyrannical regimes supporting terrorism are threatening international security and freedom by attacking us for what we believe. Iran and North Korea are developping their nuclear weapons and a nuclear attack from these nations would be very catastrophic and cost hundreds of thousands of lives or worse. Russia and China are pursuing their expansionist policies by deploying military troops in the territory of their neighbours to take control of these zones for economic, patriotic and territorial purposes, thus violating their neighbours' territorial integrity. We need to increase defense spending, to reinforce and modernize our military, deploy all the necessary troops and arsenal in the Middle East to fight and destroy terrorism and free Syria from Bachar el-Assad's tyranny, insanity and corruption. We need to reinforce and expand our alliances in the Middle East and the Indian Subcontinent to defeat terrorism and stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons and supporting terrorism and around the Pacific to prevent North Korea from pursuing it's nuclear program and to stop China's agression in the South China Sea. We also have to stand with Ukraine by training the Ukrainian troops and providing them all the necessary weapons and arsenal to defend their country against Russia effectively, defeat these pro-Russian terrorists supported by Vladimir Putin and taking their country and Ukraine's national resources back.

Now, time has come for us to turn the page and to engage in this fight for liberty. New Hampshire sent a message based on it's official moto : either we live free or we die. For us, the choice is very easy : living free. But to live free, we have to fight for freedom and that's what I'm going to do in the economic area and in the foreign policy area as the 46th President of the United States of America!

Let's go to South Carolina to continue this fight for freedom, justice, democracy, prosperity, security and national unity.

Thank you, God bless you, God bless New Hampshire and God bless the United States of America!

Senator King once again extends his congratulations to Senator Rubio. The King campaign looks forward to a lively election against him.

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Would we be able to get some national GE polls? Like Democrat vs Republican vs Independent?

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King/Ashe 2020

Taking America Back

Schedule for January 26-February 1

January 26
-Fly to New Mexico
-Rally in Santa Fe, New Mexico with Former Governor and two-time Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson and two-time Green nominee Jill Stein. Both gave ringing endorsements of the Maine Senator, Johnson in particular emphasized their shared social liberalism and opposition to corporatism, while Stein praised his economic policies. The two both touted King's non-interventionist foreign policy, repeating "Let Snowden Come Home"
-Barnstorm in Sandoval County, New Mexico
-Town Hall meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico with Gov. Johnson and Dr Stein
 

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-Build campaign infrastructure in New Mexico with the aid of Gov. Johnson and Dr Stein

January 27
-Fly to Wisconsin
-Rally in Madison, Wisconsin with Senators Tammy Baldwin and Russ Feingold. Both Senators slammed Clinton for failing to make good on her promises to the progressive wing, with Baldwin notably referring to her as a "Wall Street lapdog". Feingold called Clinton "a complete sellout; a person who has abandoned those who could've supported her most".
-Barnstorm in Outagamie County, Wisconsin
-Barnstorm in Dodge County, Wisconsin
-Build campaign infrastructure in Wisconsin with the aid of Sens. Baldwin and Feingold

January 28
-Fly to Ohio
-Rally in Cincinnati, Ohio with former Congressman Kucinich and Senator Sherrod Brown. Brown, in his first rally with King, instead of going on the attack, instead touted King's extensive legislative experience and progressive platform
-Meet with college voters at Ohio University. King stated his immense pride at visiting one of American's oldest universities, and had a successful day assembling teams of young volunteers.
-Continue building campaign infrastructure in Ohio, with the aid of Kucinich and Brown

January 29
-Fly to Massachusetts
-Rally in Plymouth, Massachusetts with Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey. Markey, like Brown, emphasized King's progressive platform and experience, citing him as "the candidate of the grassroots"
-Continue building campaign infrastructure in Massachusetts with the aid of Sens. Warren and Markey

January 30
-Fly to Minnesota
-Rally in Saint Paul, Minnesota with Gov. Ventura and Congressman Keith Ellison. Ellison touted King's defense of minority rights and his willingness to reinstate Glass-Steagall
-Continue building campaign infrastructure in Minnesota with the aid of Ventura and Ellison

January 31
-Interview with Thom Hartmann, host of RT's The Big Picture

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-Fly to Washington
-Rally with Gov. Inslee in Tacoma, Washington
-Rally in Medina, Washington with Bill Gates
-Fundraiser in Bellevue, Washington with Gates and Inslee

February 1
-Rally in Vancouver, Washington with Tim Ashe
-Rally in Kent, Washington with Ashe, Inslee and Gates
-Record television ad "Let Snowden Come Home" (will be put up in next post)
-Build national campaign infrastructure

Tim Ashe will be campaigning in Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia all week.

Surrogate schedule

Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard will be campaigning in Maryland and Pennsylvania

Former Governor Jesse Ventura will be Campaigning in Minnesota and Wisconsin

Businessman Bill Gates will be fundraising in Florida

Senator Bernie Sanders, former Secretary Colin Powell and former Mayor Bill de Blasio will be campaigning heavily in all New England states

Former Vice President Al Gore will be campaigning in Tennessee and Louisiana

Former Senator Tom Daschle will be campaigning in North and South Dakota

Author Michael Lewis and Investment Banker Steve Eisman will be focusing efforts on southern California

All major EFF personnel will be campaigning in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois

Activist Ralph Nader will be campaigning in New York and Delaware

Former Governor John Baldacci will be campaigning in Illinois

Economist Paul Krugman and former Secretary Robert Reich will be campaigning in northern California

Senator Elizabeth Warren will be campaigning in her birth state of Oklahoma'

Governor Jay Inslee will be campaigning in his home state of Washington

Lily Eskelsen Garcia (NEA), Karen Daley (ANA), Richard Trumka (AFL-CIO) and Mary Kay Henry (SEU) will be campaigning in all Rustbelt states

Cornell William Brooks (NAACP) will be campaigning in Maryland, with a focus on minority neighborhoods

Edward Snowden will be sending out tweets in support of the Senator (obviously his ability to campaign is limited, given his exile)

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King/Ashe 2020 campaign advertisement

Type: Television, YouTube

To air in: All states

Title: Let Snowden Come Home

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It is no joke that I was his chair sorry if this comes off as coarse I am trying to be a friendly sort
and sure I can be the VP nominee-who will I be ?

It depends on who will win the Republican nomination. Even if they know who they will select as their running mate, each of the Republican presidential candidates will unveil their list of potential running mates in order to maintain the suspense until the few weeks preceding the Republican Convention. So I will tell all the guys playing the Republican presidential candidates to send you private messages to tell you who they will select as their running mate if they become the Republican presidential nominee.

Do you know where to consult your private messages on this website?

I had a thought: Maybe he could jump in as a compromise candidate at the Convention?

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King/Ashe 2020

Taking America Back

Schedule for February 2-February 8

February 2
-Fly to Nebraska
-Rally with Warren Buffett and Bill Gates in Omaha, Nebraska. Buffett, while lambasting Clinton for refusing to denounce Wall Street's influence, saved his harshest words for the Republicans, labeling them "science deniers" and calling Rubio "ignorant" on the issue of climate change, citing one of Rubio's past statements that he didn't agree with scientists.
-Barnstorm in Sherman County, Nebraska
-Barnstorm in Stanton County, Nebraska
-Build campaign infrastructure in Nebraska

February 2
-Fly to Massachusetts
-Rally Worcester, Massachusetts with Senators Warren and Markey, and Governor Joe Kennedy

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-Meet with state volunteer coordinators
-Continue building campaign infrastructure in Massachusetts, with the aid of Sens. Warren and Markey, and Gov. Kennedy

February 3
-Fly to California
-Interview on Real Time with Bill Maher, with Ed Schultz

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-Rally in San Francisco, California with Tim Ashe
-Town Hall meeting in Oakland, California with Tim Ashe. During the meeting, King expressed his hope to make it into the Presidential debates, while Ashe called for the 15% threshold to be abolished
-Host public dinner in Berkeley, California

February 3
-Fly to Michigan
-Rally in Detroit, Michigan
-Rally in Lansing, Michigan
-Rally in Flint, Michigan. King called on Karen Weaver, Mayor of Flint, Karen Weaver, and Governor Rick Snyder to launch a proper full-scale, bipartisan investigation into the causes of Flint's water crisis
-Barnstorm in Wexford County, Michigan

February 4
-Barnstorm in Muskegon County, Michigan
-Barnstorm in Kent County, Michigan
-Rally in Jackson, Michigan
-Barnstorm in Chippewa County, Michigan
-Rally in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan

February 5
-Fly to Florida
-Rally in Tampa, Florida
-Rally in Miami, Florida
-Barnstorm in Pasco County, Florida
-Barnstorm in Lee County, Florida

February 6
-Build national campaign infrastructure with aid of all surrogates.

February 7
-Video Conference at EFF Headquarters with Edward Snowden

February 8
-Build Outreach Program

Tim Ashe will be focusing efforts on the west coast this week, campaigning with Bill Gates and Governor  Inslee

All other surrogates, with the exception of Ventura and Johnson, will be campaigning in Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin.

Libertarian Outreach Program announced

Senator King is proud to announce the formation of a Libertarian Outreach Program for his campaign. The Program aims to reach libertarian voters nationwide, and King will invest considerable campaign funds towards the Program which will in turn, rally libertarian support for the Senator

The Program will be co-chaired by former Governors Ventura and Johnson. To show King's slight libertarian leanings, Ventura and Johnson are being given full autonomy over the Program.

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Ooh I'm rising in the polls. Should make the GE interesting.

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King/Ashe 2020

Taking America Back

Schedule for February 9-15

February 9
-Fly to Delaware
-Rally in Dover, Delaware
-Barnstorm in New Castle County, Delaware
-Barnstorm in Sussex County, Delaware
-Rally in Wilmington, Delaware

February 10
-Fly to Sacramento, California
-Rally with Former Governor Jerry Brown

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-Barnstorm in Fresno County, California
-Barnstorm in Glenn County, California
-Rally in San Jose, California

February 11
-Fly to Minnesota
-Rally in Minneapolis, Minnesota with Former Governor Jesse Ventura, Congressman Keith Ellison and Senator Al Franken. In his first campaign appearance with Senator King, Franken took some humorous jabs at both Clinton and Rubio, calling them "Unabashed trickle-downers"
-Continue building campaign infrastructure in Minnesota with the aid of Ventura, Franken, and Ellison

February 12
-Senatorial duties

February 13
-Fly to Pennsylvania
-Rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with Governor Tom Wolf, Michael Moore and Reverend Jesse Jackson. All three hammered Clinton over her Wall Street connections, but Jackson and Wolf saved their biggest blasts for the Republicans in general and Rubio in particular.
-Continue building campaign infrastructure in Pennsylvania with the aid of Gov. Wolf

February 14
-Fly to Ohio
-Rally in Columbus, Ohio with former Congressman Kucinich and Senator Brown
-Barnstorm in Morrow County, Ohio
-Barnstorm in Holmes County, Ohio
-Rally in Dayton, Ohio

February 15
-Organize "Republicans for King"

"Republicans for King" announced

Senator King is proud to announce the formation of Republicans for King. The committee, chaired by former Secretary of State Colin Powell, will aim to reach moderate Republicans dissatisfied with the party's shift to the right by highlighting what Powell calls "not liberal or conservative positions, but common sense positions", which he says King espouses. Powell will have full autonomy over the program.

Tim Ashe will be campaigning with Sen. Sanders and Trumka in Maryland and Virginia.

All other surrogates will be campaigning and fundraising up and down the coasts.

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King responds to Senator Rubio's accusations

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