And just when you think 2016 can’t get any weirder, it gets weirder:
Carl Bernstein reports that Bill Weld is considering dropping out if he thinks Johnson-Weld will help elect Trump. #JohnsonWeld2016
— Sheldon Richman (@SheldonRichman) September 18, 2016
Here’s the video with Bernstein saying Weld “despises” Donald Trump at the end:
Carl Bernstein on CNN: Bill Weld "thinking about dropping out" if Johnson/Weld could lead to electing Donald Trump. pic.twitter.com/rkltYFHDU9
— JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) September 18, 2016
Bernstein said the same thing on Twitter earlier in the week:
Bill Weld could be a hero–instead of a Nader–if he renounces his own Libertarian candidacy and endorses/campaigns for HRC. Stay tuned.
— Carl Bernstein (@carlbernstein) September 17, 2016
Now, how real is this Bernstein report? Their are doubts, to say the least:
Love how we're all citing a crank's explicitly-couched speculative burbling as proof Bill Weld about to drop from LP ticket.
— The Nats Won The World Series (@EsotericCD) September 18, 2016
Watch Bernstein interview. No evidence/sourcing, not even "talked w/Weld recently." It's basically just "gee it'd be nice if he dropped out"
— The Nats Won The World Series (@EsotericCD) September 18, 2016
Also, given how hard Johnson had to lobby Libertarian convention to grant him Weld as a VP choice, it'd be a hideously ungrateful betrayal.
— The Nats Won The World Series (@EsotericCD) September 18, 2016
I therefore conclude this isn't actually a story, it's just Carl Bernstein trying to lobby Weld to drop out using CNN as a perch. Shameless.
— The Nats Won The World Series (@EsotericCD) September 18, 2016
According to Bernstien, Weld would drop out after the first debate so we’ll have to just wait and see what happens.
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