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Unfortunate - Charlie Kirk, TPUSA and
Richard Baris Construct Push Poll to Influence
VP Selection

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Posted By: 4250Luis, 6/18/2024 6:39:20 AM

It is a very unfortunate situation any time you can easily spot manipulation that is taking place on behalf of hidden interests. In this example today TPUSA was pushing the results of a poll from this past weekend. Charlie Kirk and his organization claim that JD Vance won the straw poll of 1,600 attendees to the TPUSA event. However, as quickly identified, the only options presented to the audience were JD Vance, Marco Rubio, Tim Scott and Doug Burgum. Somewhat of a self-fulfilling presentation.Why only four candidates? According to Charlie Kirk and his pollster Richard Baris, those are the final four as determined by them and media.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Californian 6/18/2024 7:00:52 AM (No. 1739227)
Uh, who cares? Literally no one outside media cares who the VP pick is. And after election most people can't identify who the VP is. The VP's only constitutional role is to wait for the president to die and cast tie break votes in the senate.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: SpaceCowboy 6/18/2024 7:53:25 AM (No. 1739260)
Trump's going to pick someone he wants - not going to rely on some poll.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Marthinius57 6/18/2024 8:49:53 AM (No. 1739288)
Definitely not Pence again, right ?
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Reply 4 - Posted by: billa57 6/18/2024 8:57:49 AM (No. 1739290)
I like Charlie, but I don't think he's VP material.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: singermom9 6/18/2024 10:14:18 AM (No. 1739328)
Byron Danials. He is a banker and understands finance.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: earlybird 6/18/2024 11:04:20 AM (No. 1739374)
Charlie Kirk, Guy Benson, this Barris person? Pfffft... Wannahes meddling in election.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: earlybird 6/18/2024 11:29:13 AM (No. 1739395)
Those who read the article will find this: "Well, for his participatory role, it appears Richard Baris was only a tool who polled the audience based on names Charlie Kirk gave him. Then when you consider that Charlie Kirk had already publicly claimed J.D. Vance was the best choice for vice-president {SEE HERE}, the pre-selected names appeared to be chosen to create a specific outcome, ie “the illusion of choice.” JD Vance won the TPUSA poll because Charlie Kirk wanted J. D Vance to win the poll. Richard Baris delivered the data to support it by using a pre-filtered candidate list that only included 4 names." Charlie should be ashamed. That is doubtful. These hacks fancy themselves to be influencers. kingmakers, movers and shakers, No. We don't do that.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: FormerDem 6/18/2024 12:32:50 PM (No. 1739438)
interesting by Sundance. He is saying JD Vance (whom I also like, but...) is being placed as VP in the same role Pence had before, and is being pushed for it by people and entities who are too close to the security agencies. Very interesting question. The TPUSA convention and the Trump speech were fun to watch but at the same time they were totally over the top flattery. And if this is an effort to maneuver Trump into choosing a dangerous VP, then it makes better sense. It was fun to watch but last time I saw somebody illuminated with twelve gigantic torches it was the altar at Easter and was joy in the Resurrection of Christ. Trump can keep his balance but if Kirk was trying to choose a dangerous VP for him then it all makes sense. Jeez. Flaming torches. eyeroll.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: anniebc 6/18/2024 6:10:58 PM (No. 1739629)
What?! He won over the competition he had. Who cares? Events like TPA talk too much for me. They just give the enemy all their strategies; that's how we got stomped in 2020. Bannon does it too. Shut up!
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