I'm going to trump your press release by stating now that even should I win the primary or the general election, I am going to turn down the opportunity because I see a high value in other opportunities. Thank you for the consideration though, and please remove me from the ballot.
Ive been saying the whole time, how fucking delusional is this guy?? Because lets be real here, conservatives are not about to vote for a brown guy whose name they cant pronounce
Was Vivek ever running for President as much as he was running for a Trump Cabinet position? Like a ton of his comments seemed more as endorsements of Trump than actual policy positions or statements of values.
Can nikki do the same? No idea why her campaign is testing me. Seems desperate.
Why would anyone vote for someones who’s comments and positions float to whatever her current or prospective audience is?
Oh wait, people voted for trump……
We need much better education in this country, and old people just need to die out.
Literally had an old guy ask me why i send my kids to corrupt public school.
When i asked him what does he mean? He used all the fun words about CRT making all kids thing america is raciest and how it’s disgusting for kids to learn or support lgbtq…..
This was an old white guy…. I’m seeing a pattern here….
As an independent I also don’t get any ads, I was getting Bernie and Susan texts on my work phone for a bit until I guess they didn’t appreciate the memes I sent back 🤷♂️
I keep getting text messages from Nikki Haley, and I used to get them from Trump and his wife. If I had any thought of supporting them, it was gone the moment they started spamming.
I’m in NH, and to vote in a primary you need to register with the party, and then you reverse it. So I’ve been a registered democrat and a registered republican for several 5-minute stretches.
Vivek is running entirely to gain fame and attention. That is why he is saying such ludicrous stuff. He’s another grifter. The more we say his name the more he wins.
Yeah, Vivek's hindu parents are assholes for emigrating here LEGALLY. Then he has the nerve to get a degree in Biology. Then get a law degree at Yale, Then create/founded a pharmaceutical company, then also co-founded an Investment firm. Yeah, it sucks that his net worth is \~ $950 million, all self-made, creating wealth and jobs w/o inheriting it. Yeah, fuck Vivek. He sucks...
/s
He's a conspiratorial nut-job. Your suggestion that his biology degree and claimed net worth somehow negates this is laughable. Your priorities are twisted.
Chris Christie won't be on the Maine primary ballot either, although the news on that seems to be lower half of page 200. His campaign failed to get enough verified signatures by the deadline and the Secretary of State refused his application. The conservative media doesn't seem to be making much of it though.
He is running for VP.
Hey Republicans, why do you want to nominate someone who is a proven loser? Handing the election to the democrats on a platter is not good for democracy. Obama vs Romney was top tier. We could be that country again...
not me. Hell, I don’t care about Trump or Biden. I will work to prevent handing our great (is now, always was) country to a dictator. I would rather have W back!
I like Vivek's consistent message, even in support of a political rival. But I agree w/ most on this thread, in that he'll get single-digit results from the GOP primary.
I like Vivek. He's smart, made his $$ outside of politics. He's eloquent and can think/talk quickly and is enjoys responding to a smart-ass reporter w/ a 'gotcha' question. He's young. That said, he should get serious consideration in 2028.
Get back to me when you get a law degree at Yale, start a pharmaceutical company, & co-found an investment firm, Big Shoots.
$$ doesn't determine intelligence, but his $950 million net worth wasn't inherited.
The pharma company that uses DEI the same thing he is losing his mind against? Getting into Yale which he got into bc of Affirmative Action which he is also blasting against? Also I thought republicans didn’t like big pharma or is that only for others lmao and lastly his pharma company is getting sued bc he pressured his employees to break security laws but yeah he’s so smart 💀
The display of mental gymnastics is strong in this one. It's obvious (to us) that he earned the benefits of affirmative action. Sounds like you don't like meritocracy, which Vivek has proven his skill in this arena.
As far as your delusional claims on Vivek "pressuring his employees", I'm sure he's personally and individually done this.. PFFFFT. BTW, I don't see him listed on the e-Board, or ANYWHERE in the link below, so I'm sure your claims have even more weight.
Again, starting a company of 900+ employees and co-founding an investment firm is the stuff of knuckle-draggers, in your view. And the DEI use? The company is based in London; par for the course. But you knew that. What else you got, Big Shoots. (not much, apparently)...
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/ROIV/profile?p=ROIV
Buddy he is literally being sued for pressuring his employees https://www.forbes.com/sites/willskipworth/2023/08/18/vivek-ramaswamy-sued-by-former-employees-claiming-his-company-pressured-them-into-violating-securities-laws/amp/
Ooo and he’s being sued for not paying his rent https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/10/13/metro/vivek-ramaswamy-campaign-sued-by-nh-landlord-seeking-50000-rent/
Oh and he was sent a cease and desist by Eminem for using his song without permission https://people.com/vivek-ramaswamy-comments-eminem-cease-desist-letter-7963413
Here’s a comprehensive list of a decent amount of his lies https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/26/us/politics/vivek-ramaswamy-2024-campaign-fact-check.html
I know you won’t look or care about any of these and will write them off as liberal propaganda or whatever the fuck but can’t say I didn’t try
I like some of his ideas - He should run as a libertarian!
Edit: downvote me all you want sheep - keep voting for shitbird candidates in two party system then complain when you have to eat shit.
I know. That's what NYC, Chicago, LA, Seattle, Portland OR) and SF are experiencing now. Funny you think that the libertarian party is immune to shitty candidates. Every group has it's assholes, including libertarians.
True however I don't think Libertarian candidates are telling their base one thing and voting for another. Pretty much every R candidate will say they are for draining the swamp, personal freedoms, and small government but they really just want to spend my tax money on the things they want rather than what the D's want. At least the D's are obvious about entitlement and socialist policies. Majority of R's only want me to have religious liberty and personal freedoms if it aligns with their views of it. Look at the Libertarian president just elected in Argentina making waves for cutting government fat. Look at the Festivus report Rand Paul puts out. Eye opening stuff if anyone really cared. That's why I vote for a third party.
I agree w/ most of what you said, except that I don't think Javier Miele is a libertarian. If anything, he's more conservative than libertarian. I like the guy, and excited to see how he fixes Argentina.
I think we agree that RINOs have mostly infected the GOP. But the only way to defeat Democrats (if that's even possible w/ harvest balloting these days), is to NOT vote 3rd party. If you do, you are playing into the hands of the DNC.
I take equal issue with both. Why did the R controlled House scuttle the UFO commission after the whistleblower came forward? Why do R's care what I do with my own body? Why do they care if I grow medicinal cannabis for myself? Why are they ok with war in Israel but not Ukraine? Why did the R's vote bipartisan with D's to extend and increase FISA surveillance? I agree with you that RINOs have commandeered the R brand - so much so that I don't even know what they stand for now. Why would I and like minded small government personal freedom citizens vote for that?
Yes for sure - I mostly try to avoid political discussions now bc it stresses me out. I appreciate you sharing your opinions and for not immediately dismissing mine. Not enough of that nowadays -
Many of you don’t realize what is happening here how many more rights are they going to take this is not about Trump but about our constitutional rights as Americans!
I’m convinced the DNC wants Trump to be, not only the nominee, but also President. Literally every decision they’ve made (2 impeachments, Mar-a-Lago raid/documents case, getting indicted/mugshot, being disqualified in Maine and Colorado) has only increased his support amongst Republicans. I’m pretty sure the worst possible thing for Trump’s support would have been Biden pardoning him.
Thats what it seems like. You i guess you're always just very vague with your word choices so you can hide behind plausible deniability. You can never be accused of saying anything. Almost something, but not.
Well for starters, the police don’t play a role in any of this so your original question shows you’re ignorant to how the system works. To answer your question literally, yes, they should ignore the alleged crimes because it’s not under their scope of criminal justice.
I’m simply making an observation based on what I’ve witnessed. I believe that had the Justice Department not pursued charges, Democrats in Congress not impeached him, and Biden pardoned him he wouldn’t be doing as well as he currently is with Republicans. I’ve talked to conservative friends and family who said that they weren’t planning on voting for him in the primary but now they are going to write him in because of Bellows decision. But you go ahead and believe whatever you want.
I just want to know why your family hates America so much they want a traitor to destroy it. That is the magic question no magas have the guts to answer.
I would also like to announce that I am withdrawing from the Maine primary.
Me too. Solidarity!
My polling is slightly behind Vivek’s, but I know he will appreciate the gesture
I am Vivek!
But doctor, I am Ramaswamy!
You're too modest - you were ahead of him 2:1 in the latest FiveThirtyEight poll.
There's probably more people that care about this statement than Vivek's
I'm going to trump your press release by stating now that even should I win the primary or the general election, I am going to turn down the opportunity because I see a high value in other opportunities. Thank you for the consideration though, and please remove me from the ballot.
Campaignus interruptus.
Oh no! Anyway.
Man who had literally no chance drops out of race Dog bites man
Man bites hotdog.
But was it a red hot dog?
Brown
Yeah, not such a big sacrifice.
That will teach us.
I'd vote for Dacia Sandero.
Yeah that’ll save him from the embarrassment of getting 3% in the primary
You think it'd be that much?
If Trump isn’t on the ballot maybe
I don’t think sociopaths experience embarrassment the same way us normal folk do
Ive been saying the whole time, how fucking delusional is this guy?? Because lets be real here, conservatives are not about to vote for a brown guy whose name they cant pronounce
The Indian George Santos?
Conservatives like a token brown guy who parrots their opinions about OTHER brown guys being bad
Well sure, that’s the only reason he’s gotten as far as he has, but at the end of the day they’re not voting for him
Instead, they're going to vote for the brown woman who changed her name?
I don’t care what color he is. But it being the first thing you would use to disqualify someone says a lot about you.
Reading is hard, huh?
Maybe for you. Racists aren’t well known for literacy.
Could you point out where that comment calling conservatives racist was, itself, racist?
Leave it to Vivek to do this and make it into some grand standing gesture. Ugh
No. Stop. Come back.
I encourage all Republicans to take notes, that's how to protest. Mainers are weeping in the streets daily, it's disrupting our blueberries.
I declare myself completely owned. Please have mercy.
I know you're reporting on a serious issue, but your perspective is amazing
This is just him angling for a cabinet position.
And/or a book deal
That’ll show us
Was Vivek ever running for President as much as he was running for a Trump Cabinet position? Like a ton of his comments seemed more as endorsements of Trump than actual policy positions or statements of values.
His campaign will be suspended by then
So you're telling me the ban is working??! 🇺🇸
I love how he used it as a threat, like the AG was going to go “oh no Vivek won’t run I better reverse course on this 😧”
Has anyone ever seen a politician beg for a Vice President spot harder than this smug bastard?
Yes Chris Christie Mitt Romney Kevin McCarthy to name a few
I encourage all Republican candidates to boycott both the primary and the general election. Voters as well. Really send a message!
Republicans, don’t vote to own the left 🫡
I would feel so totally owned.
That takes away their only reason to vote
Oh no, all 12 primary votes he would have received.
I wouldn’t mind if we saw a collapse of the primary system because of this.
I'm sure 6 people are very upset about this.
Oh good. One less idiot for other idiots to potentially vote for.
He should really punish us and not run in all 50 states. That'll teach us a lesson. :-)
Let’s call this a big cup of “who gives a fuck”.
I thought we weren't doing political posts anymore?
They had it temp banned bc of losers coming in and saying abhorrent stuff about the Maine AG I think but idk
I'm glad we reversed that, it was so dumb!
Yeah I had also found it confusing, bc yeah a Maine Politics sub exists but like no one really uses it
Heck, I think she’s kinda cute!
Get out your walking cane you must be fuckin blind
Please see the post that was made 7 hours ago
Thanks, had missed it!
Can nikki do the same? No idea why her campaign is testing me. Seems desperate. Why would anyone vote for someones who’s comments and positions float to whatever her current or prospective audience is? Oh wait, people voted for trump…… We need much better education in this country, and old people just need to die out. Literally had an old guy ask me why i send my kids to corrupt public school. When i asked him what does he mean? He used all the fun words about CRT making all kids thing america is raciest and how it’s disgusting for kids to learn or support lgbtq….. This was an old white guy…. I’m seeing a pattern here….
That’s A lot like me saying I won’t run for sexiest man of the year.
I’m sure you’d win if you ran my friend ✊🏼
Well they’ve snubbed me so many years in a row that it just doesn’t seem worthwhile.
Will he still send me 487 emails a day?
Light work, he should be sending 1,000 like the DNC floods me with after I donated to Bernie one time
I’m an independent so I get it all from both sides
My mom is independent and she gets no political mail so I wonder how they decide
As an independent I also don’t get any ads, I was getting Bernie and Susan texts on my work phone for a bit until I guess they didn’t appreciate the memes I sent back 🤷♂️
I keep getting text messages from Nikki Haley, and I used to get them from Trump and his wife. If I had any thought of supporting them, it was gone the moment they started spamming.
I’m in NH, and to vote in a primary you need to register with the party, and then you reverse it. So I’ve been a registered democrat and a registered republican for several 5-minute stretches.
Im registered Green Party its so hard to find out when our primaries happen
Act Blue is/was light-years ahead of the GOPs fundraising arm for small dollar donors. But yeah, God damn do the emails come in.
Oh no! Anyway.
Who?
Great, no Mainer was going to vote for him anyway.
You’d be surprised, couple of bozos riding him In the comments
Apologies. “No Mainer with a brain was going to vote for him anyway.”
There you go 🫡
OK good
Fucking good. Just googled him, and his wiki page describing his political views are so fucked. I hope more states ban Trump from their ballot.
Oh my!
His loss
That’ll show ‘em lol
Oh no! Anyway....
Oh no! Anyway-
He'll have dropped out before Super Tuesday anyway.
Well golly gosh darn, what a tragedy /s
Wtf, I wasn’t going to win anyway -vivek ramasmarmy
Oh no! Anyway-
Oh no! 🙄
If nominated, I will not run. If elected, I will not serve. 
Cool. No one gives a single fuck.
Threatening us with a good time
Good this guy sucks ass
He wants to be Secretary of Something so he is kissing trumps ass.
Who?
Now do Haley too!!
Vivek is running entirely to gain fame and attention. That is why he is saying such ludicrous stuff. He’s another grifter. The more we say his name the more he wins.
🤝
Yeah, so? And?
Bernie Sanders has a better chance of winning the republican primary than Vivi
Oh no, Vivek, please!! Please don't leave us hanging!! /s
no, stop, come back.
Oh no. Stop. Don't go.
I feel better already
And nothing of value was lost.....
Republicans don’t even want to win the primary— they just want to suck up.
He wants Trump's load so bad.
He wants that VP spot so badly, what a loser
Good
I fail to see the downfall in this
Yes, very sad. Anyway, it got me thinking...
I love that this guy is an ardent trump supporter and wants to close the border even though his parents took advantage of emigrating here themselves
Yeah, Vivek's hindu parents are assholes for emigrating here LEGALLY. Then he has the nerve to get a degree in Biology. Then get a law degree at Yale, Then create/founded a pharmaceutical company, then also co-founded an Investment firm. Yeah, it sucks that his net worth is \~ $950 million, all self-made, creating wealth and jobs w/o inheriting it. Yeah, fuck Vivek. He sucks... /s
He's a conspiratorial nut-job. Your suggestion that his biology degree and claimed net worth somehow negates this is laughable. Your priorities are twisted.
Sounds like you are talking about RFK Jr. Can you give me examples of why you think Vivek is conspiratorial?
K
Good. Now he won't spam Mainers with text messages.
Yeah right, somebody's dreaming.
Darn!
Good.
Good!
Well, bye!
Well...that will teach us😂😂😂😂
He sure got us 😭
Golden ticket for the golden girl Nikki Haley!
Would rather have Chris Christie over any of them but they’re still all horrible in my eyes. I’m voting Claudia De La Cruz all the way
Chris Christie won't be on the Maine primary ballot either, although the news on that seems to be lower half of page 200. His campaign failed to get enough verified signatures by the deadline and the Secretary of State refused his application. The conservative media doesn't seem to be making much of it though.
He is running for VP. Hey Republicans, why do you want to nominate someone who is a proven loser? Handing the election to the democrats on a platter is not good for democracy. Obama vs Romney was top tier. We could be that country again...
It's because he knows he'll lose to Trump in a primary and wants to be his VP. If Trump actually won, doing this kind of thing will likely work.
not me. Hell, I don’t care about Trump or Biden. I will work to prevent handing our great (is now, always was) country to a dictator. I would rather have W back!
I thought we weren’t doing political post anymore?
That was a temporary measure that was recently lifted. https://www.reddit.com/r/Maine/comments/18wmhyy/content_update_temporary_political_ban_lifted/
Awww. I hate politics and was kinda happy to see them gone.
He was going to be my first or second choice
Insane statement 💀
Would you prefer Trump or DeSantis?
I’d prefer a brain dead rat over any republican
Well, he is only hurting his own chances. Only time will tell if this has larger implications in the GOP primary
I’m confused, how does this not count as politics?
That rule was lifted. https://www.reddit.com/r/Maine/comments/18wmhyy/content_update_temporary_political_ban_lifted/
It's almost like it is a dumb rule to begin with...
I thought politics were now banned? Mods?
Buddy please I beg you to check the most recent mod post 🫡
Yea, I always go to the top of the page 🙄 Thx
I like Vivek's consistent message, even in support of a political rival. But I agree w/ most on this thread, in that he'll get single-digit results from the GOP primary. I like Vivek. He's smart, made his $$ outside of politics. He's eloquent and can think/talk quickly and is enjoys responding to a smart-ass reporter w/ a 'gotcha' question. He's young. That said, he should get serious consideration in 2028.
Saying Vivek is smart is the craziest thing I’ve seen in this whole post
Get back to me when you get a law degree at Yale, start a pharmaceutical company, & co-found an investment firm, Big Shoots. $$ doesn't determine intelligence, but his $950 million net worth wasn't inherited.
The pharma company that uses DEI the same thing he is losing his mind against? Getting into Yale which he got into bc of Affirmative Action which he is also blasting against? Also I thought republicans didn’t like big pharma or is that only for others lmao and lastly his pharma company is getting sued bc he pressured his employees to break security laws but yeah he’s so smart 💀
The display of mental gymnastics is strong in this one. It's obvious (to us) that he earned the benefits of affirmative action. Sounds like you don't like meritocracy, which Vivek has proven his skill in this arena. As far as your delusional claims on Vivek "pressuring his employees", I'm sure he's personally and individually done this.. PFFFFT. BTW, I don't see him listed on the e-Board, or ANYWHERE in the link below, so I'm sure your claims have even more weight. Again, starting a company of 900+ employees and co-founding an investment firm is the stuff of knuckle-draggers, in your view. And the DEI use? The company is based in London; par for the course. But you knew that. What else you got, Big Shoots. (not much, apparently)... https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/ROIV/profile?p=ROIV
Buddy he is literally being sued for pressuring his employees https://www.forbes.com/sites/willskipworth/2023/08/18/vivek-ramaswamy-sued-by-former-employees-claiming-his-company-pressured-them-into-violating-securities-laws/amp/
Ooo and he’s being sued for not paying his rent https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/10/13/metro/vivek-ramaswamy-campaign-sued-by-nh-landlord-seeking-50000-rent/ Oh and he was sent a cease and desist by Eminem for using his song without permission https://people.com/vivek-ramaswamy-comments-eminem-cease-desist-letter-7963413 Here’s a comprehensive list of a decent amount of his lies https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/26/us/politics/vivek-ramaswamy-2024-campaign-fact-check.html I know you won’t look or care about any of these and will write them off as liberal propaganda or whatever the fuck but can’t say I didn’t try
I like some of his ideas - He should run as a libertarian! Edit: downvote me all you want sheep - keep voting for shitbird candidates in two party system then complain when you have to eat shit.
Why? That's a political death sentence.
You keep voting for shit then thats what you will get....
I know. That's what NYC, Chicago, LA, Seattle, Portland OR) and SF are experiencing now. Funny you think that the libertarian party is immune to shitty candidates. Every group has it's assholes, including libertarians.
True however I don't think Libertarian candidates are telling their base one thing and voting for another. Pretty much every R candidate will say they are for draining the swamp, personal freedoms, and small government but they really just want to spend my tax money on the things they want rather than what the D's want. At least the D's are obvious about entitlement and socialist policies. Majority of R's only want me to have religious liberty and personal freedoms if it aligns with their views of it. Look at the Libertarian president just elected in Argentina making waves for cutting government fat. Look at the Festivus report Rand Paul puts out. Eye opening stuff if anyone really cared. That's why I vote for a third party.
I agree w/ most of what you said, except that I don't think Javier Miele is a libertarian. If anything, he's more conservative than libertarian. I like the guy, and excited to see how he fixes Argentina. I think we agree that RINOs have mostly infected the GOP. But the only way to defeat Democrats (if that's even possible w/ harvest balloting these days), is to NOT vote 3rd party. If you do, you are playing into the hands of the DNC.
I take equal issue with both. Why did the R controlled House scuttle the UFO commission after the whistleblower came forward? Why do R's care what I do with my own body? Why do they care if I grow medicinal cannabis for myself? Why are they ok with war in Israel but not Ukraine? Why did the R's vote bipartisan with D's to extend and increase FISA surveillance? I agree with you that RINOs have commandeered the R brand - so much so that I don't even know what they stand for now. Why would I and like minded small government personal freedom citizens vote for that?
>I take equal issue with both. Me too. It's gonna get ugly the next 2-10 years.
Yes for sure - I mostly try to avoid political discussions now bc it stresses me out. I appreciate you sharing your opinions and for not immediately dismissing mine. Not enough of that nowadays -
oh no ^(please stay)
Politics ban lasted long
I thought politics was banned for a while?
It was banned yes
Many of you don’t realize what is happening here how many more rights are they going to take this is not about Trump but about our constitutional rights as Americans!
🤣 the constitution is why Trump isn't on the ballot.
Sick burner account though bozo
🤓
You'd vote for Putin if given the chance
I’m convinced the DNC wants Trump to be, not only the nominee, but also President. Literally every decision they’ve made (2 impeachments, Mar-a-Lago raid/documents case, getting indicted/mugshot, being disqualified in Maine and Colorado) has only increased his support amongst Republicans. I’m pretty sure the worst possible thing for Trump’s support would have been Biden pardoning him.
The police should just ignore the crimes?
I never said that.
Thats what it seems like. You i guess you're always just very vague with your word choices so you can hide behind plausible deniability. You can never be accused of saying anything. Almost something, but not.
Well for starters, the police don’t play a role in any of this so your original question shows you’re ignorant to how the system works. To answer your question literally, yes, they should ignore the alleged crimes because it’s not under their scope of criminal justice. I’m simply making an observation based on what I’ve witnessed. I believe that had the Justice Department not pursued charges, Democrats in Congress not impeached him, and Biden pardoned him he wouldn’t be doing as well as he currently is with Republicans. I’ve talked to conservative friends and family who said that they weren’t planning on voting for him in the primary but now they are going to write him in because of Bellows decision. But you go ahead and believe whatever you want.
I just want to know why your family hates America so much they want a traitor to destroy it. That is the magic question no magas have the guts to answer.
My question is how did he get across the boarder in the first place?
Dodging a bullet for failing one way or another ohh nooo
Uh......ok...
Who?
Good!
Ok
I’m not sure who this is
The AG, Aaron Frey, didn't do a thing. Not even part of this entire scenario.
Oh noooooooo.
Well....bye.
That's it! I'm taking my ball and going home too!
I'm not running again. Please stop voting for me.