June 10, 2020

New candidate enters into the 2020 presidential race


I received this email in my inbox yesterday:

NEW ORLEANS BILLIONAIRE TO ANNOUNCE INDEPENDENT PRESIDENTIAL BID
CONTROVERSIAL FORMER NOLA MAYOR CANDIDATE TO SPEND OVER 100 MILLION DOLLARS ON RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE
New Orleans, LA: Louisiana Billionaire and founder of Americas Bouncy Houses Frank “Mials” Scurlock will be announcing his independent candidacy for President of the United States. Scurlock intends on self-funding and is planning on spending $100 million to launch his candidacy in several key states throughout the country to win the Electoral College. The former-New Orleans Mayoral Candidate will be announcing his campaign in his native city of New Orleans. He will discuss issues effecting the City of New Orleans and the nation. He will be joined by local civic leaders and residents.
I am not sure about any of his policy positions but given that he's purportedly a Trump supporter  there's potential to pull votes from Trump in "key states". However, the impact is likely to be small as this late into the game, the voters' preferences are probably mostly baked in. Additionally $100 million used to be a lot of money for a campaign until Bloomberg proved that money means next to nothing these days.  Also given his possible Trump supporter status, the $100 million might just be a way to throw money into bashing  Joe Biden.  And given his controversial status and arrest for lewd behavior, he might not get much traction at all.  We'll have to wait and see.

No comments:

Post a Comment

Disagreement is always welcome. Please remain civil. Vulgar or disrespectful comments towards anyone will be removed.

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...

Share This