DNC's promotion of Donald Trump as straw candidate
Those of you who have some degree of dislike for Donald Trump need to understand that the Democratic National Campaign Committee is responsible for his presence in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 Presidential elections. The intent was to run him as a straw candidate against Hillary Clinton in 2016. I present the following evidence to support that assertion: Precedent: McCaskill promotes Todd Akin in the primary, so she can defeat him in the general election: How I helped Todd Akin win - so I could defeat him Anointing of DNC's favored candidates in: 2008 Obama over Hillary (it wasn't her turn) 2012 Obama was the incumbent - no primary 2016 Hillary, by way of "superdelegates" (it was finally Her turn) 2020 Biden over all contenders (sorry, Bernie, sorry, Pete) Bill Clinton encourages Trump to run in 2016 How the Hillary Clinton campaign deliberately "elevated" Donald Trump with its "pied piper" strategy (Salon Magazine) Ben Rhodes' contempt for jour...