In addition to the other reasons mentioned, the media platformed him every chance they got. He was great for ratings and a good excuse for ignoring Bernie. He got an obscene amount of free coverage.

[–] Tachanka@hexbear.net 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

that was explicitly the strategy of the Clinton campaign. pied piper. email leaks confirmed that later. they figured if they could get a clown as the republican nomination it would be easy for Hillary to win.

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Yup. Fun fact: Nixon did something similar with George Wallace.

Oh, and reminder, Donald Trump didn't announce his run until June 16, 2015.

[–] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 5 points 8 months ago

If iirc the Republicans messed with the Democrats primaries and tricked them into choosing Mcgovern because he was the weakest Democrat candidate. Wallace was a huge POS who ended up getting shot in the neck later on.