Don Blankenship will speak at the national committee meeting of the Constitution Party, set for May 4 in Milwaukee. Blankenship was formerly CEO of Massey Energy, and he was the Constitution Party’s nominee for U.S. Senate in West Virginia in 2018.
He was sentenced to prison for one year in April 2016, for breaking federal mine safety rules, although that was a misdemeanor conviction, not a felony conviction. He is currently suing several news agencies for falsely reporting that he had been convicted of a felony. He also continues to challenge the correctness of his conviction.
Often, when prominent people speak at minor party national meetings, that is a sign they are thinking of seeking the presidential nomination of such parties.
Could it be that the guy who described himself as “Trumpier than Trump” has it out for the man who said “Problem is, Don Blankenship, currently running for Senate, can’t win the General Election in your State…No way! Remember Alabama. Vote Rep. Jenkins or A.G. Morrisey!”?
https://www.npr.org/2018/05/08/609133392/coal-ceo-turned-senate-hopeful-don-blankenship-says-hes-trumpier-than-trump
FYI, Tom DeWeese is listed as their keynote speaker. Mr. Blankenship spoke at their fall meeting in Fort Worth. https://www.constitutionparty.com/category/national-events/
FYI, here is a link to Mr. Blankenship’s recent federal court complaint of “weaponized defamation” against a variety of Republicans (Fox News, Republican Senatorial Committee, etc.): https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/07aaa1_e42d1b30332649d89d24702877a7275a.pdf
Don’s explanation of his complaint: https://www.donblankenship.com/single-post/2019/03/14/UNITED-STATES-OFFICIALS-ENCOURAGED-MEDIA-TO-DEFAME-A-CANDIDATE-FOR-US-SENATE-1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Blankenship
How many wannabee candidates have their own wikis ???
@Demo Rep seeing as how the only people that have admin-like permissions on Wikipedia are nationalists and other authoritarians (particularly on political and historical pages) that doesn’t surprise me at all. Wikipedia is an absolute joke at this point for basic accuracy, especially in politics. It’s become a weaponized political tool of authoritarians for misinformation and lies.
ALL the statists can start THEIR own statistwikis —
with their statist versions of A-Z everything
— as if the so-called *mainstream* media is not statist CONTROL FREAK enough.
I read online that Don Blakenship is worth $40 million. If he runs for President on the Constitution Party ticket, he could give them a real boost, assuming he is will to put some of his own money in the race.
Anyone know how inline he is with the Constitution Party’s platform?
He seems pretty inline, but he might not be as isolationist as the Constitution Party generally is.
It is my understanding that Mr. Blankenship will be on the state party’s conference call tomorrow evening, Monday March 25, 2019 at 7:30 pm. The call is open to the public. Phone and access number posted at http://cpwv.org/ (even though the date has not been updated).