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We’ve run the numbers with polling and modeling in all 50 states, and our latest numbers show an independent could win outright in the Electoral College, and that they would draw votes equally from both sides, this is why we’re collecting signatures, recruiting volunteers, and laying the groundwork for an independent ticket IF, and ONLY IF, both parties put up unappealing candidates for the next presidential election.

Maryanne Martini

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Our hope is to develop the groundwork for future burn prevention programming, as essentially all childhood burns are in some way preventable. we were surprised by the sheer magnitude of the problem, which confirmed that focused effort and awareness on these types of burns could have a significant impact in the communities that our burn center serves.

Sebastian Vrouwe

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Our intelligence community has developed information, which has now been downgraded, that Russia is laying the groundwork to have the option of fabricating the pretext for an invasion, we saw this playbook in 2014. They are preparing this playbook again and we will have, the administration will have, further details on what we see as this potential laying of the pretext to share with the press over the course of the next 24 hours.

Jake Sullivan

Found on CNN
2 years ago

As evidenced by Africa Jeffrey Feltman visit, State Department continues to engage the Government of Ethiopia and the Tigray People's Liberation Front to secure a commitment to immediate ceasefire negotiations and lay the groundwork for a durable, peaceful solution, this is the message Africa Jeffrey Feltman delivered in Addis Ababa.

State Department spokesperson

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I’m from the home of college basketball and I’m very passionate, but there is a line that doesn’t need to be crossed, we’re not looking to try to prosecute the passionate fan that is there rooting for their team. But when it crosses the line and becomes a criminal offense, that changes the dynamic ... so to be able to put the NBA in contact with the right people in each jurisdiction, I think is very important and you need that groundwork done before an incident happens.

Billy West

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It's like the glue of our success as a species, and that groundwork is present as well in bonobos and chimps as well.

Raphaela Heesen

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We are already laying the groundwork to respond quickly if a variant of SARS-CoV-2 shows evidence of escaping immunity by our vaccine.

Pfizer Inc

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

For months, the Biden-Harris transition has laid the groundwork for a Biden-Harris administration, and at the core of that work is an unrelenting commitment to diversity, as we continue working full-speed ahead to Inauguration, our diverse group of leaders and staff are reflective of America -- upholding President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris' belief that through diverse voices we can develop and implement a policy vision to tackle our nation's toughest challenges.

Ted Kaufman

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The radical left are laying the groundwork to steal this election from my father.

Trump Jr.

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The tsunami of social media that has conquered global communications within a few years has swept away privacy, once predominant, and has laid the groundwork for a new world where everything is public - or is rapidly becoming so - and where everything is transparent - or is about to be.

Maxim Behar

added by MaximBehar
3 years ago

The way I'm viewing this executive order is, it being the groundwork for changes being proposed in Congress, that's ultimately what I think a lot of people are moving toward.

Jeff Kosseff

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Senator Sanders and his supporters can take pride in their work in laying the groundwork for these ideas, and Im proud to adopt them as part of my campaign at this critical moment in responding to the coronavirus crisis.

Joe Biden

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Senator Sanders and his supporters can take pride in Senator Sanders and his supporters work in laying the groundwork for these ideas, and I'm proud to adopt Senator Sanders and his supporters as part of my campaign at this critical moment in responding to the coronavirus crisis.

Vice President Biden

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I'm hoping this is the groundwork or a stepping stone.

Josh Crowther

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The market is waiting to hear from the Fed... and whether they will deviate at all from their latest stance - and I call it an active dovish position - and to see if they continue to lay the groundwork for a rate cut perhaps later in the summer.

Quincy Krosby

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

These cases are part of a coordinated campaign to deprive the public of information about our government, and they lay the groundwork to go after more mainstream media sources, outlets and publishers.

Jesselyn Radack

Found on CNN
4 years ago

An overly ambitious approach will be unnecessarily risky, you can have the belt and suspenders, and start to lay the groundwork for a more ambitious agreement. But I don't think getting rid of the belt and suspenders enhances chances of getting the more ambitious agreement.

Lynn Rusten

Found on CNN
5 years ago

This is President Trump laying the groundwork for 2020, to make sure his supporters will call into question the results of the election if he doesn't win, he's using this situation to further himself. He doesn't care about having one more senator in Washington, he just wants people to start getting the idea that election results aren't real.

Abe Rakov

Found on CNN
5 years ago

We're able to use the takeaways for other companies and types of projects, the groundwork and due diligence we did for Tesla led to successes elsewhere.

Chris Camacho

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The president had this diversion tactic, obviously, with so-called Spygate, there is concern that the president is laying the groundwork to move on Bob Mueller or Rosenstein. If that were to happen, obviously, that would cause a constitutional crisis.

Jeff Flake

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Diplomacy is the right path forward to deal with North Korea, at the same time, due to Pyongyang’s history of obfuscation and international defiance, the United States must proceed with caution. I am deeply concerned that the White House has not laid the necessary diplomatic groundwork and coordination for direct talks with North Korea, continued Warner, a Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee. Trump had previously threatened North Korea with fire and fury like the world has never seen. He also tweeted Saturday :.

Mark Warner

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

The indictment dramatically alters the case, although not in a way that will surprise National Review readers. There continues to be no connection to the Trump campaign( which Manafort briefly chaired and Gates also served), much less any suggestion of collusion between the campaign and Russia. The new indictment, however, retreats from the original allegations of money laundering, failure to register as foreign agents, and the so-called conspiracy against the United States. We observed back in November that all of these charges seemed problematic … We also noted at the time that the oddest thing about the original indictment was the absence of tax-evasion and bank-fraud charges. Mueller had seemed to lay the groundwork for these allegations but to have refrained from charging them.Voila ! The case is now exclusively a tax and bank-fraud case.

Donald Trump

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Any time a president comes to North Dakota, it’s a great opportunity to lay the groundwork for a better future for our businesses and our families.

Heidi Heitkamp

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

The mindframe that you have to be an Olympic athlete parlays easily into entrepreneurship, there’s an awful lot of groundwork that has to be laid and things have to be done and nobody is going to do it but you.

Staff Sgt. John Nunn

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

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