# The 2016 Republican candidates

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-republican-candidates/709444>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [January 9, 2015, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-republican-candidates/709444 "2015-01-09T22:38:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2015, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-republican-candidates/709444/1639 "2015-06-20T00:53:46Z")

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Nota bene: Donald Trump can talk all the crap he likes, but he’s not going to be the GOP nominee because he’s not actually running for anything. He doesn’t want to be President and doesn’t even want to run a campaign.

He hasn’t filed with the FEC and I’m certain he won’t.

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