Oprah Winfrey’s speech at the Golden Globes has already sent 2020 shockwaves, but her biggest fan may not even be registered as a Democrat.
Bill Kristol, founder of the conservative magazine The Weekly Standard and one of the most vocal #NeverTrumpers, has thrown his support behind the legendary talkshow host — if she pursued a presidential run — in a series of tweets.
Oprah.#ImWithHer
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) January 8, 2018
Kristol even celebrated Oprah as a fellow neo-con:
Oprah: Pro-regime change in Iraq (see her Oct. 9, 2002 show).#ImWithHer
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) January 8, 2018
Oprah: Friend of Allan Bloom (see her show “How Dumb Are We?” from I believe 1988).#ImWithHer
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) January 8, 2018
He took a moment to throw shade at other potential 2020 candidates including Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, former Vice President Joe Biden, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, and Colorado Governor John Hickenhooper.
Oprah: Sounder on economics than Bernie Sanders, understands Middle America better than Elizabeth Warren, less touchy-feely than Joe Biden, more pleasant than Andrew Cuomo, more charismatic than John Hickenlooper.#ImWithHer
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) January 8, 2018
Oprah: Younger than Sanders, Biden, Warren, and Hickenlooper.
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) January 8, 2018
Oprah: Every Democrat to win the presidency in this century is from Chicago.
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) January 8, 2018
Overwhelmed by gratitude to this great nation as she accepts the nomination of her party in 2020. pic.twitter.com/DEtbjvwSgu
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) January 8, 2018
He even gave her a shoutout for being “pro-manliness.”
Oprah: Pro-manliness.
(Oprah’s magazine on Mansfield’s “Manliness”: “Thoughtful, vexing and ultimately irresistible.”)— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) January 8, 2018
Watch out, President Trump. Kristol is attempting to seek revenge!
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