Are Democrats Tricking Republicans Into Nominating Trump? ( nymag.com )

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The anti-anti-Trumpers dreamed that their yearslong humiliation of having to run interference for a man they loathed was about to end. Now they must face up to the likelihood of devoting at least the next 15 months, and possibly more than five years, to insisting Trump’s multitudinous crimes are no worse than things done by Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Chuck Schumer, and so on.

Who would force them once again into such a mortifying position? Many of the anti-anti-Trumpers have identified the culprit for Trump’s hammerlock on the primary. It is the Democrats.

Jaysyn ,
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Sure are. Just like we tricked those morons into killing themselves via COVID. /s

acastcandream ,

Speaking of which, have you gotten your Soros bucks yet? They’re late on mine. 

CoffeeAddict ,

I sure hope not.

I am not sure about others, but I am not comfortable with ANY possibility of Trump winning back he White House. Any support for him is dangerous and reckless.

Supporting him is only going to fuel the conspiracy theories he endorsed & started. These lies have shaken the trust in US institutions, especially with his base. His first loss resulted in him lying and causing instability. They actually stormed the capitol! That did not even happen during the US Civil War! If he loses again it will be no different.

Furthermore, any continued support is legitimizing his claims that he is being “unfairly targeted” or that the left is engaging in a “witch hunt” against him. What will his supporters do if he is jailed? What happens if he wins from jail!? Will there be violence? Probably.

And if he actually wins the White House again, what will happen? Now there is an actual traitor to the nation in the White House! I would be shocked if that didn’t also cause violence and instability! The amount hopelessness that would cause would surely create instability and a serious lack of trust in the United States and its institutions.

TL DR: Any support for Trump is going to cause instability, violence, and a constitutional crisis! I understand the Democrats think they can beat him again - and hopefully they can - but I would sleep a little better knowing he was completely off the table.

spaceghoti OP ,

Have no fear, it’s not happening. The problem here is that the Republicans have a problem with Trump, and they’re not willing to accept responsibility for creating that problem. So they’re blaming Democrats, as always.

DelvianSeek ,

Remember kids, whenever the headline of the article is a question, the answer is always “no”.

Chainweasel ,

Why in the living fuck would we do that?

spaceghoti OP ,

Because Republicans can never accept accountability for their own actions. So they’re always going to blame us.

authed ,

What is this non sense

Sharpiemarker ,

Lol thank fuck someone said it.

As someone who has never voted for a Republican and never will, I can honestly say the Democratic party doesn’t trick anyone into anything. That’s some next-level political strategy and we don’t even do basic strategy, like focusing on our brand/image/messaging/consistency/opposition research/etc.

Unfortunately the Democratic party has become the Mayo party; it’s inoffensive and you can put it on anything. We’re the margarine party. People vote for Democrats because the alternative is Fascism.

CraigeryTheKid ,

People’s Vanilla Party of Overwhelming Mediocrity

Sharpiemarker ,

Lol that’s accurate

Pissnpink ,

Lol, this is a dumb article. It like saying, we’ve found the culprit in the wife beating, and it’s the wife’s fault. She wouldn’t have been hit if she just kept her mouth shut.

And I urge people to go watch Ron DeSantis talk for more than a 30 second clip, the dude is weird.

spaceghoti OP ,

Did you read the article? It’s not agreeing with the sentiment. It’s calling out the Republicans who are saying this.

Auzy ,

Or watch his ad

PenguinJuice ,

Please don't. Can't we just have normal, moderate, Yount candidates from both parties? Has our political system really become a nasty game like this where we champion poopy doopies for eternity?

snooggums ,
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Always has been.

Seriously, US presidential campaigns have been trash since the beginning.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod ,
@Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social avatar

I would also like it if political campaigns lasted less than two years. A lot of countries have strict laws against campaigning outside of a specified election season.

AbidanYre ,

Because it worked out so well for them in 2016?

itsgroundhogdayagain ,

no, the power of the cult is just too strong for most of them.

sanguinepar ,
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I dunno - truly, repugnantly awful though he is, Trump seems much more electable nationally than any of the others.

spaceghoti OP ,

Only because he’s successfully captured the hearts of the Republican base. DeSantis probably could have successfully maneuvered his way into the nomination if he’d waited for Trump to either die or leave politics on way or another. But he got greedy and wasn’t willing to wait for Trump to step aside, and now he’s made himself unelectable at the national level.

We’ll see what this does to his re-election in Florida. I’m not crying at the thought that he could get primaried.

sanguinepar ,
@sanguinepar@lemmy.world avatar

No indeed, that would be great :-)

Jaysyn ,
@Jaysyn@kbin.social avatar

DeSantis can't run for governor again. His political career is most likely dead by 2025.

spaceghoti OP ,

From your lips…

thefartographer ,

To my butthole. Amen.

acastcandream , (edited )

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spaceghoti OP ,

Yes, but the anti-anti-Trumpers need some kind of scapegoat to explain their predicament. And the Democrats are always a popular target for their base.

https://lemmy.one/pictrs/image/abe29d44-d931-4542-ade6-39a15192bbf4.jpeg

acastcandream , (edited )
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spaceghoti OP ,

They have to blame somebody and they certainly can’t accept responsibility for it themselves. Scapegoating is a time-honored tradition with these people.

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