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I enjoyed this for what it is: therapeutic fan fiction.
Moving on, we should not underestimate:
How absolutely craven most republican lawmakers are
How well, for better or worse, Trump communicates to boomers who we already know are active at the ballot box
how deeply bought in the Christian right/Christian nationalists are
Campaign math doesn't work like it did. Just because Trump is dismantling seemingly durable elements of the GOP establishment, that doesn't mean he's dismantling his capability to win.
Vote like it's the last election ever. I'll leave the rest unsaid.
But it does mean also, that the moment he bites the dust (likely, as he is pretty old and under a lot of strain), there is no second chance for the GOP. At least in a long time.
Young voters have never been more progressive, the GOP is breaking into MAGA or no-MAGA and the republican party is running out of money fast. This is their Hail-Marry and they now it.
So go vote!
I'm not sure I agree with this. It seems wholly plausible that another politician could easily pick up the mantle and use the Trumpian playbook. I get the cult of personality thing, but I'm not convinced the danger goes away with Trump's last wretched heartbeat.
Sure, the danger will not entirely go away, but it will be crippled severly, giving us a chance to rid ourself of more fascists (basically the entire GOP at this point). There is already a lot of infighting and people already resign from congress. Its likely the GOP will loose their majority because of that.
Trumps legal cost is draining conservative coffers and he fleced his voters on every turn. The party lost big donors, specifically because of the ever increasing reality-disconnect Trump is forcing. He is just a to risk, investment and black hole for funds.
When it comes to it, the trumpian playbook just reads "be Donald Trump" and no one else is that.
No other know candidate comes close. DeSantis is barely human at the best of days. Haley is a women, a negative for the sexist GOP.
They went all in now on MAGA to mobilise their party in ever dwindeling chances of getting elected again. Turns out if you are a ghoul, hate humans and let that mask slip (Roe for example), you wont get votes and loose support.
Because the "poorly educated" and deranged vote like this every time - EVERY TIME! You can't let up.