Why NOT to vote Republican

If Trump is the GOP candidate for 2024, given his current and past behaviour, then I have no further use for the GOP. The party has mostly been taken over by unreasonable people with no interest in governance. Shame on them.


The GOP rallying behind Herschel Walker is a bit silly too.

I have to say at this point I wonder if Kari Lake will become unhinged. She seems to have a tentative link to reality as she's released a few videos on YouTube to the people of Arizona. And I KNOW she has Cadillac health insurance and has no need to flee to Mexico to afford mental health care. Rob

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Originally Posted by bae

I missed it, what did he say?

I was out at the rifle range all morning working on the 600 yard targets, as one does.

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I think this was the extent of it that I could find, posted on his "truth" social media platform relating to the 2020 election. Some reports seemed a bit of an overreaction considering he's likely to spew anything.

“A Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution,” Trump posted.

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Originally Posted by Rogar

I think this was the extent of it that I could find, posted on his "truth" social media platform relating to the 2020 election. Some reports seemed a bit of an overreaction considering he's likely to spew anything.

“A Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution,” Trump posted.

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Considering that he took an oath of office promising to uphold the constitution, and would have to do so again if he were to win in 2024, his statement makes him fundamentally unqualified as a presidential candidate.

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Originally Posted by jp1

Considering that he took an oath of office promising to uphold the constitution, and would have to do so again if he were to win in 2024, his statement makes him fundamentally unqualified as a presidential candidate.

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I seems to me like that that case was made well before his off the cuff remark. I though he was just running his mouth for attention, much like his twitter tweets.

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Originally Posted by Rogar

I seems to me like that that case was made well before his off the cuff remark. I though he was just running his mouth for attention, much like his twitter tweets.

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Agreed.


I never considered Donald Trump a Republican who is interested in the Constitution at any time in his presidency or prior. Even when he was a Democrat.

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Originally Posted by Rogar

I seems to me like that that case was made well before his off the cuff remark. I though he was just running his mouth for attention, much like his twitter tweets.

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It was clear that he was unfit for office pretty much from day one of his 2016 campaign but that didn’t stop people from voting for him. And even now his openly calling for throwing the constitution away won’t stop people from voting for him. But it will make clear to the rest of us how many ‘constitutional conservatives’ are really just a bunch of dishonest ****tards when they call themselves that.

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Originally Posted by jp1

It was clear that he was unfit for office pretty much from day one of his 2016 campaign but that didn’t stop people from voting for him. And even now his openly calling for throwing the constitution away won’t stop people from voting for him. But it will make clear to the rest of us how many ‘constitutional conservatives’ are really just a bunch of dishonest ****tards when they call themselves that.

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Trump was far from my candidate in 2016, but to say he was unfit for office at the time seems like a big stretch. It's become obvious recently. I take it that the media attention he got from his comment was playing into his hand for attention and rabble rousing from his base. Realistically, none of his political conservatives are going to disavow the constitution. It's time for everyone to stop hanging on his every syllable, just like all of the attention he got from his endless tweets.

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Originally Posted by Rogar

Trump was far from my candidate in 2016, but to say he was unfit for office at the time seems like a big stretch. It's become obvious recently. I take it that the media attention he got from his comment was playing into his hand for attention and rabble rousing from his base. Realistically, none of his political conservatives are going to disavow the constitution. It's time for everyone to stop hanging on his every syllable, just like all of the attention he got from his endless tweets.

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gosh, you mean if we stop paying attention to the monster at all levels, we give him less power!!??

who woulda thought!

Seems to me jp evokes the monster more often than anyone else here.

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Originally Posted by iris lilies

gosh, you mean if we stop paying attention to the monster at all levels, we give him less power!!??

who woulda thought!

Seems to me jp evokes the monster more often than anyone else here.

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Well, it’s early days yet and I’ve been wrong before, but it seems to me that Trump becomes less inevitable every day. At this point DeSantis seems to be gathering strength among major donors and in the polls. He also seems to be doing well in the “hate primary”, as various folks on the left begin hedging their bets on the next great Satan. Sadly, many will direct their support toward whoever upsets the condescending class the most.

But who knows? Maybe a year and a half from now jp1 will be telling us what an existential threat Asa Hutchinson is.