Doesn't matter who the VP pick is, the big wet boi is cooked.

Trump's followers will do some terrorism like they usually do, but the majority of them will become disenfranchised and go the way of the tea party - still present, still a pain in the ass, but ineffectual. They will devote their time to Trump's new talk show and he will sell them Trump hairy balls strong man supplements and other scams.

American empire will continue to expand, nothing will fundamentally change. Blue MAGA is the new order.

  • PKMKII [none/use name]
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    3 months ago

    Harris as candidate improves their chances in that it removes the sundowning old white man problem. But Harris still has charisma and organizational issues, economy still sucks for most people, still signing off on a genocide. I’m not saying Trump has it for sure, but the honeymoon is going to end soon and I’m sure the Republicans will be able to come up with something better that old cat lady.

    • tactical_trans_karen [she/her, comrade/them]
      hexagon
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      3 months ago

      I'm not sure they can get out of this slump right now, Vance is wildly repulsive. And the rallying cry of Trump's nearly funny moment fizzled in the news cycle, with no discernable blip on the polling as a result. MAGA freaks have some real tired and desperate vibes rn too, and they keep doubling down on creepy and weird positions when faced with any pushback.

      • NephewAlphaBravo [he/him]
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        3 months ago

        trump got shot like two weeks ago and I keep having to remind myself that that happened

        three months is a long time

      • FALGSConaut [comrade/them]
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        3 months ago

        I think the shooter being basically apolitical and doing it out of the same nihilism and alienation as mass shooters really killed any momentum it might've generated. If it had been some ridin' with Biden fool or other Democrat dumbass it might've gotten some traction, but instead it ended up being memory holed just like any other mass shooting

          • FALGSConaut [comrade/them]
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            3 months ago

            I'll admit I'm a little surprised that it made so little impact. When it was happening I figured that it was game over, gg, trump won, but I'm astounded that in the space of two weeks it's like it never happened at all

    • Antiwork [none/use name]
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      3 months ago

      Her anti charisma doesn't matter when the most charismatic people support her and turn her rallies into a concert.

      • miz [any, any]
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        edit-2
        3 months ago

        Hillary presents Jay-Z and Beyoncé!

    • knightly [none/use any]
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      3 months ago

      I'm not so convinced. The Republicans only have a few weeks to regain the initiative in time to turn the election around and they've got nothing on Harris that they haven't already deployed.