• demonquark@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I genuinely do not understand Republicans. Why cling to a guy who is a proven loser? You know Biden is going to be the nominee. You know Trump lost to Biden. Why repeat the thing?

      • demonquark@lemmy.ml
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        1 year ago

        So does meatball Ron. Or Nikki Haley. Although tbh, she is more frustrating than infuriating.

        • silent_water [she/her]
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          1 year ago

          nah, no one else comes close. it hasn't been THAT long since liberals were proclaiming Desantis as the reasonable alternative to Trump - much to the horror of queer people everywhere.

    • EnsignRedshirt [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      Half the Republican base believes that the election was stolen and that he should still be the president right now. It’s really not surprising.

    • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
      hexagon
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      1 year ago

      Trump isn't actually a politician. He's a cult leader with a political operation. And the religion is Trumpism.

    • Zuzak [fae/faer, she/her]
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      1 year ago
      1. If you feel like Biden's term has sucked, Trump might have better odds this time

      2. Biden's margin wasn't that big to start with

      3. There's a lot of people who are big into Trump and nominating someone else could alienate them.

      4. Who else are they gonna pick?

    • AmarkuntheGatherer@lemmygrad.ml
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      1 year ago

      Wow, thanks mate, I had no idea politicians were idealised rock-paper-scissors entities.

      Or, and I'm not saying usian right-liberals know this, there's a difference. Trump had just let hundreds of thousands die and Biden had the nostalgia of 4 years prior, and he still barely won. Now the situation is reversed. Biden's got a large popularity deficit and I doubt rotting corpse energy will change that tide well.