As long as you have the microphone in front of those Florida Congressmen, it would be interesting to ask if anyone from the Trump campaign had approached them with the choice, "Support Trump now or he not only will not endorse your reelection, but he'll seek to put up an opposition candidate to you." This is exactly what Trump did with several senate and House candidates that would not publicly condemn the 2020 election results. Several of those who refused were primaried out in favor of Trump candidates -- a number of whom lost, costing the GOP the Red Wave. The Dems were so certain Trump-backed candidates would be weaker, that many of them changed parties to vote for the Trumpsies in the GOP primaries. Wonder how many of them stayed on the GOP rolls, now boosting Trump's numbers against DeSantis?
Do Byron Donalds and others really think Trump has the best chance of winning? They should read Andy McCarthy's latest National Review column.
"If this were Biden, we’d be questioning if Grandpa Dementia’s memory was failing him again. Roughly the same age, perhaps we are now dealing with Dementia Don."
Politicians increasingly depend on the willful ignorance of supporters. Thus, Biden and the Dems in Congress blast Republicans for playing debt ceiling politics that they themselves played in past decades. Trump is using the same strategy, knowing his supporters will nod and pretend to believe.
"Trump seems to have no memory of just two weeks ago attacking DeSantis for doing the exact opposite of what Trump is now attacking him for." I think the question that should complement that statement is "Do the voters have no memory of this fact?" How is it that a statement posted to MySpace in the early 2000s can come back to bite a candidate in the arse, but something said two weeks ago is all but forgotten? If we want better candidates, we need to be better voters.
Let’s not forget that it was Trump, parroting Fauci, calling for closures in the first place. And some of us were screaming at the TV for them to cease with ruining people’s lives. So as far as I’m concerned Trump can have a Coke and a smile in regards to the shutdowns, death toll, etc. Besides he’s just trying to figure out what will stick to DeSantis, who I’m not entirely sure about.
Trump engaged Republicans in 2016 with the left's playbook.
He is now all in with their playbook, and I see his followers encouraging it because the perception is the left wins with it, so can the right.
He is straight up doing what Karine Jean-Pierre does, lie and gaslight.
What Trump doesn't understand is Conservatism is fundamentally different from liberalism. "Liberalism is the most gutless choice you can make...conservatism is an applied process or behavior"
~Rush Limbaugh
Trump wants to win for Trump, he is a carnival huckster, I think a lot of Republicans recognize this. Democrats want to win for their base of cool kid victims. It is why liberal policies are so successful, at being destructive.
Desantis hasn’t announced yet. Till he does it’s irrelevant.
Trump won with the lowest total vote and percentage count in 2016.
This time it will be less candidates and less of a chance of that happening.
Saying that. Thanks for the notes Erick on trump. Now can we get back to bashing democrats and talking about the disaster that Biden is. What about the house and senate in 2024 which is, in my opinion, more important than the presidency.
Trump's conflicting comments are a good thing to point out, and because of that and his apparent knee-jerk habit of lashing out verbally without a smidge of moderation, I'm for DeSantis, or any other Republican nominee. I think DeSantis should just let Trump's attacks roll off of him, maybe calmly mentioning what Erick stated. Getting into a verbal back-and-forth with Trump would be dumb and play into the media's hands.
Erick, I hope you use whatever influence you have with anyone in Trump's orbit, to convince him to abide by the decision of the nomination process. If he starts a third party if he loses the nomination, as Linda stated, he might as well officially join the DNC.
"...he might as well officially join the DNC." I'm wondering if that isn't what's at play here. Not that he is consciously making that decision, but he seems willing to win at any cost. And if that cost is attracting more Democrats through his vilification of DeSantis, so be it.
I don't believe it's dementia in Trump's case. I do however believe it is a case of the green-eyed monster. His ego is so enormous any fellow Republican threatening "his turf" is seen as disloyal and needing to be destroyed. And he's well aware that his true believers don't care about inconvenient facts. I voted for the man before in spite of his flaws but I can't imagine doing that in 2024.
Erick doesn't believe it's dementia, either. It's just what someone with dementia would do. Really, that makes it worse than dementia. Trump's time as President is over and done. Too many are still supporting him out of fear. There's a need to muster some courage and move on.
No, this isn't dementia. This is that nasty personality that I didn't like in Trump in the first place. Biden is legitimately suffering from some sort of dementia. Nothing can stop Trump from running. But we can ignore his rants and vote for someone else in the primary. Like a toddler and a tantrum, not giving the attention, good or bad is sometimes best.
As long as you have the microphone in front of those Florida Congressmen, it would be interesting to ask if anyone from the Trump campaign had approached them with the choice, "Support Trump now or he not only will not endorse your reelection, but he'll seek to put up an opposition candidate to you." This is exactly what Trump did with several senate and House candidates that would not publicly condemn the 2020 election results. Several of those who refused were primaried out in favor of Trump candidates -- a number of whom lost, costing the GOP the Red Wave. The Dems were so certain Trump-backed candidates would be weaker, that many of them changed parties to vote for the Trumpsies in the GOP primaries. Wonder how many of them stayed on the GOP rolls, now boosting Trump's numbers against DeSantis?
Do Byron Donalds and others really think Trump has the best chance of winning? They should read Andy McCarthy's latest National Review column.
Money quote...
"If this were Biden, we’d be questioning if Grandpa Dementia’s memory was failing him again. Roughly the same age, perhaps we are now dealing with Dementia Don."
It’s the smell anger and desperation
If Trump wins the nomination will DeSantis support him in the general? Yes.
If DeSantis wins the nomination will Trump support him in the general? No.
All you need to know.
I pray that Trump won't be the Republican candidate in 2024. He would lose!!
And be a lame duck, and be just plain lame and predictable.
Not dementia. Just Trump being Trump. He’s always operated like that.
Politicians increasingly depend on the willful ignorance of supporters. Thus, Biden and the Dems in Congress blast Republicans for playing debt ceiling politics that they themselves played in past decades. Trump is using the same strategy, knowing his supporters will nod and pretend to believe.
Yes.
I'm pretty sure it is politics. Apples & oranges comparison to Biden.
"Trump seems to have no memory of just two weeks ago attacking DeSantis for doing the exact opposite of what Trump is now attacking him for." I think the question that should complement that statement is "Do the voters have no memory of this fact?" How is it that a statement posted to MySpace in the early 2000s can come back to bite a candidate in the arse, but something said two weeks ago is all but forgotten? If we want better candidates, we need to be better voters.
These are not the droids you are looking for.
Let’s not forget that it was Trump, parroting Fauci, calling for closures in the first place. And some of us were screaming at the TV for them to cease with ruining people’s lives. So as far as I’m concerned Trump can have a Coke and a smile in regards to the shutdowns, death toll, etc. Besides he’s just trying to figure out what will stick to DeSantis, who I’m not entirely sure about.
Deflect and/or project.
Trump engaged Republicans in 2016 with the left's playbook.
He is now all in with their playbook, and I see his followers encouraging it because the perception is the left wins with it, so can the right.
He is straight up doing what Karine Jean-Pierre does, lie and gaslight.
What Trump doesn't understand is Conservatism is fundamentally different from liberalism. "Liberalism is the most gutless choice you can make...conservatism is an applied process or behavior"
~Rush Limbaugh
Trump wants to win for Trump, he is a carnival huckster, I think a lot of Republicans recognize this. Democrats want to win for their base of cool kid victims. It is why liberal policies are so successful, at being destructive.
AMEN!!
I think I am getting dementia due to trying to keep up with all this 😂. Thanks for bringing some sanity to the madness Erick!
Desantis hasn’t announced yet. Till he does it’s irrelevant.
Trump won with the lowest total vote and percentage count in 2016.
This time it will be less candidates and less of a chance of that happening.
Saying that. Thanks for the notes Erick on trump. Now can we get back to bashing democrats and talking about the disaster that Biden is. What about the house and senate in 2024 which is, in my opinion, more important than the presidency.
Trump's conflicting comments are a good thing to point out, and because of that and his apparent knee-jerk habit of lashing out verbally without a smidge of moderation, I'm for DeSantis, or any other Republican nominee. I think DeSantis should just let Trump's attacks roll off of him, maybe calmly mentioning what Erick stated. Getting into a verbal back-and-forth with Trump would be dumb and play into the media's hands.
Erick, I hope you use whatever influence you have with anyone in Trump's orbit, to convince him to abide by the decision of the nomination process. If he starts a third party if he loses the nomination, as Linda stated, he might as well officially join the DNC.
"...he might as well officially join the DNC." I'm wondering if that isn't what's at play here. Not that he is consciously making that decision, but he seems willing to win at any cost. And if that cost is attracting more Democrats through his vilification of DeSantis, so be it.
I don't believe it's dementia in Trump's case. I do however believe it is a case of the green-eyed monster. His ego is so enormous any fellow Republican threatening "his turf" is seen as disloyal and needing to be destroyed. And he's well aware that his true believers don't care about inconvenient facts. I voted for the man before in spite of his flaws but I can't imagine doing that in 2024.
Erick doesn't believe it's dementia, either. It's just what someone with dementia would do. Really, that makes it worse than dementia. Trump's time as President is over and done. Too many are still supporting him out of fear. There's a need to muster some courage and move on.
No, this isn't dementia. This is that nasty personality that I didn't like in Trump in the first place. Biden is legitimately suffering from some sort of dementia. Nothing can stop Trump from running. But we can ignore his rants and vote for someone else in the primary. Like a toddler and a tantrum, not giving the attention, good or bad is sometimes best.