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We are already going off a cliff! Trump has a hefty ego. All politicians do in varying degrees, but he has proved himself against the reprobates. Barring extreme complications he HAS my vote and my donations.

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And if he is re elected he will just be vengeance blind. Oh how to look out for the American people. We lose either way. #someoneunder80please

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I'm less optimistic. The DNC and the Media have learned what it takes to get rid of the opposition and the next ideologically opposed president elect will receive the same treatment as Trump did.

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Haley and DeSantis.

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Yes, we must….. No one has a crystal ball and can see all ends. I’ll bet on Trump, that he can win and find a way to govern. After all, it’s no small thing to be in charge of the executive branch and I believe he will be laser focused on cleaning house.

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With the indictments and constant media coverage...not to mention Tucker's recent interview that's now up to 230 million views...President Trump doesn't need to spend half of what the other candidates spend. He's getting free publicity. Erick, we get it...you don't like Trump. I can pretty much count on you posting a weekly "gotcha" piece on Trump each week. It's getting old. Also, you or your staff need to do better research before you state things as truth on the air. Vivek Ramaswamy didn't receive a scholarship from George Soros...per your on-air statement the other day. It was Paul Soros (older brother of George) who was a capitalist and total opposite of his ideological maniac of a brother, George. Do better.

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I actually think its pretty courageous for Erick to gently suggest to primary voters to consider a more rational option than Trump. I bet Erick wishes he could shout from the rooftops about the existential dangers in nominating someone who significant evidence shows tried to illegal end democracy from the white house. Seeing someone like Kristin Fisher fired for reporting to much truth and not "respecting our audience" at Fox News is an ominous example of what having to much courage to tell people truths they don't want to hear leads to. Unfortunately I doubt you can maintain a successful career as a conservative talk radio host being honest about Trump when nearly half the audience supports him as a form of tribal identity (hence the vicious echo chamber in all media). So again I applaud Erick for even occasionally sprinkling some watered down truths about Trump across his platforms.

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Erick doesn’t get old, at least so far. A worthy successor to Rush.

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I am troubled by Trump’s behavior, but I’m more troubled by the political onslaught to stop him at any cost. Knuckling to political subversives is completely against everything I stand for and believe in. Fani Willis persecution is the last straw! Clinton and Abrams decried election fraud and not a single lawsuit. Our forefathers stood up to repression, the least we can do is stand up to the Democrats assault on the rule of law.

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What are these prosecutors supposed to do Carl when they find a mountain of evidence that Trump illegally tried to end democracy from the Whitehouse? I don't think they are trying to stop him at any cost vs. just trying to hold him accountable for hatching and attempting to execute illegal schemes to stay in power. If he had been successful in these schemes than there is no telling what the ramifications could have been - I don't think its hyperbolic to say that it could have led to the end of our economy (end of dollar as reserve currency), pulling the military into a conflict on US soil, significant blood in the streets, etc. I don't think they can say: "no harm no foul since he did it incompetently and was unsuccessful". There has to be consequences no matter how many people are either rabid fans of the guy or depend on his fans for votes or income. Also in your examples theres a big difference between whining / decrying election fraud or even challenging an election in court vs. using the power of your office as president to attempt to prevent the peaceful transition of power.

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Win the battle, lose the war.

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Maybe, but if you don’t fight, you can’t win.

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If Trump will announce a withdrawal from the primary I will match every dollar I don't to a GOP candidate to his legal defense fund. Otherwise, he gets none of my treasure. Period. And, I'm working against him in the primary all the way. If he cares about the country he will withdraw. Additionally, I do not believe he is going to beat all of the charges. They'll get him on a "process crime" if nothing else. He needs someone else in the White House to pardon him, and it should be done on day 1 of that presidency as act number 1 to demonstrate to the Democrats and Progressives (yeah, I know a double-negative) that this sort of political vendetta will not be tolerated.

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Glad we've turned into a "we'll find something" nation instead of innocent until proven guilty.

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That wasn't what I said at all but you read into it what you want. The Florida case has some pretty damning video/audio evidence etc.

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My dream is Trump and Biden jointly withdrawing and Biden doing a Gerald Ford like act of statesmanship at the same time. LOL!

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ROFL... statesmanship? Nah, not gonna happen. Well, if Hunter happened to get on the board of Trump international.... for a small token compensation of course.

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No democrat will ever pull a Gerald Ford (pardon Trump). The mere thought probably sends them into apoplectic fits. Biden likely will be withdrawn by impeachment either through the act or resignation. The question then is who takes his place? At this stage I can think of no one who can mount a successful campaign.

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If Trump somehow won in 2024, I wonder if that would be a springboard for the Dems taking both houses of Congress with a large majority.

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And if you don’t think they’ll stop if Trump weren’t to run, think again. This is all purely political. As evidenced by this story in RS. Time to stop the game playing and stand up for your country. Not as Steve Bannon calls them, the Keebler Elves. They were so embarrassing the other night. rad article on Fani claiming election fraud below. Wake up. This ain’t the old Democrat party and this is NOT a benevolent government.

https://redstate.com/bonchie/2023/08/24/hoo-boy-unearthed-posts-show-da-fani-willis-pushed-election-conspiracies-including-the-water-leak-claim-n2163022?utm_source=rsmorningbriefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&bcid=85e6e893ca73e006d8de8fc32bba96da456ababb07d789c26b589071c947ce3c

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Losing 59 out of 60 cases is disingenuous Erick. They were not heard and evidence was not allowed to be presented. Neither Haley nor DeSantis will be the next President. It’s really that simple no matter how hard Never Trump tries to spin and massage. DeSantis if he keeps on this path will be lucky to get re-elected in FL. He took a humiliating mayoral loss in state. And Haley sounds like a whiny bitchy school girl looking to graduate to head of the student council while admitting that yes Trump is the leader of our party but he’ll be too busy in court. Really? Pretty weak. Also explain how Trump could have increased his vote count by 12 million in 20/20 and Biden outperformed Obama by approximately 20 million votes without leaving his basement? The math doesn’t work. It never has. It never has. I guess we’re about to find out.

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He can't be reelected in Florida; he's term limited.

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Withdrawn by the lawyers because the lawyers were unwilling to perjure themselves in court and go to jail. But this time it will be different. Trump's glorious victory will cover all past mistakes and eliminate the national debt. Insane.

I am simply disgusted by those who support Trump at this point.

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God help us all. Ego, vengeance and butt hurt over what is best for the country. A bigger man would do what has the least risk of leftists remining in positions of authority, regaining the house, and keeping the senate. This may well back-fire on all sides if Trump wins the nomination.

Even if he wins there will be such furor nothing will get done, and the obstruction will be far worse. Republicans may well join in to convict as well as impeach. Its going to be ugly in all respects.

Trump honestly doesn't care. If the expected loss happens he'll continue with a new round of stolen election allegations, never ending spam fundraising, and jetting around the country holding rallies to fluff his ego and be worshiped.

I voted for him twice and will hold my nose and do it again if he's the nominee. The stakes are too high to do anything else, but if that 10% of Republicans in the "Muh Principles" crowd votes against him he's done. Don't forget the "No Labels" milquetoasts too. They'll throw in a Romney or Hogan alternative to further muddy the waters.

We'll be done and all that goes along with it. Win or lose. At this point Trump is as or more devisive thank Hillary ever was. It the rabid Trumpers would crawl over a mile of broken glass to vote for Trump, the other side would crawl two miles to vote against him.

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I voted for Trump in both elections. How much more do we have to lose before stubborn Trump supporters realize a another candidate can win and be great.

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I will not go through another election where I have to hold my nose and vote Trump. Curious to see what the No Labels group will offer if the ballot is again 2 geriatric narcissists.

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I understand your sentiment completely but if this sort of attitude takes hold it will ensure Biden is re-elected. Do you want another four more years of Bernie Sanders supporters in a Biden Admin dictating policy because that's what we have and what you'll get more of if Biden gets re-elected.

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The cult of personality and the weakness for revenge of human nature. Trumpers are all in on cutting off their nose to spite their own face and frankly country… God willing, common sense prevails.

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I’m tired of former Democrats calling lifelong Republicans RINO’s. I will NOT vote for Trump under any circumstance and I’m hearing the same thing from other Republicans too.

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