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Trump really could be on his way back to the White House: Ex-President's amassed a $115million election 'war chest', has a new slogan, and 82 per cent of Republicans will back him if he decides to run again in 2024
U.K. Daily Mail ^ | 1/15/2022 | Caroline Graham, Matheus Sanchez

Posted on 01/15/2022 5:30:55 PM PST by simpson96

he affluent suburb of Paradise Valley in Arizona is a traditional Republican stronghold.

With multi-million-dollar homes dotting a desert filled with towering saguaro cactus plants, its residents enjoy a choice of more than half a dozen golf courses, discreet upmarket shopping centres and award-winning restaurants, all nestled against the spectacular backdrop of Camelback Mountain.

Donald Trump stormed to victory here in 2016.

Paradise Valley is part of Maricopa County, an area of 2.1 million voters which includes the city of Phoenix and its outlying areas and which has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

Yet in 2020, Maricopa County delivered a bombshell when voters turned in droves against President Trump in favour of Democratic rival Joe Biden.

'It was seismic,' says life-long Republican Benny White, who unsuccessfully ran for local office and found himself being chased down driveways by furious residents branding him a 'Trumper'.

'People just turned against Trump. He became a visceral figure of hate. I was chased away. People were screaming abuse at me.'

Losing Maricopa County – and, subsequently, Arizona itself – proved fatal for Trump, who continues to insist the election was 'stolen' from him, a claim which has been roundly refuted and which his critics have dubbed the 'Big Lie'.

Yet today in Paradise Valley (population: 14,362), things are feeling rather different. The November 2020 election seems a long time ago. And for the former President, that could be very good news.

Many Paradise Valley voters regret switching their support to Biden. And when The Mail on Sunday visited last week, they said they'd now rather vote for Trump, should he choose to run again.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2022election; 2024election; clickbait; election2022; election2024
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To: MinorityRepublican
Trump's personality is a negative.

That must be why everytime he does any kind of an event, tens of thousands of people will show up, and why he enjoys numbers that are usually in the 90+% range (82 is the lowest I've ever seen it) of support from the Republican party, and high numbers of support from Independents.

Trump won the election against Biden. Trump won Ohio and Florida, almost every one of the bellweather countries, increased his vote win margins by vast numbers.... but somehow Biden wins with the help of a few, shitty Dem cities winning even more votes than the jug-eared shuck and jive artist Barack Obama with JUST those cities. Obama actually won more counties than Biden did by a large margin!

21 posted on 01/15/2022 5:56:15 PM PST by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: rrrod
The last one is the best:

Z-crank, Guildford, United Kingdom, 3 minutes ago

Oh thank God! Best news today. We might at last get a strong leader of the West. C'mon Don - go for it!

22 posted on 01/15/2022 5:56:20 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: simpson96

I CAN’T WAIT!!!! President Donald J. Trump. I wonder if he gets in if he can run for a second term or is the 2 term a cumulative limit for a president. Either way. I can’t wait for the next national election as well as 2024.


23 posted on 01/15/2022 5:58:15 PM PST by GOP Poet (Super cool you can change your tag line EVERYTIME you post!! :D. (Small things make me happy))
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To: simpson96

Go Trump!


24 posted on 01/15/2022 6:00:22 PM PST by toddausauras (How far will the left go in terms of destroying our personal freedoms?)
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To: ponygirl; JonPreston

Trump took bait. Yeah it wasn’t fair. It was dirty. So he has to recognize that and keep it in mind if he wants to run in ‘24. Think of soccer moms who live in the suburbs of Phoenix, Philadelphia, Atlanta and Milwaukee. Make it about the economy, he wins easily. If it’s about personality. Yeah, he’ll lose that one.


25 posted on 01/15/2022 6:00:22 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: Jane Long

It’s winter...will be coat weather so might not be as big as otherwise would be.


26 posted on 01/15/2022 6:00:41 PM PST by caww ( )
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans

Look at my reply in #24. We all know that Trump can run up the score in red states. That’s not the point.


27 posted on 01/15/2022 6:01:40 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: odawg
His negatives all relate to his shitty personality. Caustic, obnoxious, frequently puerile and immature, habitually saying stupid things because he’d rather go off the cuff than prepare notes on topics he isn’t very familiar with.

Like it or not, these things turn off voters that any (R) needs in order to win. In 2016 my daily drive looked like a Trump rally, so many houses had Trump signs. In 2020, far fewer Trump signs, and many houses were sporting Biden signs instead. When I mentioned it here I was accused of being a secret Biden lover.

When Hillary scheduled a flurry of campaign events in the Midwest the week before the election in 2016, a lot of us knew it was ballgame then and there. When Trump did the same, campaigning in Georgia last-minute in 2020, people here refuse to believe that Trump could possibly have lost Georgia, no, it MUST have been stolen.

28 posted on 01/15/2022 6:07:04 PM PST by TheDandyMan
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To: simpson96

What a steaming pile of lies this article is.


29 posted on 01/15/2022 6:08:06 PM PST by FLT-bird
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To: TheDandyMan

I didnt vote to hire him for a personality contest.

I voted to hire him to do a job.

He did.


30 posted on 01/15/2022 6:10:52 PM PST by crz
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To: crz

Good for you. Millions of other voters decided they were sick of his personality and voted for the other guy instead. If Trump wants a chance of winning, he needs to dial back the New York attitude significantly.


31 posted on 01/15/2022 6:13:51 PM PST by TheDandyMan
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To: RoseofTexas

Some pull-quotes from the article:

“While Trump has remained uncharacteristically coy about his plans...]

Me: Trump is not being coy; so long as he is not a declared candidate, he can raise unlimited funds and is not subject to candidate limitations.

“But millions of Americans no longer listen to Biden.”

Me: Biden didn’t even campaign in 2020, because he knew the steal was in, he rarely, if ever, spoke.

“Trump is already funnelling cash into local politics to support officials who are redrawing polling districts to favour Republicans.”

Me: You mean like Soros, Mark Elias and Mark Zuckerberg did and do?

“White was involved in an audit of Arizona’s election results and says no voter fraud has been found.”

Me: The fraud in AZ has been determined to be sufficient to decertify the electors of that state.

“People miss the bluster of Trump. He is offering hope.”

Me: No, we miss all of Trump. Everything about him. He will be back.


32 posted on 01/15/2022 6:14:29 PM PST by Bshaw (A nefarious deceit is upon us all!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Bill once said “It’s the economy, stupid”

Carville said it.


33 posted on 01/15/2022 6:21:11 PM PST by KingLudd
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To: simpson96

I’m still backing him

But insulting people who dont want the vaxxes will backfire on him


34 posted on 01/15/2022 6:23:26 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Hush RINO 🦏


35 posted on 01/15/2022 6:23:28 PM PST by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: TheDandyMan

If he’s serious about running again in ‘24, he needs to hire a campaign advisor who he will actually listen to and bring out the best out of him while minimizing the negatives about him. Otherwise, the MSM will take the opportunity and tear him apart like they did in ‘20.


36 posted on 01/15/2022 6:27:32 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: TheDandyMan
His negatives all relate to his shitty personality. Caustic, obnoxious, frequently puerile and immature, habitually saying stupid things because he’d rather go off the cuff than prepare notes on topics he isn’t very familiar with.

Ironically those are all POSITIVES for many. It shows he's not a politician who will say or do anything to get votes. It shows he's genuine.

37 posted on 01/15/2022 6:28:29 PM PST by DouglasKC
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To: ponygirl

The article is drek.


38 posted on 01/15/2022 6:30:38 PM PST by Luke21
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To: simpson96

I saw a pickup today with a bumper sticker that said, “Don’t Blame Me, I Voted For Trump”.

I approached him and said I had a problem with his sticker. He was ready for a confrontation, and I said, “Almost everyone who voted, voted for Trump.”

He and his wife laughed and said, “That’s right!”


39 posted on 01/15/2022 6:33:21 PM PST by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: RoseofTexas
Don’t know if this is true but I’m hearing astronomical numbers of attendees at this rally in Arizona. I’m a little skeptical but I’m hearing 30,000 people showed up so I don’t know if it’s true... too early to tell.

I kept a close eye on the real-time traffic maps around the area today, and they showed constant, miles-long backups on every road heading into the town of Florence, and between there and the rally site to the east. Roads were still packed long after the rally started at 5:00pm, and there is still a smaller line trying to get in even as Trump is speaking. I have no trouble believing that the attendance is at least 30,000 or 40,000.

40 posted on 01/15/2022 6:34:10 PM PST by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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