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Why Donald Trump Should NOT Be the Republican Nominee
American Thinker ^ | Feb. 2, 2022 | Ted Noel

Posted on 02/03/2022 12:38:15 AM PST by Jacob Kell

Before you throw a MAGA hat or a Let’s Go Brandon flag at me, let me make one thing perfectly clear. I voted for Donald Trump in 2016 and 2020. If he is the nominee in 2024, I’ll vote for him again. But when we consider him in the context of the next election, we must employ the retrospectoscope, as I did months ago. After all, hindsight is 20/20. And, as Santayana said, “He who does not learn from history is doomed to repeat it.”

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TOPICS: Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: 2024; americanstinker; desantis; desantis2024; donaldtrump; electionfraud; florida; jacobkell; letsgobrandon; nevertrumper; nevertrumpers; pence2024; rondesantis; stopthesteal; tednoel; thebigsteal; trump; trumpin2024; turdnoel; votefraud
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1 posted on 02/03/2022 12:38:15 AM PST by Jacob Kell
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To: Jacob Kell
Please post the remainder of the article here.

Thanks!

Regards,

2 posted on 02/03/2022 12:42:18 AM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: Jacob Kell

Yup, I’ll pass on the article, that’s my judgment!


3 posted on 02/03/2022 12:43:37 AM PST by existentially_kuffer
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To: alexander_busek

There is no one better. Even Gov. DeSantis.


4 posted on 02/03/2022 12:46:14 AM PST by Forward the Light Brigade ( ALWAYS GO FORWARD AND NEVER GO BACK.)
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To: alexander_busek

Synopsis:

DeSantis for president.


5 posted on 02/03/2022 12:46:32 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Media Control is an anagram of Delta Omicron.)
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To: Jacob Kell

Hmmmm. This guy blames Fauci and Birx on Pence. I don’t remember Pence with them, I remember Trump. What could a VP do about it? Trump was the one who kept them.


6 posted on 02/03/2022 12:47:24 AM PST by nickcarraway
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To: Jacob Kell

Trump won. Discussion over.


7 posted on 02/03/2022 12:47:49 AM PST by Ymani Cricket ("Fear kills more people than death" ~General George C. Patton)
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To: Jacob Kell
The author may have had a point, but I stopped reading when he suggested that Ron DeSantis is better suited to “drain the Swamp” than Trump is.

I have news for this dope: An Ivy League lawyer turned career politician is the epitome of “The Swamp.” No thanks, dude.

What’s interesting to me is that “draining the Swamp” was never really a major goal of Trump. You never heard him talk about it until later in the campaign when he was running behind Clinton in the polls. It was sometime after Labor Day in 2016 when I first noticed this “drain the Swamp” theme in his campaign speeches and ads. I suspect some sharp campaign leader — perhaps Kellyanne Conway herself — did some great polling and focus group work and determined that this theme resonated strongly with independent voters.

8 posted on 02/03/2022 12:48:23 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("Mr. Potato Head ... Mr. Potato Head! Back doors are not secrets.")
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To: Jacob Kell

FU Ted.

Trump is the current leader and choice.

He doesn’t want it, then Desantis is obvious...


9 posted on 02/03/2022 12:50:38 AM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: Fresh Wind

This post has attracted quite a few GOPe cheese-eating, surrender monkeys. Go back to fluffing your Uniparty masters.


10 posted on 02/03/2022 12:52:14 AM PST by WMarshal ("No war for communism")
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One big consideration here is this: Which states did Trump lose in 2020 that DeSantis can win in 2024?

Arizona and Georgia are the only two that stand out to me … and that’s not going to be enough.

For better or worse, there’s no getting around the fact that Donald Trump set himself apart from Republican presidential contenders in recent decades with his strong appeal across the Rust Belt.

11 posted on 02/03/2022 12:53:23 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("Mr. Potato Head ... Mr. Potato Head! Back doors are not secrets.")
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To: Jacob Kell

I like Trump and would like to see him be President a second time, but I think he may not have broad enough appeal to win again. I’ll vote for him if he gets the nomination, but at this early stage, I’d label myself a DeSantis supporter. Tentatively. Very tentatively.


12 posted on 02/03/2022 12:55:23 AM PST by FreedomForce
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To: Fresh Wind
DeSantis for president.

Doesn't answer the question posed by the headline:

Why Donald Trump Should NOT Be the Republican Nominee

WHY?

Regards,

13 posted on 02/03/2022 12:55:25 AM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: existentially_kuffer

God, i agree with what he says about Pence, but the rest of this article is pure mental masturbation. Why do they constantly post this crap?


14 posted on 02/03/2022 12:55:39 AM PST by nikos1121
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To: WMarshal

If Trump runs he’s got my vote.

Teddy “Squish” Cruz and the entire pack of RINOs will never get my vote.


15 posted on 02/03/2022 12:55:50 AM PST by WMarshal ("No war for communism")
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To: FreedomForce
[...] but I think he may not have broad enough appeal to win again.

What kind of 2016/2020 Trump voters have "fallen by the wayside," in your opinion?

Which voter groups have "lost faith" in Trump?

Who - having voted for Trump in 2020 - are now saying, "Nah, I wish that I hadn't voted for Trump now! Biden is doing a good job!"

Ridiculous!

Regards,

16 posted on 02/03/2022 12:58:23 AM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: alexander_busek

If Trump and Biden ran again today, you’d be shocked at how many suburban dingbat Karens would still vote for Biden. You know who they are because they’re the ones wearing masks 24 hours a day, getting a COVID booster every other week, and waiting on line for hours to get a COVID test when they have no symptoms whatsoever.


17 posted on 02/03/2022 1:02:33 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("Mr. Potato Head ... Mr. Potato Head! Back doors are not secrets.")
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To: Jacob Kell

Mitt Romney, is that you?


18 posted on 02/03/2022 1:05:09 AM PST by trailboss800
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To: Jacob Kell

Trump 2024.


19 posted on 02/03/2022 1:05:54 AM PST by dougherty (I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. - Michelangelo)
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To: alexander_busek

I don’t think Biden is going to be the Democrat nominee for 2024. I don’t know who it will be, but it will give people who are fed up with Biden someone other than Biden to vote for. Trump had the good fortune to run against two of the worst Democrat candidates ever. The Democrats are bound to put up someone more formidable than those two.


20 posted on 02/03/2022 1:06:01 AM PST by FreedomForce
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