Posted on 10/16/2023 1:16:52 PM PDT by Signalman
Few outside some bitter Republican circles are still arguing that Donald Trump can’t win the 2024 election. What was conventional wisdom a few months ago has fallen to pieces. Trump has already won the primary, not that Republicans have any reason to regret it: he is outperforming Joe Biden in the polls, despite being indicted four times, a remarkable feat that only Trump could pull off. Notably, Trump ran far behind Biden in 2020, when Trump barely “lost,” something that enraged many liberals at the time.
2024 is not destined to be a repeat: it is a new year with a different incumbent, and different concerns. The pandemic has faded, and rather than a virus, Americans are worried about gas prices, immigration, housing, terrorism, and even world war. This is a winning issue set for Trump. Democrats are only winning on one major issue: abortion. But even here, Trump has shown better instincts than many Republicans by moderating, blunting the impact of the left’s messaging about “extreme” restrictions.
Democrats have one other card to play: convict Trump in a kangaroo court and hope that the public recoils at a “criminal.” But what if voters just don’t care? The war in Israel has absorbed the world’s attention, and for a few days at least, everyone has forgotten about Trump and his legal battles.
The war has raised anew the specter of Islamic terrorism, giving Trump a fresh opportunity to flex his strong record on immigration and foreign policy. Under Trump, jihadism virtually disappeared as he crushed the ISIS caliphate, sealed the border, and stabilized the Middle East. The fool Biden has allowed dangerous people from every corner of the world into the United States, and his weakness has left the world teetering on the brink of Armageddon.
In Trump, America had a serious president disguised as a comedian. Biden is a clown pretending to be a statesman, and his weakness is catching up with him.
The historic debacle at the southern border is receiving sustained mainstream media attention for the first time, as the endless influx of immigrants floods blue urban centers. Biden’s late expedient pivot toward erecting a border barrier vindicates Trump and exposes the insanity of Biden’s open border policy. In any case, it’s too late for Biden to unring the bell: millions of illegal immigrants are already here, and foreigners are going to keep taking their chances at crossing now rather than wait for Trump to return.
Of course, immigration is also an economic issue: as people pour in, housing gets more expensive, the burden on public services increases, and cheap wages get even cheaper.
Nobody is falling for Biden’s fantastic boasts about “Bidenomics” as consumers pick up side gigs to keep pace with the skyrocketing cost of living. And despite the left’s spin, most voters are aware of Biden’s brazen corruption. This makes for a potent election narrative: as economic tides swallow up ordinary people, Biden and his privileged son are able to avoid accountability for their criminal grifting. The spectacle of slanted justice could defuse the impact of Trump’s overcooked prosecutions, which have already begun to bore the public.
There are other unwelcome distractions working against Trump: House Republicans are running around like chickens without heads, when they could be working together to investigate Biden.
But if there is a silver lining to the absurd lawfare campaign against Trump, it is that Democrats can smell defeat. They’re not getting rid of Biden – they’re too cautious for that – but they’re not confident either. If it were a fair fight, and the election were held today, Trump would likely win, and Democrats know it. Prosecuting a political opponent is a method of last resort.
This may be an optimistic assessment of the circumstances. But Biden is not getting any sharper, and there will be plenty of chaos to come in the months ahead.
They don’t “know” anything of the sort !
Biden to get 100 million votes. Guaranteed.
Joe Biden brags about having “the most extensive and inclusive VOTER FRAUD organization” in history.
Yeah. I was thinking 90 million votes, but they might need the 100 million this time.
Brandon won’t be the nominee.
The DS-DNC will helicopter someone in before the Convention and the Lamestream Media will cheer things on (probably Big Mike or Gavin).
But who, exactly, is running the country now??
So how soon does a “MAGA Extremist” take out Biden in a “lone wolf” attack? I hope the Secret Service has their best people on Biden. I wish they would double the detail. Something happening to Biden is about the only hope the Dems have for 2024.
Harris is next in line and she is every more dead weight on the Democrats ticket then Biden. They cannot replace her without losing the Black Woman vote which is so critical to their voter coalition.
The Dems need something to happen to Biden that generates a big enough sympathy vote to turn around Harris’s negatives
It will be “an historical landslide!”
More like a bazillion just to be way outside any margin of error
“More votes than there have been humans since the beginning of time!”
The election couldn’t be held today because Newsom and Whitmer haven’t been nominated yet and the RNC hasn’t yet figured out how to deny Trump their nomination.
The election couldn’t be held today because Newsom and Whitmer haven’t been nominated yet and the RNC hasn’t yet figured out how to deny Trump their nomination.
Yet if you question the BLANTANT FRAUD in the 2020 Election, you are an "Election Denier" and can be prosecuted in some places.
Mikes wife.
Trump would beat demented Joe from jail, it's over for Brandon.
Is there any set of data showing that “cheap wages are getting cheaper?”
Likely? That’s not sounding too good with all the cheating planned. No—it should be a landslide!
I post this as often as I can so people can use it for their own purposes. It is ignored by the MSM.
The conspiracy theorist side of me thinks they already have their best people on him, but not the way you meant it.
Does that include all the parking lot, felonious and dead Dem voters? Brandon will be a close horse even if he were dead!
If there were clean elections. Just watched 2000 Mules again, you know the one that was “debunked”... what have republicans done to stop this?
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