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Republicans Will Regret a Second Trump Term
The New York Times ^ | July 13, 2024, 7:00 a.m. ET | Bret Stephens

Posted on 07/13/2024 6:12:25 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Now is the summer of Republican content.

The G.O.P. is confident and unified. Donald Trump has held a consistent and widening lead over President Biden in all the battleground states. Never Trumpers have been exiled, purged or converted. The Supreme Court has eased many of Trump’s legal travails while his felony convictions in New York seem to have inflicted only minimal political damage — if they didn’t actually help him.

Best of all for Republicans, a diminished Joe Biden seems determined to stay in the race, leading a dispirited and divided party that thinks of its presumptive nominee as one might think of a colonoscopy: an unpleasant reminder of age. Even if Biden can be cajoled into quitting, his likeliest replacement is Vice President Kamala Harris, whose 37 percent approval rating is just around that of her boss. Do Democrats really think they can run on her non-handling of the border crisis, her reputation for managerial incompetence or her verbal gaffes?

In short, Republicans have good reason to think they’ll be back in the White House next January. Only then will the regrets set in.

Three in particular: First, Trump won’t slay the left; instead, he will re-energize and radicalize it. Second, Trump will be a down-ballot loser, leading to divided and paralyzed government. Third, Trump’s second-term personnel won’t be like the ones in his first. Instead, he will appoint his Trumpiest people and pursue his Trumpiest instincts. The results won’t be ones old-school Republicans want or expect.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bretstephens; inbredneocons; neocohens; norinozone; rinosscared; tds; tdsbs; trump; trump2024; yesnorinos
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To: TalBlack

XD XD... me too.

You just can’t tell these days. God only knows what funky hormones that meat-bag is shooting up with.


101 posted on 07/13/2024 7:54:41 AM PDT by Sarcazmo (I live by the Golden Rule. As applied by others; I'm not selfish.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

I’m guessing Trump will deport millions of the worst of the worst criminal illegals before the wall’s finished. The goal is to secure our borders and stop illegals from coming into our country. A wall is icing on that cake.


102 posted on 07/13/2024 7:56:14 AM PDT by GOPJ (Trump was NOT Hitler last time. He won't be a dictator this time. Democrats and the MSM lie. )
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To: Mr. Mojo

Oh No Brer Rabbit! Don’t throw me into the briar patch!!”


103 posted on 07/13/2024 7:56:14 AM PDT by Persevero (You cannot comply your way out of tyranny. )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“The results won’t be ones old-school Republicans want or expect.”

Yeah? So?


104 posted on 07/13/2024 7:56:29 AM PDT by MNnice
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Treason tribunals should comence immedetly.


105 posted on 07/13/2024 8:03:59 AM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING AMERICA, AND HE WILL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE HIM!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Hey Brett, we don’t care what the old school republicans think. Second, Biden is merely a reflection of what the Democrat party’s platform looks like. More Dems are going to get canned in November than what the rats anticipate. Finally, radical leftist policies destroyed the country. People don’t want more of it.


106 posted on 07/13/2024 8:04:24 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Paging Dr. Bandy Lee. Dr. Lee please pick up the white courtesy phone.)
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To: eclectic

We regret giving him space on FR.


107 posted on 07/13/2024 8:04:40 AM PDT by Pearfect (Ou can't beat the competition lock them )
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To: eclectic

“First, Trump won’t slay the left; instead, he will re-energize and radicalize it. “

That is an explicit threat.


108 posted on 07/13/2024 8:07:24 AM PDT by Samurai_Jack (This is not about hypocrisy, this is about hierarchy!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
"First, Trump won’t slay the left; instead, he will re-energize and radicalize it."

This is true.

109 posted on 07/13/2024 8:07:38 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
First, Trump won’t slay the left; instead, he will re-energize and radicalize it.

News for the NYT. The leftists are radicals. President Trump brings out the worst in them for the populace to see.

Second, Trump will be a down-ballot loser, leading to divided and paralyzed government.

In Ohio, Sherrod Brown is a border loser; he's all-in amnesty. Also, he always comes home in an election year to take credit for the good that Republicans accomplished. His ads really suck. This race is Moreno's to lose.

Third, Trump’s second-term personnel won’t be like the ones in his first. Instead, he will appoint his Trumpiest people and pursue his Trumpiest instincts. The results won’t be ones old-school Republicans want or expect.

President Trump knows who the RINOs are and the Deep-State losers foist on him by Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell. He probably has a very detailed list, and people like Mike Flynn can help him navigate the Washington minefields.

110 posted on 07/13/2024 8:11:39 AM PDT by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.)
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To: eclectic

Another Jewish NeoCon.


111 posted on 07/13/2024 8:17:56 AM PDT by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
"First, Trump won’t slay the left; instead, he will re-energize and radicalize it."

BWAH-HAW-HAW-HAW!!

Coming from the hard-Stalinist Times, that is too rich for words.
112 posted on 07/13/2024 8:20:31 AM PDT by Montana_Sam (Truth lives.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
I'm sure the Republican establishment will regret it.

A second Trump term will end Bush-style Republicanism forever.

113 posted on 07/13/2024 8:22:33 AM PDT by Kazan
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The results won’t be ones old-school Republicans want or expect.>>> Thank God.


114 posted on 07/13/2024 8:26:12 AM PDT by kvanbrunt2
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
The results won’t be ones old-school Republicans want or expect.

They say that like it's a bad thing.

115 posted on 07/13/2024 8:26:36 AM PDT by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Well gosh! I’ll take my chances!


116 posted on 07/13/2024 8:27:06 AM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (BOYCOTT Anheuser Busch, the NFL, MLB, NBA, NASCAR & Faux Snooze! Molon Labe! Oathkeeper! )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Republicans Will Regret a Second Trump Term

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The only thing I regret are Democrats.


117 posted on 07/13/2024 8:49:13 AM PDT by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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To: johniegrad

Not complaining enough. I expect self-immolation. C’mon, man, show some spirit!


118 posted on 07/13/2024 8:50:54 AM PDT by bobbo666 (Baizuo, )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Is this a warning or a threat?


119 posted on 07/13/2024 9:06:11 AM PDT by Baldwin
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
First "radicalize" the left? Go ahead. Get more radical. That will just make you even more unelectable.

Second, Trump is a down ballot winner. He has proven that time and time again. The Senate is almost certain to flip back to Republican control and Republicans already hold the House and look to be in a position to make some gains there. The Republicans controlling both houses and the White House looks likely.

Third, Trump won't fill his administration with backstabbing RINOs who will try to sabotage him at every turn?....meaning he is likely to get more done? The results won't be to the RINOs liking? I agree on all counts! That's probably the best part about it. You see, we hate the RINOs. We want to see them driven out of office and purged from the party. We want a lot of things done that they - as good little uniparty puppets - do not want. So bad news for them is great news for Conservatives and Populists.

120 posted on 07/13/2024 9:07:57 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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