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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.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bretstephens; inbredneocons; neocohens; norinozone; rinosscared; tds; tdsbs; trump; trump2024; yesnorinos
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The New York Times is a specious news source. Every word it publishes is either a lie or projection. Article presented for entertainment purposes only.

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

Bret Stephens, the original TDS sufferer,


2 posted on 07/13/2024 6:14:23 AM PDT by eclectic (Liberalism is a mental disorder)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Just a quick note.

In the full video of green jacket girl, the actress looks up and around briefly to make sure the cameras are in place and recording before she begins her scene.

Totally 100% staged. Not spontaneous or real in any way.


3 posted on 07/13/2024 6:15:17 AM PDT by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The author has accepted the loss and is now bitterly complaining about it.


4 posted on 07/13/2024 6:15:20 AM PDT by johniegrad
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“Bret Stephens”


5 posted on 07/13/2024 6:15:33 AM PDT by kiryandil (FR Democrat Party operatives! Rally in defense of your Colombian cartel stooge Merchan!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I love it when the left is looking out for us.....it’s always so sincere. 😏


6 posted on 07/13/2024 6:15:51 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Second, Trump will be a down-ballot loser,

It must be awful to be a Bret-tard...

7 posted on 07/13/2024 6:17:03 AM PDT by kiryandil (FR Democrat Party operatives! Rally in defense of your Colombian cartel stooge Merchan!)
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To: kiryandil

Every Bret that I’ve ever known has had insecurity issues.


8 posted on 07/13/2024 6:17:14 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Late stage TDS symptoms include serious blood vessel and heart problems, mental disorders, blindness, nerve system problems.


9 posted on 07/13/2024 6:17:22 AM PDT by No Party Affiliation
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To: V_TWIN
the MSM says: BELIEVE US.


10 posted on 07/13/2024 6:17:27 AM PDT by Diogenesis (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

here:

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=10154458386677672


11 posted on 07/13/2024 6:18:07 AM PDT by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

You know, the new york times in general, and Bret Stephans in particular, could save a lot of time and just write “Trump Is A Big Old Doody Head!”


12 posted on 07/13/2024 6:18:11 AM PDT by Lazamataz (joesbucks is back. Let's remedy that! 😁)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

<< 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. >>

Hey Bret, you might want to try another tactic.


13 posted on 07/13/2024 6:18:14 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: V_TWIN

It’s like naming your boy “Sue”.


14 posted on 07/13/2024 6:18:19 AM PDT by kiryandil (FR Democrat Party operatives! Rally in defense of your Colombian cartel stooge Merchan!)
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To: V_TWIN

The old guard GOP regrets it, but they were the one’s who created the rules based international order that everyone except the small circle of self-selected so-called elite and their corrupt cronies want out of. May their souls rot in hell.


15 posted on 07/13/2024 6:19:52 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: WeaslesRippedMyFlesh

Well she has provided me with many good chuckles over the years, so I thank her for her performance whether staged or not.


16 posted on 07/13/2024 6:20:12 AM PDT by Yardstick
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“First, Trump won’t slay the left; instead, he will re-energize and radicalize it.”


Is the author saying resistance is futile so go ahead and surrender to your overlords now if you know what is good for you?


17 posted on 07/13/2024 6:20:50 AM PDT by CFW
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To: WeaslesRippedMyFlesh

Damn those ‘tards sport some ugly chicks.


18 posted on 07/13/2024 6:21:39 AM PDT by Sarcazmo (I live by the Golden Rule. As applied by others; I'm not selfish.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

All patriotic Americans will appreciate the mass arrests of communist tyrants in America and their imprisonment or hanging. Leftists cannot “re-energize” if they are permanently taken out. There will be plenty of OVERDUE reckoning for American patriots to celebrate.


19 posted on 07/13/2024 6:21:48 AM PDT by Gnome1949
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To: eclectic

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.


Number two is unknown at this time but definitely not the worse that could happen. And as to number three, let us all pray.


20 posted on 07/13/2024 6:22:35 AM PDT by CFW
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