In 2020 Trump earned more popular votes than any Republican presidential candidate in United States history with 74.2 million popular votes. He also received more popular votes in 2016 than any other Republican. He out performed the 62.9 million votes he received in 2016 by 11 million.. Romney received 60.9 million in 2012. McCain received 59.9 million in 2008. George W. Bush received 62.0 million popular votes in 2004, and 50.4 million in 2000.
Biden ostensibly achieve 81.3 million votes in 2020. If Paul Ryan truly believes the 2020 election counts for both candidate were 100% accurate and not impacted by cheating, if Trump had not run for reelection in 2020, what Republican does Ryan believe could have earned enough votes to beat Biden? What Republican does Ryan believe can even beat Trumps 2020 74 million total in 2024 if Trump is not the nominee.
Does Ryan not realize that if Trump is cheated by the party establishment of the 2024 nomination, the conservative base will stay home and the establishment nominee (Pence, Haley, Pompeo, Hogan, etc) will receive far fewer popular votes than Trump did in 2000 or 2024? Ryan is either delusional or is already rooting for a Democrat winning in 2024 no matter who the Republicans nominate.
--Soul of the South
After shooting himself in the foot a down times in the last month, Trump won’t win the nomination. And DeSantis isn’t a RINO. MCCAIN was. Romney was. DeSantis is not. He’s more conservative than Trump.
Trump pushed trillions in stimulus spending and campaigned in 2020 on spending more. He got in fights with Texas, Florida and Georgia over opening up after the COVID fear porn.
On balance, I thought Trump was a great President. I was proud to vote for him in 2016 & 2020. But he lost. And since then, he’s been making a fool of himself.