Posted on 04/26/2023 7:25:30 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
“I think, in terms of movement—you can use that word if you want—but I think it’s even stronger than it was in 2016,” Trump said in an interview backstage after his speech to the annual National Rifle Association (NRA) gathering here earlier this month. “People saw what we can do.”
Indiana, where Breitbart News interviewed Trump, is a particularly historic place for Trump’s political rise. It is here where Trump finalized his 2016 insurgent takeover of the GOP, becoming the presumptive presidential nominee in 2016 after he vanquished Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and then-Ohio Gov. John Kasich in the final primary in which they competed before suspending their campaigns.
That May 3, 2016, primary shocked the world, as Cruz’s and Kasich’s decisions to drop out after losing it to Trump meant that the political outsider and businessman had solidified his grip on the GOP and would a few months later formally win the GOP nomination on the floor of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland in the summer of 2016. Trump also selected the then-governor of Indiana, Mike Pence, as his running mate in 2016. While Trump and Pence have fallen out since the 2020 election, the two worked well together during Trump’s four years in the White House—a relationship that began here in Indiana in 2016.
“I love Indiana,” Trump told Breitbart News.
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Asked why he thinks this movement is bigger and stronger than it was in 2016, Trump said that people feel like their country is slipping away from them.
“They want their country back. It’s simple,” Trump said. “They want their country back. Their country has been taken away from them. On top of it, whenever something happens, they get accused of the worst things. All they want is common sense. You know what it’s about? We can all say we’re conservative or this or that, but it’s really about common sense. We need borders. We need good schools. We want low prices. We don’t want inflation. We want a strong military. We want no regulations or as little as possible. You know, it’s common sense—most of it. They want that back.”
He said that some people over Easter were painting potatoes because they could not afford eggs under Biden’s abysmal economy.
“They couldn’t get eggs,” Trump said.
“I just think that the spirit now, and you’re looking at the polls—once I started campaigning because I announced just prior to the year. I announced just prior to the beginning of the year, and then the media said, ‘he hasn’t done a rally,’ and I said, ‘it’s two years to go,’ well now we’re getting very close,” Trump said.
The only thing more delusional than Trump are those who follow him. He has surrounded himself with an echo chamber of yes-men who tell him all the favorable polls are correct and all the unfavorable polls are nonsense. This is going to be a disaster, just like the mid-terms.
Yep.
In 2016 we were only at risk of losing the Country; now we are at risk of losing the Country and getting NUKED! thanks to the senile Pedophile in the White House.
It’s stronger among some Republicans and will mostly likely lead to the GOP nomination. But if he thinks he’ll have more indie support than 2016, he’s not even close.
Yep.
Well said. Trump’s losing streak is bested only by the French army.
It’s obvious that democrats are not happy with Biden this time around. I’m hoping that the man and woman on the ground that runs the democrat election cheat machine will think of their families, their children, and grandchildren first. Never know.
Yep, and I’m voting for him.
Yet, I saw a “DeSantis For President “ commercial during History’s “Secret of SkinWalker Ranch”, last evening on my 82” Samsung’s ROKU TV. Looks like he’s “in” the fray.
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What’s that at the table?
I’m stealing that pic.
Oh ok. Never Trumpers who will sink the ship to prove themselves correct
How many elections does Trump need to lose before you realize women and independents will never vote for him again? 2? 3? 4???
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