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Trump Is Still the One. The Only One. Now More Than Ever
NewsWeak ^ | 5/24/23 | Monica Crowley

Posted on 06/05/2023 6:15:32 PM PDT by SoConPubbie

In American politics, there's Donald Trump—and then there's everyone else.

No other figure, including the sitting President, comes close to Trump's outsized political influence. This is doubly true in the Republican Party, which Trump has single-handedly redefined with his America First populism. Since 2016, Trump has dominated the party like a colossus, despite endless uni-party attempts to stop him. The fact that he's still standing has bestowed a certain sense of invincibility upon him, which will be nearly impossible for any Republican challenger to overcome.

The GOP primary battle has now been joined by Governor Ron DeSantis, who followed Senator Tim Scott, former Governor Nikki Haley, and star investor Vivek Ramaswamy. All are highly accomplished, talented leaders. But there is a big difference between being a successful governor, legislator, or entrepreneur, and running for President. And it's something else entirely to run for President against Donald Trump. In the political ring, he is unlike any other combatant, as the graveyard of his previous GOP opponents attests.

To try to beat him, the current candidates will argue two main points: First, they will argue that unlike Trump, they could win a general election. Second, they will claim that if elected, they could advance his America First policies without being weighed down by his distracting baggage.

But neither of those claims holds water. When it comes to electability, a big portion of Republican voters believe there were significant enough shenanigans in the 2020 election to render its outcome problematic at best; we now know for example that former acting CIA Director Mike Morell was prompted by then-candidate Joe Biden's presidential campaign to rally 50 colleagues to sign a letter they knew was false alleging that Hunter Biden's actual laptop

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 00011onlytrump; desantis; monicacrowley; trump; trump2024
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To: Taxman

ping


21 posted on 06/05/2023 7:34:19 PM PDT by Taxman (SAVE AMERICA! VOTE REPUBLICAN IN 2023 AND 2024!)
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To: Recompennation

Trump 2024 or before!


22 posted on 06/05/2023 7:58:36 PM PDT by Candor7 ( ( Ask not for whom THE Trump trolls...He trolls for thee!)<img src=""width=500></img>)
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To: SoConPubbie

I agree. However, he will never be elected unless he gets his act together and starts acting like a president of United States, Instead of an imbecile. All he has to do is pretend to be Ronald Reagan. Landslide.


23 posted on 06/05/2023 8:14:39 PM PDT by Captain Jack Aubrey (There's not a moment to lose.)
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To: Captain Jack Aubrey

He was elected twice with the same personality he has now. Besides changing to act like Reagan, or like anyone else, for that matter is not his style. That’s what professional politicians do. They reinvent themselves. Trump is who is and that’s his greatest asset.


24 posted on 06/05/2023 8:45:29 PM PDT by mbrfl
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To: mbrfl

Exactly.

P. S. I read somewhere today that a USPS truck driver admitted to shipping thousands of ballots from New York State to Pennsylvania in late October 2020.

One small step in the direction of uncovering the fraud. I wonder what excuses the Rats and Fox-RINOs will concoct…


25 posted on 06/05/2023 9:11:03 PM PDT by rfp1234 (E Porcibus Unum )
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To: devere

“Sadly, Trump is the only Republican who can lose in 2024.”

ROTFLOL!

you made my day with that one!


26 posted on 06/05/2023 9:27:02 PM PDT by catnipman (In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science: stolen elections have consequences)
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To: rfp1234

Yes, I saw that too. I remember when it happened but had forgotten about it. I’ll have to add it to my file of 2020 voter fraud evidence, that I like to share with people who are still dismissive of the fraud claims.

It’s somewhat encouraging that we’re starting to see more and more of these stories that vindicate what we’ve been saying all along. How much of a real effect they will have on actually changing things, who knows? But I’m starting to feel guardedly optimistic that we may be turning a corner of some kind.


27 posted on 06/05/2023 9:29:18 PM PDT by mbrfl
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To: catnipman; devere

He already beat Biden last time. Do you fools honestly believe it will be harder to do, this time?


28 posted on 06/05/2023 9:37:39 PM PDT by mbrfl
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To: devere
Sadly, Trump is the only Republican who can lose in 2024

Except almost all the current polling says the exact opposite.

This is where you, being the POC DeSanctimonious supporter state polls are worthless this far put and declare that your opinion is more accurate then polling results.
29 posted on 06/05/2023 9:59:54 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Trump has all the right enemies, DeSantis has all the wrong friends.)
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To: SoConPubbie

Unless we desire to MAGA, we will desist.


30 posted on 06/05/2023 11:16:31 PM PDT by 353FMG (Secretly practicing my Putin swagger..)
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To: mbrfl

If history repeats itself, we’re all fu’d.


31 posted on 06/05/2023 11:28:50 PM PDT by 353FMG (Secretly practicing my Putin swagger..)
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To: SoConPubbie

Bkmk


32 posted on 06/06/2023 1:07:55 AM PDT by sauropod (“If they don’t believe our lies, well, that’s just conspiracy theorist stuff, there.”)
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To: JJBookman

True, they would enjoy cheating him (us) again and giving us four more years of weekend at Bernies. PDJT will forever be remembered for allowing the facist hordes to stampede us into mail-in ballot stuffing oblivion.


33 posted on 06/06/2023 2:28:54 AM PDT by Theophilus (flush the alphabet soup!)
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To: JJBookman

True, they would enjoy cheating him (us) again and giving us four more years of weekend at Bernies. PDJT will forever be remembered for allowing the facist hordes to stampede us into mail-in ballot stuffing oblivion.


34 posted on 06/06/2023 2:28:54 AM PDT by Theophilus (flush the alphabet soup!)
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To: rfp1234
Absentee ballots should be used only for our people in the armed services overseas. They should be brought by military transport to the place where they are counted.

Everyone eles needs to report to their polling place.

35 posted on 06/06/2023 10:37:40 AM PDT by GingisK
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