[central_va]

Credit? I wish RDS would drop out.

[Reno89519]

As I said, NO! Regardless of the persecution, if anyone should drop out, it should be Trump. Anyway, we really should wait until Tuesday to see the real charges. By the way, we still haven't seen the details from New York either. I absolutely agree that Trump is being persecuted, that the last election was stolen by the censorship, corrupt actions of the FBI and DOJ, and media, and by poor election integrity. But that doesn't mean Trump cannot be challenged for the 2024 ballot. And trashing DeSantis and others just to clear a path for Trump is destructive, loses more votes than it gains.

Sadly, Trump, all of the competing candidates, the Republican party, and all Republican voters are in a pickle, we can't have a fair campaign, we've got a candidate that is challenging and persecuted, that would have lots of issues to address if not persecuted by the Democrats and government. Yes, all this makes it difficult to discuss Trump's personal behavior, his bad hiring choices, his fleeting success in the first term, the failure of those to be lasting (because the were EO instead of binding legislation). His candidacy should be judged on his success and failures, and whether we want four more years of the same. Instead, now we are stuck defending against Democrat persecution.