Republicans Will Regret a Second Trump Term

The New York Times ^ | July 13, 2024, 7:00 a.m. ET | Bret Stephens

[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.

[gdzla]

“Republicans Will Regret a Second Trump Term”

A threat and a warning.

[Candor7]

"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.">>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

BUahahahahahahahahahahaha!

WHat they say might be true IF Trump was a sock puppet like BIden, but Trump is not a puppet. NO Obama will be forcing Trump's hand.Thats why the left is so desperate.THeor power will be gone.Bumpkiss. The left can re-energize all it wants...America is sick of theor shenanigans...open borders, etc.

America is about to be returned to the People and to the Constitution....a hugely horrible thing that fuels these wild predictions......YOu'll Be Soreeeee !

BUahahahhaahahahahaha!

NO we won't be sorry. We will be victorious in the name of God and Country. And we will have revented the Obamaleftist plan to transform America into the UNited Socilaist Islamic Republic of Zimbabwe.

May God bless and protect his faithful servant,President Donald J Trump.

[alstewartfan]

Your concern is noted.

[Robert DeLong]

Keep dreaming Bret and pray to Moloch.

[Baldwin77]

If the Dems hadn’t persecuted him so much, I might have considered other options. One of the main reasons I’m voting for him is we cannot let them get away with law fare. If they succeed, they’ll do it again and again. One way to stop them is to get Trump elected.

[kosciusko51]

The GOP-E aka RINOs will. The rest of us will be fine.

The only real negative consequences will be the left raging and destroying.

[Vermont Lt]

The Rs should take the Senate this cycle, mostly because of the number of open seats and the shear number of contested seats. There hasn’t been a set up like this in a decade.

The reason the Ds are freaking out right now is that the down ticket from Biden is seeing the chances of the Rs retaining the House increase. Jeffries was planning on being Speaker and that appears to be slipping away.

If the down ticket fails this time, it would make the “Red Wave” failure of 2022 look tame by comparison.

In typical Republican fashion, I expect our side to overplay their hand and push hard on abortion and things like religion in school—two areas they should avoid. This is especially true in purple states.

It is way, way too early to be measuring any offices in DC for drapes.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

... Do Democrats really think they can run on her non-handling of the border crisis, her reputation for managerial incompetence or her verbal gaffes? ...

Poor Kamala has gone from on her knees to under the bus.

[ganeemead]

Looking forward to all this regret and watching demopoops and rinos like this idiot caterwaul and cry...

[vetvetdoug]

Trust the NYT...the paper that supported Stalin and Hitler and ignored the Holocaust.

[WeaslesRippedMyFlesh]

Obama was a natural born citizen

The virus was from a wet market

...

[Bob434]

They must get paid by the word, so their columns are a 1000 words to essentially say “Trump Is A Big Old Doody Head!”

[SaveFerris]

[Bret Stephens]

[allendale]

Rational, decent people recognize that America will not survive a second Biden cabal term. Elect Trump or say goodbye forever to freedom, liberty and prosperity.

[Jeff Vader]

that’s a girl? I thought it was some beta dude

[PGalt]

Don’t bet on it, Bret.

[yldstrk]

Republicans can, but may not, learn how to govern from a second term Trump.

[cdcdawg]

Sorry, Bret, but the freaking out by you people will overshadow anything negative that could possibly result from Trump winning.

[WeaslesRippedMyFlesh]

poor assumption on my part
my bad
i’ll take the hit

[bgill]

The Slimes strikes again.

No, Trump won’t be as successful this time, maybe. This country had the chance to be great again if his successive 2nd term hadn’t been stolen. But the demonrats have had 4 years to intentionally destroy the country and have the entire planet looking at nuclear war. That’s proof the DNC hate their children and grandchildren.