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milestogo

(16,829 posts) Sat Oct 19, 2019, 05:12 PM Oct 2019

Why does everyone assume that Trump will be the Republican nominee?

The party has many good reasons to dump him and go with a more traditional Republican candidate.

Now that people have seen what he is about, isn't it possible someone else could be the nominee?

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Why does everyone assume that Trump will be the Republican nominee? (Original Post) milestogo Oct 2019 OP

I thought I read somewhere recently Ohiogal Oct 2019 #1

No. He's the GOP's dream candidate. Aristus Oct 2019 #2

He's their guy because he doesn't CARE about anything except money and glory and they can give him NCLefty Oct 2019 #8

he will. the republican electorate is the party of trump now. will be for years to come. Kurt V. Oct 2019 #3

Maybe it's the line outside the Oval waiting to kiss his ass. Vinca Oct 2019 #4

He's far and away their best hope for keeping the White House. Garrett78 Oct 2019 #5

no primaries scarytomcat Oct 2019 #6

He'd win in a landslide anyway. The primaries would damage him somewhat, though. Garrett78 Oct 2019 #9

The RNC said, out loud, that they would not recognize any other candidate. dixiegrrrrl Oct 2019 #12

Simply put, because his rabid cult can be counted on to turn out to vote. n/t Still Sensible Oct 2019 #7

This is not 1976 DFW Oct 2019 #10

Because he is still raking in the money for the gop DetroitLegalBeagle Oct 2019 #11

Just curious, where is William Weld? smirkymonkey Oct 2019 #13

Because he is popular within his shrinking party Politicub Oct 2019 #14

Ohiogal

(32,006 posts)

1. I thought I read somewhere recently

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Sat Oct 19, 2019, 05:15 PM

Oct 2019

That 80 or 90 percent of registered Republicans think he’s great and is doing a swell job.

So .... no.

Aristus

(66,388 posts)

2. No. He's the GOP's dream candidate.

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Sat Oct 19, 2019, 05:22 PM

Oct 2019

They've been working toward Trump for forty years now.

Every Republican President since Nixon has had features that didn't sit well with the mouth-breathing meth-heads the repukes count on to go to the polls.

Nixon created the EPA, signed the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts, and thought certain aspects of the social safety net were warranted.

Reagan offered amnesty to undocumented immigrants.

Bush Sr. had a functioning brain and a record of honorable public service.

Bush Jr., bad a President as he was, increased efforts to stem the tide of HIV in Africa.

The repukes don't want a President with even a hint of empathy or sense of public duty. Trump is their guy.

NCLefty

(3,678 posts)

8. He's their guy because he doesn't CARE about anything except money and glory and they can give him

Reply to Aristus (Reply #2)

Sat Oct 19, 2019, 05:54 PM

Oct 2019

that in spades in return for signing all their wishlist items and installing their super-conservative lifetime judges. It's a bargain made in hell for the rest of America.

Kurt V.

(5,624 posts)

3. he will. the republican electorate is the party of trump now. will be for years to come.

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Sat Oct 19, 2019, 05:26 PM

Oct 2019

even post trump.

Vinca

(50,278 posts)

4. Maybe it's the line outside the Oval waiting to kiss his ass.

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Sat Oct 19, 2019, 05:28 PM

Oct 2019

Garrett78

(10,721 posts)

5. He's far and away their best hope for keeping the White House.

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Sat Oct 19, 2019, 05:30 PM

Oct 2019

If Republicans turn on him, they'll pay a dear price in 2020. It's going to take much, much more than the Ukraine call and emolument clause violations to get even 5 Republican Senators to convict, much less 20.

scarytomcat

(1,706 posts)

6. no primaries

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Sat Oct 19, 2019, 05:42 PM

Oct 2019

Garrett78

(10,721 posts)

9. He'd win in a landslide anyway. The primaries would damage him somewhat, though.

Reply to scarytomcat (Reply #6)

Sat Oct 19, 2019, 05:57 PM

Oct 2019

And that's why states are refusing to hold a primary. But there's no way any of his challengers would defeat him.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

12. The RNC said, out loud, that they would not recognize any other candidate.

Reply to scarytomcat (Reply #6)

Sat Oct 19, 2019, 08:56 PM

Oct 2019

They would not support anyone other than trump.

I remember them saying that because it made my day, seeing albatross trump around the necks of the GOP.

Still Sensible

(2,870 posts)

7. Simply put, because his rabid cult can be counted on to turn out to vote. n/t

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Sat Oct 19, 2019, 05:45 PM

Oct 2019

DFW

(54,405 posts)

10. This is not 1976

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Sat Oct 19, 2019, 06:10 PM

Oct 2019

The Republican Party is not interested in "decent" any more. They won in 1952 and 1956 with "decent." They won in 1968 and 1972 with "awful," and decided that worked better for the times. If someone like Gerry Ford were to challenge Trump for the nomination next year, he wouldn't get beyond single digits in the polls. He wouldn't invited to a Republican Primary Debate if he were the only one running.

DetroitLegalBeagle

(1,924 posts)

11. Because he is still raking in the money for the gop

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Sat Oct 19, 2019, 06:36 PM

Oct 2019

His campaign and the RNC raised $125 million in the last quarter. Plus, his approval rating among the gop is still 80+%.

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)

13. Just curious, where is William Weld?

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Sat Oct 19, 2019, 09:05 PM

Oct 2019

I thought he was running against president Dipshit?

Politicub

(12,165 posts)

14. Because he is popular within his shrinking party

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Sat Oct 19, 2019, 09:13 PM

Oct 2019

There are only a handful of republicans who have dared to speak against him.

The gop is getting off on the destruction. They’re angling for a thousand-year reich at this point, and Trump is the easily manipulative agent who is all too willing to destroy his country.

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