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Rhiannon12866

(209,526 posts)
Thu Mar 14, 2024, 08:26 PM Mar 2024

Trump's election math problem: Some in the GOP are not willing to blindly follow Trump - Deadline - MSNBC



Sarah Longwell, Founder of Republican Voters Against Trump, and Michael Steele, former Chairman of the Republican National Committee, join Nicolle Wallace on Deadline: White House to discuss the consistent math problem that Donald Trump faces within his own party with voters who will not vote for him and how it spells trouble for his re-election chances. - Aired on 03/14/2024.
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Trump's election math problem: Some in the GOP are not willing to blindly follow Trump - Deadline - MSNBC (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Mar 2024 OP
They are realizing he can't actually jail and execute people who don't toe the line ColinC Mar 2024 #1
But knowing that this is the threat, why would anyone support him?! We aren't Russia, North Korea or Hungary! Rhiannon12866 Mar 2024 #2
Most of his supporters might be ignorant of that fact ColinC Mar 2024 #3
He's proven to be the opposite of even Reagan Rhiannon12866 Mar 2024 #4
Yeah ColinC Mar 2024 #5

Rhiannon12866

(209,526 posts)
2. But knowing that this is the threat, why would anyone support him?! We aren't Russia, North Korea or Hungary!
Thu Mar 14, 2024, 08:45 PM
Mar 2024

Rhiannon12866

(209,526 posts)
4. He's proven to be the opposite of even Reagan
Thu Mar 14, 2024, 09:10 PM
Mar 2024

Who was extremely tough on Russia, supported immigration and joined all the former presidents at the time to get Clinton's Assault Weapons Ban passed.

ColinC

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5. Yeah
Thu Mar 14, 2024, 09:46 PM
Mar 2024

Last edited Thu Mar 14, 2024, 11:24 PM - Edit history (1)

Cults of personality don’t really have much logic to them. A lot of his supporters also supported Obama -and even Bernie(people who have absolutely nothing in common with Trump policy-wise at all)

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