Republicans Are Acting Like 2024 Is Their Last Campaign
Lara Trump’s desire to spend “every last penny” on her father-in-law’s reelection is not a healthy sign of a party built to last.
Well, if they get the presidency, it could very well be. If they lose, let's fucking hope so.
God, I hope they lose and the Democrats move much further left, and the Republicans end up where Democrats are now.
Would be a huge improvement.
The American right is bordering on fascism on the political spectrum. I don't say this to be dramatic or to make them look bad.
There's no way Republicans are shifting left with the current political environment. Republicans are rewarded for being outrageous but at the same time are ostracized if they step out of line with Trump.
The problem is that democrats are still center right, they've been pretty open lately (both party and voters) that they see leftists as a WAY bigger enemy than they ever have Republicans/MAGA.
better get the elbow grease ready for that one.
One way or another, it might be.
If Trump wins, it'll likely be the last election we ever have. Dictator on day one and all...
If he doesn't win, he will have drained the party and it's donors of all of their cash.
He already gets the lions share of it and dumps it into a legal black hole, and now Lara plans to divert what little funding was leftover for the local and congressional races to Trump too.
They're literally all in on him, so can they recover in 2 years for the midterms if he cleans them out?
If they have no cash for the midterms and we get a blue wave, what happens to their gerrymandered districts?
This election might be it for them.
"if we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed... and we will deserve it"
— Lindsey Graham
May 3rd 2016
Because it is. There will be no more campaigns and elections after 2024 if the orange wins. It’s not just him but the entire GOP machinery is waiting in the wings armed and ready to bring on fascism as soon as their guy gets in the office and controls the military.
“Stand down and stand by” that was his command to the GOP militia. They are standing by.
“Stand back and stand by.”*
My bad. You’re right.
They don't really plan on having "elections" anymore if they win again.
They don't plan on having elections anymore either way.
The whole thing reminds me of Cersei skipping her trial at the temple. Trump, and the RNC, are willing to lose all of the downstream races as long as Trump wins because they just plan to kill all the democrats as soon as he takes over the armed forces. It's terrifying.
A link to a text description of the story from the TV show "Game of Thrones" (full of spoilers) https://gameofthrones.fandom.com/wiki/Destruction_of_the_Great_Sept_of_Baelor
They already had their last election, there is no more GOP only MAGA and enemies of MAGA.
since then, they've been eyeing the Sudentenland.
The article focuses on Trump and his legal problems and his desperation, but the fact that the Boomers are going to start dying en masse over the next decade (the oldest ones are now 78) is another factor. Their demographic is getting old as shit. That's why they are so desperate as a whole.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/319068/party-identification-in-the-united-states-by-generation/
They are going full blown fascist because it's the only way they're going to be able to retain power in the future.
A huge number, and a disproportionate number at that, of boomers died during covid. We will be feeling that for the next ten years at least.
According to that chart GenX is still a problem and they'll be around for a while. The thing that gets me worried is the huge number of "Independents" in Millennials and GenZ. How many of those are Liberal Independents and how many of those are Conservative Independents? I wish there was a followup question whenever people where given the option of Independent.
I've seen other polls that suggest that Gen X is basically a 50/50 split, which means they kind of cancel each other out. But right wing Gen X'ers are basically Boomer-lites so these annoying conspiracy addled people will be with us for the long haul.
I'm not sure how the independents split in the younger generations, but even if its close to 50/50 that's still a huge boost for the Dems as the Boomers die off.
First half of Gen X is Boomers, young edition. Second half of Gen X is Millenials, old edition. There really is a big line right in the middle somewhere.
Well at least one. I am independent because Democrats are center right and I'm more progressive. I'm older GenX. Husband is much more conservative but all of both our kids think more like me, though they register as D mostly.
It'll probably happen with millennials and younger too. It's true we got fucked over, but for some people it's surprisingly easy "fuck you I got mine" as we age, and there will always be grifters who take advantage of that.
Don't threaten me with a good time
But seriously, I think they have to because with all of their gerrymandering and election prices fuckery, they're still losing elections because of their Nasi-ism and fascist daddy issues being front and center of the party now.
They know damn well the writing is on the wall when the daddy issue boomers are dying quicker than they thought, gen-x is split, the new generation hates Nazis, and the fact that they know they can't not be Nazis without losing their base, if they don't win now and squash democracy now they're going to fade away.
That's not a good thing. They're acting like trapped animals and telling their base this is the country's last chance at the ballot box...
Basically it's a setup for Jan 6th part 2.
For the folks who’d like to read the article before commenting on it. Here is the archive link.
the leading contenders for the new national party leadership have said in plain english and on right wing media that if they get in and take charge that every dollar the party raises will go to electing trump. they are saying this with one big state without state chair, one swing state with a state chair under indictment, and one big swing state with a party civil war. this is notwithstanding me at last reports literally having more money in my checking account than one state's party.
the national party's funds won't go to repair the local infrastructure. or to protect vulnerable members in the house and senate or state houses that are in the balance. the national party's funds will be going straight to trump. the money not going to pay his legal fees that is.
let's hope that their fears come true. because as soon as trump got to power, the republican party has acted like nothing but a cult with a strong religious ferver. having one national party being a literal cult acting as a political party in a country this size is not good for anybody.
Trump sucking up all the down ballet money is excellent.
the fact that he can't restrain himself long enough to stop dumping RNC donations directly into E Jean Carroll's pocket is absolutely delicious
the fact that Republicans are either going to win this next election or commit a bunch of terrorism (and I'm using the inclusive "or" there) is a little less tasty
Trump is a parasite, he has eaten away the Republican party and destroyed it and himself in the process. Personally, I think this is the greatest thing that could happen for this country and international democracy as a whole. Hopefully the Democrats become the next right wing party (they already are right wing) so we can see the emergence of a proper left wing party (and by left I mean Socialism).
Personally, I think this is the greatest thing that could happen for this country and international democracy as a whole.
Not if he wins. If he wins, it could very well be the end of democracy not just in the US but also in countries that are unlucky enough to border Russia or China. Would probably embolden the slide towards fascism in India as well.
That's without even mentioning the irreversible damage that would be caused to the climate.
This is my take on it as well. Let's hope we aren't wrong!
By 'her father-in-law's reelection,' they mean his legal bills. Please drain the war chest!
A lot of groups are acting like there isn't going to be any consequences, like this is a winner-takes-all time.
I think they know big changes are coming. Once the climate shitshow really hits (very soon!) they're gone so their planning horizon has shortened.
Dare to dream
Last campaign as in more like a final solution.
Crazy animals get dangerous when backed into a corner.
If they don’t win, it will be—for them. If they do win, no one will need to campaign again.
On the one hand, the GOP will be lost after Trump... On the other, the concept of elections so be lost if the GOP get their way.
wait who the fuck is Lara Trump? I don't recall this one from before.
Jr's wife I think?
Jr left his wife to be with the truck stop version of his 2nd stepmother.
Eric's wife
Some idiot who did a cover of Tom Petty’s “I Won’t Back Down” and managed to make it sound like Hillary Clinton doing karaoke, then claimed it was being shadow-banned by Apple Music because 🧠 🪱
Maybe she's Laura trump's sister.
Inshallah
🤞
Careful with that monkey paw.
I dunno, Trump got more voters in 2020 than in 2016. I am afraid they are going to win.
The RNC is out of money. Trump is going to spend his money on legal expenses and penalties.
He's not going to be able to effectively campaign in the mouths leading up to the election because of a bunch of court dates between now and then.
It's only going to get worse for Trump as we get closer to the election. Biden is just starting to sort of campaign.
Trump's chances of winning are lower than it seems. Not that we shouldn't all vote because he absolutely will burn shit to the ground if we give him another chance.
Considering how deeply MAGAts are choking on his shriveled cheeto, the only campaign he cares about is "in the mouths".
He has a real shot at winning but it all depends on if people in the suburbs feel like giving him another chance.
Good
No really, they're acting like they won't have to campaign anymore because they'll get to be dictator after thst
I always find it hilarious that Lara considers herself important in any capacity
Let’s hope
Wow! There is a duck with a microphone!
Gods willing
We can only hope. ‘Bout time we smelt the rotting carcasses on either side of the room
It is:
There will be no US of A 8y after Trump is crowned GEOTUS:
( GEOTUS means "God Emperor Of The United States", and you can go on wikipedia & search for GEOTUS, and you'll be surrepticiously landed on the Donald Trump page,
because they hid that there IS a GEOTUS page on wikipedia, in order to not have it show-up in the search-statistics, and did-so by altering their search-logic for that special-case.
The US Civil War Part2 will have butchered faaar too much of the population & country,
& the eastern-seaboard should get chopped-off by a tsunami as sea-level-rise floods-into ( thereby lubricating ) the unstable Canary Island ( volcanic: it isn't solid rock, it is zillions of pieces of rock formed-onto each-other, but not bonded-together, so it's completely fragile ), and the extra-kinetic-energy of hurricanes/cyclones has obviously jumped, lately, that energy only has to bear on that island, and the ( already modeled ) tsunami will then be shoved into existence by a cubic-km of rock shoving the Atlantic our way.
As Scientific American published awhile ago that +2C means 6m sea-level-rise, and we've already crossed the +1.52C level, in the past 12 months, so ClimatePunctuation is going to continue accelerating WAAAY quicker than all the bullshit "consensus" models said, and we're going to continue ignoring/denying everything until it's bullets-in-everbody-time, because That's How We "Cope".
The Great Filter, demonstrated, systematically.
Stupid waste of potential & opportunity, but that's the best we could do, so our action proves.
Corrution won't permit objectivity to control anything in our world, and we .. accommodate that.
Until we're gone.