03-21-2023, 05:33 PM
(03-21-2023, 04:38 PM)BIGDADDYFROMCINCINNATI Wrote: It would be a smart move for the GOP to move on to DeSantis and distance themselves from Trump. Trump has cost the GOP the last 3-elections and will continue to cost them elections.
Easier said than done when a significant portion of your voter base was allowed to believe that Trump has never lost an election fairly. DeSantis was asked about Trump's legal troubles and he spent most of the time talking about how the charges against him were being made by biased and crooked members of the justice system.
How is the GOP supposed to move on from Trump when his biggest republican opponent is defending and validating his rhetoric? The issue DeSantis and Haley have is that Trump is the GOP now, and by saying they should be the nominee in 2024 they would be saying that Trump should NOT or that they can do a better job than Trump and a lot of the GOP's base isn't going to want to hear that or believe it.
Whether you like his policies or not, Trump is a narcissist and when you enter into a relationship with a narcissist, when you make excuses for a narcissist, and lie for a narcissist that relationship isn't over until the narcissist decides it is. Conservatives may want to walk out the door and head over to Ron's house, but Trump is standing by the door in a tank top saying "Where do you think YOU'RE going?!"
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