03-22-2023, 12:37 AM
(03-21-2023, 05:33 PM)Nately120 Wrote: 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?!"
Exactly, I know it's easier said than done with Trump being a malignant narcissist and that's why the GOP will continue to promote Trump's grievances, it's b/c they're cowards. Trump is a malignant tumor within the GOP and until they decide to cut the cancer out and move on, he will continue to cost them elections. I said they'd be smart to move on with DeSantis, but I don't think they'll do it.
It'll always be b/c Trump will say he was cheated just like he said when Cruz and Kasich beat him in the 2015 primaries. In over 60 court cases, zero evidence was ever presented there was any widespread election fraud. Fox executives and top anchors testified it was all a lie to try and retain viewership and they admit they're not a credible source of factual news, only opinion for entertainment purposes only. Fox tabloid news. The GOP has created its own monster and now they'll have to live with it.
Mitch McConnell gets it, but still, when he had the chance in the second impeachment for the failed coup attack on our Capitol and Constitution he turned into a spineless worm. McCarthy did the same.
