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What are these morons thinking? The best thing that could happen in this race is let Trump be the GOP nominee. He lost to Biden 4 years ago. With all the new shit that has been discovered, do we think he would actually gain support?? No. Of course not. We know he won't lose his core base, but he would lose to Biden with an even bigger margin.
Biden is far more uncertain of victory if he is going up against someone nearly as awful as Trump but younger and a fresh face. Someone who most Americans aren't as familiar with. DeSatan or Vivek could pose a much bigger threat to Joe.
They are thinking precedent matters, because it absolutely does
You are implying that a different republican nominee could possibly do better than Trump. Do you think DeSantis, Pence, Ramaswamy or whoever could do better than Trump in the general election? Really?
Maybe? Republicans are generally going to vote for whomever gets the Republican nomination, but Trump is so over the top that some moderate Republicans just can't swallow voting for him. He's defending himself against multiple felony indictments, and not everyone is able to brush that off. They may not love someone like Pence, but that may not be different from the number of Democrats who think Biden is too old but will vote for him because he's the Democrat running.
They are all awful pieces of garbage, but from a general population (not just Republicans), all of them would do better than Trump. Zero doubt about that. The fact that they are "somebody different" or "not as old as Joe" would gain those people votes.
Pence was Trump's pathetic bootlicker for 99% of his presidency. DeSantis is a whiny quitter, denying his people federal aid when offered. Ramaswamy is just copying Trump's bs rhetoric (and many republicans are racist).
You are assuming that Trump voters are rational.
Some people will vote for Trump just to see the world burn