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dwayneb

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38. A new dictator will emerge from the MAGA cesspool

Wed Aug 14, 2024, 08:21 AM

Aug 2024

We can't delude ourselves that this will end with Trump. The Fascist Right has been working for decades to install themselves in power in the USA and believe me they won't stop now. It probably won't be one of the current MAGA bootlickers, instead it will be someone from the more organized far Right groups - not Bannon but someone like him.

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Sorry if this has been asked before. What would happen if TFG drops out of the election? [View all] mitch96 Aug 2024 OP

Well, the Democratic candidate dropped out and the VP moved up... NameAlreadyTaken Aug 2024 #1

That was prior to the party's official nomination melm00se Aug 2024 #8

That might have been a better way, actually. yardwork Aug 2024 #23

Republicans get wiped out for a generation? OAITW r.2.0 Aug 2024 #2

Trump will never drop out. Squaredeal Aug 2024 #5

We know that, but what happens to the Republican Party after November? OAITW r.2.0 Aug 2024 #9

The rethugs may get wiped out with Trump as their candidate. OLDMDDEM Aug 2024 #40

No one knows and relayerbob Aug 2024 #3

Republicans in disarray...nt Wounded Bear Aug 2024 #4

The Constitution is silent on this matter melm00se Aug 2024 #6

If memory serves, the electors' obligation to vote for a pledged candidate misanthrope Aug 2024 #13

Is a elector faithless melm00se Aug 2024 #18

I doubt know the details of those various state laws, but if a candidate dropped out or died... RidinWithHarris Aug 2024 #19

It's not a constitutional issue. Political parties aren't part of the Constitution Bucky Aug 2024 #24

It would not matter, because the MAGA Dan Aug 2024 #7

There's hope that without Trump, most won't vote at all. mucholderthandirt Aug 2024 #17

The highly anticipated second episode of the shit show the " Weekend at Bernie's"... Enter stage left Aug 2024 #10

K&R canetoad Aug 2024 #11

Hell will freeze over. Sneederbunk Aug 2024 #12

There is a point where it's impossible to replace VMA131Marine Aug 2024 #14

I presume you mean AFTER the dancing in the street and the riotous luaus? lastlib Aug 2024 #15

The RNC can replace him. They have the option to do it Zoomie1986 Aug 2024 #16

Clarifying... RNC is the RNCommittee, not "Convention" Bucky Aug 2024 #25

Why would he....he's WINNING!! newdayneeded Aug 2024 #20

Not uncharted. GOP rules allow for the Republican Nat'l Cmte to name replacements Bucky Aug 2024 #21

His replacement would probably be a woman - Haley or Tulsi G. ecstatic Aug 2024 #22

They'll pick whoever their told to pick Bucky Aug 2024 #29

The nominee would be Vance and they would lose bigly. Xavier Breath Aug 2024 #26

Not how it works. See below Bucky Aug 2024 #30

Did I say there was a rule, chief? Xavier Breath Aug 2024 #45

Please don't be so sensitive Bucky Aug 2024 #46

My guess ._. Aug 2024 #27

Nah, the RNC hates Haley Bucky Aug 2024 #31

I feel like it's possible for the psychopath to decide to drop out, because the humiliation of loss would be untenable msfiddlestix Aug 2024 #28

I'm thinking that since political experience isnt Alliepoo Aug 2024 #32

For arguments sake, if tsf died..... getagrip_already Aug 2024 #33

This is a very good point. They'd probably pick Lara Trump. yardwork Aug 2024 #39

A jared/lara ticket? getagrip_already Aug 2024 #41

Something like that. yardwork Aug 2024 #42

Not that it's going to happen, but... Jirel Aug 2024 #34

"We have had candidates die between nomination and election" Polybius Aug 2024 #53

If he drops out he goes to prison Takket Aug 2024 #35

Good point. If he did drop out I can see him going to a country with no extradition agreement with the US. mitch96 Aug 2024 #37

He might drop, though. Theoretically. yardwork Aug 2024 #43

Would the new candidate keep Vance? Doubtful. keithbvadu2 Aug 2024 #36

They'd seize the opportunity for a do- over. yardwork Aug 2024 #44

They would not be legally authorized to replace Vance Bucky Aug 2024 #47

A new dictator will emerge from the MAGA cesspool dwayneb Aug 2024 #38

Who could hold it all together? (Ask North Korea) Bucky Aug 2024 #48

Same as if he dies. The party holds a nominating "convention". LeftInTX Aug 2024 #49

What would happen? He'd be buried. Cuz he'd die before dropping out. nt allegorical oracle Aug 2024 #50

Whatever the RNC rules say. He won't drop out though. JohnSJ Aug 2024 #51

The country would run out of champagne two months earlier than expected. /nt bucolic_frolic Aug 2024 #52

His bloated ego will not let him drop out! kimbutgar Aug 2024 #54