"Impeach the president again" opinion piece, Boston Globe

[Jon King]

22. I disagree, we want him to say 2024...

No, we want Trump to pretend to run in 2024. Of course he has no intention of it. Without the incumbency to pay his expenses he would run a broke campaign, the change in demographics in the suburbs guarantees he never wins key swing states again, and how much he further motivated black voters means they would show up today to vote against him in 4 years if that is what it took, he would lose by 12-15 million votes. And he knows it. Saying 2024 is just another grift from the rubes to send him money.

But we want him to pretend to run so it destroys the Repub field. No one can get a serious campaign going while Trump pretends to be interested. If he subs in a surrogate at a late moment, they would have the Trump tarnish without his entire cult....again, a loss by 12-15 million votes. Even better, a primary candidate tries to out Trump Trump and splinters off the nuttiest third. That would destroy the Repub party for a generation.

The longer Trump retains pull in the party, the more their base ages, dies off, loses economic power, and they make no inroads with younger voters. I hope Trump lives to 100 if he stays out of jail and continues to be the face of the Repubs. That dooms them for decades to being a red state party while the future leaves them far behind.

As maddening as it will be to see him hold rallies and tweet crap, the longer Trump stays in charge of the party the weaker and more isolated it will become. In the long game, more Trump with no power is better for the Dems. A constant reminder to the majority of the country as to why Repubs can never be trusted with the Presidency again.