billy.pilgrim wrote: ↑Sun Jun 18, 2023 1:41 pm
I don't think that's his fault. Aren't all Republicans losing to Trump? I doubt Biden stands a chance against him.
republicans won the war on education and critical thinking when they turned our schools into trade schools and hom sculs.
There aren't enough hard core Republicans to win an election by themselves in most states. They have to have some of the unaffiliated vote, which isn't mostly going for Trump even if they don't care for Biden. Paul Ryan (remember the moon-barking loon that wanted to get rid of SS and Medicare and was for a while Speaker of the House and is now a voice of "moderation"?) pointed out in Wisconsin that Trump is not going to win there because he lost last time and hasn't done and won't do anything to get more support outside his cult members (my word, not Ryan's)
But the point being, in regard to DeSantis and his fellow, ummmm, "candidates", that they cannot simultaneously oppose and defend Trump. If DeSantis or any of the other passengers in the clown car really think they're a better choice than Trump, they can't be saying "well, Trump's OK, but..." If they really don't want Trump to be the nominee, they've got (1) hammer him; and (2) show that they're something new and different from a Trump wannabe, Trump light, or Trump unhinged.
And I think it's a very good question: why are they losing to a guy with all of Trump's baggage? If they don't know, they might as well drop out now and go back an beg Trump's forgiveness.