I genuinely do not understand Republicans. Why cling to a guy who is a proven loser? You know Biden is going to be the nominee. You know Trump lost to Biden. Why repeat the thing?

[–] silent_water@hexbear.net 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

he makes libs mad. not much else actually matters to them.

[–] demonquark@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So does meatball Ron. Or Nikki Haley. Although tbh, she is more frustrating than infuriating.

[–] silent_water@hexbear.net 18 points 2 years ago

nah, no one else comes close. it hasn't been THAT long since liberals were proclaiming Desantis as the reasonable alternative to Trump - much to the horror of queer people everywhere.

[–] EnsignRedshirt@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago

Half the Republican base believes that the election was stolen and that he should still be the president right now. It’s really not surprising.

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago

Trump isn't actually a politician. He's a cult leader with a political operation. And the religion is Trumpism.

[–] Zuzak@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago

If you feel like Biden's term has sucked, Trump might have better odds this time
Biden's margin wasn't that big to start with
There's a lot of people who are big into Trump and nominating someone else could alienate them.
Who else are they gonna pick?

[–] AmarkuntheGatherer@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Wow, thanks mate, I had no idea politicians were idealised rock-paper-scissors entities.

Or, and I'm not saying usian right-liberals know this, there's a difference. Trump had just let hundreds of thousands die and Biden had the nostalgia of 4 years prior, and he still barely won. Now the situation is reversed. Biden's got a large popularity deficit and I doubt rotting corpse energy will change that tide well.