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These might be the good old days. Go outside, feel the grass, say wassup to your neighbors,... whatever you do that means community, because sh*t might get bad for a while.

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[–] [email protected] 172 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

I just hope if he loses, it’s by a wide margin so there’s no challenge. Just decisive victory and we can all move on….

[–] [email protected] 146 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Don’t underestimate their tactic. For the republican presidential campaign, they will recognize only one of two outcomes: victory, or election tampering/fraud/manipulation. And, the wider the margin of win, the stronger the rhetoric will be.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago

Trump insisted he won the popular vote in 2016. That was him setting this whole thing up.

[–] [email protected] 57 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

As long as he loses I think it’s mostly good. He currently does not hold the levers of power, and I think as much as his supporters like to play the victim, I think a second loss will lead to evaporating support. Hard to pretend to be a strongman when you look weak

[–] [email protected] 49 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

A second loss should be a death knell of the current Republican party. He won't transition any of his power to Vance or any other Republicans. He could die and we still would see 10% of the Americans to vote for him in 2028 because his death was just media propaganda as far as they are concerned.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Stop teasing me with best case scenarios.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago

His breakfast Big Mac could still go down wrong this morning.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

I can easily see the party fracture, Republicans and MAGA. If they do split it may be a while before they come back into power.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

10%? Try 25%-30%

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

His rallies have fizzled and I suspect this year (unlike 2016) a lot of these attendees were paid for their attendance, hence the common early exodus we have seen from his “supporters”.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 weeks ago

Expect the challenge. I've been watching the usual suspects on Twitter, they're completely bwashed into thinking there's only one possible outcome, and if it goes against them it means there's been election fraud. They're already calling it a landslide.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago

Trump will challenge no matter what the margin is, if he loses. He will never concede because he’s a narcissistic loser and his moron followers will blindly do his bidding, especially on the next January 6.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

I hoped for his removal.

[–] gravitas_deficiency 1 points 2 weeks ago

Tbh I’m honestly kinda surprised that electoral fuckery wasn’t even needed.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

If we are being honest I suspect this election will be tight. Let's try not to pull a democrat this time. In 2020 they voted to uphold the election without any recounts because there was a democrat majority in Congress. When you are elected leader it is your job to serve the people. They should've at least looked into Trumps claims even if they were fabricated.

[–] phdepressed 8 points 2 weeks ago

They did... and found nothing except an occasional republican fraud. The facts don't matter to facists.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

They should’ve at least looked into Trumps claims even if they were fabricated.

to be clear, trump has made 10x the amount of public claims, privately, every single one was either incredibly illegal. Or fucking wrong. Not a single one was correct.