The Democratic strategy for 2024 isnāt difficult to determine: run the same playbook that worked in 2020. Turn the election into a referendum on Donald Trump and tie every other GOP candidate on the ballot to mega-MAGA Republicans. Right now, about 56 percent of Americans feel unfavorably toward Trump, and just 40 percent feel favorably toward him. Donald Trump is the ultimate established brand in politics; thereās little reason to think that many Americans will change their mind about him between now and the next election. Itās extremely hard to win 270 electoral votes with such a low ceiling of support.
You can hear the theme of the lefts candidate speech already: āThis election is about the future, but Donald Trump is obsessed with the past.ā
The electorate thinks Joe Biden is too old and doesnāt like Kamala Harris at all. But no one drives the Democratic Partyās turnout as effectively as Donald Trump does, and few Republicans repel independent voters the way Trump does.
I guess we are going to have wait and see if what you are saying turns out to be true. These are uncharted waters in uncertain times and still a long way to go till we get to November 2024 and anything can happen between now and then.
One thing I will say about Trump in the current timeline, is that he is still drawing record crowds unlike Biden and his Republican opponents and polling in that direction favors Trump as well, so who knows. You could be right, but way too early to determine such outcomes.
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This has been Trumpās strategy so far. Not the usual play.
Many forget that itās over a year away.
Including losers here who keep purposely bumping their threads that no one reads. Talk is cheap though and I agree, a year is a long way away!
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No not yet! But working on it with a rusty old bike I overpaid for.
Some canāt sleep because their passive aggressive brains donāt allow them to! Is it old age or obsessive compulsive disorder?
One year and three months away? Any false flags in the works?
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I would gladly accept either.
The reality of real, proven, government lies and conspiracies helps explain the attraction of false flag conspiracy theories.
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Old hat and no new ideas. The bar is often lowered when such mentally challenged losers are allowed to comment here.
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What the US media dosnāt tell us:
The US is set to announce a new pledge to buy $1.3bn worth of military aid for Kyiv in the coming days, two anonymous US officials told the Reuters news agency.
I thought your constitution states that such exports needs congressional approval?
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Should be most interesting how Biden intends to finance the 1.3 billion.
A brain dead moron that robs the country blind while destroying everything along the way . Genderbending halfwits
How could it possibly be worse than the Trump fiasco that is unfolding or another 4 years of he king of dementia.
Now on the 2024 ballot: Trumpās freedom
For Donald Trump, the 2024 campaign is more than a race to return to the White House ā itās a fight to stay out of prison.
Legal experts say itās unlikely that Trumpās criminal trial in federal court will be resolved before the November 2024 election. So whoever wins the presidency could be in position to influence Trumpās case.
Why it matters: If Trump is the GOP nominee next year, he essentially could be campaigning for his freedom ā an unprecedented scenario in the United States. Winning the presidency would give him a chance to install sympathetic Justice Department officials, or even try to pardon himself if heās convicted.
- Such a pardon would be legally untested, but Trump, as president, was reported to have expressed interest in a self-pardon after his attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election culminated in the riot at the Capitol.
- Even if Trump isnāt the Republican nominee next year, some of his GOP rivals already are pledging to either pardon him or significantly restructure the Justice Department in ways that might help him if they win.
Zoom in: Legal experts across the spectrum said the detailed, 49-page indictment unsealed Friday presents huge risks to the former president.
- It lays out 37 felony counts ā including 31 charges of unauthorized retention of classified information about the nationās defense, a violation under the Espionage Act. If found guilty, he could spend the rest of his life in prison.
- Special counsel Jack Smith said Friday his office āwill seek a speedy trial.ā
- But many legal experts, even Trump critics, are skeptical Smithās team can complete a trial before the election ā especially given Trumpās long history of maneuvering to delay legal matters.
- Ty Cobb, a former lawyer for Trump during his White House years who has become an outspoken critic, told Axios that āit will be very difficult to get this case tried before the general election, but not impossible.ā
- āTrump will throw up a lot of motions and stuff, ask for delays each time and will definitely appealā any guilty verdict, he added.
What theyāre saying: Some Trump alliesā moods changed from confidence to concern after the indictment was revealed Friday.
- Before the indictment was unsealed, conservative lawyer Jonathan Turley told Fox News late Thursday: āTrump could run on pardoning himselfā¦They may have given him a rather unique campaign slogan.ā
- After the indictment became public, Turley told Fox News: āIt is an extremely damning indictmentā¦This is not an indictment you can dismiss.ā
Tim Parlatore, a recently departed Trump attorney, told CNN on Friday that the indictment included āproblematicā allegations if the government can support them. āThis is some serious stuff,ā he added.
- Itās āan overwhelmingly strong indictment,ā Cobb said. āThere isnāt a fact alleged that they donāt have a witness or document for.ā
Trump weighed in with more than two dozen Truth Social posts Friday.
- He has declared that he is an āINNOCENT MAN.ā A Trump aide said the campaign felt prepared for the indictment and is battle-tested from his previous political and legal fights.
- Trump has other legal troubles pending ā an earlier indictment in New York concerning an alleged hush money payment to an adult film star; a potential indictment in Georgia over his attempts to overturn the 2020 election, and an ongoing federal probe into his role in the violent riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6.
Zoom out: Even before the indictmentās details were public, several GOP presidential candidates expressed support for Trump.
- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy have rallied around their rival rather than criticize him.
- DeSantis pledged to ābring accountability to the DOJā and Ramaswamy promised to pardon Trump if he were elected.
President Biden has avoided commenting on Trumpās case, other than to say heās never urged the Justice Department to charge or not charge the former president.
- The Democratic National Committee has advised some Democratic members of Congress appearing on television this week to not comment on the indictment as the legal process plays out, people familiar with the conversations told Axios.
What can make it worse? Total anarchy! We are fast approaching that point.
I saw somewhere that he has a total of 71 indictments and counting!
This should get a few chuckles.
The king of dementia is/will be worse than 4 more years of Trump.
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