Trump Loads Up To Attack Democracy By Requiring Election Lies Out Of 2024 Running Mate

Whether Trump runs successful 2024 oregon not is acold from decided.

Of course, everything we spot says he’s running. But helium was ever going to springiness each denotation that helium is 99.9% committed to running. He cannot let immoderate uncertainty to compression the wealth pouring in. The “certainty” we perceive retired of Mar-a-Lago whitethorn bespeak thing much than we were surely going to perceive it.

It is besides wholly imaginable that Trump volition run.

An important constituent successful “looking similar a definite candidate” oregon “being a candidate,” particularly for a feline similar Trump, is to person an full herd of large ego powerfulness players, each warring each other, the much viciously, the better, to beryllium his VP nominee. A feline similar Trump has to get lukewarm each implicit reasoning astir radical warring to beryllium his inferior partner.

According to an article successful Politico this morning, Trump won’t beryllium bound by immoderate of the older, quaint, notions of summons balancing, geographic coverage, immoderate of it. There volition beryllium 2 strict qualifications, 1 evident and 1 telling. His “future moving mate” indispensable beryllium loyal beyond adjacent the explanation – that’s a given. Second, his imaginable VP campaigner indispensable beryllium unwavering successful his oregon her assertion that Trump won successful 2020.

According to the article, determination are 3 superior lanes from which a campaigner volition come: 1) Race, Trump mightiness prime idiosyncratic similar Tim Scott to devour into Democrats vantage with Black Americans, 2) Gender, Trump could prime a pistillate similar Marsha Blackburn, to easiness his issues with “suburban housewives” (as Trump erstwhile referenced suburban women) and 3) the “consigliere,” the insider who is some an enforcer and counselor, possibly Pompeo oregon Meadows.

But without respect to the “type” of idiosyncratic Trump seeks, it is intolerable to not “unsee” the 2nd requirement, the condemnation that 2020 was stolen. One mightiness usually spot specified a request arsenic somewhat subsumed into “loyalty,” the fig 1 “must.” (Really, loyalty is each Trump cares astir erstwhile it comes to moving with anyone connected anything, everything other is simply what that idiosyncratic tin springiness him that others cannot). That “the Big Lie” is acceptable retired arsenic its ain qualification signifies some conscionable however overmuch it sits successful Trump’s caput and that if Trump runs again, a large theme, possibly the lone theme, volition beryllium righting the large wrong, the steal, fixing 2020 “as if it ne'er happened.” Certainly, that would beryllium Trump’s superior goal, healing the wound.

Ironically, 2020 is some the biggest crushed Trump would tally (to erase it) and the biggest crushed helium mightiness not (fear of repeating it). The fixation could besides beryllium the happening that brings him down, either successful a superior combat with Chris Christie oregon a wide election.

Sure, determination are apt 38% of Americans who volition ballot for Trump solely to “punish the libs” for “stealing” 2020. But astir Americans, possibly 66%, volition privation to perceive thing beyond “I volition beryllium president again!” oregon “I volition marque america large again again!” He can’t basal determination and outcry astir the Wall oregon adjacent the economy, without immoderate benignant of program oregon platform. Even nowadays, radical inactive privation to look up and spot a direction, a plan.

And yet 1 tin work everything that comes retired of Mar-a-Lago successful some the Right-Wing property and mainstream media and not perceive a happening astir what Trump would privation to “do” arsenic president, which could beryllium his undoing. Voters consciousness erstwhile a campaigner is moving for himself and his ain needs and voters don’t similar it.

Trump tricked voters successful 2016, failed successful 2020, and if helium continues to lb distant astatine the Big Lie successful 2024, ever talking astir 2020, it volition beryllium precise hard for a elector to fool himself into reasoning Trump cares astir him oregon the country.

One happening is apparent. If a MAGA pol has aspirations to beryllium connected the 2024 ticket, helium oregon she amended beryllium acceptable to relitigate 2020 whenever and nevertheless it comes up.