How Donald Trump still holds control over the Republican Party
Today, a New York Times/Siena poll finds that Donald Trump dominates the other GOP presidential candidates by a huge margin. I explain how Donald Trump still manages to control the Republican Party through a small percentage of primary voters. I break down how Trump's views are not reflective of a majority of Americans, and how Americans cannot let their apathy result in Trump winning in 2024.
If you’d prefer to read the transcript, you can find it here.
What is new about Donald Trump in the polls? Nothing has changed. for months but we are still hearing the same thing over and over again.
My response: So?
So the MAGA wing of the Republican party still supports Trump. That is not news yet it repeated over and over and the danger is that the it morphs into the county still supporting Trump which I do not believe is the case.
Christie makes an argument that should speak to the general electorate: Why does the Republican party want a nominee for President who has multiple federal indictments, massive legal problems (whether or not one believes they are legitimate they exist), and can't even find enough lawyers to represent him.
How much beyond $40 million are MAGA folks willing to fork out for the legal bills of a billionaire whose emotional and mental problems have put him in a hole he dug himself.
Is there not a case to be made that a 79-year old guy with 4 or 5 indictments has so many of his own problems he could not even begin to consider addressing those of the country?
Would anyone with a business hire a CEO who has 4 federal indictments to run their company?
The answer to these questions are DUHHHHH. And these should be the talking points -- not the high poll numbers and crazy responses.
Once again, the messaging is not on target. Let's get this straight and repeat it endlessly so that people know that Trump just has too many problems. Or as my Grandmother used to say about prospective husbands: "Everyone has baggage but nobody needs a steamer trunk."
Trump is a steamer trunk.
As a retired AF veteran, I didn’t spend 20 years of my life defending democracy just to let a 💩bag like drumpf put a knife thru its heart.