Comments on: Trump refuses to sign pledge to support the eventual GOP nominee

By: Frank B

Frank B — Sat, 12 Aug 2023 22:09:29 +0000

Being King has its privileges.

By: Mentus

Mentus — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 16:45:52 +0000

The corrupt uniparty doesn’t approve of Trump, okay?

Just choose an acceptable candidate from the approved list and everything can go back to normal.

By: Mentus

Mentus — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 16:42:59 +0000

Let me know when the experts put Biden’s chances of beating Trump at +90%. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-poll-idUSKBN1322J1

By: miguel cervantes

miguel cervantes — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 13:16:18 +0000

they did because they stole the election, the Dems lie in order to achieve their objectives, the leading figures in our party, can’t be bothered to tell the truth, it’s not about Trump its about whether this country is worth anything after 2024, when though crime is an offense punishable by death, while actual mass destruction is rewarded, see andy ngo as just a small example

By: Bauxite

Bauxite — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 13:08:47 +0000

miguel cervantes – What does that have to do with Trump, and why do you assume that I miss the point?

I can see what the left is doing. I fully understand the cost of losing in 2024. The point that I think people miss is that running a kamikazee mission by nominating Trump next year is going to cause all of the things that you mention to continue for (at least) another four years and probably much longer.

By: Kate

Kate — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 12:30:06 +0000

Abraxas, I can't tell you what exact studies DeSantis saw in 2020. Since I was at that time aged 71, I read reports about COVID closely, starting with the Diamond Princess case study. It was clear that the death rate was much lower than hysterical reports claimed, even for people in my age range, and that younger people were seldom very sick, or sick at all. The statistics were even stronger for young children, who didn't get the virus or transmit it. This meant that the best approach was to protect older adults and let other people go about their lives normally, and that's what Florida did, starting in the summer of 2020. It was a reasonable public health policy based on data.

By: miguel cervantes

miguel cervantes — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 12:24:10 +0000

unsurprisingly you miss the point, what the wrecking crew is doing to every aspects of this country, what they are doing to our electric grid, to the minds and bodies of children, how we will be at the mercy of China and Iran (that we paid the jizda two) the ten billion we have given AQ, the apex predator, who killed 3,000 of our citizens on our soil.

By: Bauxite

Bauxite — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 12:17:02 +0000

I think Rob is right about the promise of a pardon. Trump’s path to avoid spending the rest of his life in prison involves a Republican in the White House, a massive swallowing of ego to obtain a pardon from Kemp down in Georgia, and Alvin Bragg getting his just comeupance in NY, which I think is likely.

I think we’ve past the point where it is in Trump’s rational self-interest to drop out in return for a pardon from the GOP nominee (and maybe from Kemp too). I doubt that Trump can keep his ego sufficiently in check to even realize that.

Another issue for Trump is ballot access. Unless a third party with ballot access is wiling to give him their nomination, it would take a massive effort to gather the necessary signature and jump through all of the administrative hoops prior to the dealines, which will come quickly, especially if the GOP nomination wraps up late. This is not the kind of enterprise that MAGA world has been especially good at. Granted, any swingy states currently governed by Democrats would bend over backwards to get him on the ballot. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a coalition of Democrats and MAGA Republicans bend the rules to get Trump on the ballot in split control states like PA too.

What a mess. But the end result of Trump running third party is that Trump will spend the rest of his life in prison. I have to think that reality will get through at some point. At least I hope.

I suspect he is not thinking past the Republican nomination, which he intends to win. (But if he’s counting on winning the GOP nomination, why tick everyone off by not taking the pledge? Especially when he already did in South Carolina? He has A LOT of work to do if he wants to earn the support of the non-MAGA portions of the GOP as the nominee. This doesn’t help.)

What we’re witnessing here isn’t 3-D chess. The man is an egomaniacal fool.

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 09:40:42 +0000

If, as seems likely, Trump is convicted, then the promise of a pardon will be a big bargaining chip for any GOP nominee.

By: AesopFan

AesopFan — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 05:20:11 +0000

For more details about GBI, which make a fascinating story worthy of a movie plot, see:
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/08/breaking-exclusive-youll-never-guess-where-headquarters-multimillion/