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'But Trump Won …!'
Kamaji:
'But Trump Won …!'
Arthur Schaper
Jul 10, 2023
The Republican Party is no longer facing a fight between moderate-liberal (McCain, Romney) and Conservative (Ron Paul, Tom Tancredo), but a fight between Talking Conservative (Trump) and Walking Conservative (DeSantis). And growing numbers of pro-DeSantis Republicans are emerging.
Sure, the polling shows Trump with a runaway lead. However, Republicans had runaway leads in 2022, and we all saw how that turned out. Furthermore, the 2024 primary will be decided by voters in specific states, not national polling or national sentiment.
Slow and steady wins the race. Another reason I prefer DeSantis to Trump at this point: he is focused on the real mechanics and political engineering of elections. The Left does not measure success on how many people attend a rally, or how many people follow a candidate on social media. The focus is always on getting votes, or in more recent times how many ballots they can stuff in the ballot box, how many illegal aliens they can register to vote, how many dead voters they can list as casting ballots.
Not just ballot-harvesting, but ballot-chasing is the name of the game, and DeSantis has announced he will use every legal maneuver to win. I live in California, where cheating is rampant, yet in 2022, Republicans gained back Congressional seats for the second cycle in a row. We have not had that kind of restoration in nearly forty years. If committed partisans are willing to make the effort, we can win.
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Source: https://townhall.com/columnists/arthurschaper/2023/07/10/but-trump-won-n2625488
LMAO:
From the article….
The Left does not measure success on how many people attend a rally, or how many people follow a candidate on social media.
:yowsa: :yowsa: :yowsa:
The ultimate goal is winning elections. Fighting over crowd size at some Fourth of July event or posting pictures of a Trump rally are meaningless. Winning elections puts candidates in a position to enact agendas.
And conservatives may not win every legislative battle or get everything we think we should. But winning elections put you closer to that.
LMAO:
Also, from the article…
But Nixon helped Republicans in 1964, and he helped Republicans win in 1966. Nixon then won in 1968. In stark contrast, Trump has helped Republicans lose. He lost the House in 2018. He supervised the loss of four key US Senate seats in 2020. He witnessed Republicans lose yet another US Senate seat and barely gain back the House in 2022.
Absolutely
Outside the Republican primary, it’s just a fact that Trump costs the Republicans elections. It’s not a personal attack against him and his supporters.
Kamaji:
--- Quote from: LMAO on July 10, 2023, 01:31:07 pm ---Also, from the article…
But Nixon helped Republicans in 1964, and he helped Republicans win in 1966. Nixon then won in 1968. In stark contrast, Trump has helped Republicans lose. He lost the House in 2018. He supervised the loss of four key US Senate seats in 2020. He witnessed Republicans lose yet another US Senate seat and barely gain back the House in 2022.
Absolutely
Outside the Republican primary, it’s just a fact that Trump costs the Republicans elections. It’s not a personal attack against him and his supporters.
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Indeed.
kevindavis007:
--- Quote from: LMAO on July 10, 2023, 01:31:07 pm ---Also, from the article…
But Nixon helped Republicans in 1964, and he helped Republicans win in 1966. Nixon then won in 1968. In stark contrast, Trump has helped Republicans lose. He lost the House in 2018. He supervised the loss of four key US Senate seats in 2020. He witnessed Republicans lose yet another US Senate seat and barely gain back the House in 2022.
Absolutely
Outside the Republican primary, it’s just a fact that Trump costs the Republicans elections. It’s not a personal attack against him and his supporters.
--- End quote ---
That is the hard truth that a lot of people don't want to hear. Yes, he may have huge rallies and a huge following on Social Media, but it doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things. To win a general election, you need to get more people (mainly the independents) to WIN the general election.
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