Even as Donald Trump appears diminished, weighed down by mounting state and federal charges, he also looks unstoppable in the Republican primary. Read the latest from MollyJongFast:
hasn’t gotten him out of distant second place, while the rest of the field is polling in the single digits. Sure, some back-of-the-pack candidates likeare willing to criticize the former guy, but most of the 2024 hopefuls are more likely to attack the rule of law, decrying the idea that the former president be accountable for everything from pushing fake electors to trying to prevent the certification of the 2020 election.
For Republicans these days, targeting the Justice Department is an easy win with the base. “The most recent Trump indictment is a clarifying moment,”“They’re trying to throw the former president in prison for saying ‘bad’ things. The regime has crossed a line. If your response to this is to whine about Trump you’re useless.” Vance, who went to Yale Law School, must know the difference between simply saying things and conspiring to overturn an election.
DeSantis, Trump’s supposed challenger for the nomination, also responded to the third indictment by targeting the judicial process. “Washington, DC is a ‘swamp’ and it is unfair to have to stand trial before a jury that is reflective of the swamp mentality,” heon Twitter. “One of the reasons our country is in decline is the politicization of the rule of law.”
Instead of running against Trump, you have GOP candidates running with Trump against democracy and the rule of law. Though “defending our guy” may appeal now to GOP primary voters, the question is whether that reasoning will sway voters who don’t see Trump as a religious figure. Conventional wisdom would dictate that voters—especially independents who could tip the 2024 election—need to be offered something besides “defend Trump” and “woke bad.
“Woke bad” is another way that the rest of the GOP field offers a very watered-down version of Trumpism. However,
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