I honestly don’t think it would take much at all. Republican voters are easily manipulated and swayed. Right before Trump became the nominee for the Republican Party for the 2016 election, for instance, his approval rating among republicans was like hovering under 50%. What happened when Trump became the nominee? His approval rating shot up to 80%-90% over night. That’s how tribal republicans are. We all know how much they hated Hillary, so that by itself was enough for them to pretend Trump was the shit all along.
Even after an unprecedented embarrassing 3 years in office, republicans are still in denial about how corrupt, childish, and utterly moronic Trump is. They deny it simply because they hate democrats. They also can’t stand the thought of losing or looking weak, so they pretend their side is perfect. There’s a reason why republicans generally don’t have the balls to openly criticize Trump for ANYTHING of substance.
Now let’s pretend a republican ran against Trump for this upcoming election. Republicans would drop Trump in a heartbeat if had the following traits:
1) He is just as hardcore about immigration as Trump but would likely be smart enough to understand a goddamn wall won’t stop illegal immigration.
2) He whines about democratic government overreach (while conveniently omitting any GOP examples of the same).
3) He thinks taxes suck!
4) He’s a charismatic figure. He knows how to give a good speech.
That about covers it. Republican voters would flock to him.
Despite what republicans like to pretend, there would he no need for him to be an “outsider” like Trump was. The man could have been in office for a couple of decades. Republicans would just pretend being an “outsider” wasn’t all that important to begin with.
imagine if they liked him enough and he had a couple of safe leftwing viewpoints like mitigating climate change effects, investing in infrastructure, and raising the minimum wage to something safe and low like $10 per hour. The republican base would do a complete 180 on all of those positions lol.
Even after an unprecedented embarrassing 3 years in office, republicans are still in denial about how corrupt, childish, and utterly moronic Trump is. They deny it simply because they hate democrats. They also can’t stand the thought of losing or looking weak, so they pretend their side is perfect. There’s a reason why republicans generally don’t have the balls to openly criticize Trump for ANYTHING of substance.
Now let’s pretend a republican ran against Trump for this upcoming election. Republicans would drop Trump in a heartbeat if had the following traits:
1) He is just as hardcore about immigration as Trump but would likely be smart enough to understand a goddamn wall won’t stop illegal immigration.
2) He whines about democratic government overreach (while conveniently omitting any GOP examples of the same).
3) He thinks taxes suck!
4) He’s a charismatic figure. He knows how to give a good speech.
That about covers it. Republican voters would flock to him.
Despite what republicans like to pretend, there would he no need for him to be an “outsider” like Trump was. The man could have been in office for a couple of decades. Republicans would just pretend being an “outsider” wasn’t all that important to begin with.
imagine if they liked him enough and he had a couple of safe leftwing viewpoints like mitigating climate change effects, investing in infrastructure, and raising the minimum wage to something safe and low like $10 per hour. The republican base would do a complete 180 on all of those positions lol.