Republican strategists are worried that if former President Trump doesn’t secure the GOP’s presidential nomination next year, or if he is kept off the ballot because of his mounting legal problems,…
  • ExiledElf@lemmy.worldEnglish
    61·
    1 year ago

    “If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed … and we will deserve it.” - Lindsey Graham

    • KuchiKopi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      24·
      1 year ago

      I’ve successfully repressed many of my Trump-era political memories.

      Can anyone tell me how Republicans went from “we’ll be destroyed and we’ll deserve it” to “unggh, Daddy Trump, destroy me harder” between 2016 and 2017?

      • captainlezbian@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        1 year ago

        He was winning. Once he was the nominee the establishment republicans all got behind him because otherwise they ran the risk of being primaried