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[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 51 points 9 months ago (5 children)

She's staying in the race just in case Trump is found ineligible to run. That way she gets to be the one remaining option. Happy to let her be a spoiler candidate if Trump makes it to the general, though.

[–] Rolder@reddthat.com 20 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I could see her thought process being something like:

  1. Stay in and get as much good will as she can.

  2. Trump is found ineligible or something

  3. Haley wins primary by default

  4. Haley props up trump as a martyr and promises to pardon him or some shit if she wins

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)
  1. Makes him vice president

  2. Steps down

  3. Trump is new dictator

  4. US becomes easternmost part of russia

[–] emax_gomax@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Hey, didn't Germany fall to Hitler in a similar way.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago

Not to mention, trump’s hold on the party is… not as solid as he pretends. It’s far from a landslide.

[–] Nougat@kbin.social 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

The Republican Convention this year is going to make 1968 Chicago look like a quinceañera.

Edit: Oh god, it's in Milwaukee. That's like seceding from the Union and then putting your new capitol city 100 miles from Washington DC.

[–] baldingpudenda@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

These people are nothing if not "traditionalists". I'm sure it's so they don't have to think.

I'm registering as R in my state's primary just to take a vote away from Trump.

[–] nonailsleft@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

Hey wouldn't he try to push Mercedes as a 3rd party then? Plenty of Q's would answer the call