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Maryah Haidery's avatar

Thank you! I’ve been trying hard to understand why people think Trump as the candidate in 2024 would be worse than DSantis as the Republican candidate. DeSantis is just as racist, homophobic, vengeful and authoritarian but since he’s more competent and tactful than Trump, he’s capable of enacting really harmful policies.

Would he threaten violence against his opponents if he didn’t get his way? No. But let’s not forget that TRUMP *lost* in 2020 and that was *before* he incited a violent insurrection, stole and refused to return sensitive classified documents that threatened our national security, endorsed bat-shit crazy election deniers and riled up his fan base to threaten and attack poll workers, FBI agents, and other “perceived political enemies” - including his own Vice President and The Senate Minority Leader! If there’s any way that these actions would result in *more* people voting for him…If people actually believe that there are enough people who would vote to have Trump serve another term as President, then it doesn’t actually matter if he’s the candidate or not because that possibility alone would mean that the country is probably beyond the point that it can be saved.

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