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In reply to the discussion: Can Ron DeSantis beat Donald Trump in the Republican primaries? [View all]Celerity
(43,765 posts)39. He won't run as an indy as he is going to win the Rethug nomination IMHO.
I also expand the number of Trump-only (to a point) MAGAts to include non voters (especially the truly hardcore underground white power nazi types who are serious force multipliers despite their relatively small numbers) and also extended families and clingers-on of MAGAts, (plus the not old enough to vote but old enough to be brainwashed and to fight) i.e. the penumbra of Trump, if you will.
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Trump vs DeSantis, I think Trump wins... he's got a very loyal following
BlueWaveNeverEnd
Feb 2023
#1
I bet there will be 20 or more Republicans in the primaries. Trump support will be solid, while
Midnight Writer
Feb 2023
#5
Yes, but Trump has at least 30 to 40 million slack jawed KKK trash vermin who will crawl over broken
Celerity
Feb 2023
#24
Whoever it is, I hope trump narrowly loses and runs 3rd party, like he promised n/t
Victor_c3
Feb 2023
#9
If he keeps responding to Trump in a way that makes Jeb look like Randy "The Macho Man" Savage, in
Carlitos Brigante
Feb 2023
#12
I went with the first choice in this poll, but it's stated more definitively that I would say it
Silent3
Feb 2023
#15
The powers that be want DeSantis. But they never wanted Trump in the first place and only jumped on
gldstwmn
Feb 2023
#25