| Ryuu96 said: If Trump loses again then the only path forward for a Republican win would be Hikki Haley, Imo. Trump is one of those once in a while cult personalities, yeah a lot are voting because they want to rip away women's rights and all that but a lot are voting because of the "personality" too. Ron DeSantis? JD Vance? Ted Cruz? Don Jr? All these dudes have nowhere near the level of cult following as Trump does, they have absolutely zero charisma, they're boring as fuck even to MAGA. They can't just co-opt the MAGA brand and let that carry them. There's a chance they wheel out Trump at 82, a three time loser, I seriously doubt that will work if he loses for the 2nd time though, especially at that age when he's already showing mental decline. Either way, Harris needs to win first, Americans don't get complacent, this will be an incredibly and disgustingly close election, mostly due to the electoral college, if it was based on popular vote then I think Harris would comfortably win but I won't be comfortable until after the election. |
As I mentioned before that is the debate I have with myself. Do Republicans care about winning more than they care about pissing of Democrats?
I also think to really answer the question comes down to how do we define MAGA. If we define it more as Trumpism, centered around his cult of personality then yes, it dies with his loss. If it is a cultural war, stick to the libs mind set then yes I think it exist past Trump.
I define it a bit more to the latter, only because there have been times where even Trump has altered his positions to fit the base. Most notably we saw this with the vaccine. He used to take credit for it and now he does not because he noticed the boos it got at his rallies. Giving the sense that MAGA lives even beyond Trump.
Even the establishment R's like Rubio (who I did work for and is a shell of his former self) have become more MAGA. It's truly embarrassment now when I see him bend the knee to Trump & MAGA. I hope I am wrong.
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