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keithbvadu2

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21. Out of all the 2016 GOP primary candidates, Trump was the only one who could not win against Hillary

Reply to monkeyman1 (Reply #18)

Thu Feb 17, 2022, 10:00 PM

Feb 2022

Out of all the 2016 GOP primary candidates, Trump was the only one who could not win against Hillary.

Yet their message of hate was so strong that he did win.

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A small group of very powerful republicans will make sure Trump will never run again. [View all] Stuart G Feb 2022 OP

I tend to agree. He's in so much legal and financial trouble... brush Feb 2022 #1

kind of like the Illuminati of assholes.... bahboo Feb 2022 #2

I think... Mike Nelson Feb 2022 #3

If he is chosen, tfg will bury him. Think the GA runoffs on steriods PortTack Feb 2022 #4

DeSantis rso Feb 2022 #5

Shush, if your opponent is making an unforced mistake don't stop them. IbogaProject Feb 2022 #6

William Howzrd Taft? Or do you mean just since the media age? niyad Feb 2022 #8

DeSantis rso Feb 2022 #12

Chris Christie did okay.. whathehell Feb 2022 #20

Taft was 6' tall. He wasn't short rpannier Feb 2022 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author Rebl2 Feb 2022 #10

He was 6' tall rpannier Feb 2022 #17

neither do big,fat,stupid one's ! trump was a fluke ! monkeyman1 Feb 2022 #18

Out of all the 2016 GOP primary candidates, Trump was the only one who could not win against Hillary keithbvadu2 Feb 2022 #21

A lot of folks thought that in 2016, too Still Sensible Feb 2022 #7

doable, but its not up to them... bringthePaine Feb 2022 #9

If he endorses enough toxic right wing wackos, does that count? bucolic_frolic Feb 2022 #11

People said the same thing in 2015... hurple Feb 2022 #13

Trump was more a feature than he was a bug. C_eh_N_eh_D_eh Feb 2022 #14

I doubt anyone can stop him from running if he wants to. CaptainTruth Feb 2022 #15

A lot can happen between now & '24 ? everything is just speculation about if what ? monkeyman1 Feb 2022 #19

Well, there is that. calimary Feb 2022 #29

I don't think he could win a fair race... Septua Feb 2022 #22

Like congressional Republicans did when Hoover was considering running again? LiberalFighter Feb 2022 #23

Here is my thought, without reading all the posts on this Dan Feb 2022 #24

agreed ! monkeyman1 Feb 2022 #30

either way, i think the republican party orleans Feb 2022 #25

Nail meet hammer ! monkeyman1 Feb 2022 #31

I Think That It Would Be a Mistake for Them to Limit Their Attacks to COVID. panfluteman Feb 2022 #26

Reagan became president 4 years after Ford... Mazeltov Cocktail Feb 2022 #27

I can't decide if Trump... Septua Feb 2022 #28

Trump CAN win - by rigging the state houses. Patterson Mar 2022 #32

Today, Tues March 29, 2022, Russia urged for a "Regime Change" in the U.S. to elect their "partner" Stuart G Mar 2022 #33