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In his closing pitch to Iowa Republicans, Trump says their votes can help him punish his enemies

The former president has set sky-high expectations for his own performance in the first contest of the race for the Republican presidential nomination. He spent the day before the caucuses trying to ensure he meets them. His main GOP rivals all spent Sunday in Iowa as well, making last-minute appeals to Iowans open to hearing them.

At a rally in Indianola, Trump said his supporters could fight back against his political enemies, claiming that the four indictments he faces were driven by politics and renewing his false claims about the 2020 election he lost to Democrat Joe Biden.

Many in the crowd wore white and gold caps identifying them as Trump caucus captains who will help round up support for him Monday night.

BeatTakeshi ,
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He’s still talking about the Washington swamp. Hadn’t he promised to clean it in his previous mandate? Has he failed or something?

kent_eh ,

He promised to “drain the swamp”, but didn’t clarify that he was planning todrain it into Washington…

badbytes ,

We need an IQ requirement to vote.

wolfshadowheart ,

I feel like the historical connotations make that difficult.

If there were ever to be some form of this, maybe a humanitarian and empathy focused measurement instead?

groupofcrows ,

Create a list of basic questions and answers which are factually correct and easily available for people to review/memorise in advance. As a part of the voting process the voter is asked 10 out of 100 of those questions, they need to get at least 7 out of ten for the vote to be valid. Multiple choice questions like “Reducing taxes likely means… Reducing spending or increasing debt”.

papertowels ,

This run is so much scarier than 2016 or 2020, this language is someone who’s out for blood…

Jimmyeatsausage ,

I hope the independents are paying attention…

Bakkoda ,

They are watching very closely from the sidelines.

books ,

I mean if this type of rhetoric doesn’t get the supreme Court to take an originalitst vew of the Constitution, I don’t know what will.

MedicPigBabySaver ,

Sad, yet, fascinating how insane his cult has become.

Unless this POS dies, he’s going to be reelected.

makunamatata ,

I wanted you to be so wrong, but yet it pains me: I believe you to be so right about it.

cabron_offsets ,

Lock him the fuck up.

Zuberi ,
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3rd party 2024 and end the 2 party illusion of choice

HollandJim , (edited )

The illusion is that a 3rd party has a chance. It didn’t when I voted for Anderson instead of Carter, and then Reagan got in. Never made that mistake again.

Rentoraa ,

2016 was my first presidential election and I voted for Gary Johnson. Unless 3rd parties become a viable option, never again.

yo_scottie_oh ,

Abolish FPTP and the Electoral College.

stangel ,

fairvote.org/our-reforms/ranked-choice-voting/

MedicPigBabySaver ,

Biden sux. Voting 3rd party = vote for Trump.

Don’t!

Zuberi ,
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Give me a real candidate instead of an old-ass-white-man and you’ve got the vote. Otherwise it goes 3rd party (same as virtually every zoomer watching Zionism destroy the middle east)

MedicPigBabySaver ,

That’s not going to happen this year. Voting 3rd is the same as voting Trump.

You cannot say otherwise.

Zuberi ,
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Give me a real candidate, otherwise best of luck.

MedicPigBabySaver ,

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    Zuberi ,
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    You have the power to prevent the 3rd party disaster by picking somebody other than Biden. Best of luck.

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    Zuberi ,
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    Really unfortunate that the entire zoomer voting base feels the exact same way.

    If “anybody” can beat Trump, why not pick a candidate w/ a pulse/conscious?

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    Zuberi ,
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    Brilliant way to recruit mate! Please tell me how that works out for you come election season.

    Enjoy your fascist-hellscape for the remainder of your very short lives on this planet. USA has fucked around, and is very close to finding out.

    makunamatata ,

    3rd party has as much chance this election as any other in the past. Consider that when casting you’re vote and pick one of the two parties.

    randon31415 ,

    “and if no Person have a Majority, then from the five highest on the List the said House shall in like Manner chuse the President. But in chusing the President, the Votes shall be taken by States, the Representation from each State having one Vote”

    Republicans control more state delegations. Republicans win if no person reaches a majority of electoral votes.

    Zuberi ,
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    You should tell the dems to pick somebody under 100 years old

    randon31415 ,

    Their are two younger candidates on the primary ballot. People can vote against Biden in the primary.

    Zuberi ,
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    If Dems “pick” Biden again in the same way they “didn’t” pick Bernie?

    3rd party it is.

    If Trump is even an option on my ballot?

    3rd party it is.

    rabiddolphin ,
    @rabiddolphin@lemmy.world avatar

    Why make the world better when you can punish your enemies? PATHETIC

    lolcatnip ,

    *Trump’s enemies

    Oderus ,

    AKA fellow Americans. I’m old enough to know that Americans used to say ‘better dead than Red’ and here are, they’d rather be Red than second place.

    GiddyGap ,

    He probably thinks he makes the world a better place by punishing his enemies. These people are very simple-minded.

    Bleach7297 ,
    @Bleach7297@lemmy.ca avatar

    Donald understands his voting base. If Donald says he’ll let the lefty elites ‘have it,’ that’s ultimately what his voters care about.

    He doesn’t care about making the world a better place. Just HIS world.

    TheJims ,

    He took it a step further on Sunday, suggesting casting a vote for him would be worth dying for.

    “You can’t sit home,” Trump said. “If you’re sick as a dog, you say ‘Darling, I gotta make it.’ Even if you vote and then pass away, it’s worth it.”

    VieuxQueb ,
    @VieuxQueb@lemmy.ca avatar

    And his followers don’t understand all it means is… I need you to vote for me and I don’t care what happens to you after that.

    frunch ,

    Which is consistent – just the same as they will force births but then do fuck-all to help the children God forbid they should need any assistance whatsoever. As long as they get what they want, that’s where their care ends.

    BigMacHole ,

    Jesus Christ said the Same thing!

    itsgroundhogdayagain ,

    Such a sad existence to be devoted to a con man.

    FlashMobOfOne ,
    @FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world avatar

    What’s even more sad is that it’s likely he’s going to be our next president.

    makunamatata ,

    I hate that you are likely right about it.

    FlashMobOfOne ,
    @FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world avatar

    We saw in 2016 what can happen if your administration doesn’t do enough to address poverty for the poor and middle class. They’re not going to care that he’s stupid, a fascist, old, or incapable of forming a coherent sentence. They’re going to care that he isn’t Joe Biden.

    makunamatata ,

    True that too. It is a knee jerk reaction against who is there on the administration today. Same knee jerk reaction that got a person incapable of forming a coherent sentence elected because he was not black or not a woman.

    UltraMagnus0001 ,

    Evangelicals

    queermunist ,
    @queermunist@lemmy.ml avatar

    No one expects the government to help them, they know better. All they want is for their enemies to suffer.

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