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Republicans want someone younger than Donald Trump as president: new poll

In a YouGov poll conducted between July 25-29, 59 percent of Republicans surveyed said they would prefer a president under the age of 75. Trump celebrated his 78th birthday in June. Forty percent said they had no preference, and just two percent said they would prefer a president over the age of 75.

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rayyy ,

Tough Republicans. Your Dictator doesn’t care what you want. Suck it.

worldwidewave ,

Short of a major heart attack, Trump isn’t giving up one iota of power. Really helps to draw a contrast between the parties, where one guy is willing to step down and the other is prepared to crash the plane with us all in it.

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

He knows if he isn’t elected, he’s going to prison.

partial_accumen ,

…or Russia.

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

True. It wouldn’t shock me if he did the Idi Amin thing.

nondescripthandle ,

A Russian prison would be a fitting setting for him. Hope he outlives his usefulness.

teft ,
@teft@lemmy.world avatar

They wouldn’t throw him in prison even if he could get there. They would put him on one of their propaganda “news” channels and let him go to town. They can subtitle whatever they want for the locals so he can say whatever.

But he’ll never get there. He has a permanent secret service escort that probably isn’t going to be cool with defecting to russia.

aeronmelon ,

Go directly to gulag, do not pass Mar-A-Lago.

TriPolarBearz ,

This is depends if there are still top secret documents there.

pennomi ,

I highly doubt the Feds would allow that.

Sabata11792 ,

A good plan B if he was capable of planning on his own.

ipkpjersi ,

I’m not so sure I agree that he will be held accountable for his actions if he doesn’t win. I think he still narrowly avoids prison even if he doesn’t win, or maybe only spends like 3 days maximum in prison, sadly.

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

There’s also the possibility of house arrest. I’ll take that.

tacosanonymous ,

It doesn’t seem like a real consequence. Also, what if he breaks it? Will there be a consequence for that? I don’t see it happening.

brbposting ,

For most people, it would be a horrible punishment to be forced to spend your older years at one of his resorts*… surrounded exclusively by people who are happy to support him financially.

*or maybe “resort”, anybody know if you can stay at any impeached ex-presidential resorts besides mar-AHHHH!!!-lago?

lol:

https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/13c3b8d9-3420-4d90-a9ef-f1449bb6c67e.jpeg

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

surrounded exclusively by people who are happy to support him financially.

I think you greatly overestimate who would plan on sticking around if Trump ended up disgraced after the election and under house arrest. He will have completely outlived his usefulness.

brbposting ,

I hope so. Maybe it would just be these four

https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/d6705f62-9c30-4b02-b065-334223479c41.jpeg

YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH ,

I really don’t think his Supreme Court is going to allow him to have a custodial sentence. They showed they were fully on the Trump train by finding immunity in the constitution when it plainly reads otherwise.

TurnpikeRangers ,

You may be absolutely correct, but we know for a fact that he won’t be held accountable if he does win.

CileTheSane ,
@CileTheSane@lemmy.ca avatar

He is not a healthy man, Trump will die before he’s held accountable for anything. He’s lived a long life of being a terrible person and the only consequence he’ll face for it is the stress of court cases through his final years and the knowledge that only 40ish% of voters would vote for him again.

UnderpantsWeevil ,
@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world avatar

He’s not going to prison

SuckMyWang ,

Do they send 78 year old people to prison?

Delta_ ,

Funny, Pete went on Fox and said just that!

NOT_RICK ,
@NOT_RICK@lemmy.world avatar

lol she was trying so hard to interrupt him. Cable news is cancerous bs

teft ,
@teft@lemmy.world avatar

I definitely would not be able to remain as calm as Mr Buttigieg in this exchange.

anoncity ,

Was Biden not stubbornly refusing to step down for so long, until his party forced his hand? I think Democrats wanted someone younger than him in 2020 too. I think we’re giving Biden too much credit here.

Samvega ,

We must remember that Biden is a politician who arguably plagiarised lines of a speech from Kinnock, sinking his '87 campaign.

He’s not some paragon of virtue and perfection.

His greatest achievement is also working with the Republicans. And look at how much respect that got him from that party.

frezik ,

You can bet that at least the last week of that was a matter of keeping up appearances. The transition went smoother than it had any right to, and that doesn’t happen without a lot of behind the scenes planning.

brbposting ,

Must’ve been a supervetted group who knew anything if reports are true some close aides were told minutes before the official announcement.

some_guy ,

False. Biden wasn’t willing to step down. He was forced to. Just because he did it doesn’t make him a hero. He deserves to be remembered for refusing to listen to feedback until it was clear he’d be tanked by people like Pelosi, another Dem who won’t give up power unless it’s on her own terms. But we can move on from that mess, thankfully.

teamevil ,

Or he made sure to stand strong strategically (as anyone running would do) and stepped down at a time to maximize effectiveness.

samus12345 ,
@samus12345@lemmy.world avatar

No, he was planning to run again. His debate performance was the nail in the coffin.

FakeGreekGirl ,

He was forced to, how? Nobody has the power to force him do anything.

He read the writing on the wall and stepped aside. Something Trump would never do.

Evilcoleslaw , (edited )

He was pressured to step down and then was ultimately willing to listen and do do. There was no method to force him to step down – he had more than enough delegates locked in to win the nomination if he wanted to keep going.

UnderpantsWeevil ,
@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world avatar

one guy is willing to step down

81 year old man dogpilled by his party during a possibly fatal respiratory illness.

Don’t give Biden too much credit here.

venusaur ,
@venusaur@lemmy.world avatar

Willing to step down is giving him too much credit. He was pushed out because Dems know he’ll lose. The parties are the same. It’s just business. They don’t love or care about you.

samus12345 ,
@samus12345@lemmy.world avatar

They couldn’t force him. They convinced him it was the right thing to do.

CileTheSane ,
@CileTheSane@lemmy.ca avatar

Biden still stepped down, Trump never will. These are not the same picture.

billiam0202 ,

You know who would be a President under 75?

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/d8eeb907-73d4-4e5c-94d4-fff14aec138c.jpeg

PriorityMotif ,
@PriorityMotif@lemmy.world avatar

I wish 60 years old didn’t seem so young.

Crikeste ,

She is 59, you misinformation spreading tankie.😡

theangryseal ,

She do look good for 59. Maybe I’m just getting old and old is looking younger, but if someone told me she was late 30s-mid 40s I would’ve believed it.

samus12345 ,
@samus12345@lemmy.world avatar

Even if she serves 2 terms, she’d be younger at the end than Trump was when he started his first one!

Wogi ,

“No not like that”

-Republicans

cupcakezealot ,
@cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

i’d like to point out that she is 21 years older than stephen miller and stephen miller looks like this

nightmare fuelhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Stephen_miller_june_2016_cropped_corrected.jpg

billiam0202 ,

That’s the shit thing about being pure evil. You age prematurely but live for fucking ever.

echo ,

Sorry repubs… you’re going to have to carry this non-viable fetus to term…

UnderpantsWeevil ,
@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world avatar

If the Dems get a reroll, I don’t see why the Repubs wouldn’t be allowed one, too.

Excited to see JD Vance at the top of the ticket. That should be fun.

DragonTypeWyvern , (edited )

They already had their convention in July. That’s why they shit themselves throwing a temper tantrum when the Dems switched, having made an assumption that the Dems wouldn’t just not nominate a sitting President.

UnderpantsWeevil ,
@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world avatar

They already had their convention in July.

Where they made their VP announcement, clearly without an iota of audience testing.

But nothing really stops Trump from withdrawing and ceding the nomination to his VP. Or dying, for that matter.

That’s why they shit themselves throwing a temper tantrum

I suspect that’s more just because Biden would have been easier to beat and they’re sore over not being able to coast to victory.

IamSparticles ,

I was going to suggest that they could just make Vance the candidate. I’m sure that will work out well for them.

HurlingDurling ,
@HurlingDurling@lemmy.world avatar

The Democrats still haven’t had their convention so they still can make whatever chabge they want. If Trump withdraws, the Republican party as a whole would be withdrawing because they already had their convention and chose their representative. Another Democrat can run against Kamala up until the convention, but once the Democratic party chooses their representative, they would also be locked in.

prole ,

But nothing really stops Trump from withdrawing and ceding the nomination to his VP. Or dying, for that matter.

Besides his crippling narcissism

echo ,

Because Dems only just now voted and elected Harris. At this point, they are also locked in. Repubs already felated, I mean elected, Cheeto…

UnderpantsWeevil ,
@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world avatar

Because Dems only just now voted and elected Harris.

I’m not sure what election you participated in, but my ballot listed Joe Biden at the top of the ticket.

At this point, they are also locked in

Nothing forces Trump to be president. He can quit any time he wants.

echo ,

I’m not sure what election you participated in, but my ballot listed Joe Biden at the top of the ticket.

So this is an opportunity for you to learn how it really works. Harris was just officially voted to be the Dem candidate and that will be official on Monday.

Nothing forces Trump to be president. He can quit any time he wants.

Oh, he could abort himself, but you know that’s never going to happen. The party is stuck with the weirdo until the election, otherwise.

captainlezbian ,

They can still have a spontaneous abortion. All they need is for old Donny boy to step down or otherwise become incapacitated

echo ,

He’s not going to step down, so it will have to be incapacitation which I fully support.

prole ,

Because they actively participated in the deification of Trump among their base, so they know that taking Trump off the ballot would split the party (possibly irreparably).

cupcakezealot ,
@cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

repubs had like 10 chances to jettison trump between dropping him from the party, washing their hands of him, supporting the investigations, and voting to impeach… and they rejected all of them to stand by him

cupcakezealot ,
@cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

sorry you gotta carry it to term, republicans

DaddleDew ,

I think they see how dropping Biden has significantly benefited the Democrats and hope the same would happen for then if they dropped Trump.

The problem for them with that is that Trump will never willingly step down. Unlike Biden he’s in it for himself and has everything to lose its he doesn’t win. This would also be guaranteed to result in crippling infighting in the party and with Trump trying to go independent.

The Republican party is f’ed. That’s what you get for selecting a selfish lunatic to lead it.

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

The other problem is their convention is over. But I suppose they do have until August 7th to make the Ohio ballot with someone else. Good luck with that, guys.

someguy3 ,

It’s only f’ed if they lose (and don’t steal the election). So get out to vote everyone.

Asafum ,

We absolutely need to vote, but I’m worried that some of these R swing states are going to pull some serious shit and just deny certifying the results.

We’re going to hear a whole bunch about “immigrants voting illegaly” and “ballot stuffing” or the good ol’ “the numbers (that we won’t provide) don’t match up! Dead people are voting!”

samus12345 ,
@samus12345@lemmy.world avatar

It would indeed be better for the GOP if Trump stepped down, but of course the GOP decided that they ARE Trump, so they’re stuck with him for the rest of his life.

CileTheSane ,
@CileTheSane@lemmy.ca avatar

Do they have an actual platform this time or is it still “whatever Trump says we’ll follow”?

the_frumious_bandersnatch ,

How many of them changed their minds when they were told that DJT is, in fact, over the age of 75?

dumples ,

Trump can step down and not run. Biden did it. It’s all the rage right now

bradorsomething ,

I’m not quite a lib, but I’d still feel owned if he did, does that count?

fukurthumz420 ,

lol. they only like their strong man until he looks weak, which most old men do. in my perfect world, Kamala slaps him during a debate after he makes some dumb sexist remark. seeing him get bitch slapped by a woman would destroy his american tough guy image and guarantee his defeat.

HomerianSymphony ,

Upvoted for Riker meme.

MushuChupacabra ,
@MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world avatar

Ya good luck extracting Trump from your party. I’ll be like trying to extract botfly larvae from under your scalp.

skillissuer ,
@skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

possible with right tools and the sooner the less damage it causes

frezik ,

It’s not. Trump will not let go. He’s a complete narcissist who is always the best at everything, everyone says so. Even with significant donor backlash–instrumental in forcing out Biden–he won’t give in.

dangrousperson ,

Even though the GOP is full of tools, all of which are extremely right, I still don’t see a chance

Hubi ,
@Hubi@feddit.org avatar

More like a worm from your brain.

RamblingPanda ,

I think he’s more like a tumor, with his rabid allies being metastasized all over the party.

Crazyslinkz ,

Didn’t he go all nepotism on the RNC and put in place family or friends and force out all of “the old guard”?

MushuChupacabra ,
@MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world avatar

Yup. Lol

AlecSadler ,

I’m afraid to look this up

MushuChupacabra ,
@MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world avatar

Your fears are well founded.

Kedly ,

Yeah, dont. I just did and its rough. I mean I guess if you watch pimple popping videos you’ll be fine, but bleeeeggghhhhhh

CoggyMcFee ,

Except more disgusting

crusa187 ,

The oldest and the orangest candidate ever - lots of people are saying it.

Thebeardedsinglemalt ,

This so what people are saying…what people are talking…look…Obama wasn’t a…if Obama was my age he would…sleepy Joe Biden would be rambling…not speaking in a coherent…oh boy biden…he has to be the worst…this is what people are saying…I’m probably the best orator out here today…the bestest because Obama Hussein and laffin kaMALA…sleepy Joe who stole the election…

crusa187 ,

💀 I think we can all agree, at least the best orator since Abraham Lincoln.

captainlezbian ,

I don’t think I’ve seen a weirder candidate myself. At least Johnson had the decency to grab his own genitals

teamevil ,

I’m sure he was but I I’m willing to explore the possibility that he knew he was going to step down but held back until the RNC. I’d be shocked if that was accidentally strategic

Fades ,

They had their (MANY MANY MANY MANY MANY) chance(s)

arin ,

Why younger? Why not someone smarter and, empathetic?

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Because Trump loves the poorly educated, has the best brain, and Ayn Rand said altruism is evil.

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