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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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PugJesus ,

“So, Nicki Haley?”

[suddenly all the Trumpets cast their vote for an over-75 primary presidential candidate]

It’s just empty hand-wringing.

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

It’s a good sign. They think Harris can win.

solrize ,

Vance of course.

card797 ,

I’ma never Trump guy… lol

That song is stuck in my head.

anoncity ,

Tulsi Gabbard would have my vote

Caboose12000 ,

As a band kid, I respectfully request that you do not use my musical instrument of choice to refur to racist conservatives who want to end democracy.

Thank you for your understanding

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.

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

jordanlund ,
@jordanlund@lemmy.world avatar

Isn’t this consistent with when it was Trump/Biden? I seem to remember both sides saying they wanted a younger candidate.

Or it could be they think Trump is younger than he actually is…

Shawdow194 ,
@Shawdow194@kbin.run avatar

This is it

I bet half the respondents didn't realize Trump is over 75yrs

scytale ,

I imagine it’s like those people Jordan Klepper interviews at Trump rallies that go like this:

Jordan: Do you think a candidate who’s almost 80 is too old?

Person: Yeah.

J: …and Trump is 78.

Person: Yeah.

J: So he’s too old and someone younger would be better.

Person: For sure.

J: So who do you want for president?

Person: I’m voting Trump.

Samvega ,

Jordan: Do you think that a sentient pile of goo trained in a laboratory to hate all human life and subject it to fiery nuclear death is a good candidate?

Person: No.

J: Trump is actually a robot inhabited by that goo. Here is clear, simple, factual and verifiable evidence. Here are multiple videos and sources confirming that Trump wants to kill us all.

Person: Yeah.

J: So, Trump is a bad candidate who will murder your children.

Person: Yep.

J: Who are you voting for?

Person: Trump, he’ll go after the alphabet mafia first. And, to be honest, he’s just saying he’ll kill everyone to be edgy and noticeable.

en.wikipedia.org/…/Association_of_German_National…

A reason why some German Jews supported Hitler was that they thought that his anti-Semitism was only for “stirring up the masses”.

samus12345 ,
@samus12345@lemmy.world avatar

I’m voting for Shrieking White-Hot Sphere of Pure Rage!

BeigeAgenda ,
@BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca avatar

According to his nft’s he looks to be in the early 40s, with a body like a greek god.

nft

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

The latter wouldn’t shock me, but I don’t remember anything but the majority of Republicans saying they wanted anyone but Trump. I admit I don’t have the world’s best memory, so feel free anyone to show me wrong here.

blattrules ,

They definitely have not looked up how old he is, so I’m going with the latter and they thought this was a dig at Biden.

snekerpimp ,

So, now they want to change the ballot after they had their convention and picked their nominee? Isn’t this what republicans were screaming was illegal for the dems to do? Except that the dems hadn’t picked their nominee officially yet?

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

IOKIYAR.

plz1 ,

Nope, should’ve thought about that before getting in bed with him. Now they have to carry him to term.

TimLovesTech ,
@TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social avatar

These republicans want to get rid of candidates up to and after the 11th month!

/s

_stranger_ ,

The way you phrased that reminded me of that old X Files episode where that little dude crawls inside the fat dude.

plz1 ,

Well that’s an image one can’t un-imagine…

AbidanYre ,

A Ryker in the post feels like cheating.

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

I’m the Riker expert around here. Don’t argue with my Riker posting.

AbidanYre ,

I can’t even spell the dude’s name right. Clearly no one should be listening to me.

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”?

Reverendender ,

https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/4e23664b-a382-403e-a616-d7e2ba44e9ab.gif

mightyfoolish ,

Guess we are also making fun of them when they say something normal… Wow, they said something normal!

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

It would have been normal if they had thought that during the primaries and backed any of the people younger than Trump in significant numbers.

But they only feel this way after Biden dropped out.

So yeah, we’re making fun of them.

mightyfoolish ,

I was making fun of them too, just in a tounge-in-cheek way.

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Ah, gotcha.

JoMiran ,
@JoMiran@lemmy.ml avatar

…they would prefer a president under the age of 75.

https://yt3.ggpht.com/a/AATXAJwu9fiH8LRkz6OaXlZy5wwJAQClRbQh3-3CsQ=s900-c-k-c0xffffffff-no-rj-mo

avidamoeba ,
@avidamoeba@lemmy.ca avatar

Thank you Captain Obvious!

RattlerSix ,

I guess they’re rounding up on a couple of those because 59+40+2=101.

Anyway… they had younger people running against him and he won. He’s their guy and they can all go to hell with him

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Exactly. They are only saying this now because Biden dropped out.

And yes, I am guessing it was a rounding error. There’s always a margin of error on these things after all.

ArbitraryValue ,

Well of course most people would want the candidate to be younger. I’m sure even the candidates wish they were younger. (I wouldn’t mind being younger myself.) That’s not the same thing as preferring to replace the current candidate with a different, young candidate.

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Isn’t preferring a younger president suggesting you want a younger candidate?

ArbitraryValue ,

Sorry, I rephrased my post a bit. What I meant is that there’s a difference between saying “it would be better if Trump were younger” and “Trump should be replaced by someone who is younger”.

_stranger_ ,

Sounds like they need to vote for Kamala!

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