Ron desantis

We need Ron desantis to run against Biden

I feel sick over trump backed candidates losing. We need to stop the Dems regardless and Desantis has a lot of potential

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Subsumedpat · 36-40, M

Don't know that they would do it but law says nothing about how a party has to pick a candidate for that party. The party could hold a convention and just pick someone they wanted to run.

LeopoldBloom · M

@Subsumedpat That's what the Republicans did with Trump in 2020, but he was the sitting president and the putative nominee. He won't have that kind of power in 2024. There's going to be a primary and his only chance is if the non-Trump vote is split again like it was in 2016.

Subsumedpat · 36-40, M

@LeopoldBloom I understand that, but there has been talk by people in the republicans party ready for it to be the post trump era, use the same power to appoint a nominee in 2024 so as not to have a primary for Trump to win. I don't think they will do it, too unfair to the other potential candidates but would be a way to rid the party of Trumps influence.

LeopoldBloom · M

@Subsumedpat The problem with that is that none of the contenders right now - DeSantis, Pence, Pompeo, Hawley, etc. has that kind of pull with the national party. Enough Republican voters want someone other than Trump to be the nominee, that if the party bigwigs tried that, they'd risk alienating too many of them, and would give Trump an excuse to run as an independent, if for no other reason than to prevent the Republican from winning.

The best scenario would be if Jack Smith's investigation leads to an indictment.