Despite conflicting public opinion polls, there are many reasons to believe why Donald Trump and the Republican Party are on the road to defeat in 2024!
Among them are the following:
If one uses Ronald Reagan’s argument in 1980, “Are you better off than you were years ago?”, and use it in reverse, most certainly, economically, the nation is far better than it was in 2020, by any economic statistic! The stock market is booming; unemployment is at a 50 year low; inflation is coming down; and more jobs have been created than under any modern President in a four year term!
Also, Donald Trump brags about ending Roe V Wade, and this ending of abortion rights has become a major motivator among the vast majority of women and the men who love them, and will motivate many voters to be sure to vote and get others to vote!
Donald Trump also tells Republicans to reject the strongest immigration bill in a generation, and the crisis on the border is worse, as a result, and it will reverberate on Republicans in the Fall. With various conservative groups backing the legislation, it can be used as a weapon against Trump in the upcoming election, and harm the party chances in Congress!
The Republican House of Representatives has been a disaster, leading to some Republicans quitting early, not wishing to hang around, and leaving the Republicans with just one vote more than a majority, subject to change at any time, if anyone in their slim majority resigns, dies, or is in the hospital for an extended period. And Speaker Mike Johnson is in danger of being the second Speaker to be removed in the same Congress. So the Democrats have a great issue as they get ready for the election, which should guarantee a Democratic majority in that chamber in the upcoming 119th Congress of 2025-2027!
Donald Trump being indicted on 91 counts in four cases is not going to help promote loyalty of Republicans, as already, there are indications that a substantial number did not want him to run, and instead supported Nikki Haley. The idea that independents or Democrats will vote for Trump is not realistic, and already, he has a record of never winning the popular vote in either 2016 or 2020!
With so many former Trump Administration officials refusing to support Trump this time around, since they see how dangerous he is on foreign policy, and his plans for a dictatorship, this will also strengthen the case for Joe Biden as a center of stability and democracy!
And with Trump saying the January 6 Insurrectionists are “hostages” that he would free from prison is not a way to win support or strengthen Republican prospects!
With all these factors, Democrats have the advantage, but have to be concerned about keeping support of African Americans, Hispanic-Latino Americans, Asian Americans, Arab-Muslim Americans, Jewish Americans, and the younger Generation Z first time voters.
So there is plenty of work still ahead!
Trump’s hush money trial begins April 15.
In the civil fraud judgment, the appeals court has given him 10 more days to pay his bond and cut the amount to $175 million.
This is rather concerning. NBC has hired Ronna McDaniel, the former GOP chair, who is an election denier, as an analyst for their network.
WTF did they hire her for?! I can understand Michael Steel, Liz Cheney, and other anti-Trump Republicans. At least they are helping to defend democracy.
I hope this bad decision backfires on them and they dump her quickly.
MSNBC’s President Rashida Jones says that Ronna McDaniel will not be showing up on MSNBC.
Sounds like whoever decided to hire her at NBC is gearing up to appease King Donald.
One of the legal analysts on MSNBC says it’s possible Trump could be convicted as early as June in the hush money trial.
New York Times says RFK Jr.’s pick is Nicole Shanahan.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/26/politics/rfk-jr-vice-president/index.html
So, if Trump gets convicted in the hush money trial, and has to go to jail before the election, how would that work? Would Republicans have to choose someone else at their convention?
Trump is so desperate for money to pay his legal fees that he’s selling bibles.
It wouldn’t surprise me if his bibles include a Book of King Donald in them.
Southern Liberal,
My guess is that Trump’s running mate becomes the nominee.
Either that, or they make DeSantis the alternative.
RFK Jr.’s choice for VP sounds like he’s going to try to siphon off Democratic votes. She describes herself as a progressive who has donated to various Democrats.
Current and potential staffers at the RNC have been asked in recent job interviews whether they believe the 2020 election was stolen.
Delay is Trump’s objective. He’ll come up with some ways to prolong the trial, in hopes that he wins the election, so he can pardon himself.
Primary reason he picked her seems to be her ability to bring $$ to his struggling campaign.
She claims that she’s not an anti-vaxxer, but some comments she has made suggest otherwise.
Biden, Obama, and Bill Clinton are having a campaign event in New York City on Thursday. The three presidents will sit for a rare conversation, moderated by Stephen Colbert.
Democrats flipped a state House seat in deep red Alabama.
Trump is being asked in interviews what his favorite Bible verse is and he can’t think of one because he obviously doesn’t know one.
RFK Jr.’s VP pick has been anti-war since Iraq. She’ll probably attract a mix of anti-war Democrats and isolationist Republicans.
Democrats passed gun safety legislation in Virginia. Governor Youngkin vetoed most of it.
Joe Lieberman passed away yesterday.
Fox News and other right-wing outlets are making up racist conspiracy theories about the bridge collapse in Baltimore.
In addition to vetoing gun safety legislation, Governor Youngkin also vetoed a minimum wage increase.
Thousands of people took to the streets of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem over the weekend in the largest protests Israel has seen since the start of the war against Hamas.
Demonstrators are angry at Netanyahu and his government for not having secured the release of all the hostages taken captive during the October 7 terror attack. While 105 people were released during a temporary truce last year, another 130 that were kidnapped are either dead or still being held by Hamas and other militant groups.
Banners at the protests called on the Prime Minister to resign and for Israel to hold new elections.
Netanyahu has said that the goals of the current war against Hamas are to bring back the hostages, destroy Hamas and remake Gaza so that no militant group can ever carry out the type of attack that Israel suffered last year, in which about 1,200 people were killed.
But the families of the hostages and demonstrators that came out over the weekend believe the Israeli government should be more focused on hostage retrieval than any military or security objectives.
Israeli airstrike hit World Central Kitchen aid convoy, killing 7 aid workers. I’m in agreement with critics of this war. Biden needs to put conditions on what military aid we send to Israel.