…and now everyone can argue about what they said.
I think it’s fair to say that reactions to yesterday’s vote are all over the map, often depending on the spin one wants to put on things. Trump won, though I understand that in terms of delegates to the convention, he came away with a small majority.
Count me among those who are looking on the bright side, at least to a certain extent.
I do think it’s fair to say that there are a lot of Republican voters who want to see the last of Trump. These are people who haven’t yet come to terms with the fact that the Republican Party they inherited from their parents is now the American Nazi Party. They were confronted with a menu of alternate choices none of which were very tasty, but a large percentage of them went for the only choice left after all the others dropped out. I think it’s fair to say that those folks didn’t vote for Haley because they like her, most of them voted for her because they want to see the end of Donald Trump. I think the folks mentioned here are fairly representative of a large chunk of the Republican electorate, at least in the states that have not converted to full on fascism. I think we can expect to see similar results in most of the states that hold primaries. It appears that Trump, who had another of his meltdowns last night actually understands it that way, despite his dementia.
The question is, what will those voters do in November. They can swallow hard and vote for Trump, stay home, or vote for a third party candidate. I’m guessing that it will be a combination of the latter two options, either one of which is good news for Biden, as these are votes that went for Trump the last time around. The chances of such an outcome can only increase when he is convicted of treason. It will be interesting, by the way, to see how the Republican convention plays out as they nominate a man who can be there only because he’s out on bail.
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