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Originally posted by jaaron11:
chellim1, do you actually believe what you just posted? Asking for a concerned friend.

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The midterm loss is not an enigma and it's not fraud. Middle America (both politically and geographically) turned on Trump in a massive way. The reasons are not hard to find. Quoting Isaac Saul of Tangle:

"President Trump and the Republican Party fumbled an unbelievable political opportunity. Bernard Stanford went viral last night for a brilliant summation of the failures, some of which I’ll note here: They had a governing trifecta, had won the national popular vote, swept all seven swing states, and six of nine Supreme Court justices were appointed by Republicans. And yet, two years later, they have very few durable victories. They oversaw one of the least productive Congresses in American history, essentially extended President Biden’s federal budget, passed an unpopular tax bill, and couldn’t even sniff long-term immigration reform. Trump, his family, and his cabinet have openly enriched themselves while Americans struggle. A fresh foreign war, high tariffs, and high deficits now plague the balance sheet. DOGE was a complete and utter failure. Trump’s strongest issue, immigration, became a vulnerability after DHS agents terrorized American towns and killed American citizens on video."

That statement reflects the consensus view of most Americans right now. People are tiring of culture wars and acid politics. They just want the government to work for them. A moderate, truly conservative candidate who was also a decent human being would mop up in this general election environment. The problem is, they'd never make it out of the primary.