Republicans who expect a normal presidential primary report to me for wallet inspection
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It isn’t a radical statement to say that Donald J. Trump wants to be President of the United States for the rest of his life. It is perfectly reasonable to think that his tiny, No-Doz riddled brain will interpret Alan Dershowitz’s latest feast of toads as more proof that he can stay in the White House, coating everything in gilt, forever. Therefore, any Republican who wants to run for president this decade will have to stand in direct opposition to him and his fans who also make up the majority of the Republican base. Vance seems to be aware of this. Or at least he dodged the question when asked about running in 2028.
Vance has not yet officially said whether he will run in 2028. In an interview last month with Fox News, Vance said he was focused on the vice presidency and the 2026 midterms but would have a conversation with President Trump after next year’s elections about 2028.
Broaching the delicate topic of Trump no longer being president will require bravery, finesse and careful tim-
Never mind, the Widow Kirk has spoken.
Erika Kirk endorsed Vice President JD Vance for president during a Turning Point USA conference in Arizona, vowing to throw one of the most influential conservative organizations in the country behind Vance in 2028.
“We are going to get my husband’s friend JD Vance elected for 48 in the most resounding way possible,” she said during her speech on Thursday night at AmericaFest, the first major Turning Point event since her husband’s assassination.
Actually, Marco Rubio got there first.
Erika Kirk’s endorsement follows Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying in an interview with Vanity Fair published this week that if the vice president were to run for president in 2028, he would support him.
“If JD Vance runs for president, he’s going to be our nominee, and I’ll be one of the first people to support him,” Rubio told Vanity Fair’s Chris Whipple.
A phrase from my childhood came to mind as I read about Republicans acting as though their leader will give someone else have a turn behind the Desk Resolute without a nasty fight: Y’all trippin’.
I don’t need more proof that to be right wing is to be violently allergic to reality, but right wingers who expect him to suddenly start obeying the norms and laws they’ve so gleefully helped him trample is certainly it.
