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These might be the good old days. Go outside, feel the grass, say wassup to your neighbors,... whatever you do that means community, because sh*t might get bad for a while.

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[–] Jeredin@lemm.ee 173 points 3 days ago (9 children)

I just hope if he loses, it’s by a wide margin so there’s no challenge. Just decisive victory and we can all move on….

[–] 667@lemmy.radio 147 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Don’t underestimate their tactic. For the republican presidential campaign, they will recognize only one of two outcomes: victory, or election tampering/fraud/manipulation. And, the wider the margin of win, the stronger the rhetoric will be.

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago

Trump insisted he won the popular vote in 2016. That was him setting this whole thing up.

[–] Ioughttamow@fedia.io 57 points 3 days ago (2 children)

As long as he loses I think it’s mostly good. He currently does not hold the levers of power, and I think as much as his supporters like to play the victim, I think a second loss will lead to evaporating support. Hard to pretend to be a strongman when you look weak

[–] jerakor@startrek.website 49 points 3 days ago (3 children)

A second loss should be a death knell of the current Republican party. He won't transition any of his power to Vance or any other Republicans. He could die and we still would see 10% of the Americans to vote for him in 2028 because his death was just media propaganda as far as they are concerned.

[–] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 28 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Stop teasing me with best case scenarios.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago

His breakfast Big Mac could still go down wrong this morning.

[–] jecxjo@midwest.social 4 points 3 days ago

I can easily see the party fracture, Republicans and MAGA. If they do split it may be a while before they come back into power.

[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

10%? Try 25%-30%

[–] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

His rallies have fizzled and I suspect this year (unlike 2016) a lot of these attendees were paid for their attendance, hence the common early exodus we have seen from his “supporters”.

[–] DemBoSain@midwest.social 25 points 3 days ago

Expect the challenge. I've been watching the usual suspects on Twitter, they're completely bwashed into thinking there's only one possible outcome, and if it goes against them it means there's been election fraud. They're already calling it a landslide.

[–] ulkesh@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

Trump will challenge no matter what the margin is, if he loses. He will never concede because he’s a narcissistic loser and his moron followers will blindly do his bidding, especially on the next January 6.

[–] Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

This, after ten years of this orange baboon dominating the headlines and flinging shit everywhere I’m ready for it to end.

Tbh I’m honestly kinda surprised that electoral fuckery wasn’t even needed.

[–] BonerMan@ani.social 2 points 3 days ago

I hoped for his removal.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 0 points 3 days ago (2 children)

If we are being honest I suspect this election will be tight. Let's try not to pull a democrat this time. In 2020 they voted to uphold the election without any recounts because there was a democrat majority in Congress. When you are elected leader it is your job to serve the people. They should've at least looked into Trumps claims even if they were fabricated.

[–] phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 days ago

They did... and found nothing except an occasional republican fraud. The facts don't matter to facists.

They should’ve at least looked into Trumps claims even if they were fabricated.

to be clear, trump has made 10x the amount of public claims, privately, every single one was either incredibly illegal. Or fucking wrong. Not a single one was correct.