To those hoping Trump has actually contracted COVID.....

[brooklynite]

If he recovers, it’ll give a boost to his argument that it’s not a “big thing”.....

And if he DOESN’T recover, there would be a sympathy backlash for Pence.

[NutmegYankee]

1. It'll drag him down for weeks.

He'll look sick and be low energy for the remainder of the campaign.

[Piasladic]

2. But if he doesn't...

[Claustrum]

3. Boris Johnson recovered with lingering health problems.

Just recovering doesn't mean it's nothing.

[Blue_true]

13. He was in better shape than Trump by a long shot and he got really sick.

I am more concerned that those idiots may have infected Democrats that had to be close to them.

[Klaralven]

4. They should be able to keep him on a ventilator until after the election

[LisaL]

5. Again, it really doesn't matter what we want.

What is going to happen is going to happen.

[Rice4VP]

6. No one on is going to

vote for a sick and irresponsible person...if he’s positive.

[C_U_L8R]

7. I don't wish this on anyone.

But seeing Trump's hypocrisy exposed is priceless.

[Enterstageleft]

8. I wish it on tRump!!

[Towlie]

17. Think of all of the lives saved if Trump gets sick and his supporters see the light.

[SoonerPride]

9. Sometimes the best thing is to die as an example

He could die and his base suddenly take it seriously this saving a hundred thousand lives.

It would be the first time he’s ever helped someone other than himself.

[Claustrum]

20. And the economy can actually recover properly after we flatten the curve properly

And can open things up correctly.

[sfstaxprep]

10. He Would Be Toast

If he's out of commission NOW?

Nobody would vote for Pence. The repubs will get Slaughtered, and most of their voters would stay home on 11/3.

[Blue_true]

11. I completely don't agree with you.

Trump is a prime target for COVID19, he would likely have a big struggle.

I believe that if he or Pence or both get sick, that loses the election for them, people will just look at the situation as a continuation of the decline the country has been on with them in office.

If Pence survives, there won’t be a sympathy vote, the majority of Americans would most likely want to move away from the thoughtlessness that him and Trump embodied.

[GusFring]

12. Would make me believe in karma.

[fishwax]

14. I don't think the sympathy backlash would match the enthusiasm drop, though

trump has a rabid base. But they don't have that kind of devotion to pence. And trump's spotlight has been so large that I don't think most middle-of-the-road voters feel as familiar with pence as, say they did with Biden in 2012 or Cheney in 2004 or Gore in '96.

That said, though, I think the desperate and angry faction of trump's base might be more motivated to violence in the case of a serious trump illness, and the potential for conspiracy theory contagion on the fringe would be extremely high.

[dalton99a]

15. I don't want him to get the "China virus"

I want him to get something better

[Towlie]

16. What is "a sympathy backlash for Pence"?

Anyway, If he DOESN'T recover he won't be able to endanger our national security by selling classified information to settle his foreign debts.

[greenjar_01]

18. Give it a fucking rest already

Ooooofah.

[brush]

19. I doubt he'll recover if he has it. He's in the 90th percentile bracket...

meaning it's most likely he would die. Herman Cain was younger than him and passed.

Sympathy vote for Pence? Nah. Magats will vote for him but the needle wouldn't move for him as he and Mother are not the most sympathetic figures I can think of.

[regnaD kciN]

21. I don't want him to get it...

...but, if he does and survives, it will look really bad that he tried to downplay it for so long. One could well argue that no one in his entourage would have gotten it if they'd used the precautions scientists were urging on everyone, and that his administration tried their hardest to downplay.

[cry baby]

22. I want him healthy when he gets his ass handed to him

on Nov 3.

[Stallion]

23. Can't Wait to see the Movie