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In reply to the discussion: I just heard something interesting from a Rethug Insider here in Philly [View all]calimary
(81,238 posts)Thing is - he's so deeply invested in denial. And almost everybody around him remembers 2016 and all the signs that Hillary Clinton would win. And he came from behind and squeeeeeeaked out a "win." I think he might gamble on going for it.
And I hope so, because I'm afraid the Pence thing would be lethal for us. It would stop the hemorrhaging of moderates and conservative-leaning independents. The "Christian right" would leap at it and almost literally force its congregations to the polls to vote. Pence would be acceptable enough to all the wavering potential voters who are now looking to defect. TONS of these folks are party-over-country. TOO many.
But I could see it happening AFTER a very unfortunate Election Night for the donald. Could even happen ON Election Night, assuming it starts to become clear that Biden's gonna take it. We might just see donald disappear - except I'd also expect he'd fight the results, call them fake, call them a hoax, that he really won (without producing any evidence), and spread all kinds of verbal mess all over everywhere, from physical yowling to tweeting.