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In reply to the discussion: Bizarre hypothetical: Has Covid saved the Republic? [View all]W_HAMILTON
(8,226 posts)22. The pandemic ended up helping him.
It kept Democrats from GOTV like we normally would, registering new voters like we normally would, and the precautions taken to prevent virus spread was used like a cudgel against us for political purposes during the elections.
Any normal, run-of-the-mill election, his ass would have been booted out and we would have probably already taken back the Senate and boosted our majority in the House.
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If Trump had done even a half-assed job of handling the pandemic, he would have been re-elected.
Arkansas Granny
Dec 2020
#5
Absolutely yes. He would have won easily if he had just pretended to take some action and act like
Irish_Dem
Dec 2020
#6
He must have figured cheating would win the election for him. So he didn't have to bother with
Irish_Dem
Dec 2020
#27
Likewise, the economic collapse in 2008 probably handed the Presidency to Obama.
jalan48
Dec 2020
#11
Not sure how many more Republican catastrophes we can take in order to get a Democrat elected
jalan48
Dec 2020
#20
As soon as I saw Trump's reaction to COVID I said it would be what brought him down.
CaptainTruth
Dec 2020
#18
I'm not at all sure the Republic is saved. It may have delayed its demise a little.
Crunchy Frog
Dec 2020
#33