The reason Republicans are not doing the right thing and congratulating Biden

[RAB910]

Trump will be the party's kingmaker for years to come. The Republicans still fear Trump. Trump's cult following is large and it is rabid. They all fear being primaried by a Trump-endorsed candidate

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Trump will drop them like a hot rock. None of this should matter, he should spend

30 consecutive 20 yr sentences soon anyway.

[malaise]

2. Killa Con will croak sooner than you think

He can't even hold a cup and he is insane That is all

[maxsolomon]

17. Used to think that about Dick Cheney.

He's running on a 2nd ticker.

Here we are, 8 years later. The bad sleep well.

[Blue Owl]

3. Good grief

Talk about a pathetic "king-maker" -- tRump is the best they can do? I guess there's really nobody else.

Get poopy-maker toddler Donny his paper Burger King crown!

[RAB910]

9. Trump is the ultimate culmination of GOP actions for the last 40 years

[uponit7771]

4. K&R, I've been screaming this for months; Trump isn't going away !!!

[magicarpet]

5. A shit load of Fascists paraded to the ballot box to vote the Fuhrer back in for four more years,...

.... of chaos, mayhem, insanity, and buffoonery.

Can't wait to see the final total count.

[RKP5637]

6. Trump, will fade from history as his legal problems mount and he also gets bored with the GOP,

especially if he can not keep his rallies up ... who will pay for all of that. His fan base might well die off from Covid-19. They will roll him out occasionally like they did with Reagan.

[Binkie The Clown]

7. Donny stopped being a "kingmaker" a couple days ago. He's a washed up has been. nt

[Buckeye_Democrat]

8. This.

The right-wing propagandists created a monstrous voting bloc for Republicans, and they're afraid of them now.

Plenty of former Republicans paid the price for expressing moderation on issues, punished for being "RINOS" and not maintaining "purity" per Limbaugh, Hannity, etc.

[WyattKansas]

10. Have you all thought that maybe they tried to tell tRUMP he lost, but...

tRUMP got pissed off and threatened to unload all the dirty business and secrets about the Republican Party to the public if they do not fight for him?

Hell, I hope it becomes a much bigger train wreck with tRUMP and Republicans hitting their flash point, when nothing can be done to save their tyrant child.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

11. Assuming Trump doesn't pull off a coup and actually leaves on January 20th...

...nobody will want anything to do with him.

He's a single termer who lost the popular vote twice, never had a collective approval rating over 49% and whose Presidency was besieged by scandals, nagging questions about foreign interference, an Impeachment and a disastrous pandemic response.

He's not going to be viewed like Reagan. He won't even be viewed like George W. Bush, who left office during a similar disaster but whose image has rebounded for the simple reason he's comparably far more likeable than Trump.

He will be viewed as mud with no legacy to speak of, and looming legal matters will only cement that fact. He will be dropped like a hot potato the moment he steps onto that helicopter to take him away.

[RAB910]

12. He can say truthfully that he got the most votes of any Republican candidate

He is going to keep his cult by lying about being "robbed"

[Tommy_Carcetti]

15. His cult has always been more personal than party.

They're Trumpists more than they are Republicans, and Trump himself fashioned them as such.

[RAB910]

21. true

[Roland99]

13. Anyone expect that obese, Big Mac-swallowing, Adderrall-sniffing beast to still be alive in 2024??

[Sogo]

18. This.

[stillcool]

14. the kingmaker is the wealth..

behind the GOP, and nothing has changed there. Donald is a Con. No more, no less.

[bigtree]

16. if that's what they're thinking it'll be that much harder

...when it comes to a point where their entire party is drenched in his piss.

[kskiska]

19. They had high hopes for Sarah Palin, too.

Look how far she's fallen. Besides, trump's senility will only increase with time.

[andym]

20. The GOP base now likes Trump far greater than their own party

so what you say is correct. Trump will be quite powerful from the sidelines.

[OnDoutside]

22. It could turn out that way, but he could immediately announce that he is running in 2024, which

would scupper the chances of Haley, Pompeo, Cotton etc as none of them would dare challenge him.

[RAB910]

23. He could play kingmaker with either choice

[OnDoutside]

24. He could, but if he announces his 2024 campaign, he gets to raise money off the back of it, and

hold loads of rallies for the next 4 years....win-win for him. It may also make the Democrats wary about coming after a former president running for the Presidency. Can you imagine the howls of "Democrats are jailing their political opponent" ?