Posted on 12/29/2023 6:10:59 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Last week I wrote about how a good deal of former President Donald Trump's popularity is fueled by pure spite by the people whose lives have been damaged or made harder by the Biden administration's destructive policies.
His popularity has risen in part because the Democrats have made it very clear to the American people that they fear Trump, and if the people who've made your life miserable are telling you that they're afraid of someone, you're probably going to gravitate toward that figure and attempt to put him between yourself and them:
My theory is that as Biden and the Democrats cause more suffering, they create a byproduct of spite which people will then use to select which opponent of the administration they'll end up voting for. Combined with the fact that the entirety of the Democrat Party attack machine has been aimed at Trump, including endless media reports, a weaponized justice system, and a mugshot that gave Trump "outlaw" status, you can bet that the Democrats have effectively told people who the party is afraid of.
This has caused the people to infuse Trump with even more support, causing him to only grow in influence despite never having appeared on a debate stage. In fact, I'm willing to bet that a lot of the people now supporting Trump haven't actually seen anything he's had to say over the past few years with the exception of random clips they accidentally came across. I think many people just remember that things were much better under him and got much worse when he was gone.
Keep in mind that the people who now support him aren't all GOP voters. Many of them are Independents and former Democrats who feel Reagan's old saying about not leaving the party but the party leaving him.
Every single attack on Trump has only increased his power. Trump has yet to step on a debate stage this election season and he's been the runaway choice for the GOP primary since the word "go." If the Democrats had never mentioned Trump again after 2020, he wouldn't be half as popular as he is now, but the Democrats couldn't stop obsessing over him.
And for some reason, Democrats never learned this lesson.
Many Democrats in positions of power have attempted to get their names on the books by attempting to be the stone that finally trips Trump and stops him from running in the 2024 election against Joe Biden. Each attempt has failed to do what it was supposed to, which brings us to the latest one.
Colorado successfully took Trump off the ballot in that state, and this was quickly followed up by Maine. They used section 3 of the 14th Amendment to do this, which is an old law that effectively disqualifies anyone who led or participated in a rebellion against the government. Democrats point to January 6 as their excuse, even though Trump did not lead or participate in the events of that day.
I'm not sure if these decisions from these states will survive the U.S. Supreme Court, making it one more failed attempt to stop Trump.
What I do know is that this move will be one more can of gasoline on the raging bonfire of spite that the American people feel against the Democrat Party and I don't see how this doesn't have the added effect of making him more desirable than ever before.
Here's how I see this playing out...
More Democrats in various states are going to attempt to put their name on getting Trump kicked off their state's ballots in an attempt to win clout amongst their peers and possibly secure themselves high positions down the line. This issue will likely go to the U.S. Supreme Court and be shot down. As even The Guardian mentions, utilizing the 14th Amendment to accomplish this comes with its own hidden landmines:
Nor is it clear if section 3 applies to the presidency. An early draft mentioned the office, but the final draft did not. If it does apply to the presidency, Trump’s lawyers will argue that it is a political question that should be decided by voters and any effort by judges to get involved is a denial of the candidate’s right to fair legal procedure because it was made without the benefit of a public trial.
They may also argue that January 6 was not an insurrection but more akin to a riot that Trump was not himself involved in and that he wasusing his rights of free speech when he cajoled the crowd: “We fight like hell. And if you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a country any more.”
If — and likely when — the attempt to keep Trump off the ballot fails it'll be one more signal to the public that Trump is a strong, unstoppable candidate that the Democrats can't seem to stop. It'll be one more feather in his cap as he all but meanders toward the White House.
The bottom line is that Trump was given another push by the Democrats and will likely continue to get these unintentional endorsements for free until the SCOTUS shoots it all down. This will leave Democrats empty-handed and embarrassed and Trump will once again walk away looking like a man who can't do anything but win. It's just more momentum.
Democrats have made Trump the most popular candidate going into 2024. They're addicted to the act, and as voting day in 2024 gets closer, the panic will only rise and the Democrats will continue to make fools of themselves trying to stop the elephant in the room from sitting wherever it wants.
And the more they do it as they make the people suffer, and the spite only grows, the more likely it is he'll be delivered straight into the White House by the very same Democrat Party that's struggling desperately, and failing, to keep him out.
There's still a lot of time before that moment occurs. Life is unpredictable and Trump may find himself a meteoric fall before people reach the voting booth. It's entirely possible he may never reach the general debate stage, although that seems unlikely at this point.
If no Trump on the ballot in the general, then vote for RJK Jr to take the state.
Biden’s horrid regime has been ‘handing 2024’ over to Trump for 3 yrs now.
Let’s not get too carried away
If Trump is not on my ballot I intend to write it in.
The Democrats and their media’s relentless persecution of Donald Trump and his supporters have made them look MEAN. Like demonically, obsessively, MEAN.
That’s never a good look.
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FAAFO...
I believe that is what is going to happen.
Let’s see if we can get enough MAGA people in the legislature to finally finish the job.
WRITING HIM IN if his name is not there!!!!!!
“ Let’s not get too carried away”
Ya. I was gonna say…
The marxists are clearly terrified of him. As they should be.
The ME sec of state probably isn’t aware of how annoying her face is. So tired of woke byatches.
It’s not going to end with those two. This crap iis just getting started.
Good point.
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The Supreme Court has yet to make a ruling. My expectation is that they will delay as long as possible, most likely until after the primary elections are over in all of the critical States and they can declare a "moot" case. They know that they are putting themselves and their families at personal risk if there is a ruling in favor of Trump. And three of the justices will definitely vote against Trump regardless of laws or constitutional provisions.
My expectation is that the Court will surrender to threats and rule that States can set any rules they wish for elections. After that, the pressure will be applied for Georgia and Wisconsin to "disqualify" Donald Trump from the election and it will be game over if the Democrats succeed. They won't.
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For each blue state that blocks Trump’s name from its ballot, a red state should block Biden’s name from its ballot.
I really hope you are correct, and the Court makes their ruling immediately. That would be best for all of us.
I tend to have pessimistic expectations.
Some believe the Deep State wants to trigger a civil war.
I count myself in the group of people who believe that.
The "Deep State" people believe they can win a civil war and they intend to enslave then exterminate their opponents afterwards. They say things like that. It is best to take them at their words.
We are really going to go through with this.
Fixed it.
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