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  • @NewPerspective@lemmy.world
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    6911 months ago

    “A vote for Vivek is a vote for the ‘other side,’” Trump said. So Vivek rolls over and supports Trump?

    Call me a conspiracy theorist, but Vivek feels like a plant. He was supposed to fail. I think several candidates are being used to funnel different types of Republicans “back home” to Trump by building a following and then dropping out after Trump says something he thinks is destroying. He’s setting up a house of cards to blow it over.

    • @evatronic@lemm.ee
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      3111 months ago

      Meh. The GOP primaries are just running for the position of Vice President. Whichever candidate does the things Trump likes the most will get to be his running mate. The rest will get to write a book and go on FOX News to talk about how they’re totally bucking the extreme Republican party by being mavericks and standing up to extremism or some shit.

      • @cmbabul@lemmy.world
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        1611 months ago

        Ron might have had a real shot before he took on the Mouse in a legal battle, any loss is seen as weakness and that can’t be abided by the GOP. Disney may be evil themselves but they did everyone a solid by crushing him out like a cigarette even if it was in self interest

        • Flying Squid
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          1011 months ago

          I don’t know if he did. The more people saw of him, the more people realized he’s really weird and kind of repulsive… the pudding fingers, the bobblehead, the shoe lifts, “thigh” food…

      • pachrist
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        811 months ago

        No, but it’s easier for Republicans to test their racist, bigoted talking points with a brown person instead of a white person. I am convinced that’s all he was there for.

      • @Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
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        310 months ago

        Maybe they’re branching to caste discrimination. Would be a bold new acquisition to bolster their roster.

    • @dynamojoe@lemmy.world
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      910 months ago

      I think it’s too much work to be a plant at this level. He was genuinely running. However, it wasn’t going to happen. I think his next move is to show how much of a Trumper he is, hence the endorsement and all the solidarity moves re: state ballots, to try to get Trump’s VP pick. Trump will probably take Haley though for the constituency she’d bring (and female VPs are all the rage nowadays).