In a YouGov poll conducted between July 25-29, 59 percent of Republicans surveyed said they would prefer a president under the age of 75. Trump celebrated his 78th birthday in June. Forty percent said they had no preference, and just two percent said they would prefer a president over the age of 75.

  • @echo
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    1485 months ago

    Sorry repubs… you’re going to have to carry this non-viable fetus to term…

    • @UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      -695 months ago

      If the Dems get a reroll, I don’t see why the Repubs wouldn’t be allowed one, too.

      Excited to see JD Vance at the top of the ticket. That should be fun.

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        They already had their convention in July. That’s why they shit themselves throwing a temper tantrum when the Dems switched, having made an assumption that the Dems wouldn’t just not nominate a sitting President.

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          They already had their convention in July.

          Where they made their VP announcement, clearly without an iota of audience testing.

          But nothing really stops Trump from withdrawing and ceding the nomination to his VP. Or dying, for that matter.

          That’s why they shit themselves throwing a temper tantrum

          I suspect that’s more just because Biden would have been easier to beat and they’re sore over not being able to coast to victory.

          • @prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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            But nothing really stops Trump from withdrawing and ceding the nomination to his VP. Or dying, for that matter.

            Besides his crippling narcissism

          • 🔰Hurling⚜️Durling🔱
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            The Democrats still haven’t had their convention so they still can make whatever chabge they want. If Trump withdraws, the Republican party as a whole would be withdrawing because they already had their convention and chose their representative. Another Democrat can run against Kamala up until the convention, but once the Democratic party chooses their representative, they would also be locked in.

            • @I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world
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              The DNC and RNC aren’t legally bound by the rules they made for themselves. There have been lawsuits in the last 8 years that have established that. They can both do what ever the fuck they want as long as they don’t piss off the really big donors.

          • @IamSparticles@lemmy.zip
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            35 months ago

            I was going to suggest that they could just make Vance the candidate. I’m sure that will work out well for them.

      • katy ✨
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        repubs had like 10 chances to jettison trump between dropping him from the party, washing their hands of him, supporting the investigations, and voting to impeach… and they rejected all of them to stand by him

      • @doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        Dems changed to Harris before actually nominating Biden.

        Trump is already nominated. Changing at this point would be a much bigger problem for either side.

        Even if they somehow did who would take his place? Vance has been very unpopular so far, and they’ve already had a full primary this cycle; we already know they don’t have anyone better than Trump.

        Also it would make them hypocrites, not that they care.

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          A nomination does not mean that the republican party needs to back Trump. They could have simply chose someone else or even remove him from their ticket. It’s all in their control.

          A primary is merely to check and see which way the political wind is blowing before the election. And nominations are not written in stone.

          • @doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            Almost a fair point; dems may not have rallied around Harris under other circumstances. But she’s only formally run one other time and that was four years ago and against a former VP (Biden). Not quite the same situation today.

            Also the line you quoted doesn’t seem to have anything to do with the point you’re trying to make.

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        Because they actively participated in the deification of Trump among their base, so they know that taking Trump off the ballot would split the party (possibly irreparably).

        • @jwt@programming.dev
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          … would split the party (possibly irreparably)

          Especially since it’s a near certainty that Trump would just continue his presidential bid (as a write-in independent if need be).

      • @echo
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        185 months ago

        Because Dems only just now voted and elected Harris. At this point, they are also locked in. Repubs already felated, I mean elected, Cheeto…

          • @echo
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            65 months ago

            He’s not going to step down, so it will have to be incapacitation which I fully support.

        • @UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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          -235 months ago

          Because Dems only just now voted and elected Harris.

          I’m not sure what election you participated in, but my ballot listed Joe Biden at the top of the ticket.

          At this point, they are also locked in

          Nothing forces Trump to be president. He can quit any time he wants.

          • @echo
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            I’m not sure what election you participated in, but my ballot listed Joe Biden at the top of the ticket.

            So this is an opportunity for you to learn how it really works. Harris was just officially voted to be the Dem candidate and that will be official on Monday.

            Nothing forces Trump to be president. He can quit any time he wants.

            Oh, he could abort himself, but you know that’s never going to happen. The party is stuck with the weirdo until the election, otherwise.

            • @UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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              -155 months ago

              Harris was just officially voted to be the Dem candidate

              By whom? Which voter cast a ballot for Harris? Which state did she win?

              • @echo
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                95 months ago

                You need to learn how the process works… you’re being intentionally ignorant which is a form of stupidity.

                • @UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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                  -15 months ago

                  You need to learn how the process works…

                  • The process selects a candidate

                  • The party ejects the candidate in place of a younger, more popular secondary

                  Me: “Republicans should do this, too”

                  Lemmy: ten zillion downvotes

                  Haters gonna hate.