Democrats plan 'dirty tactics' to make sure 'marred' Donald Trump gets GOP nomination: columnist
By: Adam Nichols (Raw Story - Celebrating Years of Independent Journalism)
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Former President Donald Trump has the backing of the majority of Democrats who hope such "marred" candidate will ease Joe Biden's path back to the White House, a USA Today columnist wrote Tuesday.
Biden's announcement that he's seeking re-election has excited few in the Democratic Party, wrote Ingrid Jacques. And they see the best chance for what they consider a weak candidate is to pit him against someone even less likely to win.
That's why Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has them fearful - they see him as a more viable choice for president than Trump.
"He hasn't even announced he's running yet, but the Republican has caught the left's attention big time," Jacques writes.
"In fact, DeSantis seems to have become the new target of "derangement syndrome," with liberals obsessed over his every move and decision - much like they did throughout the Trump years. "
Jacques claims approval ratings for Biden - who announced his reelection bid early Tuesday - are terrible. More than half of Democrats, and 70% of Americans, want somebody else to be the party's nominee.
So, if he is running, they want him to face the weakest contender.
And she wrote that Democratic strategists are "adept at dirty tactics," as seen by the millions of dollars that party strategists spent to fund primary races of the most extreme MAGA candidates in last year's primaries in the hope that potential GOP voters will be repulsed.
"That's why some Democratic strategists are putting their money on former President Donald Trump as the Republican nominee next year," the columnist wrote. "You can bet the party will do everything in its power to make sure that's the case."
Though Trump is leading DeSantis in fundraising and polling, he's beating Biden in hypothetical matchups in battleground states, Jacques said.
"Of course, as Trump proved in 2016 when Democrats also saw him as the weakest competitor, the now-former president shouldn't be underestimated. A lot has happened, though, in the past seven years."
She added: "Democrats are betting Trump would face a much tougher electorate in the general election - especially given Trump's rocky last few years, marred by the Jan. 6 riot, multiple criminal investigations and an indictment.
"The fact that Democratic insiders are wishing for Trump should serve as a wake-up call to Republicans: If beating Biden is the goal, then Trump's not their guy."
Hilarious. Right wingers in the media, such as this USA Today writer, are planning to blame the Democrats for Trump being the GOP nominee.
Uh, clowns, you have had 28 MONTHS to get rid of Donald Trump from your ranks. And did nothing. Now you want to blame the other side. Boo hoo.
By the way, I am a Democrat and a liberal and I do not want Trump to be the Republican nominee. I want him to go to prison.
Anyone who would vote for Trump at this point is not about to be influenced by anything but Donald Trump himself.
You mean the real Trump, or the fake clone Trump democrats keep using to make the real one look bad? /snark
If you ever want proof that democrats value party over country, just look at how much money and influence they are using to help a man they claim is a threat to democracy obtain power. They are willing to risk putting a man they believe is a traitor and existential threat to the republic in power because they think it helps their party.
Give us a fucking break Sean. YOU are more at fault for Trump still being around than a thousand Democrats. You could have articulated all the reasons conservatives should have dumped his ass and you (and yours) have sat on your hands for two years.
What i or any Republican has done is immaterial to this story, which is About democrats supporting the cause of a man they claim to believe is a threat to the republic. Or they’ve been lying the whole time.
I dont see anything specific in the article about anything Democrats are doing to help Trump. The article is a conservative columnist whining because she realizes y'all are stuck with him.
Frankly, you guys still have time to tell him to get lost, but won't muster the courage to do it.
The primaries start for real in February.
Get back to us then.
"That's why Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has them fearful - they see him as a more viable choice for president than Trump.
"He hasn't even announced he's running yet, but the Republican has caught the left's attention big time," Jacques writes.
"In fact, DeSantis seems to have become the new target of "derangement syndrome," with liberals obsessed over his every move and decision - much like they did throughout the Trump years. "
Yep, dirty tricks are the left's favorite stock-in-trade, but they rarely work. But hey, keep your focus on Trump. Once DeSantis declares, all hell is going to break loose. The majority of American voters don't want either Biden or Trump to run again.
dirty tricks are the left's favorite tac
well, they had the current Secretary of State on behalf of the Biden campaign collude with former intelligence officials to lie about his sons laptop being ‘Russian disinformation’ to provide him cover during a debate,
that was one of the best dirty tricks of all time.
Ron DeSantis will come off more as a mope than a dynamic national leader. He has no chance.
Trump didn't have a chance in 2016 I'm sure you wrote, since I wasn't here then.
DeSantis will easily beat an old Joe Biden and his trusty sidekick, giggling goofy Kamala.
John Kasich is out there and would probably accept a draft for the GOP nomination. As much as I detest Mitt Romney he would be an upgrade over what you are trying to make America swallow right now.
Is it that damn religion or his squeaky clean white image?