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We need to talk about the madness. As it is now clear, Trump KNEW there is no election fraud, and SAID SO to Republicans in December... let's expore insanity a little bit.

No. I do not mean how insane is Trump

I mean, how insane is the GOP

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If you remember Walter Mondale campaign against Reagan in 1984, Mondale lost 40% to 59%. He lost every state except his home state

After that epic loss, imagine Mondale declaring, he will run in 1988 again. That would have been madness

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But Trump lost by 4% in 2020, BEFORE his terrorist attack on America of January 6th. Today Trump support is at 38% nationally (So it is about the same as Mondale in 1984). It would be SHEER LUNACY to run Trump in ANY campaign ever again, by GOP. Lunacy

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But Trump wants to run. Not because he can win. That is irrelevant

Irrelevant

Trump will run because he is a pathological narcissist and is addicted to the rallies. His CAMPAIGN regularly PAID to hire actors to boost his audience size. That is pathetic

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Trump is so insecure about the size of his... audience, that he had his staffers PHOTOSHOP larger audiences into the photographs. Not just the Inaugration. They did this regularly.

So addicted, Trump has ALREADY started rallies for 2024 campaign!

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Trump will ALSO run because his fans will pay for it - and by running his campaign, he gets money pilfered to his resorts & Trump uses the campaign donations to pay his mounting legal bills (two weeks of Impeachment cost him $3.2 million in legal fees)

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Do not say Trump will not live to 2024 or will be too feeble or cannot speak conherently - since when did MAGA care about Trump being coherent?

And in prison? Trump is LEGALLY ALLOWED to run for President if he is in prison!

Of course he runs in 2024

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BUT CONSIDER NOW. Not 2024. Trump SAYS he wants to run now. His maganutters WANT him to run now. The damage he does, is NOW

So put on your RATIONAL hat, and follow me to insanity. (Watch your head, this may get bumpy)

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After a LOSS, a party does an autopsy. This is NORMAL. It is the SANE thing to do. What went wrong? How can we win NEXT TIME. Romney autopsy of 2012 famously said GOP needs to appeal to women, to minorities and to the youth. GOP knew what is the medicine

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After the Romney 2012 campaign autopsy, needing to appeal to women, minorities and youth, the GOP did the opposite. They nominated Trump: a sexist, racist, science denier. The GOP gaps in gender, race & age have grown WORSE with Trump. This was MADNESS

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Now take Trump 2020. If Trump wants to run again, he has to see WHY HE LOST. What went wrong? Be OPEN about it, so the whole GOP can join on the journey to a NEW DIRECTION, to not repeat the defeat

To not repeat the defeat

Trump says he did not lose!

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Trump lost by SEVEN MILLION VOTES. He lost by 4%. The GOP CANNOT recover from that loss, without dealing with the FACTS and fixing themselves

Not only do they intend to run the loser stiff, Trump..

Trump intends to boldly run the same losing campaign!

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Take the medicine of 2012. Do the OPPOSITE of the medicine. When that produces WORSE result than 2012

..do it again. Except now, with added baggage of Trump who is also the nation's domestic Terrorist-In-Chief and Covid-Killer-In-Chief

Madness

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The ONLY reason the GOP cannot have an election autopsy, to figure out what went wrong, to do better in 2022 and 2024 - is the FRAGILE EGO of Trump. Trump cannot ADMIT he lost. So he must perpetuate a fantasy that he won.

You see how mad this is?

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Imagine any football coatch doing this? Coach, we were sacked 7 times, we have to change our plays. No, we did not lose. We won last Sunday...

That is ABSOLUTE MADNESS

Except it gets worse

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Now we saw DOJ notes on Friday, that Trump KNOWS there was no election fraud at all. He just want's to create an illusion of voter fraud

This is that football coach ADMITTING we lost, but insisting we run the losing plays again

This is a SUICIDE PACT

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Look at Covid. Trump insists on revenge on his Enemies List, & to continue his War Against Fauci. Trump took his vaccination IN SECRET

Now his minions wage a war against masks & some MEEKLY try to suggest vaccinations

While Covid kills REPUBLICANS

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Same with voter fraud. There was no voter fraud. Trump KNOWS this. GOP KNOWS this. We know this. Sane people know this

Only Fox viewers & maganutters believe there was voter fraud

It will SUPPRESS votes but ONLY on the GOP side

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Trump is siphoning off GOP donor money, to pay Trump legal fees. That is LESS MONEY for the actual campaigns against us

Trump plays Kingmaker, selecting LUNATICS, racists & criminals that he endorses. Some who will lose because they are BAD CANDIDATES

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Whether Trump ends up on the GOP ticket in 2024 or not, is irrelevant for midterms 2022. This is a TOUGH election cycle for Team Blue, midterms after our party took the White House. We have to fight hard

But Trump is DAMAGING THEIR SIDE

Let him

PS

History books will show Trump destroyed the Republican party. What comes after it, will expunge Trumpism & maga, as moderate Conservative party instead

Mitch McConnell had chance to rid GOP of Trump with Senate vote on Impeachment 2. Biggest political mistake in GOP history