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28 Nov, 4 tweets, 2 min read
If this story is true, it's funny to imagine the thoughts and feelings of Pence and Pompeo as O'Brien pledged their support for a Trump 2024 run. "Oh sure, how great, with you every step of the way as you crush all my plans ... " thedailybeast.com/trumps-already…
The Biden coalition stretches from ex-Romney voters to ex-Sanders voters. It's huge, therefore potentially unstable. One bond can hold the mass together: Donald Trump insisting that everybody keep thinking about HIM for the next 4 years. What a gift to Biden!
In 2016 I suggested a comparison of Trump to William Jennings Bryan. Take a look, it stands up. And now there's maybe one more way they may resemble each other: Bryan kept tempting Democrats to renominate him again and again - and to lose again and again. wsj.com/articles/the-t…
Anyway whether Trump runs again or not in 2024, what you can count on in 2021-2022 is Trump sabotaging and cannibalizing any Republican aspirant who steps forward to try to replace him.

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