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Trump or Bust

Trump is the most "electable" Republican because he will not allow anyone else to win.

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May 04, 2023
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John Rich’s country music career has been kind of meh since “Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy,” but he might have a future as a political analyst.

That is, he understands that for all the talk about “electability” in the GOP Presidential nomination contest, Donald Trump is pretty much the most electable nominee by default.

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Not because he’s guaranteed to beat Biden (on paper, at least, he’s the one whom Biden has the best chance of beating), but if DeSantis or Haley or Scott Baio win the nomination that’s his by birthright - which they would do through cheating!!! of course - Trump will at most grumble and stay home and not help the nominee at all, and could very well actively sabotage the campaign.

I mean, in his Troof Social post reproduced above, he all but comes out and says it. And even if only a handful of the ride-or-die MAGA faithful follow his lead…

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