"Trump is not an option -- they are done with him": Are "persuadable" Republicans the new #NeverTrump

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"Trump is not an option — they are done with him": Are "persuadable" Republicans the new #NeverTrump
Donald Trump's trials, Rick Wilson notes, are "a constant reminder of his culpability in the January 6 attack"

By CHAUNCEY DEVEGA
Senior Writer
PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 13, 2024 5:45AM (EST)


(Salon) Like a mob boss running an extortion racket, in a speech on Saturday Donald Trump signaled to Vladimir Putin that if Russia invaded Western Europe and attacked the NATO alliance, the U.S. under Trump's leadership would do nothing to stop it.

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In an attempt to gain some clarity about this increasingly bewildering “longest election ever," what the early public opinion polls mean and how many political observers are deeply concerned that the 2024 election is increasingly feeling like a repeat of the disastrous 2016 election, I recently asked a range of experts for their thoughts and suggestions.

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Cheri Jacobus is a political strategist, writer, ex-Republican, and host of the podcast "Politics With Cheri Jacobus."

.....The good news is that Joe Biden's team, while in an uphill struggle against these forces they should never have to face, are inching ahead. He defies conventional wisdom fairly regularly, most recently in South Carolina where he outpaced polling by 30+ points, winning 98% instead of coming in with 60-something percent the polling predicted.

I still believe there are more persuadable voters out there than conventional wisdom suggests. We saw some anecdotal evidence of this in New Hampshire where some GOP primary voters indicated if Nikki Haley were not the GOP nominee, they would vote for President Biden, or simply not vote for president at all in November. But Donald Trump is not an option — they are done with him. ...............(more)

https://www.salon.com/2024/02/13/trump-is-not-an-option--they-are-done-with-him-are-persuadable-the-new-nevertrump/

[Lovie777]

1. Talk is cheap.............................

action is worth a 1 thousand words.

Just look at Haley, she will vote for him and many others.

I want to believe this, sincerely I do, but again, let's see the voting.

[TwilightZone]

2. No.

The same things were said in 2016 and 2020, and there was very little evidence that they didn't vote for him when it mattered. When November rolls around, most of them will still vote for Trump.

We need to out-vote them. It really is that simple. We cannot count on anything else, including wishful thinking.

[Kennah]

3. We cannot count on the GOP to do the right thing