Donald Trump may have a card up his sleeve for an "October surprise," and J.D. Vance should be worried, a conservative columnist said Saturday.During an appearance on MSNBC over the weekend, columnist Jennifer Rubin — a loyal conservative until Donald Trump came along — was asked about the impact ...
  • Poayjay@lemmy.worldEnglish
    47·
    3 months ago

    Could he even do that? I mean JD is the official nominee for VP. It doesn’t seem right that Trump could just change his mind. Not to mention early ballots are starting to go out in 2 weeks. If you vote for Trump/VD that wouldn’t count for Trump/Kennedy. Right?

    • Riccosuave@lemmy.world
      43·
      3 months ago

      Trump has repeatedly demonstrated that he can and will do whatever the fuck he wants, consequences be damned. I think he is intrinsically aware that JD is a fucking dead weight around his ankles at this point, and that RFK actually has some potential electoral upside. Whether he is willing to trade the twink (JD) for the cuck (RFK) remains to be seen, but I think it would be totally on brand.

      • mriguy@lemmy.world
        29·
        3 months ago

        Trump has repeatedly demonstrated that he can and will do whatever the fuck he wants, consequences be damned.

        There are never any consequences. Until there are, his whole circus will continue and get worse.

        • InternetUser2012@lemmy.today
          51·
          3 months ago

          At this point he has to. He has to get elected. If he doesn’t, he’s very likely going to jail, facing many more charges, and will have to avoid going near windows above ground level for the rest of his life.

          • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            2·
            3 months ago

            Yeah, his only out at this point is to get into power again.

            Failing that, I think he’s probably going to try something that forces Biden’s hand simply to cause chaos. Like, outright telling the proud boys / 3%ers / etc to execute whatever violent terroristical plans they may have come up with, so Biden is forced to choose between arresting him and his co-conspirators outright (thus activating the “political prisoner” trap card for all of the wingnuts who are still ride-or-die for him, thus causing more chaos and violence) or letting it slide (thus implicitly giving him carte blanche to do whatever the fuck he wants, regardless of legality).

            And I do want to underline that the situation evolved to where it is now specifically because Biden’s AG pick was a fox in the henhouse - genuinely, I expect history books to regard Garland as perhaps the most catastrophically awful pick for AG in the context of the January 6th aftermath. This happened because nobody in charge took the threat fucking seriously, and now we’re all going to have to pay the price for that myopia.

            • InternetUser2012@lemmy.today
              2·
              3 months ago

              The threat this time will be taken very seriously though. I’m not that worried. I’m concerned, but not that worried. I don’t think people want to die for him as much as they did. He’s looking weak and like a clown.

      • HelixDab2@lemm.ee
        1·
        3 months ago

        I think the pushback would come from the really big donors in the tech sector that are funding PACs. From the reporting I’ve seen, they appear to be the ones that were really pushing for Vance, since otherwise he seems like a terrible choice. (Well. He seems like a terrible choice, period. But tech bros like him.) If Trump dropped Vance and took Kennedy, he risks losing their support entirely, and that’s a lot of advertisement off the table going into an absolutely critical phase of the election.

    • Telodzrum@lemmy.world
      1·
      3 months ago

      All that matters is the Elector you cast your ballot for. As for the nomination process, the RNC can just change the rules if they want.