He could surely get a bump from a new Kevin mcmananamon type though.
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Who is? There is no potential replacement who could benefit Trumpās campaign.
Biden pulled out because of age.
Sacking a VP candidate you picked is a total repudiation of not just him but you and your judgment.
Politics isnāt football.
Brilliant 
Trump is one of the only issues where I donāt ājust ask questionsā. Heās a thoroughbred cunt and a dangerous bastard
Of course sheās going to win, a dog with a mallet up itās hole should be able to win.
This is a misconception. When youāre up against a fascist itās very hard to win. Fascism is unfortunately very popular and there has never been a toy better suited to promoting fascism than the INTERNET.
The Democrats did not pick Vance as Trumpās running mate. Trump did. I honestly think this will come to be seen as one of the worst political mistakes of all time.
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Kennedy, like Vance, is a prostitute. Hanging out in the car park at the Republican convention hoping for a job like Peter Odemwingie hanging around the Loftus Road car park hoping to get signed by QPR.
He will pull out if Trumpās people crunch the numbers and tell him he needs to pull out.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/24/rfk-jr-campaign-trump-harris-00170891
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. struggles to gain traction amid unification on both sides
Far from trying to capitalize on the moment of upheaval, the independent candidate is canceling events.
By BRITTANY GIBSON and BEN SCHRECKINGER
07/24/2024 12:52 PM EDT
Former President Donald Trump has solidified Republican support in the wake of an assassination attempt and unity-building national convention, while Vice President Kamala Harris has seamlessly stepped into the Democratic nomination after President Joe Biden withdrew his candidacy.
But Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is nowhere to be seen.
Instead of campaigning, the independent challenger has canceled multiple campaign events and discussed dropping out of the race and backing Trump. Instead of raising serious donations, heās continuing to rely on his running mate, Nicole Shanahan, and set up a joint fundraising committee with the Libertarian Party. Instead of moving up in the polls, where heās been stagnant for months, Kennedy has called for himself to be picked as the Democratic nominee to replace Biden.
Kennedy, who was once seen as a historic outside disruptor to the presidential race, remains a threat ā if he can be a spoiler in a few key states in a close presidential race.
āOne would think that any well-heeled, well-known independent or third party challenger should have been able to gain some momentum, and it almost seems that the Kennedy campaign went backwards during the post-debate coverage,ā said Christopher Thrasher, a ballot access attorney and political consultant who has advised multiple independent and third party campaigns.
But far from trying to capitalize on the moment of upheaval, Kennedy had to issue a statement on social media during the Republican National Convention last week to deny he was leaving the race ā after he took a private meeting in Milwaukee with Trump to discuss dropping out. Officially, his campaign continues to insist heās āsurging,ā including in an email to supporters on Tuesday morning.
The campaign did not respond to a request for comment and list of questions for this story.
But new details about the meeting, which was facilitated by Tucker Carlson, suggest that Kennedy was considering suspending his campaign in exchange for a potential job in a second Trump administration. The two discussed the possibility of a job with a health-related portfolio in exchange for the political family scionās support, according to a person familiar with the conversation granted anonymity to discuss the private meeting. The Washington Post first reported the readout of the meeting.
The position floated for Kennedy was undetermined, but the idea fell apart, the person familiar with the conversation said.
āThere was a widespread expectation in the Kennedy camp that Trump was going to make the deal, which was why he stayed in Milwaukee for several days,ā said Ben Braddock, a health commentator close to the campaign. āAs of last Thursday morning the buzz was that there would be an appearance on the final night. Maybe the Trump campaign decided it was better for Kennedy to stay in to bleed votes from Biden.ā
Trump and Kennedy also had a phone conversation on Sunday before the in-person meeting in Milwaukee, according to a second person familiar with how the call came together. In a leaked video revealing part of that phone conversation, Trump expressed concerns about the side effects of infant vaccines ā an area of Kennedyās advocacy before he ran for president last year.
This isnāt the first time Trump and Kennedy met about a possible job opportunity. They had a similar discussion during the transition period at Trump Tower in 2017. After the meeting, Kennedy told Science magazine that he was under consideration to oversee a vaccine safety review commission. A Trump spokesperson at the time declined that any decisions had been made.
While Kennedy did not ultimately secure a job offer, it did result in Trumpās team brokering a meeting between then-NIH head Anthony Fauci and Kennedy.
The most recent conversations with Trump came as the campaign struggles financially and is carrying $3 million worth of debt, according to its most recent financial disclosures. Kennedy has spent more money than he has raised in the last four consecutive months in the race, when excluding the self-funding contributions from Shanahan.
In a new attempt to raise cash, Kennedy set up a joint-fundraising committee with the Libertarian Party, according to a campaign press release. That would allow both Kennedy and the Libertarians to raise more money from individual donors, potentially helping the campaignās money woes. But the plan was immediately met with pushback from within its ranks and is being appealed on the basis that it violates its bylaws.
Kennedy has also canceled a series of campaign events in the last two weeks, including a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, a live-audience interview at the CNN-POLITICO Grill at the RNC and a farm visit in Wisconsin.
His last campaign rally was on May 19 in Denver, Colorado, though he has secured speaking slots at conventions and with other hosts in the interim. The next event on his public schedule is a private reception and an address at a Bitcoin conference later this week.
To promote his viability, Kennedyās team released new internal polling numbers that showed him performing well in a head-to-head matchup against Trump on Sunday.
āKennedy is in no way dropping out. Thatās not going to happen,ā Larry Sharpe, a third party political consultant who works with the super PAC backing Kennedy, said on Monday. āThere is a higher chance of the Democrats putting him on their ticket than him dropping out. And Democrats are not going to put him on a ticket.ā
Even Nazi Richard Spencer is getting embarrassed by the MAGA cultās desperate search for attack lines against Harris.
Two random thoughts:
The best thing the republicans can do now is nothing. Hand Harris the mike. Thereās a reason she has been kept behind closed doors for so long. Iād expect Trump will destroy her in a debate. Whatever thatās worth these days.
Harris getting the nomination really hammers home how important your VP pick can be. And that in turn makes picking JD Vance such a bad move from the republicans. Heās only a heartbeat away from being president and would be the VP to man heading into his 80s.
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Itās mad right, itās almost like they donāt care about responsible governing.
Trump is afraid of women. Thatās why he wonāt debate because he knows heāll lose.
Heāll lose his mind if challenged on any of his nonsense.
Iād say itās like the last days of hitler in trumps camp at the moment.
I predict a trump solo implosion over the next few weeks.
90% of what somebody says is not what the person is saying but who is saying it, as somebody once said.
Harris being the candidate instead of Biden effectively changes who Trump is. It changes what he is. Harrisās presence as the opposition suddenly exposes Trump as the rapey criminal traitorous monster he is. Trump suddenly becomes the old demented lecher. Itās a totally different psychological dynamic to that which existed with Biden as candidate.
Everything Trump now says will be judged through that lens.
The reason I was so keen on Whitmer being the candidate was she was perfectly placed to expose Trump as the rapey criminal traitor he is, simply because she looks and sounds so different to him. But Harris is well placed to do that too.
Trump is the one running away from a debate, not Harris, which tells you Trump is fully aware of how this psychology plays out with the public. Chickening out is damage limitation. But it will be damage.
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Iād say itās trumps team that donāt want him to do the debate.
Trump would love to do it because heās such an idiot he doesnāt realise how badly heāll come across.
I luv you an all kid but Harris will absolutely rinse Trump in a debate
Weāll see buddy. I wouldnāt count either as a master (de)bater but I think Harris is weak. Trump is very unorthodox.
What are her main strengths there mike?
Iād ride her
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Poor girl cant catch a break
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Well Iād ride her on the new table.