Of the many silly arguments the NeverTrump grifters bloviate, one of the silliest is that their candidates, unlike Trump, are electable. These NeverTrump grifters are, at best, delusional or, at worst, simply lying. Polls consistently show that GOP voters no longer support forever-wars … voters are savvy enough to understand that it’s Mitch McConnell’s inflation as much as Joe Biden’s … and to understand that you can’t end the “weaponization” of government when Kevin McCarthy’s House GOP fully funds the corrupt government agencies that are a far, far greater threat to “our democracy” than Xi and Putin and every other bad foreign actor combined.
A poll from Rasmussen ranking the issues. And what, for example, is Nikki Haley talking about? Well Field Marshall Haley is going to “take the fight to China”:
Which of the following issues is most important to you when it comes to deciding who to support for the 2024 election?
23% Inflation
20% Government corruption 👈
17% The border
13% Government spending & debt
5% Climate change
4% Job market
4% Crime
3% Russia
2% China
9% Not sure https://t.co/MSxxtULddG— Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) August 27, 2023
It speaks volumes about the state of the GOP that Bobby Kennedy, a Democrat, is more in tune with actual voters (read the entire thread to see what I mean) than the non-Trump GOP Presidential candidates:
The #GOPDebate last night was out of sync with the mood of the country. It began with a request for comment on Oliver Anthony’s @AintGottaDollar song, “Rich Men North of Richmond.”
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) August 24, 2023