In a YouGov poll conducted between July 25-29, 59 percent of Republicans surveyed said they would prefer a president under the age of 75. Trump celebrated his 78th birthday in June. Forty percent said they had no preference, and just two percent said they would prefer a president over the age of 75.

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    8 months ago

    Short of a major heart attack, Trump isn’t giving up one iota of power. Really helps to draw a contrast between the parties, where one guy is willing to step down and the other is prepared to crash the plane with us all in it.

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    8 months ago

    “So, Nicki Haley?”

    [suddenly all the Trumpets cast their vote for an over-75 primary presidential candidate]

    It’s just empty hand-wringing.

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    8 months ago

    Nope, should’ve thought about that before getting in bed with him. Now they have to carry him to term.

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    I think they see how dropping Biden has significantly benefited the Democrats and hope the same would happen for then if they dropped Trump.

    The problem for them with that is that Trump will never willingly step down. Unlike Biden he’s in it for himself and has everything to lose its he doesn’t win. This would also be guaranteed to result in crippling infighting in the party and with Trump trying to go independent.

    The Republican party is f’ed. That’s what you get for selecting a selfish lunatic to lead it.

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      It’s only f’ed if they lose (and don’t steal the election). So get out to vote everyone.

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      The other problem is their convention is over. But I suppose they do have until August 7th to make the Ohio ballot with someone else. Good luck with that, guys.

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      It would indeed be better for the GOP if Trump stepped down, but of course the GOP decided that they ARE Trump, so they’re stuck with him for the rest of his life.

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    So, now they want to change the ballot after they had their convention and picked their nominee? Isn’t this what republicans were screaming was illegal for the dems to do? Except that the dems hadn’t picked their nominee officially yet?

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    This really just shows the flaw in surveys like this. There is someone running who is younger, and they aren’t going to vote for her. They wish TRUMP was younger.

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      That isn’t a logical disconnect. I wanted someone younger than Biden, but I wasn’t going to vote for Kennedy or Trump.

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    Why younger? Why not someone smarter and, empathetic?

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      Because Trump loves the poorly educated, has the best brain, and Ayn Rand said altruism is evil.

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    Isn’t this consistent with when it was Trump/Biden? I seem to remember both sides saying they wanted a younger candidate.

    Or it could be they think Trump is younger than he actually is…

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      The latter wouldn’t shock me, but I don’t remember anything but the majority of Republicans saying they wanted anyone but Trump. I admit I don’t have the world’s best memory, so feel free anyone to show me wrong here.

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      They definitely have not looked up how old he is, so I’m going with the latter and they thought this was a dig at Biden.

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    lol. they only like their strong man until he looks weak, which most old men do. in my perfect world, Kamala slaps him during a debate after he makes some dumb sexist remark. seeing him get bitch slapped by a woman would destroy his american tough guy image and guarantee his defeat.