Trump's lost the support of independents. He will only lose by a larger margin than in 2020.

@snytiger6 Biden has lost support of independents AND democrats. There's no reason to think Trump couldn't beat him. Fuck, Biden's approval rating is absolute shit.

@JeffMurray Or, it may be that on election day in 2024, that Biden will seem like the lesser evil. If the other candidate is Trump, then it is pretty much guaranteed that Biden will be seen as the lesser evil.

@snytiger6 We can hope, but I think the apathy of the left will hurt and the cohesiveness of the right will shine (like it always does).

@JeffMurray Well, I choose to be optimistic. I suspect Trump will be facing criminal charges before November of this year. McConnell seems to have realized that, and I thin that is why he isn't supporting Trump or what Trump says. I think Trump will cause the republican party to split ideologically. The Fascists and racists on one side and the traditional republicans on the other.

It has happened before in 1940. There was at the time a pretty strong Nazi movement in the U.S., and the republicans were divided between the fascists and racists on once side and the traditionalists, which allowed FDR to win a fourth term in office as his popularity was waning. After Dec. 7th 1941, when Pearl Harbor was attacked, the country united as Hitler shortly after also declared war on the U.S. a couple of days later.

@snytiger6 I wish I could me optimistic. I don't think I'm being pessimistic though. I also don't think what's happening now is like anything in the past. The level of misinformation, stupidity, and Supreme-Court-approved voter suppression is so high it's practically impossible for me to see the States come out the other side United, democracy intact. Hell, I already think we're no longer a democracy, so it's not a stretch for me.