2024 U.S. Presidential Election Thread: Donald Trump wins & will return to the White House; GOP wins U.S. Senate & U.S. House

[voiture]

the response has been awful from republicans on twitter

Dems NEED to cut an ad of this, immediately, saying "listen to donald trump. overturn amendment 4". hell, kamala should pay for it, given that Deathsantis has laid waste to the Florida DNC

Shows how dishonest he is. He has no principles.

 

[Loose]

I agree Wisconsin polls are questionable to me, doesn't make sense given the demographics and former elections

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

 

[Sghost597]

There is no way this dude staying in America without Secret Service protecting him.

 

[voiture]

I agree Wisconsin polls are questionable to me, doesn't make sense given the demographics and former elections

This poll is believable. Trump has a strong base of 46%. He can never go beyond that

 

[LexLuthor]

Silver has a decade plus of credibility. What's bouzys credibility. He just makes wild claims like Florida is in play despite the GOP having 1M more registered voters

The same Bouzy who correctly predicted that their wasnt gonna be a red wave in 2022? Yall get on here, say anything and tell on yourselves

 

[Macallik86]

Objectively we should want to see the two parties more willing to work with each other. But it can still be off putting to the base.

For example Kinzinger voted with Trump 90% of the time. Liz Cheney voted with Trump 93% of the time. Mitt Romney did it 75% of the time. So you could realistically determine that on the majority of issues they are not in favor of what the Harris Walz administration is trying to accomplish.

And that is why it makes for a nice olive branch but isn't an overt positive for the cabinet or the party at large.

Tracking Congress In The Age Of Trump

FiveThirtyEight is tracking which senators and representatives agree and disagree most with Donald Trump.

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Repped for the data/perspective. I do have a different perspective:

And historically speaking, a little bipartisanship in the Cabinet is quite common. Every president from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Barack Obama had at least one cross-over Cabinet member for part of his administration.

Which Republicans Might Serve in a Harris Cabinet? | Washington Monthly

And the Washington Monthly's newly released 2024 College Guide—all in the August 29, 2024, newsletter.

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I do think that Kinzinger's voting record is less relevant than average given:

1. He has been in defense of Democrats post Jan 6th and regularly speaks in defense of them, including the DNC
2. He basically committed suicide as a Republican by voting for impeachment and is one of the few (only?) Republicans outside of Cheney not to back down.
3. The rumor is he would get Veterans Affairs and, as a man w/ military service, is more likely to look out for fellow servicemen than a rando Republican that sees it as a budget-balancing exercise.

Also, this isn't Trump's admin, so the goals and expectations will come from higher up than Kinzinger... IMO, there's a difference between installing a Republican to create policy vs installing a Republican to enforce policy, especially where the latter can be fired or asked to resigned if they aren't living up to Democratic ideals.

 

[Sghost597]

If Lake is down double digit. I don't see Arizona being close

 

[bnew]

I have no doubt that Trump is vindictive enough to disrespect the remains of his ex wife, but where are Ivana's kids in all this? Ivanka and Jared have more money than Trump so there is no incentive to allow him to disrespect her mother like this.

These are weird, weird people.

he raped one of their moms and they still rock with him.

 

[jj23]

Hire Mrs. Puff to sing the national anthem brehs and brehettes

bytch is glitching like she starred in Total Recall

 

[Sghost597]

Well... Damn. She gonna be our next Nancy Pelosi. She figured it out.

 

[wire28]

@King Kreole cant resist the allure of being a contrarian wet blanket

Who could have ever imagined we would have an allegedly black European from an unnamed country who once proudly touted Trump would liberate black people world wide so heavily immersed in American politics on a hip hop message board in the year 2024 of our lord.

WATTBA

 

[the cac mamba]

Well... Damn. She gonna be our next Nancy Pelosi. She figured it out.

a corrupt, insider trading, obscenely wealthy criminal, who embodies the reason we need term limits in Washington?

that would be quite a heel turn

 

[Reality Check]

If Lake is down double digit. I don't see Arizona being close

After this election, Kari Lake needs to be institutionalized by her family. Hopefully she can get the necessary help.

 

[Roger king]

This interview is a critical point in the campaign, harris has to come across as competent