Ryan dis-invited Trump from the rally tomorrow in Wisconsin
Mark Kirk and Jon Huntsman have called for Trump to drop out
Gary Herbert (Gov of Utah) has said he isn’t voting Trump
Happening level: Happening.
RNC is SERIOUSLY floating getting Trump to drop out and bumping Pence up to the top of the ticket. That is historically unprecedented. Heck, people have ALREADY VOTED in some states.
And now the Receipts are coming in.
One of the Presidential candidates everyone forgot about de-endorses Trump.
At this point it’d be easier to say which elected GOP officials from Utah HAVEN’T called for Trump to step down.
2016 has been a shitty year in many ways with not a lot of good news to enjoy
But this week
This week we’ve had news confirming Legend of Korra, Batwoman and America Chavez ongoing comics
Carmilla is getting a movie
Alex Danvers and Maggie Sawyer are going to be lesbian-ing together in Supergirl
And now Donald Trump has completely self destructed
It’s like 2016 was holding all the good news in reserve for this week
It’s like 2016 went, “Hey y’all I’m sorry about all that, and I apologise in advance for some other stuff set up that I can’t unset, but… I know you all love October, so I’m gonna try and make it a little better”
We forgive you 2016…
Yeahhhhhh… Sorry kids but I’mma have to come in and use my cranky old grandma voice, because the ELECTION HASN’T HAPPENED YET.
The RNC replacing Trump with Pence or someone else could be disastrous. The left is already divided thanks to Bernie bros, the Green Party, that Gary Johnson wanker, and the general fuckery that is liberals. The Republicans are traditionally a) loyal to a candidate to a goddamn fault, b) show the fuck up to vote, and c) will usually suck it up and present a united front.
Dissent in the RNC ranks is great, but complacency on our part could be terrible. If people don’t show up to vote because they’re sure Trump shot himself in the foot, it will be Brexit level disaster. The RNC bigwigs might be backpedaling but Trump has thousands of fucking rabid followers – a veritable army of bigoted assholes who don’t give a fuck how terrible he is because they’re just as fucking bad.
Trump himself is highly divisive, but if you replace him with Pence or some other less outrageous candidate, shit will get real, and real fast. EVERYONE looks reasonable compared to Trump, even Mike “let’s use electroshock conversation therapy on queer kids” Pence, or Ted “Zodiac Killer” Cruz. Suddenly people who would never vote for Trump are thinking about showing up at the polls, and since they’re Republicans and they’ve been registered forever and don’t have to worry about gerrymandering and ID fraud and shit, the election gets real scary real fast.
This election is pivotal – not to keep Trump from building a wall, but to keep him from NOMINATING A SUPREME COURT JUDGE WITH A REPUBLICAN MAJORITY CONGRESS. That judge can break the current gridlock for good or ill, and what do you think a Republican nominated judge would be like? We’d be living in the dark ages for the next fifty years cause y’all decided to forgive 2016 in advance.
So look, don’t get complacent, 2016 is still the devil – it’s that ex you know is gonna pull some shit the minute you take them back, so DON’T FUCKING DO IT.
I want y’all out there and paranoid like Mad Eye Moody after a year locked in a fucking chest.
CONSTANT VIGILENCE.
I want y’all out there and paranoid like Mad Eye Moody after a year locked in a fucking chest.
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