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A Personal Theory: Trump Tells The MAGATs To Stay Home And Not Vote In November - Could This Happen? [1]

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Date: 2022-08-22

Hello Everyone. I have written about this several times before in the comments, but I wanted to make a diary about this for everyone to review and weigh in on, and so that I can have a link to refer to for future comments from me. What do you think of this theory?

I think that it is very possible that Trump could tell the MAGATs to stay home and not vote this November. He might do this in certain states, or nationally – I could see that going either way. He has a number of reasons for doing so which I will elaborate on below.

Two things we do know about this potential occurrence: 1 - He has already done it once in Georgia, which gave us Senators Ossoff and Warnock. 2 – He has absolutely ZERO loyalty to the Republican Party and would happily burn it all down, including the candidates he chose and endorsed, if it suited him and his needs at the moment.

Two other things we know: Trump acts like a Mob Boss. We have seen it in action, Michael Cohen talked about it, and it has been much discussed here. (Someone has referred to him here at the Slob Father, which I think is hilarious!). And while Trump is NOT a smart man, nor is he wise about politics or policy, two things he does know is revenge, and attacking people he doesn’t see as being sufficiently loyal to him. Mob Boss activity indeed.

Reasons Trump would tell the MAGATs to stay home:

1 — It would undercut potential rivals like DeSantis. Trust me, I would bet every red cent that I had that Trump is keeping an eye on DeSantis. I am sure in his mind DeSantis is getting too big for his britches. I don’t know how many other Republicans are thinking of running, but if Trump helps to get DeSantis defeated, that would make DeSantis’ case for running in 2024 much more difficult.

2 — He would be able to get revenge against Kemp and Raffensperger in Georgia, two people who he REALLY hates! Trump would love nothing more than to see them defeated!

3 — Keeping the Senate in Democratic hands would allow Trump to take revenge against #MoscowMitch, another person who Trump really hates!!!

4 — It would allow Trump to dissociate himself from certain election losers, like Dr. Oz. This allows Trump to avoid being branded as loser, which is VERY important to him! We have already seen Trump dump people like Mo Brooks. Trump endorsing these clowns was a win-win for him: if they won, Trump has a stooge in Congress. If they lose, Trump has stuck it to the establishment Republicans, further cementing his hold on the Party.

5 — It allows Trump to show his power to the RNC – if they don’t obey him and follow his desires, he will take them down. And he will pay next to no consequences for this, since the RNC is staffed with his stooges, and the fact that there are ZERO elected Republicans who will stand up to him. Both they and Trump know that they need the MAGAT energy for their elections, and they both know that Trump can turn off that energy.

6 — Trump can then make the case to the RNC that “See, you lost because I was not on the ballot. The only way you can win is if I am your nominee.” Never mind the fact that Trump caused them to lose – Republicans are immune to reality and logic and many of them, both elected Republicans and Republican Primary Voters, would fall in line. And for Trump, hopefully if his rivals are gone, that clears the path for him. Keep in mind too that I fully expect trump to run, not because he wants to do anything good for this country, but that he thinks it will keep him out of jail.

If any or all of this helps to create a HUGE Blue Wave, I would be OK with it!

So what do you all think about this? Does this theory make sense?

If this happens, remember that you heard it here first. :)

I look forward to reading your responses. If you like this, please recommend this diary. Thank you for reading this.

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