“It’s over.”
“It’s over.” Those words come from Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie. Christie made this prediction — about Trump — on Tuesday morning, saying to MSNBC that Meadows flipping was the final nail in the Trump coffin.
“This is a guy who was velcro to Trump’s hip for the entire 2020 campaign,” Christie said “And so this is deadly, it’s done. He’s going to be convicted …it’s over.” Indeed, it IS over. Kudos to Christie for realizing it. And then Christie brought up a little problem we all have not talked enough about.
“What’s going to happen in March?” Christie demanded, saying Trump would be sitting in a DC courtroom. It’s true. But I want to bring up something ELSE. What happens, friends and readers, if and when Trump is convicted? How will his campaign continue?
Let’s imagine the scene in front of us. The Jury has returned. They were only out for a few hours. Trump waits tensely, along with his legal representation. The whole world is on pins and needles.
“Your honor, we find the defendant — guilty.” All holy hell breaks loose. What will the GOP DO? How can Trump run a presidential campaign from the clink? Let’s try to imagine that as well. There are no true social posts. No debates. Not for Trump who is in prison.
No rallies. No phone calls except if someone accepts the charges, and of course, he’d only be allowed to talk for a few minutes before the call was cut off. The GOP are walking into quicksand. However, they SEE the quicksand. It’s just that instead of turning tail and running like hell away from the quicksand, they’re diving right in and letting it pull them all the way to the bottom.
What will they DO? What if all of the other candidates have dropped out? What if they do not HAVE a candidate? Trump CANNOT run a Presidential campaign from prison. It is IMPOSSIBLE. He cannot do it. What would the commercials look like?
I can see it now. The camera cuts to some of the J-6 insurrectionists. Then it cuts to a nasty orange jumpsuit-clad ghoul, looking angry, pissy, and sullen. “This could happen to YOU if you don’t vote for me,” says the prisoner, provided the prison Warden agreed to have cameras come in to make this commercial.
How would Trump connect to the unwashed public? He may have a contest. The lucky winners (meaning the ones who donated the most to his appeals fund) could have a Trump day” where they’re brought in to visit the orange criminal, vowing to vote for him. The GOP would have to find a new candidate. They could not go with a jailbird, and that is exactly what Trump will be.
