Every Democrat in an open primary State should be voting for the least terrible Republican that isn't trump for this primary election. Trump getting booted from the general election is the best possible outcome.
Haley has a better chance of beating Biden if she's the nominee, and she would likely implement the same policies as Trump just with a more professional demeanor.
I'm cheering her on if only because any of her wins has to burn another ulcer in Trump's stomach.
Plus, Biden might be able to beat Trump again; I'm not so sure how he'd do against Haley, especially after she'd pivot post-primary to more moderate center messaging.
I'm still glad she's hanging in there being a distraction for Trump. She's definitely going to lead the party ticket in 2028, though. This is just a pre-game practice for her, and the Democrat party better be paying attention. I mean, assuming Trump fails to turn his presidency into a perpetual dictatorship a-la Putin, which is still on the bingo board.
Right wing Indian Americans unironically think they're "Aryan" when the Nazis start up their spiels, they seem to genuinely believe they're in the club. There's actually a pretty interesting historical interaction between the Hindu nationalist movements and Nazism.
Nikki's kind of weird, though. Her parents were Sikh, and she says she's Christian, but I tend to assume political religious believers have only one tenet of faith, the tenet of personal gain.
I've known a number of gay republicans who are the same way and super antitrans, in their minds there's no universe where that'd ever backfire on them once the trans folk are successfully eliminated.
I've never understood these people who are like "I get it...... Til I don't, THEN I HATE IT." Like, gay republicans understand that gay hatred is misguided and stupid and born of falsehoods like waking up one day deciding dick is the way - then give that same ignorant hatred to the next marginalized group.
I have a friend, generic cis woman. Borderline leftist. Pro worker, pro woman/abortion/autonomy, pro gay, generally live and let live, BUT self professed TERF. Workers? Oppressed folk just trying to live life. Women? Oppressed folk just trying to live life. Gays, POC? Oppressed folk just trying to live life.
Trans folk? Trans women aren't real, they're men stealing womanhood and femininity right out from under real women's noses and must be stopped.
I DON'T GET IT. I don't understand how you can just have such an arbitrary wall where it's like "Hate is bullshit and we're ALL being kept down and fucked.......... Except THEM. They're comically sat morning cartoon evil."
There really aren't any. No candidate has withdrawn or died before the election, and nobody ever really considered the possibility even as candidate ages grow older and older.
I think the real reason that Koch foundation, etc al, funded her campaign until last week was still that they'd have somebody qualified in case it's rolled that Trump is ineligible.
She also might be trying to place herself as a contender for the 2028 election. If Trump wins and doesn't completely up end the two term limit then in 2028 the Republican party will need a new presidential candidate. If he loses he may not live to see the 2028 election and it's the same thing. She's only doing what every sycophant and nonconformist has done throughout human history, planning ahead for when the king dies.
