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Loss of Leverage: How Naming a SCOTUS Hurts Trump Re-Election
Immediately “Owning the Libs” Allows Conservatives to Abandon Trump
Let’s face it: the folks chanting “Fill that seat!” behind Trump at his rallies and across the nation are going to vote for him even if he doesn’t announce his Supreme Court nominee before the election. They want Trump to be re-elected, and they want that seat. Neither of those things is going to change between now and the election.
This blatant disregard for what should be a tremendous re-election advantage is dripping with hubris and is potentially catastrophically short-sighted for those who wish to see Trump remain in power.
Sure, they might be slightly disappointed if he doesn’t offer his nomination toward the end of this week as promised, but if they weren’t fed up with Trump inconsistencies up to this point, this isn’t going to be the straw that breaks the camel’s back. Even if they wanted to hold it against him, they’d still have to support him at the polls or risk losing both the presidency and the seat. They’d still be faced with an “all or nothing” choice in which they find the “all” completely desirable.
