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The answer is usually that someone else would simply take his place. Not happening here. The GOP can't even post a plausible 2nd place candidate.
People absolutely LOVE that line of logic. "Well if Putin were deposed, he's just be replaced by someone just as bad!!!!1111". In reality, some people are unique set of skills, and who ever would move into Putin's role wouldn't have those skills, and wouldn't make the same decisions as he would have.
The same thing applies to Trump, he's uniquely terrible, and none of the other GOP candidates even come close in terms of the type of damage they'd do as president vs what Trump will do. None of those other candidates would unify all the crazy MAGA people like Trump does. So in this instance, he's singular, he's terrible, and he really needs to stop being in the spot light, and just fade away. He's already inflicted more damage on the United States then any foreign enemy could have dreamed of. Another term of that clown would be catastrophic.
Indeed
Yeah, where's Paul Ryan at? He crawled under a rock after stumping for Russia.
I'm legit surprised nobody has had a decent crack at it
If he wins, I think someone would try.