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Nikki Haley Is Going to Lay into Trump, and It Will Be Great to Watch (newrepublic.com)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 80 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Nikki's draft speech leaked:

"Trump has called me a birdbrain, has insulted my character, and has made sexist and xenophobic comments about me.

"Well, primary voters, I cannot let this go without a response! And so, Mr. Trump, hear me now:

"If you continue your campaign of hate and division, I will have no choice but to drop out of the primary and endorse you.

"Make no mistake! I am no threat to you Mr. Trump. None! I will pardon you if elected, but do not for a second misunderstand! I will not be elected. Unless as your VP. So read my lips: Where. Do. I. Submit. My. Resume.

"I know you like loyalty, Mr. Trump. Well, let me teach you a lesson or two about loyalty: If chosen, I will submissively serve you. And nothing - not laws, norms, or the interests of the country - will slow me down. Hear me again: I will NOT back down from any loyalty test you throw at me.

"In closing, remember: I will do anything to drink from the sweet bloody chalice of power at any cost. Thank you."

[–] [email protected] 20 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Is this really actually Al Franken? If so, huge fan of your comedy and your politics.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

It really is in that style.

[–] [email protected] 58 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Lay into meaning she'll pledge her loyalty to him?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Probably after he guarantees her the VP spot.
Honestly that's like a ticket to become president right there.
Trump has some kind of degenerative dementia and he's losing what's left of his grip on reality quickly. If his decline continues at the same pace he'll be incapable of doing any of his duties in the first year, if he's not dead from it.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago (2 children)

He was incapable of doing his daily duties 7 years ago and that didn't stop him.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

He was unwilling 7 years ago, he chose to golf instead.
I mean a vegetable, unable to even be propped up on stage for his supporters and utterly useless to the party.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Weekend At Donnie's

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

It did, though. He didn't do any of his daily duties. Plenty of daily doodies, I'm sure, thus the smell.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah stefanik is already gargling trumps balls (probably quite literally) for that and several other positions.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Yeah, that's why Nikki needs to be a thorn in his side if she wants it.
If she pisses him off enough he might "pay" her to drop out with the VP seat.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

And who will remove him if he doesn't want to resign?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If he's a vegetable what's he going to do about it? They'll just wheel his ass out.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Can you tell which one of his bootlickers has the courage to suggest their dear leader should be removed or step down because he has dementia or some other issue affecting his super stable judgement?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Whichever one wants his power.
Do you seriously think those rats are loyal to him?
They're all just in it to enrich themselves. They see him as a useful idiot to pull votes and get their party in charge.
They don't give half a shit about him as a person. Every single one of those fucks is only loyal to themselves.
Did you not see how fast they turned on him when he said "take the guns first" because of the votes it would cost them?
Then how quickly they forgot it ever happened as soon as he walked it back?
Even Lindsey Graham said "if we elect Trump we'll get destroyed, and we'll deserve it" then immediately fell in line when Trump started pulling votes.
Even his inner circle threatened to use the 15th amendment when his January 6th coup fizzled out and started to make them look bad with their own party.
If you seriously think that they're personally loyal enough to him to keep him propped up when he can't even speak because of his illness you have not been paying any attention at all for the past 7 years.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Where did I say the bootlickers were loyal? They are afraid of him and his followers.

If Trump wins it's because his 30% showed up and genocide Joe didn't get enough supporters. He will claim he won campaigning on being a dictator. He will replace key federal positions with his true believers. If Lindsey Graham and Ted Cruz are afraid of him now they will be terrified of him when he fully controls the FBI, Cia, armed forces... He could pardon the Jan 6 followers, people he knows will follow him. Will any GOP say anything if any resistance brings on a barrage of threats and violence?

I agree their are people using Trump for their own goals and those people will be happy if he gets a stroke that degrades him further. But they won't remove him and risk losing their influence, they will keep him as a talking head and control the media coverage and run the country from the shadows. Any threat to them will be communicate to Trump as a threat to him.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

exactly

[–] [email protected] 30 points 9 months ago

And then she'll fall in line because Republicans are spinless and have absolutely zero character.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That's a strange way to say she will suck his dick and throw her full endorsement behind him!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

Perhaps Trump will grab her by the pussy in solidarity.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I mean.. whatever. These throwaway armchair John Madden style articles where the premise is basically "Now what Nikki Hayley needs to do to win this election, is get more votes than the other guy" are a complete distraction, and jesus christ, are they fucking everywhere.

It seems like every 20 minutes one of these, effectively dishrag, tier articles is written, which is mostly just banal color commentary about the drapes. Journalists really do need to engage their critical thinking skills, and maybe slow down the pace a bit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Journalists really do need to engage their critical thinking skills,

What's a jerrrn-ull-esss? Is that something from the before-times?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

No, it will be watching a loser insult a bigger loser, i.e. boring.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

And it'll be fantastic for Trumps polling numbers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

It's like the pot going after the kettle for being too black. Nikki Haley may be a little easier on the ears and the eyes, but she's still a spineless repuglican coward. Even USA Today called her that and said if she wasn't a coward, she's be brave enough to call out trump for being a rapist, a woman-hater, a traitor to America, a thief, a liar, and all the rest.

She never will. She's too spineless and she's too much a puppet of right-wing nutjobbery.