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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Look at it this way: if it was the intention all along, how else would you convincingly play it?

The goal is to get the Republicans locked on Trump and save the Democrats from the infighting that cost them 2016.

I couldn't come up with a better plan if I tried.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Yes you could. If he bailed three months earlier, for example.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

You think Biden somehow tricked the GOP into having Trump as the nominee?