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Secret Plan To Replace Donald Trump?
“The sky is falling, the sky is falling!”  Those may be the words of folklore character Henny Penny, but they’re also the words of several prominent Republican Party operatives who are reportedly considering a secret plan for a Donald Trump replacement.
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The #NeverTrump movement that halted the GOP convention last month must have realized to never give up hope. With Donald Trump self-inflicting blunder after blunder following his nomination, party leaders are now exploring ways to handle a scenario that would be unthinkable in any other normal election year: What will they do if Trump drops out? And is it possible to force him to drop out??
ABC News is reporting that senior party officials are so frustrated and confused by Trump’s erratic behavior that they are actively hoping for a miracle replacement of the GOP nominee by November. Also, The New York Times is reporting that “Republican lawmakers and strategists have begun to entertain abandoning him en masse,” in the hopes of leaving him on an island and feeling a need to withdraw.
Donald Trump seems hell-bent on creating controversy daily. His latest gaffe: suggesting that gun enthusiasts should carry out violence against Hillary Clinton if she is elected and appoints Supreme Court judges that might threaten the Second Amendment.
“Hillary wants to abolish — essentially abolish the Second Amendment. Â By the way, if she gets to pick, if she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is…” Trump is quoted as saying to immediate backlash from Democrats and Republicans alike.
According to retired Gen. Michael Hayden, who is also the former head of the CIA, “If someone else had said that outside the hall, he’d be in the back of a police wagon now with the Secret Service questioning him.”
The general is right and the GOP knows it. That is why an angry RNC chair Reince Priebus has made it very clear to Trump that these sort of off-the-cuff remarks is why he’s bleeding support from within the party, and why skeptical donors are racing for the exits and telling Team Trump NOT to count on their financial support due to the candidate’s toxic rhetoric and mentality.
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With strange utterances and petty fights coming from the thin-skinned Trump almost daily now as well as wild claims that the election is rigged (despite the fact no votes have been cast yet), Trump almost appears to be purposely sabotaging his own campaign. He appears to have loved the thrill of the chase (for the nomination) and the ego-boosting idea of the title “Mr. President,” but he seems completely disinterested in the actual job.
So what if Trump were to drop out?
The 168 members of the Republican National Committee would have to immediately choose a successor, which would be a complicated process.
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According to a Republican legal expert, Trump would have to drop out by early September for the party to have enough time to choose a replacement and get the new nominee’s name on the ballot in enough states to win. However, if Trump were to drop out beyond early September, the GOP would be stuck between a rock and a hard place.  Trump’s name would remain on the November ballots, but any votes for him would be a waste since he’d be on record as unwilling to serve if elected. This would be a nightmare scenario for the GOP, as it could affect down-ballot races and possibly hand the House and/or Senate to the Democrats.  It would also be an automatic win for Hillary Clinton. Additionally, it would be a career-ending embarrassment for top Republicans such as Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell, who went out on a limb for Trump only to be left at the altar in the end.
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If Trump does decide to drop out — or is forced out — Republicans have already weighed their legal and practical options to replace him. They may even have a potential “understudy” nominee waiting in the wings. However, what if Trump DOESN’T drop out? What if he drags the entire GOP down the drain with his fledgling campaign?
Key Republicans close to Trump are said to be plotting a URGENT intervention with the nominee after a disastrous week that has many within the party predicting catastrophic consequences come November.
RNC chairman Reince Priebus, former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich are among the Trump supporters hoping to prod the real estate mogul into a dramatic reset of his campaign ASAP (resident “flunkie” Chris Christie is said to still be pouting and unwilling to participate after being overlooked for VP). The Republican heavyweights are hoping for a last-ditch effort to enlist the help of Trump’s children — who are among his innermost circle of influential advisers — to help rescue his sinking candidacy.
However, their efforts could amount to “too-little-too-late,” as Trump has already become a laughing-stock within the party and prompted prominent Republicans to publicly denounce him in favor of Hillary Clinton.
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“He must keep that clandestine roadmap [to win the election] in the same drawer as his super secret, can’t-talk-about-it plan to defeat ISIS easily and fast. Believe him.”
–Â Tom Bevan
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Some are even going so far as to suggest that Trump may be mentally ill, which would give them legal cover to forcibly remove him as the Republican nominee in favor of a more stable candidate.
Whatever happens, it needs to happen fast for Republicans to have even a hint of a chance. Mormon distaste for Trump is at such an all-time high that the GOP nominee is trailing in the traditionally Republican State of Utah — which could go blue for the first time since Lyndon Johnson. Additionally, the Clinton Campaign is surprisingly ahead by a few points in Arizona and Georgia, which are also traditional strongholds for the GOP. Further, Republican candidates are now being encouraged by the party to cut Trump loose in order to save themselves over supporting the presidential nominee.
For Donald Trump and the Republican Party, the sky is indeed falling!
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Honestly, I think this election is already over. Yes, the news media will keep up the facade that it's still a horse-race until November chasing rating$. But I think this last so-called "gaffe" inciting gun-nuts to take out Hillary is the final nail in the coffin. I think most American voters have seen and heard quite enough of that dangerous and ignorant fool. The Repubs can twist themselves into knots trying to figure out what to do about this colossal nightmare THEY created. It does not matter. They have NO good options. None. Trump is at war with himself. He looks (and sounds) tortured, more and more, everyday. He wants out of the contest …especially now that it looks like he IS going to lose…and lose quite badly to a "woman." no less. But he's a major head-case and pathological BSer. He can't just drop out without looking like the… Read more »