• cogman@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    In the unlikely event that he’s generally perceived as a gibbering idiot by that date there’s pretty much no chance that Lara Trump nor Michael Whatley would consider a super-delegate style override of the primary results

    They can’t, like legally and literally. The RNC rules are setup without super delegates and they can’t backport those in right before the convention.

    Literally the only thing that would keep him off the ballot is if either he dies (which will be a HUGE clusterfuck) or a court ruling finds him ineligible to hold office (which, he just won cases keeping him off the ballot so that’s really unlikely).

    He could be drooling on stage while actively shitting his depends, he’s still going on the ballot. That was 1000% on display with Dianne Feinstein, for literally years, she showed very clear signs of dementia/Alzheimer’s.

    And the scary thing is that none of this will stop Trumpers from voting for him. They’d write his name in even if he does die.

    • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
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      8 months ago

      “Can’t” is a word you should never use when it comes to politics. It’s all about costs and while there may be customs and norms and charters and rules… they aren’t laws and can be bent - just at a cost. There are no laws about how political parties nominate electors and recent history should tell you that even laws can be bent.

      Otherwise, yea, I totally agree.