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> Trump is the leading candidate to become US president in 2024, not some fringe extremist. He may be the leading candidate to be the republican nominee, but t
by HWR_14 5y ago
> Trump is the leading candidate to become US president in 2024, not some fringe extremist.
He may be the leading candidate to be the republican nominee, but that's not the same as the leading candidate likely to win.
Your logic also doesn't work; you can be both the leading candidate and a fringe extremist.
- BurningFrog 5y ago"Fringe" and "extremist" are relative terms. By definition whoever wins the most votes is mainstream, not a fringe extremist.
- crackercrews 5y agoAren't his favorables better than Biden's and Harris's? [1] https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2022/02/18/biden-less-popular-than-trump/6828413001/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2022/02/18/...
- throwaway1777 5y agoWell, there are only 2 real candidates, so yes the likely republican nominee is a likely candidate to win. The polls all show democrats losing in a landslide in the midterms. That puts the republican nominee in very good position.
- coldtea 5y ago>Your logic also doesn't work; you can be both the leading candidate and a fringe extremist. You keep using this word, "fringe". I don't think it means what you think it means...