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In a YouGov poll conducted between July 25-29, 59 percent of Republicans surveyed said they would prefer a president under the age of 75. Trump celebrated his 78th birthday in June. Forty percent said they had no preference, and just two percent said they would prefer a president over the age of 75.
Short of a major heart attack, Trump isn’t giving up one iota of power. Really helps to draw a contrast between the parties, where one guy is willing to step down and the other is prepared to crash the plane with us all in it.
He knows if he isn't elected, he's going to prison.
...or Russia.
A Russian prison would be a fitting setting for him. Hope he outlives his usefulness.
They wouldn't throw him in prison even if he could get there. They would put him on one of their propaganda "news" channels and let him go to town. They can subtitle whatever they want for the locals so he can say whatever.
But he'll never get there. He has a permanent secret service escort that probably isn't going to be cool with defecting to russia.
I'm not so sure I agree that he will be held accountable for his actions if he doesn't win. I think he still narrowly avoids prison even if he doesn't win, or maybe only spends like 3 days maximum in prison, sadly.
I really don’t think his Supreme Court is going to allow him to have a custodial sentence. They showed they were fully on the Trump train by finding immunity in the constitution when it plainly reads otherwise.
Sorry repubs... you're going to have to carry this non-viable fetus to term...
You know who would be a President under 75?
Even if she serves 2 terms, she'd be younger at the end than Trump was when he started his first one!
"So, Nicki Haley?"
[suddenly all the Trumpets cast their vote for an over-75 primary presidential candidate]
It's just empty hand-wringing.
It's a good sign. They think Harris can win.
Ya good luck extracting Trump from your party. I'll be like trying to extract botfly larvae from under your scalp.
Didn't he go all nepotism on the RNC and put in place family or friends and force out all of "the old guard"?
Nope, should've thought about that before getting in bed with him. Now they have to carry him to term.
These republicans want to get rid of candidates up to and after the 11th month!
/s
Trump can step down and not run. Biden did it. It's all the rage right now
Trump (recently) received the nomination from his party, while Biden dropped out before the DNC. I could be wrong but I think it's a little more problematic for him to drop out, although perhaps that's just related to RNC self-imposed rules and not any actual laws.
It's going to be hillarious to see them trying to get rid of him.
There is not enough popcorn on this continent for that.
Sounds like they need to vote for Kamala!
Who are the absolute muppets that want an older than 75 president!? Here I am hoping for laws limiting it to like 60 max...
They know Trump's age and they want him. Frankly, I'm surprised it's not a lot higher.
I think they see how dropping Biden has significantly benefited the Democrats and hope the same would happen for then if they dropped Trump.
The problem for them with that is that Trump will never willingly step down. Unlike Biden he's in it for himself and has everything to lose its he doesn't win. This would also be guaranteed to result in crippling infighting in the party and with Trump trying to go independent.
The Republican party is f'ed. That's what you get for selecting a selfish lunatic to lead it.
It's only f'ed if they lose (and don't steal the election). So get out to vote everyone.
The oldest and the orangest candidate ever - lots of people are saying it.
oh no, if they get rid of trump, and replace him with someone else that would be a subversion of democracy!!!
So, now they want to change the ballot after they had their convention and picked their nominee? Isn’t this what republicans were screaming was illegal for the dems to do? Except that the dems hadn’t picked their nominee officially yet?
Why younger? Why not someone smarter and, empathetic?
Because Trump loves the poorly educated, has the best brain, and Ayn Rand said altruism is evil.
Tough Republicans. Your Dictator doesn't care what you want. Suck it.
This really just shows the flaw in surveys like this. There is someone running who is younger, and they aren't going to vote for her. They wish TRUMP was younger.
Isn't this consistent with when it was Trump/Biden? I seem to remember both sides saying they wanted a younger candidate.
Or it could be they think Trump is younger than he actually is...