By Jim Geraghty
Monday,
January 15, 2024
There
are many examples of Donald Trump’s power over the rest of the Republican
Party. But there are few examples more vivid than Trump’s decision, two days
from the Iowa caucuses, to rip into Vivek Ramaswamy, and how Ramaswamy
responded.
Saturday
afternoon, Trump posted on Truth Social:
Vivek started his campaign as a great
supporter, “the best President in generations,” etc. Unfortunately, now all he
does is disguise his support in the form of deceitful campaign tricks. Very
sly, but a vote for Vivek is a vote for the “other side” — don’t get duped by
this. Vote for “TRUMP,” don’t waste your vote! Vivek is not MAGA. The Biden
Indictments against his Political Opponent will never be allowed in this
Country, they are already beginning to fall! MAGA!!!
It’s
a little curious that Trump, who’s around 50 percent in the Iowa polls, would spend time
attacking Ramaswamy, who’s around 5 to 8 percent. Some campaign watchers
speculated that the Trump campaign was seeing something that made them perceive
Ramaswamy as a threat to their strong finish. (I think Donald Trump just likes
attacking people for perceived disloyalty to him.)
Having
been called out for “deceitful campaign tricks,” and labeled a wasted vote, how
does Ramaswamy respond? He chooses to lament that Trump is getting some bad advice from advisors.
Yes, I saw President Trump’s Truth Social
post. It’s an unfortunate move by his campaign advisors, I don’t think friendly
fire is helpful. Donald Trump was the greatest President of the 21st century,
and I’m not going to criticize him in response to this late attack.
I’ve met tens of thousands of Iowans across
390+ events here, and they are deeply worried – and so am I – that this
“system” won’t allow Donald J. Trump anywhere near the White House again. It
seems they will stop at *nothing* to keep him away from power.
I’m worried for Trump. I’m worried for our
country. I’ve stood up against the persecutions against Trump, and I’ve
defended him at every step. I showed up at the Miami courthouse in solidarity
following his first federal indictment. I filed a FOIA demand to the Biden DOJ.
I submitted an amicus brief this week with the U.S. Supreme Court calling on
them to overturn Colorado’s ruling. I pledged to remove myself from Maine’s
& Colorado’s primary ballots if they remove Trump, calling on DeSantis and
Haley to do the same.
But we have to open our eyes. Last time it
was a man-made pandemic & Big Tech election interference. Now, the same
billionaires funding the lawsuits against Trump are the ones trying to prop up
Nikki Haley. The same MSM blasting Trump is lavishing praise on Nikki. They
want to narrow this to a two-horse race between Trump & Haley, eliminate
Trump (one way or other), & trot their puppet into the White House. We
can’t fall for that trap. 1 year from now, we won’t look back and say we were
shocked that it happened. We’ll kick ourselves for not stopping it.
Once
again, Trump is not responsible for what he says and does, it’s always these
sinister, shadowy advisors who are leading him down the wrong path. (If he’s so
easily misled, maybe he isn’t “the greatest president of the 21st century.”)
And Ramaswamy contends he’s not running for president because he thinks he
would make a better president than Trump; he’s just running because
billionaires and the “system” will inevitably eliminate him. That “(one way or
other)” sure sounds ominous, doesn’t it?
Trump kicked Ramaswamy around some more this morning, this time
with the caps lock key pressed down.
A VOTE FOR VIVEK IS A WASTED VOTE. I LIKE
VIVEK, BUT HE PLAYED IT TOO “CUTE” WITH US. CAUCUS TONIGHT, VOTE FOR DONALD J.
TRUMP, BUILD UP THE NUMBERS!!! IN NOVEMBER, WE MUST TAKE OUR VERY TROUBLED
NATION — A NATION IN DECLINE — BACK FROM CROOKED JOE BIDEN AND THE RADICAL LEFT
DEMOCRATS AND THUGS WHO ARE DESTROYING IT. MAGA!!!
This
is the new philosophy at work in the Republican Party of 2024 – Trump never
deserves criticism, even when he’s ripping into you.
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