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Originally Posted by Ksyrup
it still amazes me that knowing what another shutdown would do to the economy, the GOP play wasn't to simply declare victory for Trump on the vaccine and urge everyone to get it.
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The theory I heard is that b/c Trump's initial approach was "the virus isn't that bad," the GOP was committed to that approach throughout the campaign.
That never made sense to me. It isn't like the the truth has stopped them before. I would have expected a "We've always been at war with Eastasia" pivot along the lines of "Trump has always been committed to stopping the China Virus. It's the Democrats who want to keep everyone sick." followed by a huge "Real MAGAs wear Masks!" campaign.
He'd be President Trump right now if they'd made that play. I'd love to be the fly on the wall to understand why they never did.