Former President Trump’s decision to skip the first Republican presidential primary debate is fueling Republican angst that his rivals will have little opportunity to catch up to him in the polls.

  • grue@lemmy.ml
    15·
    1 year ago

    The error with Hitler wasn’t sending him to prison, it was letting him out again after only a few months.

    • kava@lemmy.world
      11·
      1 year ago

      Well that’s the issue with imprisoning popular political figures. All it takes is a tide to shift, a different party to come to power, and they may remove the popular figure from prison.

      What if we imprison him and say DeSantis makes freeing Trump his main campaign promise? This type of thing can have unforeseen consequences. It’s an unprecedented time.