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Chris J. Karr's avatar

"We don’t know if Trump will run again. There’s a potential election interference case against Trump brewing in Fulton County that will rely heavily on Raffs as its star witness. District Attorney Fani Willis will get a recommendation from her special grand jury sometime this summer or in the fall, and we’ll see if there’s a case. If there is, that could be enough to keep Trump off the 2024 ballot. He’ll anoint someone, perhaps Gov. Ron DeSantis."

Is there a Georgia law that prevents people under indictment or on trial from appearing on the ballot? My personal impression is that Trump is more likely to sit back and remain kingmaker as long as he's being left alone legally (President'ing is HARD work), but legal jeopardy is the one thing that I can see motivating him to run again and dare the local prosecutors to go after the GOP frontrunner, and possible POTUS.

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Jay Berman's avatar

Trump poisoned ‘Trumpism’ like Jefferson Davis poisoned States’ rights. If Republicans are feeling alienated or marginalized, the Trump train is not on the right track. Unless you are looking to flash the middle finger to the political system. May feel good to some, but leads to no progress. Trump is the punk rock of politics.

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