The talking heads of various stripes are busy insisting that Trump has a very narrow window of time in which to turn things around and become a serious, disciplined candidate. In order to do so, he must first offer a full and unequivocal apology for the series of racist and misogynist remarks he’s made since day one of his campaign.
Putting aside the fact that he seems demonstrably incapable of offering a sincere apology for anything he’s ever said or done; What is the rational for even suggesting that an apology from Trump would be something that would be accepted by anyone at this point? Does anyone genuinely think that Trump is anything but what he’s repeatedly demonstrated himself to be? Why even raise the subject of apology at this point? Would anything short of, “…therefore I am suspending my campaign”, suffice?
A bit of clarification and saying something like “I meant to say… instead of saying…” would probably help with this situation. But we all know he can’t help himself, he’s going to repeatedly shoot himself in the foot time and time again in the next 5 months. His Republican critics are like the guy who picks up a snake and then is surprised when he gets bit- they should have known his nature before they picked him.
The apology isn’t for the voter base, it’s for the rest of the GOP elite. The apology gives them the room they need to move back to supporting Trump, so that they can go into interviews and say, “Look, he said some bad stuff but he’s unequivocally apologized for them - now let’s get back to the issues.”
Without that they have no wiggle room whatsoever, and it’s showing in the various interviews that the surrogates have been stupid enough to give while this is still front and center (though Trump is almost certainly ordering them to give those interviews and defend him in them).
But it’s clear he’s just about the worst of all possible Republican nominees. It’s equally clear he’s anti-RNC establishment. Why not sit back and let him continue to make an ass of himself, sans rush to endorse and then rush to retract endorsement (unless, apology!)? Left to his own devices and without their ‘help’ to make him a ‘serious’ candidate, he’ll implode. Why continue to try to make a purse out of a sow’s ear?
And I happen to agree, “narrow window of time” is another one of those ridiculous and meaningless statements. Who decides on how much time and what drives that decision?
Who cares? When he said Mexican were rapists, turns out that’s not exactly what he meant. When he slammed the judge for being unfair because he’s Mexican ( he’s not, he’s American), he says his words are being misconstrued.
How can anybody believe one thing that comes out of this guy’s mouth? He says A, when called on it denies he said A, then says he didn’t mean A, then says everyone is just misunderstanding.
Not a single word coming from his mouth seems to amount to anything. Even to him. “That’s not what I said!” Um, yes it is! “That’s not what I meant!” Um, you said it was at the time!
He doesn’t seem to care or bother to remember, what he’s said about anything. His modus operandi seems to be not speaking in complete sentences as some sort of free pass to say anything at all and then claim it means A,B and C or D at any given moment.
Of course its enough! I am a generous and forgiving person. If he apologizes, then I am obliged to accept it and consider the matter closed. Which only leaves all those other things he has said.
Go stand about half a mile from the beach, where you can just see it. Then go take a teaspoon of sand and remove it from the beach. Go back to where you were, and look. Any different?
This.
They already know that they are screwed. If Trump wins, they are stuck with a buffoon who is bent on destroying the Republican Party by pandering to its worst elements who will drive off everyone else. If Trump loses, he is liable to drag down any number of Republican candidates for Senate and House seats, possibly giving Clinton a shot at doing more of the things the RNC opposes.
What they hope is that some number of voters will look on their efforts to tone down Trump as evidence that it is still worthwhile to vote for Republicans in Congress. The majority of party members are going to vote Republican, anyway; they are hoping to persuade enough anti-Clinton swing voters to continue to support Republican candidates rather than staying home and letting Democrats take more seats.
This is the guy, who in speaking to Evangelistics, stated that he has never asked God for forgiveness because he’s never done anything that requires forgiveness.
That much narcissism and lack of self-awareness and you think he’s actually capable of apologizing for his racism, meaning it and changing his behavior???
No chance. Best they could possibly hope for is a scripted, contrite statement, followed by 2-3 days of NOT being a barking racist.