# So how many Republicans are secretly praying that Trump will be disqualified? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [January 7, 2024, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-republicans-are-secretly-praying-that-trump-will-be-disqualified/995745 "2024-01-07T20:22:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-republicans-are-secretly-praying-that-trump-will-be-disqualified/995745/81 "2024-01-19T21:35:46Z")
A valid point. I certainly don’t think the actual center of even traditional US politics, much less of civilized world politics is between the two current US parties. The US right has wandered way out into crazy land and the US left has followed them partway across the actual center into lightweight right-land. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-republicans-are-secretly-praying-that-trump-will-be-disqualified/995745/82 "2024-01-19T22:57:13Z")
> [@Measure\_for\_Measure](#): > > What about the base? Maybe 5% of registered Republicans _at most_ respect the constitution enough to want Trump’s disqualification. The remainder are jabberers. I think that a majority of conservatives follow the Constitution the same way they follow the Bible; through a filter of authority figures telling them what those documents say. They don’t actually read the Constitution and then look at Trump’s actions to compare how he adheres to it. Instead they believe Trump when he tells them that the Constitution fully supports what he does and that therefore supporting Donald Trump and supporting the Constitution are the same thing. So Trump’s followers believe that they are respecting the Constitution at the same time they’re marching on the capital to overthrow the government. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-republicans-are-secretly-praying-that-trump-will-be-disqualified/995745/83 "2024-01-19T23:16:31Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > The US right has wandered way out into crazy land and the US left has followed them partway across the actual center into lightweight right-land. Agree on the first, disagree on the second. The Dems have simply taken the center as it was unoccupied. The Dems are still= pro-choice, pro-immigration, pro-voting rights (okay, that used to be a centrist position), Pro-healthcare, pro-combating climate change (the GOP simply denies it), pro-education, pro- social welfare systems, etc. Anti-hate, anti-bigotry. Sure, the radical left doesnt “wag the dog” like the reactionary right does the GOP, but it has a voice, and is listened to. > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I think that a majority of conservatives follow the Constitution the same way they follow the Bible; through a filter of authority figures telling them what those documents say. Dont confuse Conservatives with MAGAs. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-republicans-are-secretly-praying-that-trump-will-be-disqualified/995745/84 "2024-01-19T23:31:30Z")
Wait, isn’t pro-choice, pro-healthcare, etc. the _centrist_ position? ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-republicans-are-secretly-praying-that-trump-will-be-disqualified/995745/85 "2024-01-19T23:44:00Z")
> [@Red\_Wiggler](#): > > Wait, isn’t pro-choice, pro-healthcare, etc the _centrist_ position? Depends. There’s a lot of carefully chosen “control the debate” behind those terms. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2024, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-republicans-are-secretly-praying-that-trump-will-be-disqualified/995745/86 "2024-01-20T01:01:35Z")
> [@Red\_Wiggler](#): > > Wait, isn’t pro-choice, pro-healthcare, etc. the _centrist_ position? Nope. I mean, Abortion is a thorny issue. Most Americans want _some_ controls, but only a tiny % want abortion banned altogether. That is why dumping Roe bit the GOP in the ass in several elections. Pro-healthcare? Well, medicare is Centrist. Obamacare is liberal. Not very liberal, not like true UHC would be. Bernie Sanders plan was far left. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2024, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-republicans-are-secretly-praying-that-trump-will-be-disqualified/995745/87 "2024-01-20T01:10:53Z")
_By the **American** understanding of right/center/left_, mind you. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-republicans-are-secretly-praying-that-trump-will-be-disqualified/995745.md?page=4)