# Trump could scorch the GOP on the way out **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 6, 2020, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-could-scorch-the-gop-on-the-way-out/924879 "2020-11-06T03:27:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-could-scorch-the-gop-on-the-way-out/924879/121 "2021-02-05T21:11:28Z")
Well, he scorched it but it’s still smouldering… And it’s our job to make sure it doesn’t flare up into another forest fire. ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-could-scorch-the-gop-on-the-way-out/924879/122 "2021-02-05T21:46:08Z")
I overheard one of my wife’s diehard Trumpist friends saying that he’s done with the Republican party and with the rigged voting machines, and he’s never going to vote again unless Trump himself says specifically to vote for someone. If Trump doesn’t say it – no vote! ---
**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:** [February 6, 2021, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-could-scorch-the-gop-on-the-way-out/924879/123 "2021-02-06T00:11:13Z")
We cannot possibly get a better outcome than widespread 100% apathy by the wacko Trumpist crew. Make sure your wife does all she can to encourage that person to spread the crap outta that meme. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-could-scorch-the-gop-on-the-way-out/924879/124 "2021-02-06T04:40:16Z")
I posted this in the Clusterfuck thread but it probably fits better here: Trump plots his revenge! > **[Here's the 'comeback' Trump is already planning: report](https://www.alternet.org/2021/02/trump-the-art-of-the-comeback)** > > Former President Donald Trump's time in the White House is over but he may be far from done with politics. Despite his looming Senate trial, Trump is said to be planning a "comeback revenge tour" taking aim at all of the Republican Party leaders and... _Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Ctrumphu Mar’Lago wgah’nagl fhtagn!_ ---
**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:** [February 18, 2021, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-could-scorch-the-gop-on-the-way-out/924879/125 "2021-02-18T17:07:09Z")
Trump running again in '24 is a little like making a pact with the devil, where you agree to let him draw one card from 10. If he fails to pull his target card, you get a million bucks. But if he hits his card, you’re banished to eternity in the fiery pits. The payoff for Dems would be a likely win, maybe another gain of a Senate seat and holding or regaining the House. An unlikely win for Donald, however, would be catastrophic for the nation. One obvious flaw in this analogy is that the devil and Republicans would both cheat. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-could-scorch-the-gop-on-the-way-out/924879/126 "2021-02-18T17:31:00Z")
> [@Red\_Wiggler](#): > > One obvious flaw in this analogy is that the devil and Republicans would both cheat. I don’t see that as a flaw, I see that as just making the analogy more apt. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-could-scorch-the-gop-on-the-way-out/924879.md?page=6)