# Trump won't be the Republican party nominee in 2024 **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [January 29, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wont-be-the-republican-party-nominee-in-2024/996834 "2024-01-29T20:25:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 61
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wont-be-the-republican-party-nominee-in-2024/996834/61 "2024-01-30T02:21:24Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I see no reason why the GOP all of a sudden comes to their senses. Like why now would they start? Why didn’t they unhitch on Jan 6, when it was easy to do so? Fear. Republican Congresspeople were running and hiding just as much as Democrats, and the insurgents were specifically looking and calling out for Mike Pence, who had been a loyal lickspittle up until the day that Trump told him to do something in direct violation of the Constitution. The Republican party is trapped between fear of the MAGA movement, and fear of losing an election and being out of power, such as it is; even when they have ostensible control they can’t get out of their own way because their only remaining policy positions are obstruction and manufactured crisis. Stranger --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wont-be-the-republican-party-nominee-in-2024/996834)._