# Who/what kind of person will succeed Trump as leader of GOP? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 3, 2020, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-what-kind-of-person-will-succeed-trump-as-leader-of-gop/845874 "2020-01-03T12:48:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-what-kind-of-person-will-succeed-trump-as-leader-of-gop/845874/61 "2020-01-08T15:44:33Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Normally, losing an election turns the GOP nominee into a pariah- see Romney and McCain. Should the Democrat win in 2020, Donald will concentrate full-time on staying out of prison. He won’t be speaking out on issues because he doesn’t care about them, other than white supremacy. He doesn’t care about issues, but he does care about being in front of an adoring crowd. Among his many negative traits is laziness, and yet he has never stopped the rallies; it’s the one thing he loves as much as Ivanka (and himself). The only thing that would stop him doing it is if the crowds thin out, or regularly heckle him. Which is possible, but the trumpists don’t seem to care about objective reality, so it’s going to take a hell of a lot to get there. So, most likely, we will continue to hear his ridiculous views (to the extent he can form them), and he will continue to foment conflict in society, right the way to his prison cell. And probably after that. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-what-kind-of-person-will-succeed-trump-as-leader-of-gop/845874/62 "2020-01-08T15:53:11Z")
\ And of course, if trump loses the election his overall support will go down a lot, but his base…I’m not so sure. Bear in mind, he was all set to be some kind of rebel figure when it looked like Hillary would win. His schtick about “deep state” etc would have been simpler (it would have just been “the government”). I honestly think he would prefer it to being in power, and his base will stay with him. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-what-kind-of-person-will-succeed-trump-as-leader-of-gop/845874/63 "2020-01-08T16:42:06Z")
> [@Mijin](#): > > The only thing that would stop him doing it is if the crowds thin out, or regularly heckle him. Which is possible, but the trumpists don’t seem to care about objective reality, so it’s going to take a hell of a lot to get there. One thing that may stop is if he has to foot the bill. Right now they can be paid for by his re-election campaign- what happens when he no longer has that source of money to tap into? ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-what-kind-of-person-will-succeed-trump-as-leader-of-gop/845874/64 "2020-01-12T20:09:27Z")
After just surviving a conversation with my Trump loving family about the amazingly accomplished Trump children, I’m pretty sure this is the direction that the Foxnews 24/7 crowd is going. ---
**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 12, 2020, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-what-kind-of-person-will-succeed-trump-as-leader-of-gop/845874/65 "2020-01-12T23:43:01Z")
Were it up to me, a court-appointed liquidation trustee… > [@Red\_Wiggler](#): > > While it’s likely true that 80% of likely Republican voters are still under the age of 65, as someone on Twitter noted last week, millennial voters went Democrat by about 35 points in the last midterms. More importantly, they are defying the stereotypical historical trends by not turning towards (American) conservatism and church membership as they reach their family-rearing middle ages. From your lips to Og’s ears but I hope you’ll understand me that I’ve been hearing the prediction of the inevitable demographic doom of the Right, and well before that the claim that the “New Generation” will usher in an age of enlightened liberation, for long enough that I’m not laying money on it. ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-what-kind-of-person-will-succeed-trump-as-leader-of-gop/845874/66 "2020-01-13T00:05:11Z")
The US Constitution requires that members of the House and Senate be “persons” (human\*) but their leadership are not so limited and need not be members - those chambers can choose whomever or whatever they wish. The President is required to be male human\*\*. Judges and Justices have no requirements of gender or species.\*\*\* I don’t know if RNC and DNC have humanity requirements for any roles. I suspect a future leader of either party may be a cyborg (at least partially human), android, cloud-based AI, or IQ-enhanced rang-tang (popular with the current base) or poodle (popular with toddlers, the future electorate). Only partial or full humans, born somewhere, can hold elected office, but there’s behind-the-scenes power, too. - Art.I Sec.2: “No Person shall be a Representative who shall not…” and Art.I Sec.3: “No Person shall be a Senator who shall not…”. Cf also Amend.XIV Sec.1: “All persons born or naturalized…” But if Congress ever defines the unborn or inhuman as “persons”, all bets are off. Elect a bonobo fetus to the Senate! \*\* Art.II Sec.1 Par.1: “He shall hold his Office…” and Par.4: “No Person except…” and Par.6: “The President shall… receive for his services…” and Par.8: “Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation…” Further instances of “he” as President occur in this Article. \*\*\* Art.III: Judges of all courts are undefined. A Magic-8-Ball could be appointed. ---
**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 13, 2020, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-what-kind-of-person-will-succeed-trump-as-leader-of-gop/845874/67 "2020-01-13T13:43:11Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Were it up to me, a court-appointed liquidation trustee… > > From your lips to Og’s ears but I hope you’ll understand me that I’ve been hearing the prediction of the inevitable demographic doom of the Right, and well before that the claim that the “New Generation” will usher in an age of enlightened liberation, for long enough that I’m not laying money on it. It would be more effective if you would explain why you think that change won’t occur. Do you see the demographics as being the same as they were whenever you began having these feelings of fatigue? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-what-kind-of-person-will-succeed-trump-as-leader-of-gop/845874.md?page=3)