# Will the GOP (inadvertently) destroy itself to stop Trump? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [April 12, 2016, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-gop-inadvertently-destroy-itself-to-stop-trump/751963 "2016-04-12T02:27:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 89
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-gop-inadvertently-destroy-itself-to-stop-trump/751963/89 "2016-04-15T19:35:26Z")
> [@Johnny\_Ace](#): > > Since you’ve been around and I’ve given you ample time to provide evidence, it’s clear you’re just going to try to sweep it under the rug. > > In future, please refrain from throwing around unsubstantiated characterizations of me. I won’t let that bullshit slide. Oh for Gawd’s sake, there’s plenty of times I’ve let people’s bullshit (including yours) slide without hounding people about it. But fine: > [@Feel the #extortion Bernie has planned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feel-the-extortion-bernie-has-planned/750443/588): > > In Slacker’s defense, you have to look at it relatively. He’s talking about people who are pretty much at the left extreme relative to him (and most everyone else). I don’t particularly see that as an epithet. > > Realistically, if they want to have any significant impact at all, they have to stay as D’s. Or move to Europe? 😃 I kid… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-gop-inadvertently-destroy-itself-to-stop-trump/751963)._