Donald Trump managed to win two presidential elections by maintaining his almost universal support among Republican voters and amassing enough swing voters to be victorious.
Trump’s administration has always relied on the presence of a unified Republican Party at his side.
For nearly a decade, pundits and attention seekers around the world have been proclaiming that they are sure that THIS is the moment when Republicans will abandon Trump.
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The time never came. No matter what Trump did or said, Republicans remained united with him in the high 90% range. Donald Trump thought he was politically bulletproof and couldn’t do anything that would cause his supporters to leave him.
Trump botched a pandemic, lost an election, tried to overthrow the government, was impeached twice, and was the subject of a federal investigation and indictment twice.
Republicans have stood by Trump through it all.
They even rubbed shoulders with Trump through trade wars, tariffs and a declining economy.
The first crack in Trump’s support for some Republicans came with the Epstein files, but the big issue that seems to be causing some Republicans to shun their own president isn’t Jeffrey Epstein.
It’s health.
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