Think of it like this, in 2024 Americans are going to have good candidates on the ballot on both sides. Compare that to the national cynicism of choosing the lesser of two evils every election cycle and being silently demoralized that the world keeps getting shittier and shittier. (2004 - 2017)
Even if he didn't "orange man bad" -- with Trump running he wouldn't get a single MAGA vote anyway. Not even if he wore a blue MAGA hat and summoned the memory of all his admirable kin. It doesn't make sense for him to play to Trump's base. Makes more sense for him to be the opposition, if that's what he is.
Exactly this.
But he's not on the DS side either.
Think of it like this, in 2024 Americans are going to have good candidates on the ballot on both sides. Compare that to the national cynicism of choosing the lesser of two evils every election cycle and being silently demoralized that the world keeps getting shittier and shittier. (2004 - 2017)
Even if he didn't "orange man bad" -- with Trump running he wouldn't get a single MAGA vote anyway. Not even if he wore a blue MAGA hat and summoned the memory of all his admirable kin. It doesn't make sense for him to play to Trump's base. Makes more sense for him to be the opposition, if that's what he is.