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Americans Psycho: Trump Will Probably Get More Primary Votes Than Any Other GOP Candidate In Modern History
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Rebecca Fishbein
Published Apr 28, 2016
Modified Apr 28, 2016
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Donald Trump might be a classless bigoted misogynist, but he's a very popular classless bigoted misogynist, and he's on track to win the most primary votes of any GOP candidate in modern history. Sad!
The NY Post spoke with Eric Ostermeier, a political science professor at the University of Minnesota and the author of the Smart Politics blog, who confirmed Future President Merkin has about 10.1 million votes right now, and with big states like Indiana, California and New Jersey on the horizon, he'll more than likely top George W. Bush's modern record of 10.8 million votes. “In an election cycle with a high Republican turnout, his numbers are rising, even more so now that there’s only three candidates," Ostermeier told the tabloid.
It's scary to think that this man is convincing enough to get 10.1 million people to vote for him, but considering the competition, it's not surprising. Ted Cruz, whom former Speaker of the House John Boehner recently described as "Lucifer in the flesh" and a "miserable son of a bitch," has merged his evil forces with Carly Fiorina. Planned Parenthood has appropriately dubbed them the "most loathsome pair in America," and if you're wondering what their malevolent spawn would look like, note that the Internet is full of wonders.
And while John Kasich seems like the more reasonable choice, his record proves he's not really just an affable adventurous eater, plus his first State of the Union speech would probably bore the entire country to death.
So Trump will probably be the GOP nominee, and even establishment Republicans are starting to like him more and more, based on the results from Tuesday's primary. Could be worse? Maybe? Oh well, at least the world will have to end at some point, right?
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