bowl of blood
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can you explain how trump is not a republican? this is what I have so far.
- he won the republican national convention's primary election in 2016.
- he was put in the presidential race by the republican national convention.
- he did not run as an independent or a former democrat.
- he was the only presidential candidate fielded by the republicans in 2016.
- he is thus far the only presidential candidate fielded by the republicans in 2020.
if trump isn't a republican, shouldn't the republicans be running someone for president? that's not usually something they sit out.
maybe you are trying to say he is not a conservative (nor does he have any consistent ideology). however the republican party is a group of people who have agreed to share a label, it is not loyal to any ideology. as is frequently observed by modern republicans, the democrat party was the home of conservatives in the late 19th and early 20th centuries ("party of slavery"), while the republicans were progressives.
