What a potent Trump primary challenger would look like

Published August 23, 2019 11:25am ET



With the totally-not-Islamophobic-and-conspiratorial Joe Walsh set to wade into the joke of the Republican presidential primary, disaffected conservatives and centrists are left with still no real alternatives to President Trump.

If 2020 front-runner Joe Biden manages to make it to the general, most Trump-opposing Republicans and independents will likely either back the former vice president, assuming he chooses a passable running mate, or skip the top of the ballot. But if the next mostly likely options, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, consolidate the left-lane of the party and ride socializing our entire healthcare and energy industries to a primary victory, Democrats cannot and should not expect the so-called Never Trump vote.

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