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  I think the GOP will run with DeSantis for 2024. Anyone who would vote for Trump would vote for DeSantis and he would also gain some of the independents that Trump couldn’t get from being a divisive candidate. 
  As for the Dems I’ll be curious to see if they plan to stick with Biden. I don’t think the original plan of Harris running will work out (my assumption in 2020 was the Dems would want her to run in 2024). Just my opinion…
context: Letting him run all but guarantees a win for democrats. He won't win the GOP primary and will run as an independent and split the vote.  
  That being said, anyone involved in Jan 6th should be disqualified from office from president all the way down. >
  
  Here’s the thing: Trump may not “win it” for the GOP but the Democrats could “”lose it”. Just letting him run opens the door to that possibility. >
  
  Trump has done nothing but lose supporters since 2020. Prison, COVID, just tired of his shit. There's no way he'd win again. Dems could put up the worst option and it'd still not even be close because they'll always vote against Trump. Hopefully they'll put up an actual good candidate and not just Biden again. >
  
  That’s arrogance speaks. Fate is a cruel mistress. Do not provoke her and remember the wisdom of ancestors: “better safe than sorry”. >
  
  He lost, with the full weight of the government behind him. He has only lost supporters since then. I'm not worried. >
  
  I’d counter that with 1. Trump was wrongly written off in 2016; 2. Hillary wasn’t a great candidate and helped Trump win because she isn’t great on the stump or an inspiring speaker and there’s a long and deep dislike of her across the political spectrum; and 3. Trump had trouble landing a punch on Biden who stayed off social media and presented himself as a bland but reliable moderate.
  If the Dems draw the wrong lessons from 2020 and 2022 and, say, run a far left candidate or a lightweight and the GOP close ranks around Trump (Desantis may score points as gov but he’s likely to wither in a national primary. Granted, he does have the momentum at this point.) I see Trump flags but not Desantis (granted, that’s as scientific as “boat parades” in determining relative popularity).
  And outside of Trump himself, banning him from office is a minimal lesson to future emulators.