The reckoning of the Trump campaign has begun: Richey

Dwindling poll numbers for Trump indicate that the Republican Party would benefit from reclaiming its identity from MAGA extremists. — Image credit: Getty Images

In response to declining poll numbers, former President Trump is adjusting his strategy, cutting back on campaigning in several states that were a major focus just weeks ago. This is a sharp departure from late July, when Trump left the Republican convention confidently predicting a landslide victory over an aging President Biden. Trump’s new challenger, Vice President Kamala Harris, has energized Democratic prospects in key battleground states and has even received what appears to be an endorsement from Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Watch the video above as Straight Arrow News contributor Dr. Rashad Richey breaks down what he sees as a crumbling Trump campaign and argues that the Republican Party would benefit from reclaiming its identity from MAGA extremists.

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The following is an excerpt from the above video:

The reality is this, Donald Trump doesn’t care about the U.S. Constitution. He does not care about the role of democracy. He doesn’t care about veterans. He doesn’t care about those who are currently serving. He doesn’t care about POWs. He only cares about himself. He barely cares about his family. He only cares about him.

So now you have a charlatan who promotes, well, family values, but has none. He becomes the standard bearer for the party, but he cannot bear the standard. He has taken the Republican Party and he has ripped you all into shreds. And the reality is this also, it is your fault that you allowed a wrecking ball to come in and basically hijack what you had. I need a strong Republican Party. Yes, I’m a progressive, but you know why I need a strong Republican Party? Because I need there to be a level of competition among the voting ranks.

You know, Democrats can get away with anything because they’re not Trump. So they don’t have to really serve, hyper serve, let’s say, the minority community, or progressive issues. Because what other choice do we have? We can’t vote for Trump. MAGA is a clown. We can’t go with the clown show. So we’re left with this with, well, Democrats, to give lip service to progressive ideology, but then do nothing. Time out for that. So I’m actually standing with conservatives saying, “Take your damn party back. Take it back from the MAGA clowns who took it over. It is time.”

Yeah, okay, the emperor has no clothes, ladies and gentlemen, all of the pop, the fizzle, the WoW of Donald Trump has well gone. Why? Because propaganda always has a limited life force. You see, My grandmama taught me that the truth may walk slow and a lie may run fast, because the lie has a limited time to live, but the truth will endure forever. So at some point there’s a reckoning, is what my grandmother meant, and you’re seeing that reckoning right now with the Donald Trump campaign. They are out of ideas. They are not fresh. They’re not solving any problems. Their poll numbers are dwindling by the day, and it’s against the candidate who, yeah, did not even run a Democratic primary at all. That’s not an indictment on Kamala Harris, the Vice President. It’s an indictment on the lack of substance and the lack of popularity of Trump. What is his latest claim? The latest claim is that it was perfectly legal. It was perfectly within his right to interfere in a presidential election. No, it wasn’t. You see, he’s saying this, in my opinion, because when he did his interview on Fox News and basically admitted to the thing he’s still charged with, and his co conspirators are charged with, he said this because he’s attempting to nullify the jury, the upcoming juries that he will be, well, the target, and if he can convince people somehow, well, you know, yeah, I interfere with the election. But, but why is that illegal? My popularity went up. I was able to gain more poll numbers, yes, as if somehow, just because people like the fact you do a crime, somehow negates you from being responsible for the crime you did. Donald Trump has admitted he interfered with the election. We know that statutory laws existed prior to him doing so. So the law was clear. Nobody made up new laws just to prosecute Donald Trump. These laws on the books, these laws of both state and federal and Trump knew, or should have known, that engaging in this kind of conduct was, well, frankly, against the law. The reality is this, Donald Trump doesn’t care about the US Constitution. He does not care about the role of democracy. He doesn’t care about veterans. He doesn’t care about those who are currently serving. He doesn’t care about POWs. He only cares about himself. He barely cares about his family. He only cares about him. So now you have a charlatan who promotes well family values but has none. He becomes the standard bearer for the party, but he cannot bear the standard he has taken the Republican Party and he has ripped you all into shreds. And the reality is this also, it is your fault that you allowed a wrecking ball to come in and basically hijack what you had. I need a strong Republican Party. Yes, I’m a progressive, but you know why I need a strong Republican Party? Because I need there to be a level of competition among the voting ranks. You know, Democrats can get away with anything because they’re not Trump. So they don’t have to really serve, hyper serve, let’s say, the minority community or progressive issues. Because What other choice do we have? We can’t vote for Trump. Maga is a clown. We can’t go with the clown show. So we’re left with this with, well, Democrats to give lip service to progressive ideology, but then do nothing. Time out for that. So I’m actually standing with conservative saying, take your damn party back. Take it back from the Maga clowns who took it over. It is time. I.