STRANGER THINGS ELECTION SPECIAL

“Stop the Steal!” Takes on a Whole New Meaning as Trump Turns on His Own

A report from the Upside Down, otherwise known as the Republican campaign trail

Lon Shapiro
5 min readFeb 8, 2024

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A Republican who thought her vote counts — Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP

On February 8, 2024, Dueling Primaries gave Nevada Republicans a whole new kind of “Deliverance.”

In 2021, Nevada passed a state law that requires a primary to replace their old caucus system. Democrats embraced the idea that candidates should win delegates by getting the most votes.

Since Agent Orange didn’t want to be bothered to actually run for the nomination, Nevada’s GOP leadership, led by Trump loyalists, rejected the primary system and chose to hold its own caucuses.

Last year, Nevada’ GOP warned candidates they would not receive any delegates if they filed to run in the primary, so Trump, DeSantis, Ramaswamy, Christie, and a couple of nobodies filed for the caucus.

Apparently, that was too much information to process for both Republican voters and a number of candidates, including Nikki Haley.

That’s why on Tuesday, February 6, 2024, Republican voters were puzzled when they looked at their primary election ballot…

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Lon Shapiro

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