[voisin]

100%. In 2016 it was fair to be shocked that he meant what he said literally rather than figuratively in a crass manner of getting elected. I think everyone expected he would cut to the middle once elected, as he was a New York democrat for his whole life. But in 2024 we now know that when he says something he means it.

[kemiller2002]

I will firmly admit, that in the 2015 primaries I thought he was the lesser of 2 evils between him and Ted Cruz. I will absolutely state that I was foolish and wrong. That's not happening again.

[nerdponx]

Cruz would have been much better because then Clinton would have crushed him and none of this 12-year (4 more to go) nightmare would have happened.

[selimthegrim]

Cruz was bought and paid for by Christian theocrats, while Trump seemed more human and relatable/tolerable at the time.