Could Donald Trump run the table in next years primaries and be the nominee as a convicted felon that would drag the WHOLE Republican Party down in the 2024 elections?
Could sane Republican’s have to stand by an watch this happen?
No other Republican candidate running seems to have a chance…..
He’s been indicted twice. Found liable for sexual abuse. And he’s viewed unfavorably by about a third of his party. But six months before Republicans begin to choose their next presidential nominee, former President Donald Trumpremains the race’s dominant front-runner.
Early leaders don’t always go on to win their party’s nomination, but a growing sense of Trump’s inevitability is raising alarms among some Republicans desperate for the party to move on. Some described a sense of panic — or “DEFCON 1,” as one put it — as they scramble to try to derail Trump and change the trajectory of the race. But there’s no clear plan or strategy on how to do that and Trump’s detractors aren’t rallying around a single alternative candidate yet….
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Former GOP pollster Frank Luntz, who has been running focus groups in Iowa, warned such messaging “makes it more likely that Trump wins because it turns him into a victim.”
He said he’s found Republican voters are open to an alternative, but want someone who will deliver on Trump’s promises.
“The moon and the stars will need to be aligned for Trump to be defeated,” he said. “And it will be done by the candidate that supports the Trump agenda but opposes the lack of success.”…
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But no former president has mounted a run after losing reelection in the modern era. And Trump maintains a fervent hold on a portion of the party. Indeed, it was eight years ago this month when the then-reality star and political newcomer began to pull ahead in the polls, surpassing rival Jeb Bush to move into first place — a position he’d hold until he won the nomination….
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Asa Hutchinson, the former Arkansas governor who is among those challenging Trump for the nomination, said he still believes Trump can be beaten. But he said two things have to change.
“First, candidates like myself have to be very clear that Donald Trump is not the right direction for our country or our party,” he said. Second: “The voters have to realize we can’t win in 2024 and it will be a devastating loss for the GOP … up and down the ballot if Donald Trump is our nominee. And that, I believe, will be understood by the voters as time goes.”…..