Ah?
Republican supporters MAY NOT be MAGA supporters….
Axios has a piece on how JD Vance WAS working with Charlie Kirk in Turning Point USA to steer Trump MAGA supporters after his time in office, to Vance and the Grand ole Party….
Vance IS the early heir apparent to Donald and Marco Rubio is moving to ride as Vance’s Vice President…Or?
But?
Vance IS NOT Donald Trump , who IS NOT a popular President, in declining health, and WILL have to make course adjustments for the upcoming Midterm Elections…
What does a post-Trump Republican Party look like? The past week has given us a clear glimpse of the most likely trajectory, based on conversations with top White House and MAGA officials.
Why it matters: As the White House and President Trump’s political ecosystem mobilized after the assassination of Charlie Kirk, rising power centers — which we’d been hearing about for some time — were suddenly in plain sight.
Here’s what to watch, based on reporting by Axios’ Marc Caputo and Alex Isenstadt:
1. Turning Point-MAGA integration: Look at Monday’s appearance by Vice President JD Vance as guest host of a memorial edition of “The Charlie Kirk Show” as an early step in the further meshing of Trump’s political operation with Kirk’s group.
- Turning Point USA was the brainchild and reflection of Kirk. His loss is a major personal and political blow to Trump and his political team, which relied on his organization to convert, amp up and turn out young voters.
- “We have four years to turn Trump voters into Republican voters,” a top Trump adviser said. “And a big part of that was Charlie. He was the heart of that. Charlie would want us to carry on with his work. And we’re going to.”
2. JD as heir apparent: Vance, the GOP’s most likely 2028 nominee, is expected to leverage his star power by crisscrossing the country ahead of next year’s midterms — a platform in which he’ll cast himself as a warrior against the left.
- Vance, 41, is building his political network as finance chair of the Republican National Committee, putting him in the room with top donors and state power brokers nationwide…
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8. Even more combative MAGA: Vance used his time at the Kirk show’s microphone to exhort MAGA supporters to expose liberals “celebrating Charlie’s murder.”
- “Call them out — hell, call their employer,” Vance said.
- Vance showed he plans to carry on Trump’s legacy of combative politics — and potentially even kick it up a notch. Vance took on liberals aggressively, asserting that “most of the lunatics in American politics today are members of the far left.”
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- Trump sometimes likes to muse about Rubio or Vance or both running for president to succeed him. It’s hard to see them running against each other right now: They’re friends from the Senate, as are their staffs.
- But Rubio ran once before, in a brutal 2016 contest against Trump. So don’t count it out. He could just as well bide his time and strike a deal with Vance and become his vice-presidential running mate. No one knows.
- “The question is: Does Marco run, and what does that look like?” said one person close to Rubio. “I don’t know. No one knows. We’re not sure if Marco knows. And anyone who says they know is lying……
Note….
Yes….
Just like Newsom for the the 2028 Democratic nomination?
The Republicans ARE making moves…..
And I don’t want to hear any Trump 3rd Term Bull Shit….
image…Fox News
The next nominee of the Republican Party will be whomever Trump endorses.
He’s ALREADY backing Vance
Then Vance it will be…
Unless for some reason Jed starts separating himself from Trump.
MAGA wont stand for that.
Jed too MUCH of a Light weight….
In early 2027, Trump will say he deserves to run again and should be allowed to run again. Vance will say he agrees and supports Trump for another term. Every Republican will be expected to go on record backing up that position.
This will be the focus of all political conversation at the time.
Wouldn’t be surprised.