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A fast growing number of prominent Republicans are warning that former President Trump should not run again in 2024 or that he will lose if he does previewing rifts in the GOP that are likely to come into full view after the midterms.
Former Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) and former Vice President Mike Pence in recent days each indicated they’d rather see someone else on the ballot in the next presidential election
Some of the most outspoken figures — like Ryan, Bush and Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) — are no longer standard-bearers in the party, which has been taken over by Trump. But they still carry large megaphones, and their concerns about another Trump candidacy, combined with polls showing many voters are ready to move on illustrate how Trump’s viability as a candidate could shape how the 2024 primary field comes into focus.
“Some people like Trump and some people don’t like Trump,” said former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.). “He’s the most dominant single figure in the party. That’s a fact.”
Pence, the once staunchly loyal sidekick to Trump who has since broken with his former boss over the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, was asked last week at Georgetown University if he’d vote for Trump if he’s on the ballot in 2024.
Ryan, who retired from the House in 2019 after numerous public squabbles with Trump, argued earlier this month that the former president could cost Republicans the White House if he’s on the ballot in two years.
“I think Trump’s unelectability will be palpable by then,” Ryan said. “We all know he will lose
Or let me put it this way: We all know he’s much more likely to lose the White House than anybody else running for president on our side of the aisle So why would we want to go with that?”
Joe O’Dea, the GOP Senate candidate in Colorado, has found traction with voters in what has been an increasingly blue state in part by distancing himself from Trump He, too, argued earlier this month that Trump should not be on the ballot in 2024
“I don’t think Donald Trump should run again,” O’Dea said on CNN. “I’m going to actively campaign against Donald Trump and make sure that we have got four or five really great Republicans right now. Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Tim Scott, they could run and serve for eight years.”
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