The 2024 Presidential race

S.V. Dáte is a senior White House correspondent at HuffPost and has written biographies of Jeb Bush and Bob Graham. Dáte notes that a second Trump Presidency would allow Trump to avoid – for four years, anyway – being prosecuted for tax fraud, conspiracy and/or inciting a riot.

One good reason for Trump to want his old job back: staying out of prison
With the possibility of indictments growing, Trump’s best bet to avoid conviction is to win the protection against prosecution the Oval Office confers.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump...b052d2bd54ba70

If Trump runs for President in 2024, he will gladly the welcome the help – once again – of his BFF Vladmir.

US intelligence agencies warn Putin may use Biden backing of Ukraine as pretext for new round of election interference

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...ace/ar-AAW6HCe

Donald Trump complained in 2016 and 2020 – without evideence – that the debates were rigged, the questions were rigged, the moderators were rigged, the microphones were rigged and the television coverage was rigged. This move by the Retrumplicans should come as no surprise. If Trump takes part in any debtaes in 2024, he will be able to rig them to his satisfaction.

RNC unanimously votes to withdraw from commission that sponsors Presidential debates

https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/14/polit...tes/index.html

The RNC debate decision shows the not-so-hidden hand of Donald Trump

https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/14/polit...ump/index.html

Donald Trump has always mocked those whom he regards as "losers." Because Trump, who has a galaxy-sized ego, refuses to be branded as a loser, he has spent 18 months insisting he won the 2020 Presidential election "in a landslide" and claiming – with zero evidence – that the election was "rigged" and "stolen." He did not win. He lost. He is a loser. Retrumplicans are determined to win in 2024. To do so, they're attempting to install Trump loyalists as elections officials, poll workers and Secretaries of State. As Robert Reich notes, "they care more about electing Trump than upholding democracy."

Ex-Labor Secretary warns how Donald Trump could actually steal the 2024 election
"If they succeed, you can kiss our democracy goodbye," cautioned Clinton-era Cabinet member Robert Reich.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rober...b0723f801ef72c

Sanders failed to win the Democratic Presidential nomination in 2016 and 2020. Maybe he's thinking "the third time is the charm."

Bernie Sanders' team says he has 'not ruled out' a 2024 bid if Biden doesn't run

https://www.aol.com/news/sanders-tea...202219650.html

In Europe, where political betting is legal, several sports betting sites give Donald Trump the best odds of winning the 2024 Presidential election. Joe Biden ranks second. Why would anyone vote for a crooked, corrupt, lying, cheating, deranged, demented, self-serving egomaniac who violates the law, violates the Constitution, violated the Presidential oath of office, cozies up to world dictators and incited a deadly riot by spreading lies of a "rigged" and "stolen" election?

Elizabeth Warren rules out potential 2024 Presidential campaign and says she supports Biden: 'I'm running for Senate'

https://www.businessinsider.com/eliz...-senate-2022-4

John Michael Luttig, a former United States Circuit Judge – and a Republican – details how Retrumplicans attempted to overturn the 2020 Presidential election and how they will attempt to ignore the will of the voters and overturn the 2024 election if a Retrumplican doesn't win.

Opinion: The Republican blueprint to steal the 2024 election

https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/27/opini...tig/index.html

In March, Mike Pence told Fox Business Channel host Maria Bartiromo he is not ruling out running for President in 2024. "I’m confident the Republican party will nominate a candidate who will be the next President of the United States of America," he added. Pence has zero chance of winning the nomination. The Cult Of Donald Trump – formerly known as the Republican party – will never consider nominating anyone other than Trump.

Mike Pence tries to break Trump’s hold on South Carolina ahead of 2024
The state is key in the GOP nominating process and had long been favorable to social conservatives – until Pence's former boss won it in 2016.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mike-...b0b7c8f084eb1e

Is Gergen aware that Queen Elizabeth II is 96, Cameroon's President Paul Biya is 89, Lebanon's President Michel Aoun is 88 and Palestine's President Mahmoud Abbas and Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud are 86?

David Gergen, adviser to four presidents, says Biden and Trump shouldn't run again due to their age

https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/...newday-vpx.cnn

Tesla CEO Elon Musk says Democrats are "the party of division of hate." He now supports Republicans, who are anti-immigrant, anti-Black, anti-Muslim, anti-Hispanic, anti-LGBTQ, anti-labor and anti-middle-class and spread baseless lies and accusations of voter fraud. Go figure!

Elon Musk says he will vote Republican during next election cycle
The tech billionaire voted Democrat in the past but now claims Democrats are a party of "division and hate."

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-...b050d9519a2bcb

The three newest Supreme Court Justices are Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. Each was nominated by Donald Trump and each, prior to being confirmed, assured Congress that they believe Roe v. Wade is "settled law" and should not be overturned. All three were lying. The Court is poised to strike down the 1973 decision which said the Constitution protects a woman's right to have an abortion. And.......

Trump fears wrath of 'suburban women' over Roe loss could torpedo his 2024 chances: report
Former President Donald Trump has been uncharacteristically quiet about the expected decision on Roe v. Wade.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump...b0415d4d781459

Trump will not choose Pence as his running mate in 2024. Trump views him as a traitor for doing his Constitutonal duty and cerifying Joe Biden's electoral votes instead of rejecting the votes, rejecting the will of the people and overturning the election to keep Trump in office for four more years – something which Pence had no power to do anyway, but try telling that to deranged, demented, delusional Donald!

Mike Pence says he could run for President in 2024 even if Trump also runs

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...24/9895534002/

Trump might announce on July 4 that he will run for President in 2024. Yes, never mind that the day commemorates the ratification of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Trump will make the day all about him.

Trump is toying with a 2024 Presidential campaign declaration early, possibly on July 4: NBC

https://www.businessinsider.com/trum...rms-nbc-2022-6

Lie, cheat, defraud, swindle, evade taxes, violate the law, violate the Consitution, violate the Presidential oath of office, incite a deadly riot – and continue to be supported by an overwhelming majority of Retrumplicans. The Cult of Donald Trump is alive and well in 2022.

Republicans aching for the 2024 Presidential nomination shouldn't expect the January 6 hearings to be their saving grace to beat Trump, political insiders say

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/republican...130000636.html

"Let's make America sane again," said the Post in an editorial calling for a "fresh start" and urging Republicans to nominate someone other than Donald Trump in 2024.

Trump trapped by 'ego' in 2020; GOP should leave him there, slams New York Post
The newspaper controlled by longtime Trump backer Rupert Murdoch called January 6 a "national shame" and ripped the "King Lear of Mar-a-Lago" for his inability to move forward.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gop-d...b04a61734f73fc

The outcome of the 2024 election may mark the end of our democracy. It won't take much because most of it is already gone. Those who are intelligent, rational, reasonable, capable of tolerance and empathy for others are rightly stressed. They recognize the danger.

Those with psychopathic tendencies want to take advantage of the tears in the fabric of the country and will run if the field is open. The posturing to show their suitability for office will start soon.

Pence is one of them and is as repulsive as any of the others.

https://truthout.org/articles/pence-...ont-be-fooled/

edit:

Just saw this re Pence's "resistance" on Jan 6. Phony to the core!

LAWRENCE O'DONNELL: Well, we have Bob Woodward's version of, in which is -- I was gonna say it's word-for-word what we heard today, but it's more than that. Bob Woodward has more words about that conversation, including, it has Mike Pence in that conversation with Donald Trump, saying, I tried everything. I tried every way to try to get around this, and I couldn't find anything. That's the person who we heard from Greg Jacob today, "never wavered." From the first moment that Mike Pence raised this question of what happened on January 6th, his aides said Mike Pence believed that he had no choice just like Al Gore had no choice. And he never wavered in that. Jacob said in this video, "he was steely and determined when he came out of that phone call with the president on January 6th." I wish he was steely and determined on December 6th, when he could've said the vice-president has no choice. And so, this drama, this tragedy, it was so much a product of Mike Pence's deliberate cowardly silence for one full month, never telling the country, ever, that the vice president had no choice. And he chose to tell the country that at 1 pm, on January 6th, when that guy with the beard, was on his way to the Capitol. And on his way to the Capitol, that guy finds out that Mike Pence, just now, betrayed us. Would that guy have gone to the Capitol, would he have gone to Washington, if Mike Pence said, a month ago, nothing can happen on January 6th? So, Mike Pence, the guy who does the right thing in the end, the question is, why did you wait until the end?

"The outcome of the 2024 election may mark the end of our democracy." I agree – and so does Barry Bauling of Calabasas. In a letter published June 10 in the Los Angeles Times, he wrote about the January 6 House committee hearings and ended with: "If, at the conclusion of the hearings, the Republican Party still supports any of the perpetrators of the 'Big Lie' that the election was stolen from former President Trump, and if its leaders are elected or reelected to office, then democracy as we know it is ending."

Trump weighs another run as GOP rivals eye own campaigns

https://www.aol.com/news/trump-weigh...162435947.html

First question: Is he serious?
Second question: Is his chance of being nominated greater than zero?
Third question: If nominated, is his chance of being elected greater than zero?

Howard Stern may run for President, reveals plan to 'overturn all this bulls**t'

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/howar...b0355d9bbb66b7

"Trump is a disgrace. Republicans have far better options to lead the party in 2024. No one should think otherwise, much less support him, ever again," concludes an editorial in today's Washington Examiner.

Trump proven unfit for power again

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/o...or-power-again

On July 4, Donald Trump is expected to announce he is running for President in 2024. Yes, he will ignore the reason we celebrate the Fourth of July and he will make the day all about him.

Opinion: Put a fork in Donald Trump – the ex-President is done
As bad as his political position looks today, it is only likely to get worse – and his imminent announcement of a Presidential campaign is just another sign of his collapse.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/put-a-...sident-is-done