The 2024 Presidential race

[Rewind]

The "dumptrump" hashtag is trending and a few Retrumplicans are considering the possibility of a different nominee in 2024 but a huge majority of Retrumplicans continue to worship Donald Trump and he continues to rule the party with an iron fist.

Calls grow within GOP to dump Trump after midterm flop
Republicans' disappointing election results have prompted talk of breaking from Trump, something they've failed to do since he first ran for President.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump...b081630470e921

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The re-election campaign of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis raised more than $200,000,000 and he defeated his Democratic rival by 19 points. Will he run for President in 2024? In a new poll in Florida, more voters prefer DeSantis than prefer Trump – but what about the other 49 states? Retrumplicans' loyalty to Trump remains as strong as ever. Unfortunately.

Momentum – and planning – for DeSantis 2024 bid takes off after resounding Florida win

https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/09/polit...ida/index.html

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On November 6, Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel told CNN's Dana Bash the committee will cease paying Donald Trump's legal bills after he announces he's running for President. "We cannot pay legal bills for any candidate that’s announced," she confirmed. I wonder what Donald Trump's blindly loyal supporters think when they realize the hard-earned money they donate to his campaign is actually being used to pay his attorneys.

Trump schedules his big Mar-a-Lago announcement for prime time
Raw Story, Nov 10 2022

Donald Trump intends to address the nation during prime time when he makes a "very big announcement" at Mar-a-Lago on November 15. "Trump announcement scheduled for 9 PM Tuesday," Alex Leary of The Wall Street Journal reported. The former President is widely expected to announce a 2024 comeback attempt.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-announcement/

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Remember, a lot can change in the next two years – but the man the New York Post called Trumpty Dumpty because he had "a great fall" is falling out of favor with many Republicans. In an online editorial, Fox News – which has been the Trump Cheerleading Channel for the past six years – declared "Ron DeSantis is the new Republican Party leader."

SHOCK POLL: DeSantis beating Trump by SEVEN after midterms – brutal swing of 29 points in days
Mediaite, Nov 12 2022 11:01 PM

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis beat former President Donald Trump by a convincing seven points in a post-midterm poll, a brutal swing of 29 points from a similar poll days earlier. According to a new YouGov poll taken after the midterms and published today, "More Republicans and Republican-leaning Independents now say they’d prefer DeSantis (42%) as their 2024 Presidential nominee over Trump than say they’d prefer Trump to DeSantis (35%)." Just days before the election, Trump led DeSantis by 22 points in a Morning Consult poll.

https://www.mediaite.com/news/shock-...oints-in-days/

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Brooks' term as Representative ends in January. Many Retrumplican Congressmen might agree with him – but as long as they remain in office, they're afraid to say anything. They don't want to incur Trump's wrath.

January 6 firebrand turns on Trump: ‘Dishonest, disloyal, incompetent, crude’
GOP Representative Mo Brooks, who helped spread Trump's 2020 election lies, is now urging Republicans to abandon the ex-President.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mo-br...b0290136437c7f

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Fox News senior political analyst Brit Hume said today Donald Trump is hurting himself politically by continuing to fixate on the 2020 Presidential election and continuing to insist it was "stolen" from him. Hume predicts Trump's grip on the Republican party will gradually weaken: “I think that in terms of opinion and in terms of influence, his star has faded."

New poll shows Trump behind DeSantis by double digits in key Republican primary states
Mediaite, Nov 14 2022 5:44 PM

Former President Donald Trump trails Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in key Republican primary states, according to a new poll released by the conservative organization Club For Growth. DeSantis has not publicly ruled out a run for President. Many Republicans fear another Trump run could damage the party. Conducted November 11 to November 13, the poll shows DeSantis leading Trump in four states among likely Republican caucus and primary voters in those states.

In Iowa, which hosts the first-in-the-nation caucuses, DeSantis leads Trump 48% to 37%. Those figures represent a dramatic swing from a survey conducted in August by the same pollster, which found Trump leading DeSantis 52% to 37%. DeSantis holds a 52% to 37% lead in New Hampshire after being tied with Trump in August. Trump is far behind in Florida, 56% to 30%. In Georgia, DeSantis leads 55% to 35%.

https://www.mediaite.com/politics/yi...rimary-states/

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Midway through Trump's announcement speech from Mar-a-Lago, President Biden tweeted, "Donald Trump failed America." Biden posted a video lambasting Trump for attacking healthcare, giving tax cuts to big corporations and the wealthiest Americans, having the worst jobs report of any President on record, coddling extremists, attacking women's rights and inciting a violent mob.

Trump, who as President fomented an insurrection, says he is running again
The twice-impeached former President has been eager to declare his candidacy, hoping to get ahead of likely rivals and potential criminal charges

https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...ing-president/

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Fox News, a.k.a. the Trump Cheerleading Channel, carried most of Donald Trump's speech live. CNN carried only the first 25 minutes. CBS, NBC, ABC and MSNBC didn't show it at all. They stuck with regular programming.

Donald Trump says he will run for President in 2024
Trump has spent most of the last two years spreading lies to undermine American democracy. Now he wants another chance at power.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article...-for-president

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For four years Donald Trump was the Liar-In-Chief. It should surprise no one that he continues to lie.

Fact check: 20 false and misleading claims Trump made in his announcement speech

https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/15/polit...024/index.html

The 51 most outlandish lines from Donald Trump’s announcement speech

https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/16/polit...t-speech-2024/

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The man who served as Governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and 1983 to 1992 wound up getting elected to the Presidency. His name is Bill Clinton. The current Governor of Arkansas, whose term expires in January, is thinking about running for President in 2024.

GOP Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson says he’s ‘very seriously’ considering 2024 Presidential bid

https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/17/polit...ntv/index.html