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Five GOP contenders — other than Trump — for 2024
The Hill ^ | 01/02/2020 | Niall Stange

Posted on 01/02/2021 4:50:14 AM PST by Onthebrink

President Trump casts a long shadow over the Republican Party even as his attempts to cling to power look doomed to failure.

Trump could run again in 2024. If he does, it is hard to see anyone beating him for the Republican nomination.

Although Trump lost the presidential election by around 7 million votes, he is by far the most popular figure in the nation with GOP voters. He has enormous fundraising prowess — he raised about $170 million in the month after the election — and he can drive media attention like no one else.

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TOPICS: Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: 2024; 2024election; donaldtrump; gop; history; trump
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1 posted on 01/02/2021 4:50:14 AM PST by Onthebrink
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Senators often have zero executive experience.
I’ll take DeSantis.


2 posted on 01/02/2021 4:52:54 AM PST by EEGator
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To: Onthebrink

Oh,brother... The Hill.... They meant to say 5 RINO contenders. If The Great Steal is allowed , I’m done voting anyway.


3 posted on 01/02/2021 4:53:59 AM PST by MGunny ( )
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To: Onthebrink

Screw the Republicans they aren’t on my side either


4 posted on 01/02/2021 4:55:23 AM PST by Recompennation
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To: MGunny

There’s the spirit.
It’s so taxing taking 15 minutes every two years of your life.


5 posted on 01/02/2021 4:55:33 AM PST by EEGator
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To: Onthebrink

The problem is 30 million illegals given citizenship and voting rights. No way to overcome the seeding 1-2 million in every swing state


6 posted on 01/02/2021 4:57:00 AM PST by Josa
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To: Onthebrink

If those are choices I stay home.


7 posted on 01/02/2021 4:57:53 AM PST by Kozak (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.)
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To: Onthebrink

Trump’s popularity is not solely within the GOP.


8 posted on 01/02/2021 4:58:55 AM PST by Mouton (The enemy of the people is the media.)
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9 posted on 01/02/2021 4:59:18 AM PST by Bobalu (Trump Confirms He Will Be Able To Ban Twitter Starting January)
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To: MGunny
"They meant to say 5 RINO contenders"

Hawley - not a RINO.
Pence, not a RINO (I know that's debatable, but he's no Mitt Romney)
Cruz - not a RINO
Cotton - not a RINO
Haley - RINO

Of course, if this electoral charade stands, who the Republicans run in 2024 is a moot point - I doubt they will ever win a Presidential election again, unless there is massive civil upheaval (I'm not calling for it, just sayin')

10 posted on 01/02/2021 5:02:23 AM PST by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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To: EEGator

Only three sitting US Senators have ever been elected President, and all three are in the bottom 10 US Presidents as far as I am concerned.

The job requires extensive prior executive experience - military, state level, or business.

The major qualification for the US Senate is being a bullshit artist with extraordinary skill at evading responsibility.

For this reason, I would not under any circumstances support a sitting US Senator for the Presidency unless he had prior relevant executive experience - DeSantis, for example, if e were elected to the Senate in 2022.


11 posted on 01/02/2021 5:04:38 AM PST by Jim Noble (Lo there do I see the line of my people, back to the beginning)
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To: Mouton
Trump’s popularity is not solely within the GOP

I would revise and extend your remark and say Trump is not actually a Republican.

Thank God. The GOP is at an end.

12 posted on 01/02/2021 5:06:10 AM PST by Jim Noble (Lo there do I see the line of my people, back to the beginning)
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To: Josa
The problem is 30 million illegals given citizenship and voting rights. No way to overcome the seeding 1-2 million in every swing state

That is a problem how? You are talking nonsense.
The Dems simply don't have the votes in the congress to make any illegals US citizens.
Not to mention, not only do we control almost all the swing state legislatures, we actually increased our majorities in the state legislatures and even took control of the lower and upper houses as well as the Executive Council in blue state New Hampshire. State legislatures make election laws.

13 posted on 01/02/2021 5:09:18 AM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: Onthebrink
No. No Trump no more America.

It will be dead and gone.

No words can express the contempt the American people will have for Republicans,if they go along with this DESPICABLE PUTRID LIE that Biden won (and is also the most popular president in US history) and R's support the coup attempt against the OUR DULY ELECTED PRESIDENT!

14 posted on 01/02/2021 5:11:41 AM PST by Pajamajan ( PRAY FOR OUR NATION. I will never be a peace slave in a new Socialist America.)
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To: EEGator
It’s so taxing taking 15 minutes every two years of your life.

I do hope that people do more than 15minutes.

Primaries are where the action is. If all you do is 15 minutes, why bother to vote at all

If all you get after the primaries are RINOs than by all means vote Tea Party or some other 3rd party

15 posted on 01/02/2021 5:12:17 AM PST by DanZ ( )
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To: Onthebrink

I won’t vote for a single one of these bastards ever again.
But I am sure the GOPe will take advice from this leftist rag.


16 posted on 01/02/2021 5:14:04 AM PST by ZULU (Impeach John Roberts for corruption. SOROS IS "SPARTACUS" BOOKER'S LANISTA.)
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The Dems simply don't have the votes in the congress to make any illegals US citizens.

I pray you are correct.

All they need is a majority.

They have the majority in the House.

They may get it in the Senate.

Lots of squishy Republicans will vote to give the so called "dreamers" citizenship.

That door could open for many, many more.

They could also vote to reform national election laws to require unsecured mail to everyone ballots.

I certainly hope you prove to be correct, and they do not have the votes.

17 posted on 01/02/2021 5:15:07 AM PST by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries. )
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To: Psalm 73

Cruz completely lost me when he teamed up with AOC to suggest making birth control pills OTC.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/12/politics/ted-cruz-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-birth-control-twitter/index.html


18 posted on 01/02/2021 5:15:46 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: Psalm 73
I like Josh Hawley.
But then “The Hill” is not going to decide who the Republican candidate is.
Haley is out.
And they left out some of the real contenders like SD Governor, Kristi Noem, Rand Paul or even Thomas Massie.
Bottom line: No one can really predict what will happen in 2024. I never predicted it would be Trump in 2016 back in 2012. Few did.
19 posted on 01/02/2021 5:16:21 AM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: ZULU
I won’t vote for a single one of these bastards ever again. But I am sure the GOPe will take advice from this leftist rag.

Yea, that will teach'em.

Make sure the uniparty wins forever!

20 posted on 01/02/2021 5:16:31 AM PST by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries. )
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