I’m starting to wonder if Herschel really wants to run.
He has been publicly ‘considering’ a bid for over the last month. Trump has already endorsed him. What else is he waiting for? If it’s a matter of attracting enough dollar donors, that should been explored in a more discreet manner.
Don’t make “Cancel” targets out of your donors if it can be helped.
It's a tough decision with much to weigh.
He has a family to consider. He will be brutalized in the media, cast as an Uncle Tom, possibly accused of sexual assault, he and his family harassed in public, every aspect of his life investigated and mischaracterized as illegal and immoral. Friends and family will betray him. He has businesses that employ hundreds of people. He will be attacked financially.
And that's if he can get past the right wing "purity squad" and the GOPe.