Posted on 11/06/2022 4:23:10 PM PST by conservative98
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) will not be running for president during the 2024 election cycle, further paving the way for a Donald Trump ticket.
A source close to Cotton confirmed to Breitbart News that he will not run for president in 2024. The decision comes after he has reached out to donors and senior Republican officials over the past week to inform him of his 2024 plans.
According to Politico, Cotton has based the decision on “family concerns, saying that a national campaign would take him away from his two young sons, who are seven and five years old.” For the past year, Cotton has at least signaled a willingness to run in 2024 based on his maneuvers throughout the midterm season. Per Politico:
Cotton’s decision kicks off a critical period in the 2024 presidential election cycle. After this week’s midterm election, potential candidates — including Trump, some of his Cabinet officials and prominent Republican governors and senators — are set to face more urgent questions about whether they will enter the race after spending the last two years making preparations.
Until this week, Cotton was one of those looking at a national campaign. He has spent much of the last two years campaigning across the country for Republican midterm candidates, using local races as an opportunity to introduce himself to voters. He has taken a series of trips to Iowa and New Hampshire, which host the party’s first two presidential nominating contests. And he raised $8 million that could have seeded a presidential campaign account.
Former President Trump has strongly signaled a 2024 run, with reports indicating that he could announce his candidacy shortly after the midterm election. Whether or not the former president will be running in the primary unopposed remains unknown at this time
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Good.
I don’t know who thinks he was fooling even talking about.
Has the charisma of Rick Santorum.🥱
Well said.
I didn’t know anyone asked.
which means Trump would whip his ass in the primaries.
The media wants to see a food fight in the R party.
Couldn’t get any support?
If we’re drawing from a pool of Arkies, Sarah Sanders would get more votes than this guy....
There’s always Kasich and Yeb.
Run Yeb run!
I want Trump to be the nominee and I don’t want him to have to spend a lot on a primary. That being said, Trump is at his best when he is ripping Dems AND Repukes and a primary give his that chance.
Yep, we need Kasich, John Ellis Bush or Romney to run, because SOMEONE has to be the Washington Generals.
As if he stood any chance of winning.
“Tom Cotton Will Not Run for President in 2024”
me neither: I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination for a term as your President ...
Pat Paulson has said he is not either. Damn it. /s
I’m glad conservatives have such a deep bench for the future. Between DeSantis, Lake, Cotton, Youngkin, we have a lot of solid presidential nominees-to-be waiting in the wings.
If only Pence had the good sense to sit down and shut up.
What bothers me, is that there are too many people who have
the mental acuteness of Liz Cheney, and would love to run
on a third party just to defeat Trump.
So what if they just get 5.00%, if it only takes 4.62% to
block.
Aww geez, I was hoping I’d get to see the unlimited voter fraud he sanctioned on January 6th, come back to bite him in the ass. Still time if he runs for re-election.
Tom Who???
You must have slept through 2015.
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