Posted on 12/20/2022 8:52:47 AM PST by Drew68
The nation's largest annual conference for Millennial and Gen-Z conservatives, AmericaFest, drew tens of thousands of attendees who seem divided on who should win the 2024 nomination—a troubling sign for the former president.
As Trump acolytes, like his eldest son Donald Trump Jr. and unsuccessful gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, sang praises for Trump's 2024 campaign, many event speakers avoided endorsing the former president and interviews with attendees revealed that many aren't prepared to commit to another Trump term just yet.
The four-day event in Phoenix, Arizona, is a glaring red flag for Trump's campaign. It signals there may not be a welcomed embrace awaiting the GOP figurehead in the Republican primaries.
"The fact that a previously elected president, head of the party with universal name ID is having any trouble solidifying enthusiastic support [from] the GOP faithful is a massive blinking warning sign," Republican strategist Alex Patton told Newsweek. "No one is just given the nomination. The former President is gonna have to work for it if he wants to win."
"People who formerly were openly pro-Trump are now hedging their bets," GOP political consultant Christopher Nicholas said.
While Trump has lambasted polls that show Florida Governor Ron DeSantis neck-and-neck with him for the 2024 GOP nomination, AmericaFest attendees reaffirmed that many conservatives remain divided on who to support for a presidential bid—even though DeSantis has yet to officially announce a 2024 run.
A number of eventgoers said that while they're fans of both Republicans, Trump has become so polarizing that it may be in the party's best interest to support a candidate who independent voters could get behind.
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It will be a good and eventful Republican primary season. May the best person win!
I think the age issue is going to be significant for a lot of folks. Trump will be 78 in 2024, and my mom - who is 89 herself - says that is too old. Many people won’t feel that way, but I think a lot will.
And if DeSantis chooses not to run?
There are tons of Americans, including many business owners, who are very conservative, love DeSantis, and have nothing to do with the Deep State, which is a wildly misused/missaplied term anyway.
DSC???
Most like both.
“DeSantis is a superb leader but he is NOT financially independent.”
And our greatest conservative. If he runs he needs our support.
He said that the lack of organized effort to support Trump and his 2024 campaign at such a massive event is telling that the former president has "become the entertainer who never updated his act and become a bore."
I think that is true to some extent with almost anyone who has been the center of attention for a long time. It's one reason why even very good coaches may have to move on from a team because the players just stop listening. Unfortunately for Trump, it may feel to many people like he's had two terms because since 2020, he's been in the news almost as much as a president would be.
Everyone is susceptible to the "your act is getting old" factor. It's like a rock band years after its prime. The die hard fans will still show up for any concert, but the records just don't sell like they used to among the population as a whole.
I don't know if Trump is at that point or not, and this isn't a slam on him in particular. But it may be a factor for him just like it is for many others.
Tell that to Ken Griffin.
That, plus let me know when there are pickup trucks and boats flying DeSantis flags flapping all along the way.
I just will never support the pub party, ever....I’ll vote fro their candidates but to me, they are all part and parcel of the cabal/rat party....
It’s an how to book (Clue for the Clueless: “The Art of the Deal”) not an autobiography.
I’m more than willing to listen to DeSantis if he has any platform to run on.
I don't think it's that surprising. Former Presidents are 1 for 7 in Presidential elections historically. Not only is Cleveland is only former President to be elected again to a non-consecutive term.
The losers are Van Buren (twice), Fillmore, Grant, Roosevelt, and Hoover. Other than Fillmore, who was the Know Nothing candidate in 1856 but was endorsed by the moribund Whig party convention, none of the losers even managed to win his former party's nomination.
If Trump manages win the GOP nomination (let alone be elected), he would be the historical exception, not the norm. Of course, that would hardly be the first time for him.
“Tell that to Ken Griffin.
Billionaire Ken Griffin slams woke ideology in schools as ‘crushing’ for kids
https://nypost.com/2022/11/10/citadels-ken-griffin-woke-ideology-is-soul-crushing/
LOL!
Trump, NOT Trumpism, started losing me when he:
Took advice on appointments from Ms. Lindsey Graham
Gave an interview to Bob Woodward
Talks to the NY Times
Went on 60 Minutes
Droned on and on every day on COVID
His blind spot is he thinks he can win over EVERYONE and ANYONE.
Just look at his record in Florida.
Your link:
Synopsis
The book talks about Trump’s childhood in Jamaica Estates, Queens. It then describes his early work in Brooklyn prior to moving to Manhattan and building The Trump Organization, his actions and thoughts in developing the Grand Hyatt Hotel and Trump Tower, in renovating Wollman Rink, and regarding various other projects.[8]
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