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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“What I’m hearing from people my age is—everyone who says ‘Let’s go Brandon’ at these football games, you ask them—they'll say Ron DeSantis is our leader,” 21-year-old Pete Duke told Politico. “Not Trump. And they all like Trump.” …And we should believe 21-year-old Pete Duke why?
Propaganda by the bush wing of the party.
You are writing as a loyalist. You need to think about the middle of the road people that swing elections.
The FBI is all in on anybody but Trump..
NO, what is wrong with the GOP is they’re always trying to be the “all things to all people party”. You don’t see the Democrats doing that. When the Democrats start losing their “base” they just import a new one. Republicans are willing to throw their base under the bus in hopes of attracting a couple Democrats. What you usually find under a “big tent” is a GD circus. To a degree, Trump fell victim to this mental handicap also.
[Tucker Carlson lied every night in the two weeks up to the Mid-Terms. Every night we were flooded with Dr. Oz. Lee Zeldin, Tudor Dixon, General Bolduc, etc were all ahead and were going to win. They all lost.
But Tucker got huge ratings on selling false hope for a “Red Wave”]
“DeSantis still needs more time on the vine before we can declare him a hardy vintage.”
Way more than Reagan and Trump combined. Check his biography.
Quite possibly.🤨
Just like they did with President Trump.🙄
“Just like they did with President Trump.”
Which Freepers are you referring to.
Same here.
This is an excellent event ... all speakers and panels were great.
Good timing too, with Lake's court case being approved for this week there now.
Hope this means a lot of the press stays so we get great coverage, and she rips them a new one.
Not freepers,the lame stream media.
“Hope this means a lot of the press stays so we get great coverage “
Oh, right. They’re already in Maricopa county.
I’m trying to find out if there will be any live coverage of the trial.
Looks like RSBN will be there!
https://www.rsbnetwork.com/news/the-fight-for-arizona-election-trial-lake-v-hobbs-day-1-12-21-2022/
RSBN? Super! Thanks for the info.
The fact of the matter is that anyone who runs against the annointed favorite of the Democrat Socialist Media Complex will be turned into someone polarizing.
Remember the feckless RINO Mitt Romney? Once nominated, he became the ogre personally responsible for giving a woman cancer and firing thousands of workers.
Total BS. Gaslighting.
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