Posted on 04/13/2023 7:33:04 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
Budd’s focus on Trump’s issue strengths, particularly the economy and America’s place on the world stage, show a push from Trump and his allies towards eyeing the general election in November 2024, in large part because party leaders and officials have begun coalescing behind Trump in recent weeks as he shows stronger and stronger numbers in public polling both nationally and in key states, both in the primary and in the general.
Budd joins several key Senate colleagues like Sens. J.D. Vance (R-OH), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Eric Schmitt (R-MO), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) in formally endorsing Trump for president in 2024. Vance, Mullin, Schmitt, and now Budd were all elected to the Senate in 2022.
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has also formally endorsed Trump for president in 2024, and more than a dozen U.S. House Republicans have joined the team as well. Trump rolling out several key endorsements from Florida’s congressional delegation in recent weeks, including those of Reps. Byron Donalds (R-FL), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), and Cory Mills (R-FL), has reportedly perturbed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
NBC News reported this week that DeSantis, in the wake of Donalds and Mills endorsing Trump, has activated his political operation to try to stop more Florida Republicans from backing the former president again in 2024. NBC News’ Matt Dixon wrote:
Since Donalds came out for Trump, DeSantis’ team has called at least six members of Florida’s congressional delegation, asking that they hold off on making any endorsements in the near future. The members called by DeSantis’ team are: Reps. Aaron Bean, Vern Buchanan, Kat Cammack, Mario Diaz-Balart, Laurel Lee and Greg Steube.
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Even so, while political consultants tied to or working for DeSantis might be trying to stop more elected officials from endorsing Trump in Florida, it seems, given recent polling and the state of things heading into 2024, that their efforts may be futile.
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No state surveyed recently shows DeSantis in the lead, and Trump’s lead is well into double digits in most places.
National surveys also show Trump leading by significant margins, sometimes as high as more than 30 percent, while DeSantis has significantly slid in recent weeks and months. While DeSantis has not yet announced a campaign, the trend line seems particularly disturbing to people in Tallahassee, as many even ardent DeSantis supporters have recently begun encouraging DeSantis to wait until 2028 instead and let Trump have another shot at the White House.
The rest of the Republican Senators need to get on board. Their Republican Party needs to be UNIFIED, like the Democrats.
It looks like the IRS can now add Senator Budd’s name to that list that need to be investigated. You know; Vance (R-OH), Mullin (R-OK), Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Schmitt (R-MO), Tuberville (R-AL), and Graham (R-SC).
No wait. Probably not Graham since he is anyone’s dog that will hunt with him.
GO TRUMP!!!
Hey North Carolina! South Carolina will trade you Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott for Ted Budd, and we’ll even throw in Nancy Mace.
Biden is 80 yo iirc. Who in their right mind would “unify” behind a befuddled man who can barely offer a wan wave to and from AF1? Ditto those who’d unify behind 76 yo Trump.
LOL! He better! Trump went out of his way for him!
A 76 yo Trump is better in ALL respects than a 46 yo Biden
Iirc Biden is 80. Both 76 yo DT and Biden are too old imo. Reagan was old too, but he was exceptional in a lot of ways.
https://potus.com/presidential-facts/age-at-inauguration/
Biden won’t be on the ballot next time imo, unless Dems pull a “Weekend at Joey’s” deal ... which they might if the almost equally old DT is the opponent. I can imagine DT winning the R nomination with Dem help and then the Dems replacing Biden with a younger option not named “Kamala”.
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