Posted on 05/05/2023 9:30:45 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Former president Donald Trump, fighting criminal charges in New York and multiple other ongoing investigations by federal and local prosecutors, is pitching Republican elected officials to get behind him as the inevitable nominee — and many of them are buying it.
Trump is finally seeing the response he was hoping for when he announced his candidacy almost six months ago, in a moment of political weakness, as many Republicans were openly blaming him for the party’s disappointing showing in the midterms. Now, Trump is reasserting his primacy in the GOP, capitalizing on his early polling lead and using his indictment by New York district attorney Alvin Bragg, on charges of falsifying business records in a 2016 hush money scheme, as a rallying cry.
He returned to New Hampshire on Thursday heralding some 50 endorsements in the state, building on broader support he’s amassed in recent weeks, a reversal of fortunes since his last visit, in January. Trump and top advisers are consolidating support among congressional Republicans and prominent figures in early primary states through a personal-relationship-based charm offensive, strengthened by survey results showing Trump widening his advantage over his foremost rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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“Trump is going to be the nominee, I think it’s inevitable,” Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) said in a brief interview leaving the Capitol on Tuesday, verging on making himself the latest elected Republican to throw his endorsement to Trump. “After what Alvin Bragg did, I think that Donald Trump is absolutely going to be the nominee, and yeah, I’ll support him.”
It’s the only choice. Desanchez is busy fighting Mickey rat and wont even declare. His numbers are in the toilet.
News to me that giving tax breaks to corporations who sexually groom children is the New Conservative Position. I look forward to what other sick and twisted Democrat ideas Trump will be mainstreaming as new true conservative orthodoxy. Single-payer healthcare? High-capacity magazine bans? Amnesty for Dreamers? (He’s already teased that one.) The sky’s the limit!!
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