Posted on 01/02/2024 10:50:57 AM PST by cotton1706
Donald Trump is making serious headway with a bloc of the GOP that’s among the most skeptical of his 2024 bid: Republican senators.
In some cases, Trump is breaking through thanks to the sort of personal attention that he’s known to lavish on allies and supporters. Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.), for example, endorsed home-state Gov. Doug Burgum for president in June — but even before Burgum dropped out of the primary, Trump was already in Hoeven’s ear.
Trump “called me before” to discuss an endorsement, Hoeven recalled in an interview. The Midwesterner said he told the former president Burgum is "‘a close personal friend, he's from my state, so I endorsed him.’” Then, according to Hoeven, Trump "asked if I’d endorse him, if Doug didn’t continue."
The Hoeven call shows how Trump’s campaign for Capitol endorsements is accelerating as he nears the first GOP nominating contest in Iowa. He won five endorsements from Republican senators during December alone, after snagging just three of them over the preceding four months. So far, Trump’s secured 18 endorsements from the Senate GOP, a group that ranges from establishment-minded Republicans to confrontational conservatives who will be vocal allies if he wins another term.
That success winning over the Hill GOP was hardly guaranteed — and comes just three years after Trump mounted a public campaign to overturn his 2020 loss that’s gotten him indicted on dozens of criminal charges. But a combination of behind-the-scenes courtships like that of Hoeven and the growing feeling of inevitability that Trump will win the nomination is peeling off Republican senators who might otherwise have longed for a new, less divisive standard-bearer. These days, many in the GOP see only upside to early support for Trump.
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
They SO wanted the GOP back in the control of one of their preferred pantywaists.
This isn’t 2016 when Cruz was running.
Sen Hoeven told President Trump that Burgum was a close personal friend “ so I endorsed him.” What a fn moron.
GOP Senators are more useless than a bag of dog poo.
Thats because HALF of republican senators are Deep State Criminals...ANYONE that stands behind Mitch McCriminal at the podium is ALSO a criminal
Short of a huge lawfare victory by the left, it looks like Trump is a lock for the GOP nomination. At some point the R establishment will have to decide between Trump and 4 more years of Biden. Some are still in the bargaining or depression stage of grief, but others are reaching acceptance.
“At some point the R establishment will have to decide between Trump and 4 more years of Biden. Some are still in the bargaining or depression stage of grief, but others are reaching acceptance.”
They better. Four more years of the Obama regime will be the death of our country as we know it. Even Rinos will not be able to get elected if the left succeeds in amnesty, packing the court and censoring all opposition. We don’t have a independent press to protect us anymore.
The country’s already dead. It looks nothing like the place most of us grew up in.
What we’re talking about now is resurrecting that.
Like the previous instance of that phenomena, it’s going to take divine intervention.
Waiting for the Trump-skeptical FR bloc.
We’re in for the fight of our lives... anyone who can be flipped needs to be flipped. Which is NOT the same as trusting them...
There comes a time when the RINOs need Trump more than Trump needs them.
Trump won’t be allowed to win. Biden will win.
Biden won’t “win” a damn thing, they may STEAL it but NO WAY IN HELL will he “win”!!!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.