Despite some GOP lawmakers doing their best to distance themselves from former President Donald Trump, a vast majority of Republican voters want to see him play a big role in the future of the party, including running again in 2024.
In fact, 53 percent want to see him run again during the next presidential cycle, far outpacing his second closest challenger in former Vice President Mike Pence at 12 percent.
This, according to a Politico/Morning Consult survey, which also shows the former president’s son, Donald Trump Jr., at 6 percent, tied with former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley.
Senators Ted Cruz (TX) and Marco Rubio (FL) trail far behind at 4 and 2 percent respectively, followed by Tom Cotton (AR), Josh Hawley (MO), and Tom Scott (SC) each at 1 percent.
Additionally, a new Quinnipiac University national poll shows that “three out of four Republicans want to see former President Trump play a big role in the GOP going forward,” Fox News reports.
Trump Remains The Overwhelming GOP Favorite For 2024, Poll Shows https://t.co/XcPew1VsGZ
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) February 16, 2021
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Trump or Somebody Else in 2024?
Donald Trump hasn’t made any definitive declaration that he intends to run for President in 2024.
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The closest he’s come to hinting at a run was at a White House Christmas party this past year, where he suggested he would be back in 2024.
“It’s been an amazing four years,” Trump said during a live stream of the party by former Oklahoma Republican Party Chair Pam Pollard.
“We’re trying to get another four years,” the President continued, “but otherwise I’ll see you in four years.”
Trump at the White House Christmas party: “It’s been an amazing four years. We’re trying to do another four years, otherwise I’ll see you in four years.”
h/t @ZekeJMiller, @colvinj pic.twitter.com/72Q3bVY3jP
— Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) December 2, 2020
Cruz and Hawley both vehemently defended Trump during his presidency, even objecting to the electoral college vote counts which Democrats have attempted to link to the Capitol riot in January.
Scott has been a tremendous supporter of the former President, at one point emerging from a meeting with Trump that gave him “hope” about how they could work to improve race relations in America.
Rubio would likely struggle to gain traction in 2024 if he can’t shed his efforts as a member of the Gang of Eight that tried to introduce a pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens, a clear divide between him and Trump that haunted his 2016 campaign.
Sen. Tim Scott, the GOP’s sole Black senator, delivered a rousing speech about race and the American dream at the RNC. https://t.co/TCeiVVp3QL pic.twitter.com/qVOkCMKwyY
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) August 25, 2020
RELATED: Dem Congressman Files Lawsuit Against Trump For His Alleged Role In Capitol Riot
Trump’s Popularity With Republican Voters Isn’t Waning
Whether Trump runs again in 2024 or not, it’s clear his popularity in the Republican party remains quite high.
A Rasmussen survey in late December indicated 72 percent of Republican voters want their legislators to be more like Trump and less like the RINOs that currently litter the GOP landscape.
Another poll from Axios-Ipsos shows GOP voters lining up behind Trump against the establishment as we barrel towards 2024.
On President’s Day, supporters of the former President lined the streets at a rally in Palm Beach, Florida, to show their appreciation.
Former President Donald Trump surprised supporters during a Presidents Day rally held in West Palm Beach, Florida, Monday. Right Side Broadcasting Network captured the hundreds of loyal supporters cheering on the 45th President as his motorcade rolls down the street. pic.twitter.com/zjNdhNnobQ
— VINnews (@VINNews) February 15, 2021
Despite the overwhelming evidence that Trump is the key to Republican support in 2024, anti-Trump Republicans have started a PAC trying to “take back” the party from Trump.
They’ve even been in discussions to form their own party.
Can you imagine what some Republicans will do to stop Trump if he decides to run again?
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Perdue Won’t Challenge Raphael Warnock in the 2022 Georgia Senate Race, After All
Former Senator David Perdue of Georgia has decided he will not run against an incumbent Democrat, Senator Raphael Warnock, in 2022, just a week after Mr. Perdue announced he had filed paperwork to kick-start a possible new campaign.
Mr. Perdue, a Republican and former businessman who lost in a January runoff election to the state’s other newly elected senator, Jon Ossoff, said in a statement that he had reached the decision after “much prayer and reflection” with his wife, Bonnie.
Praise Jesus!
so p.i., rejecting free speech again. remember 1st amendment, oh yeah, you are democrats.
does anyone really think that if trump does run, it will be an honest election. you already had a preview of what big tech, money and dems can do, so don't think it will be fair, either in 2022, or 2024, or even after that. just learn your chinese and be a good little slave.
McConnell Never, Ever Wants to Talk to Trump Again
Mitch McConnell is so done with Trump. So much so, in fact, that he reportedly would prefer it if they never, ever spoke again. The Senate minority leader hasn’t spoken directly with the ex-president since Dec. 14—when McConnell publicly admitted that Joe Biden beat Trump in the November election—and people close to him say “he does not plan to ever speak with him again.” Even their top aides have cut off contact with each other. The relationship between the two men has never been worse—on Tuesday, Trump broke his post-presidency quiet by issuing a statement calling McConnell a “dour, sullen, and unsmiling political hack.” McConnell most recently upset Trump by directly blaming the ex-president for the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, even though he voted not guilty in Trump’s impeachment trial.
pay no attention to the person above you
OUR country is going to be so screwed up by 2024 that President Trump is going to be the only person who will be able to straighten things out !!! For you socialists that don't like him , don't forget that he did more for OUR country than ANY president in history !!
Lindsey Graham: Trump Is ‘a Handful’
Instead of defending Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) from Donald Trump’s scathing rebuke on Tuesday, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) went on Hannity to tell the Senate Minority Leader that he should just accept Trumpism as the future of the Republican Party.
“I’m sorry what happened on January 6th. He’ll get his fair share of blame, but to my Republican colleagues in the Senate, let’s try to work together and realize that without Trump, we’re never going to get back in the majority.”
Graham closed with an overly optimistic message to the 74-year-old former president, saying, “You’re going to have to make some changes for you to reach your potential.”
"Recommended changes" include reading the Constitution and euthanasia, not necessarily in that order.
75 million Deplorables agree……judicial mysticism…..
Funny how every time Trump filed a lawsuit, it kept getting tossed out.
Let the alleged collected evidence be heard and yes Abie, there is a lot of suppressed valid evidence to be heard in a court…..
Define a "valid expose' "
As a Independent, I want President Trump back….now would not be to soon and I would like a full scale valid expose' of the recent election…..Also a total review of the Congress who is all powerful and is now running amuck in steel toed, hobb nail boots……There should be serious discussion of term limits not retirement and a reduction of government by 25% in size and scope….
I think the vast majority of Republicans are still behind President Trump. He didnt get almost 80 million votes (or more) for nothing! In fact he should still be our President had the election not been stolen. Thats the real shame here.
Seems a lot of Repubs don't want him either.
only the crooked dems
and that is slowly going away, like all their crimes will.
You probably believe the s_hytt you see on NewsMax and OAN…
You should tell biden and Harris that too after all they said nothing about the riots in Seattle and Portland AND even went as far as set up pages to pay for arrested rioters bail to keep the riots going and if that is not insurrection I don't know what is and before you start arguing Harris made her bragging on tv and you have a president who used blackmail as a political idea to stop another country from investigating his son !!!! ( oh and that was live on tv too ) and you always believe what you see on tv ………… don't you ?
And my staunch Irish ex-Catholic wife doesn't want me to change.
Once a fool always a fool. You never change!
A majority of the voting public don't want him back.
Also, it'll be hard for him to campaign from a prison cell…
Trump we miss you and hope you think about us as much as we miss you for as we thought Biden sucks like I thought he would nd he is rich because of China. China not doing for us but to control the BIDENS
We want Trump a whole lot more than Romney. Other Presidents used the White House to make their fortunes larger, President Trump humbly reused to draw his salary he was accused of tax fraud, he came out of the White House with half the assets he had going in and all the Democrats want is everything from a man who set an example of service for politicians that just run for the rewards on the working tax payers money.
Trump all the way
Oh no I got censored again
The rhinos can have the party. It is nothing without people to back them. Up. Never rhino. Never traitors , never demonic Dems. There are some good people in both parties. Maybe they should dump the old and catch the new train. If you all can't do the job you were hired by us to do go home.
Yep, but watch In 4 years all will be forgiven and the usual idiots will vote them in , along with the dead and the pets
SO SADLY TRUE!!!
Looks to me like the Dems are doing their best to TRASH the whole US of A.
. . Backstabber Nikki Haley couldn't be elected to dog catcher ! . . . We've seen her colors, and they're ugly !