Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, said in an interview Tuesday that if former President Trump were to re-elect in 2024, the Republican nomination would likely win.
“He has by far the biggest vote and a big impact in my party,” Romney told the New York Times’ DealBook. “I do not know if he intends to run in 2024 or not, but if he does, I’m pretty sure he would win the nomination.”
Romney noted that he is not always good at making predictions and that ‘a lot can happen between now and 2024’, but he said in recent polls that he compares Trump to other potential Republican candidates, ‘he wins in a landslide . ‘
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He said if Trump is re-elected, he will support a candidate who “represents the small wing of the party I represent.”
He added that he had not voted for Trump in the past and would not plan to do so in the future.
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Shortly after the November election, Romney told Meet the Press: “I believe the vast majority of people who voted for Donald Trump want to make sure his principles and policies are pursued. So yes, he does not disappear at all. He is the 900 gorillas when it comes to the Republican Party. ‘
The Utah senator is one of Trump’s more outspoken critics in the party and was the only GOP senator who voted to convict Trump in both his accusations.
Trump will deliver his first major speech since leaving the Conservative CPAC conference this weekend, and he has not yet said whether he plans to speak in 2024.
During his speech, Trump plans to claim his place as the “presumably nominated 2024”, and advisers are expected to meet with him in Mar-a-Lago this week to help him decide his next political step, Axios reported. with reference to sources.
“There is no doubt that he will play another important role in politics,” Eric Trump told Fox & Friends this week. He added there are ’75, 80 million people who will follow ‘his father’ to the ends of the earth ‘and will love him because they’ like what he stands for ‘.
Trump is also likely to support primary challengers for Republicans in the medium term who voted for his accusation, he said.
Some critics of Trump’s accusation said Democrats wanted to condemn Trump primarily and stand for re-election because they did not want to take action against anyone who received more than 74 million votes. President Biden received more than 81 million votes, making Biden and Trump the two highest votes in US presidential election history.
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Eric Trump said he thinks his father is the ‘modern Republican party’ that raised an old one who was unable to win. “I think my dad showed the Republican Party how to win again,” he said.