Former President Trump
Donald Trump: Trump: McConnell ‘helpless’ to stop Biden from granting court Romney on NRSC to award Trump: Not ‘my preference’. McConnell sidesteps Trump and calls him ‘dumb son of’ nb – ‘MORE shows no signs of wanting to unite the IDP, even as party leaders eradicate the divisions that will damage them in the 2022 midterm elections.
In a speech to participants in a donor retreat in Florida on Saturday night, Trump raced against his alleged enemies in both parties and gave little, if any, the assurance that he would try to rally a GOP that was sown through internal divisions. was and was desperate to regain the ruling power. in Washington.
The former president’s remarks serve as a reminder of how difficult it will be for Republicans to move past the controversies and battles that have plagued them since Trump’s loss in the presidential election last year.
“It was just Trump who was Trump,” one person familiar with the former president’s remarks said. “It’s not surprising, but I do not see how it moves the conversation forward.”
For many of the party’s top fundraisers and dignitaries, the Republican National Committee’s spring donor retreat in Palm Beach was a chance to regroup after a series of devastating losses in recent months that cost the GOP the White House and its Senate majority has.
What got participants instead was a broadcast of old grievances by Trump, who nearly three months after leaving Washington is determined to alleviate his loss in the 2020 presidential election and advance his feud with Republicans, which he considered insufficiently loyal.
One of his most striking targets was the Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell
Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellTrump: McConnell ‘helpless’ to stop Biden from suing Senate opens GOP by opening up to McConnell’s figures as Trump and calling him ‘dumb son of a nb —-‘ MORE (R-Ky.), According to one source with knowledge of Trump’s speech to donors. The former president boasted against McConnell and called the most powerful Republican in the Senate a ‘stupid son of a bitch’ and condemned him for admitting President Biden
Joe BidenTrump: McConnell ‘helpless’ to prevent Biden from suing Biden, first lady sends ‘warmest greetings’ to Muslims for Ramadan. The case for child care reform MORE‘s victory.
He also attacked Brian Kemp
Brian Kemp Will Smith moves production of new film from Georgia on election law 100 business leaders discuss how to combat new voting rules: Kemp report: Pulling the All-Star Game out of Atlanta will hurt business owners of color MORE, the Republican governor of Georgia who made an enemy of Trump last year when he rejected the former president’s pleas to reverse the outcome of the presidential election in Peach State. Trump has promised to support a primary challenge to Kemp ahead of his re-election offer next year.
Trump also said he remains disappointed with former Vice President Pence for failing to do so to prevent certification of the 2020 election results by Congress in January, according to a Politico report. The former president has repeatedly insisted the presidential race is against him, claiming widespread voter fraud and systematic irregularities were responsible for his loss, although courts have rejected several Republican lawsuits that have challenged the outcome.
Trump remains the most influential Republican in the country and commands the continued support of a loyal voter base that appreciates his readiness to attack his political enemies, including those in his own party.
But some Republicans have grown tired of the intra-party feud, arguing that Trump’s attacks too often detract from a united conservative argument against democratic rule in Washington.
One Republican briefed on Trump’s remarks on Saturday expressed frustration over the former president’s fixation on fellow Republicans, arguing that he should direct “100 percent” of his energy to counter Biden and congressional Democrats.
‘He’s still chasing [Speaker Nancy] Pelosi and everyone, “said the Republican. “All these other things complicate things, but they make the message less clear.”
Republicans must win just five seats in the House next year and only one in the Senate next year to regain their majority in Congress.
But delays in redistribution due to the coronavirus pandemic have created at least some uncertainty about the house map, and Republicans are facing a more challenging Senate map than the Democrats are. The GOP defends 20 seats in the upper chamber compared to only 14 for Democrats, and several of those seats are in expensive and highly competitive battlefields, such as North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Florida.
At the same time, Trump’s promise to support primary challenges to the GOP’s positions that broke with him is the scene for a series of bitter and uncertain nomination contests that will place the former president’s political president against the Republican Party.
Last week, the Senate Leadership Fund, the super PAC aligned with McConnell, Sen. Lisa Murkowski
Lisa Ann Murkowski Nominated nominee for various departments Against growing opportunity Biden seeks GOP support for infrastructure plan GOP Senate’s campaign crowns Trump while haunting McConnell moreA 2022 re-election (R-Alaska) presents a battle with Trump, who pledged to oust Murkowski after she voted in February to plead guilty in his second trial against the Senate.
Similarly, Trump already has a primary challenge to Rep. Anthony GonzalezAnthony GonzalezTrump is big due to the withdrawal of the GOP donor in Florida Trump is being subjected to a power test with early endorsements Boehner throws support behind Republican who supports Trump’s accusation MORE (R-Ohio), who voted in January to accuse the former president. He also supports Rep. Jody Hice
Jody Brownlow HiceTrump faces test of power with early approvals Exclusive: Biggs presents bill banning federal vaccine passports, Georgia’s top election official wants to shake political drama MORE (R-Ga.) In his attempt to repel Georgia’s Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a Republican, who rejected Trump’s requests to overthrow the election results in Georgia.
Party leaders have been trying for the past few months to calm the waters within the IDP. Senator Rick Scott (R-Fla.), The chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee and a longtime Trump ally, publicly underestimated the idea of a Republican ‘civil war’, while privately urging the former president to to stay out of the GOP Senate by-elections. next year.
Not so, Rep. Tom Emmer
Thomas (Tom) Earl EmmerGOP campaign chief is confident his party will win House Letlow will win special election in Louisiana to replace the late man’s fundraiser, more after Trump GOP rifts (R-Minn.), Who heads the National Republican Congressional Committee, said Republicans should highlight the Trump administration’s achievements during their 2022 campaigns, while also conceding that the former president’s desire to primary challenges to supporting the positions of the IDP are not going to be. helpful. ”
“He can do whatever he wants. Any citizen can do what he wants, ‘Emmer said during an event hosted by Politico last month. “But I’ll tell him it’s better for us to keep these people and have a majority that can be sustained going forward.”
Former Speaker John Boehner
John Andrew Boehner, a leading menagerie of metaphorical scapegoats, says Boehner ‘unemployed’ Trump has nothing to do ‘but’ problems’ Boehner: ‘There are many leaders in the Republican Party’ MORE (R-Ohio), who spoke critically about Trump, said Republicans should not expect Trump to drop his grievances and soon play a unifying role in the party, regardless of the drama he may have for the GOP create.
“Here is a man who is unemployed and has nothing to do but cause trouble,” BoehnerJohn Andrew Boehner, a leading menagerie of metaphorical scapegoats, says Boehner ‘unemployed’ Trump has nothing to do ‘but’ problems’ Boehner: ‘There are many leaders in the Republican Party’ MORE said in an interview on ABC’s “The View” on Monday. “And it’s clear to me he’s not going away.”