- An ex-GOP strategist steered that former President Donald Trump has no likelihood of successful the 2024 presidential election.
- Scott Jennings made his prediction primarily based on the early outcomes of the 2022 midterm elections.
- Many Trump-backed Republican candidates underperformed in Tuesday’s midterm elections.
A conservative political commentator and ex-GOP strategist steered that former President Donald Trump has zero likelihood of successful the 2024 presidential election — ought to he run — primarily based on the early outcomes of the 2022 midterm elections.
“How may you take a look at these outcomes tonight and conclude Trump has any likelihood of successful a nationwide election in 2024?” Scott Jennings, a former advisor to Senate Minority Chief Mitch McConnell, stated in an early Wednesday tweet.
Trump had endorsed greater than 330 GOP candidates operating for each state and federal workplace on this election cycle, and a much-anticipated “crimson wave” didn’t shortly materialize in Tuesday’s midterm elections.
Whereas many Republican candidates underperformed within the combat for the management of Congress, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp received their races to maintain management of their states.
“Big evening for DeSantis,” Jennings said in another tweet. “Little doubt. But additionally – when does somebody say Kemp 2024 is a factor now, too?”
Outcomes had been nonetheless coming in from the midterm elections, which can decide the steadiness of energy in each the Home and the Senate, into Wednesday.
Trump stated in an interview on Tuesday that he ought to “get all of the credit score” if the slew of GOP candidates he endorsed win huge within the midterm elections — but additionally stated he should not be blamed if they do not come out on prime.
At an Ohio marketing campaign occasion on Monday, Trump as soon as once more teased a potential 2024 bid for the White Home and added that he has a “huge announcement” deliberate for November 15 at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
