With the 2022 midterm elections right around the proverbial corner, interest, speculation, and urgency continue to grow over the 2024 presidential election, as well — particularly given an anticipated beatdown of Congressional Democrats next year, courtesy of the total disaster known as Joe Biden.
Or will the senile White House occupant seek re-election as many in his party think? What about Republicans?
Former President Donald Trump appears to be all but a lock to run — to a large degree, I think, to vindicate the claim that the “fraudulent” 2020 election was “stolen” from him. An “I told you so,” of sorts.
Beyond that, I sometimes wonder why he’d do it. Why he’d subject himself to four more years of Trump Derangement Syndrome — this time even more hysterical — vs. hanging out at Mar-a-Lago playing golf, and doing whatever the h*ll else he wants to do in his waning years. Power? Sure. All of them want power.
Trump won my vote in 2016 and 2020. I’ll be voting for Trump again in 2024, if he becomes the Republican nominee. However, I will not relitigate 2020’s election, as I say every day. You can always comment in the section if you feel inclined to. It’s all good.
Trump as the New Normal DoesRun, and then what? This applies to all potential Republican presidential contenders. It is obvious that people like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, and Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton would have the political sense to “sit this one out,” and look to future elections if aspirations remain.
What about? Other hopefulsSome might be unable to see the point of this challenge. Those who, for whatever reason, are incapable of envisioning the shellacking they’d take if they dared to challenge Trump, both at the hands of Donald himself and the legions of MAGA loyalists?
We are glad you asked. I’ll give you a name. One or two.
RedState last week reported that former governor of New Jersey, Chris Christie. Chris Christie, once touted as a rising star in the Republican Party — pre-Trump, pre-demise of the Bush-Romney wing of the party — has been telling anyone who’ll listen it’s time for the party to move past Trump and Trumpism and focus on the future, not the past. Christie, it’s clear that Christie has the right man to save the Republican Party.
Chris Christie.
Christie has been trotting out to every microphone and TV camera he can find of late, hawking his new book, “Republican Rescue: Saving the Party from Truth Deniers, Conspiracy Theorists, and the Dangerous Policies of Joe Biden,” which comes out this week. Check out a few excerpts from the book’s promo:
Let’s get rid of the infighting and truth-denying. We must stop looking backward. Here’s Chris Christie’s urgent guide for recapturing Republican glory and winning elections again…
Chris Christie is known for his ability to speak up. Chris Christie shares his brave insights about how a battered Republican Party could soar into future success and win large elections once again, even after the sad 2020 election.
In Republican Rescue, Christie reveals exactly how absurd grievances and self-inflicted wounds sabotaged Donald Trump’s many successes and allowed Democrats to capture the White House, the House, and Senate in two years.
Christie dissects the last year of the Trump administration—which provoked nothing but conspiracy theories and infighting—and he lays out an honest and hopeful vision, explaining how Republicans can capture the future and save America from today’s damaging Democratic excesses.
Think about it that’sYou should see the garbage I removed.
As reported by The Guardian on Saturday, Christie wrote extensively about the 2020 presidential election and its aftermath, including this little incendiary tidbit — with a not-too-vailed jab at Trump:
“[Republicans] need to renounce the conspiracy theories and truth deniers, the ones who know better and the ones who are just plain nuts.”
I’m not a campaign advisor, but calling a substantial percentage if not the majority of the Republican Party “just plain nuts” ranks right up there with Hillary’s “basket of deplorables,” which wasn’t a surprise coming from That hack.But, coming from someone who considers himself the future of Republican Party? Yeah, no.
Christie wrote also, which was transcribed and published by The Guardian
“We need to give our supporters facts that will help put all these fantasies to rest, so everyone can focus with clear minds on the issues that really matter. We need to quit wasting our time, our energy and our credibility on claims that won’t ever convince anyone or bring fresh converts onboard.”
OK, here’s where it gets interesting. Crazy. Whatever else you want to call it.
Matt Lewis, a former conservative columnist for The Daily Caller who now writes for Daily Beast, believes Christie could be a formidable candidate against Trump in 2024 but also that primaries but also that — Don’t drink now — a Chis Christie/Liz Cheney ticket in 2024 could take out Trump altogether.
Chris Christie and Liz Cheney could hold the keys to derailing Trump’s reelection hopes: conservative columnist https://t.co/awKGiw84PN
— Raw Story (@RawStory) November 14, 2021
In a Saturday column titled “Could Chris Christie and Liz Cheney Take Trump Down?”, Lewis argued that Christie and Cheney “could pose a more formidable challenge” than the candidates Trump faced in 2016.
What if Donald Trump has to fight a grudge match against Liz Cheney and Chris Christie on his way to a second term? This scenario is probably more likely than you might think—one with significant consequences.
Christie and Cheney both have a reputation for being tough fighters. They are also in the news flirting about a run for President. In a sense, they are already running against him.
This past week, Cheney traveled to Manchester, New Hampshire, and delivered a “standing ovation” speech that was interpreted by CNN as “testing the waters” for a presidential bid.
During the speech, she staked out conservative ground criticizing Joe Biden and Trump, saying the latter is at war “with the rule of law and the Constitution.”
Lewis conceded that if If the election were held today, Trump would likely win the election — a safe bet, given that a recent Morning Consult poll found that 82 percent of Republican voters view Trump favorably, 47 percent would back him in the primaries, and no other potential candidate received more than 13 percent.
However, the poll showed that 59% believe Trump should not be running for president in 2024.
Since the moment Melania and Donald Trump rode down Trump Tower’s escalator on June 16, 2015 to make their announcement about the most unlikely presidential run of modern history, I believed that Donald Trump was the only one capable of defeating Donald Trump. In some respects, I still do.
And, as we have seen ever since, with a yeoman’s assist from the sock-puppet media. The future will be interesting.
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