Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) urged Fox Knowledge on Thursday that he would “fully” toughen Donald Trump if the extinct president is the 2024 Republican presidential nominee.
The astronomical image: Trump has no longer formally mentioned whether he will scoot in 2024, nevertheless as Axios’ Mike Allen reports, the extinct president “plans to send the message [during his CPAC speech on Sunday] that he is the Republicans’ ‘presumptive 2024 nominee’ with a vise grip on the event’s nefarious.”
What he is saying: “There is loads to happen between now and ’24. I’ve bought four people, I deem, which could per chance well be planning on running for president, plus governors and others,” McConnell urged Fox Knowledge’ Bret Baier.
- “It goes to restful be a wide initiating slip,” he added.
- But when requested whether he’d toughen Trump if he used to be the Republican presidential nominee, McConnell mentioned, “fully.”
Flashback: After balloting to acquit Trump all the map by his 2nd impeachment trial earlier this month, McConnell condemned the extinct president as “practically and morally liable for upsetting the events” of the lethal Jan. 6 Capitol siege.
Worth noting: Earlier this week, Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) predicted Trump would preserve the GOP presidential nomination “in a landslide” if he decided to scoot once more.
High-tail deeper: Trump to stutter total preserve a watch on of GOP
