Former President Donald Trump's comments about the 2024 presidential race, his abortion stance, and his ever-increasing poll numbers during two campaign stops in Iowa this week may indicate that post-Labor Day, Trump is gearing his campaign toward a general election that is focused on defeating…
Former President Donald Trump's comments about the 2024 presidential race, his abortion stance, and his ever-increasing poll numbers during two campaign stops in Iowa this week may indicate that post-Labor Day, Trump is gearing his campaign toward a general election that is focused on defeating President Joe Biden next year as opposed to relitigating the 2020 election or directly engaging his GOP competitors.
"He's definitely in general election mode. He's skipping debates. He's barely talking about his opponents. He's clearly focused on Joe Biden and the November 2024 election," national Republican strategist Brian Seitchik told the Washington Examiner. Jeffrey Lazarus, a political scientist at Georgia State University, told the Washington Examiner that Trump could likely become the next GOP standard-bearer given his command of the field."I might be calling this prematurely, but I don't see how anybody in the Republican field beats Trump," he said.
Trump is facing four criminal cases since leaving office, with two of the cases, one federal and the other in Georgia, regarding his subsequent actions after losing to Biden in 2020 and allegedly attempting to overturn the elections. However, Trump has consistently seen his fundraising and poll numbers increase as his legal problems continue.
"It does not mean that he does not believe the race was stolen from him. But he is astute enough to reorient the focus if that's what it's going to take to get back to the White House," he added. "In 2016, he was perceived as the more moderate Republican or at least a relatively malleable Republican. He was not a hard-right tea partier like [Sen.] Ted Cruz, or at least that was the perception," said UVA's Coleman. But as Biden's reelection campaign attempts to retain Midwest states that backed him in 2020, Coleman said the former president may see an opening to use populism to appeal to potential voters."Contrast that to someone like [Sen.
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