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He did not announce whether or not he would launch one other marketing campaign for the presidency, however former President Donald Trump pledged at his first rally of 2022 that come 2024, "we are going to take back the White House."
And talking in entrance of a sea of supporters gathered on the Nation Thunder pageant grounds in Florence, Arizona, Trump delivered what gave the impression of his first stump speech of a doable 2024 marketing campaign.
Trump repeatedly took goal at President Biden, who defeated him within the 2020 presidential election. Trump deemed his successor within the White Home "incompetent" and blasted Biden on a variety of points, together with the coronavirus pandemic, the economic system, overseas coverage and crime.
IT'S GAME ON BETWEEN BIDEN AND TRUMP IN A POTENTIAL 2024 REMATCH
Whereas Trump seemed forward to 2024 in addition to this 12 months's midterm elections - he predicted that "a great red wave is going to begin right here in Arizona" and vowed that "this is the year we take back the House, this is the year we take back the Senate" - he spent a lot of his speech wanting again to his 2020 election loss to Biden.
Former President Donald Trump factors to the gang as he speaks at a Save America Rally Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022, in Florence, Ariz. (AP Photograph/Ross D. Franklin)
(AP Photograph/Ross D. Franklin)
The previous president repeated his unfounded claims that the 2020 election was "rigged" and as soon as once more claimed that "I ran twice and we won twice."
It was no shock that Trump selected Arizona to kick off his first rally of the brand new 12 months. In addition to being a key battleground within the 2022 midterms, with excessive profile showdowns for Senate and governor. It is usually one among a half-dozen states the place Biden narrowly edged Trump in 2020 to win the White Home.
Final 12 months, a Trump-fueled and GOP-driven partisan audit of votes was performed in Maricopa County, Arizona’s most populous county. Outcomes of the evaluation discovered that Trump obtained a few hundred fewer votes than the outcomes from the licensed election.
On Deck
Trump’s second rally of 2022 will happen on Saturday, Jan. 29, in Conroe, Texas, which is north of Home.
WHAT TRUMP TOLD FOX NEWS ABOUT HIS 2024 TIMETABLE
The previous president’s Save America PAC introduced on Friday that the rally can be held on the Montgomery County Fairgrounds. It comes one month for major day in Texas.
A supply near Trump informed Daily Post that the previous president plans to carry roughly two rallies per thirty days going ahead.
Trump vs. DeSantis
Did Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis add gas to the fireplace in what looks as if a burgeoning spat between the favored conservative governor and the previous president?
DeSantis has seen his reputation surge amongst Republican voters in his state and across the nation over the previous 12 months and a half, thanks largely to his combative pushback towards COVID-19 restrictions amid the coronavirus pandemic.
After Trump final week mentioned in an interview that politicians who gained’t publicly say whether or not they’ve obtained a COVID vaccine booster shot are "gutless" – which was extensively seen as a shot at DeSantis – the governor appeared to return hearth Friday in an interview on the favored conservative podcast "Ruthless."
DeSantis mentioned he ought to have been "much louder" in making an attempt to persuade Trump to oppose lockdowns because the pandemic was sweeping the nation in February and March 2020.
And the governor touted that "when COVID was first coming… I was telling Trump ‘stop the flights from China’ because we didn't know what we were dealing with."
DeSantis shut down Florida because the pandemic engulfed the nation, however was additionally one of many first governors in 2020 to elevate coronavirus restrictions.
TRUMP'S 2024 TEASE ISN'T PREVENTING OTHER POTENTIAL GOP WHITE HOUSE HOPEFULS FROM VISITING EARLY VOTING STATES
DeSantis, a former congressman who was narrowly elected Florida governor in 2018 partly due to then-President Trump’s assist, is operating for reelection this 12 months. And he’s polled a constant - and distant - second to Trump in a lot of the early 2024 GOP presidential nomination polls.
Requested about his rising reputation amongst Republican voters nationwide, DeSantis mentioned in his "Ruthless" interview "I think what people see, quite frankly, Republicans, they want to see people actually lead and get things done and fight back. And that’s what we’ve done. We’ve had to do it tooth and nail. We don’t back down from anybody. And we do things. And so, I don’t just wait for things to happen."
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis addresses a joint session of a legislative session, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022, in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP Photograph/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
(AP Photograph/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
Trump has predicted that if he runs for the White Home once more, DeSantis gained’t run. The governor has deflected when requested about 2024. "It’s way down the road. It’s not anything that I’m planning for," DeSantis mentioned in a Daily Post interview final autumn.
And DeSantis blamed the media for speak of any tensions with the previous president.
"I think this is what the media does, and you cannot fall for the bait. You know what they’re trying to do. Don’t take the bait, and just kind of keep on keeping on. We need everybody united for a big red wave in 2022," the governor argued.
2024 ballot
A Quinnipiac University nationwide ballot performed Jan. 7-10 and launched final week had some powerful numbers for each Trump and President Biden.
The president’s approval score dropped to simply 33% within the survey.
And by a 59%-33% margin, these questioned mentioned they wouldn’t wish to see Trump run once more.
In line with the ballot, 69% of Republicans need to see Trump run once more. However that’s down from 78% who mentioned the identical factor in Quinnipiac’s October survey.
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