With less than two years until US voters decide who will serve President of the United States from January 2025 to January 2029, ex republican Government officials are starting to jockey for position in the coming battle of 2024 GOP Presidential EnrollmentWhile at least one prominent Democrat (California Governor Gavin Newsom) has reportedly pledged not to challenge Pres. Joe Biden in a Democratic primary.
As the 2024 campaign takes shape, here are the names you need to know:
Joe Biden
Mr. Biden is the current President of the United States and has stated on several occasions that he intends to seek re-election in 2024.
The only US president in recent memory who dropped out of a race for a second term was Lyndon Johnson, the 37th president of that office. Johnson declined to seek a second term in 1964 despite winning a massive landslide over Republican Barry Goldwater amid turmoil over the Vietnam War, the Texas native assumed the presidency after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated by an assassin. Exactly one year later.
Although Mr. Biden has never suggested that he would follow Johnson’s example, his status as the oldest person to serve as president and his low approval ratings have fueled speculation that he might stand So that a young candidate can take charge of the Democratic Party. But better-than-expected results from Democrats in the 2022 midterms have put fresh wind in Mr. Biden’s sails, and he has said he expects to make a final decision on seeking a second term after consultations with his family over the holidays. . ,
Donald Trump
Of the more than 12 people the Federal Election Commission has listed as declared candidates for 2024, the only one whose name is well known to the public is also the first former Trump administration person to hold the former The hat was thrown into the ring by President Donald J. Trump.
Mr Trump, the only US president to face two separate impeachment trials – following a violent attack on the US Capitol in hopes of remaining in power despite losing the 2020 election to Joe Biden – is about to officially declare himself filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission for a candidate in the 2024 election on November 15, minutes before announcing his candidacy at the same Palm Beach, Florida location where FBI agents discovered stolen classified documents three months earlier It was
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Now based in Florida, the ex-real estate developer-turned-television presenter politician hopes he can become the first ex-US chief executive to reclaim the White House since Grover Cleveland accomplished that feat more than a century ago. had achieved But he faces a series of obstacles in what was once considered an easy glide path to the GOP nomination, including several of his former top aides and at least one governor he once supported.
Kanye West
When recently-canceled ex-fashion mogul and noted antisemit Kanye West (or Yeh, as he prefers to be called these days) met an infamous white nationalist for dinner at Mr. Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club, It appeared to be the first time the two people had met since Mr West appeared alongside the then-president during a bizarre Oval Office meeting in late 2018.
At the time, Mr. Trump said the rapper could “very well” be a future presidential candidate, and two years later the prediction came true when Mr. West launched an independent bid for the presidency that was widely accepted was regarded as a cynical Maga-endorsed move. To split black voters from the Democratic Party and give Mr. Trump key swing states.
In the years since his first radical step into presidential politics, Mr West has ended his marriage to reality TV star Kim Kardashian, after Adidas appeared at Fashion Week in Paris to announce his relationship with her. He lost billions of dollars from his net worth after he was terminated. “White Lives Matter” shirts and subsequently made a series of antisemitic statements on social media, and announced plans to buy Parlour, the far-right Twitter clone widely used by participants in the January 6 attack on the Capitol it was done.
But Mr. West doesn’t seem to be losing interest in running for the nation’s highest office. Although she has not yet filed a statement of candidacy for 2024, she has announced her intention to run for president in the next general election, and according to videos posted on social media, she accepted Mr. Annoyed by asking to do- two places on one ticket with him.
mike pence
Former Vice President Mike Pence, once Mr. Trump’s most loyal defender and steadfast right-hand man, has ties to the man who led the GOP ticket in 2020 in an effort to outlaw congressional authentication of Electoral College votes. was irreversibly magnified by his decision not to hijack the plane. Keeping myself and Mr. Trump in power against the will of the American electorate.
Mr. Pence hasn’t officially announced his intention to run for president against Mr. Trump in 2024, but since leaving office he has voted in key primary states (hello, New Hampshire!) earlier this month in the midterm elections. . He also appeared at the annual convention of the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas, a traditional cattle call for potential GOP presidential contenders.
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While the former vice president has taken pains not to criticize Mr. Trump the way some anti-Trump Republicans have done in recent months, he has also made it clear that he will not act the way the former president did during his four-year tenure. ,
Mr. Pence has also begun building his 2024 campaign trail by bringing former Ben Sasse spokesman Ali Kjærgaard into his Advancing American Freedom nonprofit. Ms Kjærgaard was joined by other former Pence White House mainstays, including his former chief of staff, Mark Short, and his former press secretary, Devin O’Malley.
Mike Pompeo
Another former Trump administration official who is widely reported to be considering a 2024 bid is Mr. Trump’s former CIA director, Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo.
The ex-Kansas congressman recently appeared at the RJC convention and has kept his face in the public consciousness through a steady stream of appearances on Fox News, where he is a paid contributor. Like Mr. Pence, he too has kept a schedule of public appearances that has included trips to early primary states.
Ron DeSantis
The current governor of Florida is considered by many in the GOP to be Mr. Trump’s perfect successor.
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Mr. DeSantis, a former Florida congressman who won his 2018 gubernatorial campaign after receiving a coveted endorsement from then-Pres. hates people. , and his star has been rising in conservative circles as he made a show of ending any and all pandemic-related restrictions and mandates in the Sunshine State.
When Mr DeSantis took the stage at his 2022 election victory party, supporters chanted “two more years” for his potential status as the GOP presidential contender. And Florida legislators are reportedly considering changing state law to make it easier to seek your party’s nomination when running for governor.
Earlier this month, Mr Trump introduced a derogatory nickname for his one-time aide – “Ron DeSanctimonious”, a sure sign that the Florida native is considered a serious adversary by the New York transplant.