![]() ![]() More than 3 out of 5 of those voters now say Trump is their first choice in the primaries. A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds that after the federal indictment, Trump has only strengthened his hold on Republican voters. ORDOÑEZ: One reason is because Trump appears to be getting more popular, at least among Republicans. You can't just leave Trump alone and assume that voters are going to make a different decision. And he says rivals can't make the same mistake they did seven years ago and wait too long to confront Trump.ĬONANT: I think the candidates have learned the lessons of 2016, which is that Trump is not going to beat himself. While the primaries are not until next year, Conant says we're now in the middle of the so-called invisible primaries, which is all about fundraising, building staff and appealing to base voters. He's a Republican strategist who helped lead Senator Marco Rubio's presidential campaign in 2016. It's a clear example of the balancing act Republicans are trying to walk, suggesting Trump did something wrong and, at the same time, echoing Trump's complaints of a weaponized Justice Department that targets conservatives.ĪLEX CONANT: It's a recognition that the field is getting serious. ORDOÑEZ: That was, Scott Nikki Haley on Fox News and Mike Pence on CNBC as part of a media tour where he raised concerns. PENCE: I think this is a time where as Americans, we ought to hew to our roots, to our commitment to the rule of law. ![]() NIKKI HALEY: If this indictment is true, if what it says is actually the case, President Trump was incredibly reckless with our national. TIM SCOTT: This case is a serious case with serious allegations. NPR's Franco Ordoñez has more.įRANCO ORDOÑEZ, BYLINE: Tim Scott was one of the first who nodded to Trump's indictment during a campaign stop in Spartanburg, S.C. His comments were not a direct rebuke, but they were a sign of a new openness to criticizing Trump and a sign of how difficult it is to do that. KHALID: That voice was former Vice President Mike Pence speaking with The Wall Street Journal editorial board. ![]() MIKE PENCE: If these materials had ever inadvertently made their way in the hands of foreign interests, it would jeopardize the security of our country. But some of Trump's rivals for the Republican nomination for president have taken veiled jabs at the frontrunner. It’s just not a good look, which is why Pence has about the same chance of winning the presidency as the last defeated veep to aspire to the big job: his friend and fellow Hoosier Dan Quayle.Most leaders of the Republican Party have rallied around former President Donald Trump after he was charged with crimes related to the mishandling of national secrets. You know, except for the insurrection thing, which Pence called “un-American.” So all he really has going for him are clothes borrowed from Trump and a bond with the Christian right that is nearly as servile as his relationship to the 45th president was (until it wasn’t). He can and must praise the administration he shared with Trump (for whom he had worshipful esteem through all of the ex-president’s follies - including the buildup to January 6) as a high point in the history of the planet. Pence really is stuck between a rock and a hard place. Immediately after Pence certified Joe Biden’s (rightful) victory, Pence’s favorability rating among Republican voters dropped. GOP voters dislike Pence because he stood up to Trump on Jan. But that will not help Pence, and could hurt him, among Republicans. Some of Pence’s popularity, such as it is, stems from his relatively positive showing among self-identified Democrats who think fondly of him for thwarting Trump’s attempted coup on January 6, 2021. Josh Hawley of Missouri or Tom Cotton of Arkansas, aren’t disliked. And other candidates who post low favorable ratings, such as Sens. Republicans who are as famous as Pence - such as former president Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Pence, on the other hand, is very well-known but not well-liked: They thus have growth potential once their name ID rises. Other potential candidates don’t do well in these early polls because they are relatively unknown. His support is only in the mid-to-high single digits, but it’s well above that of Nikki Haley, Ted Cruz, and the rest of the potential candidates Republican voters are asked about.īut as the Washington Post’s David Byler notes, Pence’s comparatively strong standing is an illusion. Pence is consistently the third-ranking candidate in RealClearPolitics polling averages. If you look at the early Republican 2024 presidential-candidate preference polls, it initially appears that former vice-president Mike Pence is in a solid dark-horse position, prepared to benefit if the contest turns into a Donald Trump– Ron DeSantis slugfest that diminishes both Floridians. ![]()
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