{"id":513227,"date":"2022-11-21T02:38:54","date_gmt":"2022-11-20T23:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/trumps-growing-gop-challengers-revive-fears-of-2016-repeat\/"},"modified":"2022-11-21T02:38:54","modified_gmt":"2022-11-20T23:38:54","slug":"trumps-growing-gop-challengers-revive-fears-of-2016-repeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/trumps-growing-gop-challengers-revive-fears-of-2016-repeat\/","title":{"rendered":"#Trump&#8217;s growing GOP challengers revive fears of 2016 repeat"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4f041b07d4d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4f041b07d4d\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/trumps-growing-gop-challengers-revive-fears-of-2016-repeat\/#Trumps_growing_GOP_challengers_revive_fears_of_2016_repeat\" >Trump&#8217;s growing GOP challengers revive fears of 2016 repeat<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Trumps_growing_GOP_challengers_revive_fears_of_2016_repeat\"><\/span>Trump&#8217;s growing GOP challengers revive fears of 2016 repeat<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>LAS VEGAS (AP) \u2014 Memories of the tumultuous 2016 Republican primary hung over the Las Vegas ballroom this weekend during the first major gathering of the party&#8217;s potential contenders for the 2024 nomination.<\/p>\n<p>No fewer than 10 White House prospects stepped onto the stage to pitch their plans to fix the nation \u2014 and their party. The details varied, but within most speeches was an extraordinary sense of defiance rarely seen since former President <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/donald-trump\" data-ylk=\"slk:Donald Trump\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Donald Trump<\/a> seized control of the Republican Party six years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Their central message: Trump can and should be beaten.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nikki-haley\" data-ylk=\"slk:Nikki Haley\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Nikki Haley<\/a>, the former ambassador to the United Nations under Trump, pledged in April that she wouldn&#8217;t challenge the former president if he ran again. But Saturday night, facing hundreds of cheering Republicans, she vowed to give \u201c1,000%\u201d to a White House bid if she decided to get in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve never lost an election, and I\u2019m not going to start now,\u201d she said as the crowd roared.<\/p>\n<p>But as the donors and activists who gathered for the Republican Jewish Coalition&#8217;s two-day leadership conference <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lauded, perhaps no one was cheering louder than Trump himself from his Florida estate.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s team believes, as do a growing number of anxious donors and Republican operatives, that the GOP&#8217;s emboldened 2024 class may already be unintentionally re-creating the conditions that enabled Trump&#8217;s success in 2016. That year, a crowded Republican field splintered the primary electorate and allowed Trump to become the party&#8217;s presidential nominee despite winning just 35% or less of the vote in each of the three opening primary contests.<\/p>\n<p>In the earliest days of the 2024 season, the 2016 parallels are eerie.<\/p>\n<p>As then, Trump is viewed with suspicion within his party, his standing weakened considerably after several loyalists lost winnable races in this month&#8217;s <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/2022-midterm-elections\" data-ylk=\"slk:midterm elections\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">midterm elections<\/a>. And most of all, a parade of ambitious Republicans is lining up to take him on.<\/p>\n<p>A small, but growing group of Republican operatives is warning Trump&#8217;s critics that the only way to defeat him is to rally behind a much smaller group of alternatives.<\/p>\n<p>Eric Levine, a New York-based donor who attended the weekend gathering, called on his party to embrace no more than two or three candidates \u2014 and to move with real urgency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think we have the luxury of waiting,\u201d said Levine, who has raised millions of dollars for Republicans in recent years and began speaking out against Trump only after the midterms. \u201cIf he becomes the Republican brand, the party is going to be destroyed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For now, at least, Trump&#8217;s rivals don&#8217;t appear to be heeding his warning.<\/p>\n<p>The most popular alternative to Trump, Florida Gov. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/ron-desantis\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ron DeSantis\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Ron DeSantis<\/a>, isn&#8217;t likely to enter the race until the late spring, his allies say. But in his keynote address Saturday night, he left little doubt that 2024 was on his mind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn times like these, there is no substitute for victory,\u201d DeSantis said, citing over and over his overwhelming midterm success in Florida. \u201cWe\u2019ve got a lot more to do, and I have only begun to fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And in a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of interviews, several other would-be Republican candidates and their aides indicated they would likely wait until next spring or summer to enter the race should they decide to run. That&#8217;s even after Trump formally launched his 2024 campaign this past week.<\/p>\n<p>New Hampshire Gov. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/chris-sununu\" data-ylk=\"slk:Chris Sununu\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Chris Sununu<\/a>, who isn\u2019t ruling out a 2024 run, said Trump\u2019s early announcement has created no sense of urgency; it simply highlighted his weakened political standing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think all of us understand how little of a factor he\u2019s going to be,\u201d Sununu said in an interview. \u201cHe\u2019s not scaring anybody out. Anyone who wants to run is going to run. It\u2019ll be fun. It\u2019ll be a wide-open race.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maryland Gov. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/larry-hogan\" data-ylk=\"slk:Larry Hogan\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Larry Hogan<\/a> said it\u2019s much too early to worry about winnowing the field.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think more voices, more potential choices,\u201d said Hogan, who is openly weighing a 2024 bid after his term ends in January. \u201cTrump needs to be tested. People need to go out there and be willing to stand up to him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hogan continued: \u201cI don\u2019t think anyone\u2019s going to listen to narrowing the field. Everybody\u2019s going to say, \u2018I should be the guy, I should be the guy, we should all be the guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Christie, a failed 2016 presidential contender who then went on to lead Trump&#8217;s White House transition that year, said he ultimately expects seven or eight major candidates to enter the race, \u201cwhich is manageable&#8221; compared with the 16 who ran against Trump in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of those people are fishing out of the Trump pond,\u201d Christie said, suggesting that prospects such as DeSantis and Mike Pompeo are \u201cMAGA guys\u201d who would steal support from Trump&#8217;s base in a way that creates opportunities for others \u2014 like him.<\/p>\n<p>Christie dismissed any talk of winnowing the field so soon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should all rally behind someone? Okay, who? I don\u2019t think there\u2019s any obvious choice,\u201d Christie said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump advisers initially hoped that he might clear the field with his early announcement. They now believe a crowded field will help him by splitting the anti-Trump vote \u2014 just as was the case in 2016. Trump won the New Hampshire and South Carolina primary elections that year with just 35% and 32% of the vote, respectively. Seven others divided the overwhelming majority of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s team notes that his loyalists in key 2022 primary elections from Arizona to New Hampshire to Pennsylvania won their GOP nominations with between 30% and 40% of the vote \u2014 a base of support it believes continues to be his floor in the 2024 primary.<\/p>\n<p>Former New Hampshire GOP Chair Jennifer Horn, who led the state party in 2016, said the growing number of likely 2024 candidates \u201cshould know better&#8221; this time around.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are feeding exactly the kind of environment that Trump needs to win,\u201d Horn warned. \u201cIf past is prologue, we\u2019ve all got reason to be concerned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And while there was evidence of Trump fatigue at the weekend conference, Trump received a warm reception when he appeared via teleconference on Saturday. The crowd cheered loudly when he noted his success in moving the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<p>But there was notable silence when he repeated his baseless claims about his 2020 election loss.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe election was rigged. And it\u2019s too bad it was, and Israel lost a lot,&#8221; Trump told the packed ballroom. \u201cYou better hope that a certain person wins the election in 2024.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And with Trump already a declared candidate, some operatives worry it&#8217;s much later than his challengers think.<\/p>\n<p>The first presidential primary debate could be just nine months away, using the 2016 presidential primary as a guide. By the summer of 2015, there were already 17 candidates in the race.<\/p>\n<p>One of them was Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who is considering another run in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters in Las Vegas, Cruz said Trump and his loyalists deserved some of the blame for the weaker-than-expected results in the midterms. \u201cI&#8217;m frustrated when my party fields candidates with no realistic chance of success,\u201d Cruz said.<\/p>\n<p>But when asked about the 2024 presidential contest, Cruz said only there were several candidates \u201cclearly positioning to run\u201d against Trump. \u201cI believe that voters can and should sort that out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mike-pompeo\" data-ylk=\"slk:Pompeo\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Pompeo<\/a>, Trump&#8217;s former secretary of state, who is among those positioning themselves to run, slapped at the former president repeatedly on stage this weekend without mentioning his name directly. Instead, Pompeo said conservatives deserve leaders \u201cwho fight for them, not ourselves or our own egos.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And he acknowledged the looming 2024 primary.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Who knows, the next time we\u2019re together we could be on stage, multiple podiums,&#8221; Pompeo said. \u201cWho knows who else might be there and what nicknames we\u2019ll have?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP writer Jill Colvin in New York contributed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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