{"id":559752,"date":"2023-03-05T14:16:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-05T11:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/trump-pitches-a-sequel-but-shies-away-from-attacking-rivals\/"},"modified":"2023-03-05T14:16:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-05T11:16:00","slug":"trump-pitches-a-sequel-but-shies-away-from-attacking-rivals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/trump-pitches-a-sequel-but-shies-away-from-attacking-rivals\/","title":{"rendered":"#Trump pitches a sequel, but shies away from attacking rivals"},"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-6a3d8a8c0f24a\" 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-6a3d8a8c0f24a\" 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\/trump-pitches-a-sequel-but-shies-away-from-attacking-rivals\/#Trump_pitches_a_sequel_but_shies_away_from_attacking_rivals\" >Trump pitches a sequel, but shies away from attacking rivals<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Trump_pitches_a_sequel_but_shies_away_from_attacking_rivals\"><\/span>Trump pitches a sequel, but shies away from attacking rivals<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>OXON HILL, Md. (AP) \u2014 Former President <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/donald-trump\" data-ylk=\"slk:Donald Trump;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Donald Trump<\/a> cast himself Saturday as the only Republican candidate who can build on his White House legacy but shied away from directly critiquing his potential rivals, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, giving the headlining address at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, told a cheering crowd that he was engaged in his \u201cfinal battle\u201d as he tries to return to the White House.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are going to finish what we started,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to complete the mission. We\u2019re going to see this battle through to ultimate victory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though DeSantis, seen as Trump&#8217;s biggest potential rival, is frequently a subject of name-calling and other attacks in Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> posts and in interviews, he wasn&#8217;t mentioned directly in Trump&#8217;s address before conservative activists, who earlier in the day <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 when an old video clip of the Florida governor was shown in a montage.<\/p>\n<p>While CPAC was once a must-stop for candidates mulling Republican presidential runs, DeSantis and other major likely contenders <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-bolsonaro-pence-cpac-desantis-youngkin-e237764ad60fbe07e0fe512f48c3c616\" data-ylk=\"slk:skipped this year's gathering;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">skipped this year&#8217;s gathering<\/a> amid scandal and as the group has increasingly become aligned with Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The former president&#8217;s enduring popularity with this segment of voters was on display throughout the conference this week. Some attendees wore Trump-themed outfits, with \u201cMAGA\u201d hats and sequined jackets.<\/p>\n<p>Members of his family and his presidential administration were swarmed like celebrities in the hallways and dominated the list of speakers. The handful of other potential and declared candidates not named Trump who spoke received only tepid applause.<\/p>\n<p>And the annual CPAC straw poll, an unscientific survey of attendees, found Trump the top choice to be the party&#8217;s nominee, with 62% support, trailed by DeSantis at 20% and businessman Perry Johnson, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/perry-johnson-2024-presidential-campaign-b734b469aa0b56a94e19ef0125cf5997\" data-ylk=\"slk:who announced his long shot bid at the conference;cpos:3;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">who announced his long shot bid at the conference<\/a>, with 5%.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly all \u2014 95% of respondents \u2014 said they approved of Trump&#8217;s performance as president.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of his speech, Trump told reporters that he would continue his third presidential campaign even if indicted. He is under investigation by prosecutors probing his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:4;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/politics-new-york-city-only-on-ap-donald-trump-georgia-266e28c4e47e54731b233e0f770f6729\" data-ylk=\"slk:in Georgia and by the U.S. Justice Department,;cpos:4;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">in Georgia and by the U.S. Justice Department,<\/a> as well as his handling of classified documents, among other issues.<\/p>\n<p>He condemned all the probes as politically motivated and vowed that criminal charges wouldn\u2019t deter him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, absolutely, I won\u2019t even think about leaving,\u201d he told reporters, adding that \u201cprobably, it\u2019ll enhance my numbers, but it\u2019s a very bad thing for America. It\u2019s very bad for the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an audience that supports President Trump,\u201d said Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., the No. 3 House Republican, who endorsed Trump days before he officially launched his 2024 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The only member of House leadership to attend the conference, Stefanik told The Associated Press that Trump continued to be the party\u2019s leader.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Trump is in a very strong position and I think he will be the Republican nominee,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>While Trump did not launch broadsides against his potential challengers for the White House, many of whom were pitching themselves to conservative donors near his Florida home this week, he did repeatedly criticize the old guard of the Republican Party, which is eager to move past him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had a Republican Party that was ruled by freaks, neo-cons, globalists, open borders zealots and fools. But we are never going back to the party of Paul Ryan, Karl Rove and Jeb Bush,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He took only a veiled jab at DeSantis, calling out those who have proposed raising the age for Social Security or privatizing Medicare \u2014 positions DeSantis has expressed support for in the past, but has since abandoned. \u201cWe\u2019re not going to mess with Social Security as Republicans,\u201d DeSantis recently said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump told the crowd, \u201cIf that\u2019s their original thought, that\u2019s what they always come back to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump threaded his speech with grievances related to his term in office and outlined his agenda for a second, including restrictions on gender-affirming care and transgender athletes, which drew some of the strongest applause from the room and was a recurrent theme in speeches at the four-day conference.<\/p>\n<p>While many top Republicans steered clear of the conference, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, a potential candidate, and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, who declared her candidacy last month, both spoke Friday and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:5;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/cpac-trump-pompeo-haley-2024-election-d12b8dba671169aebcb479c303cf3627\" data-ylk=\"slk:made shrouded critiques of Trump;cpos:5;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">made shrouded critiques of Trump<\/a>. Their refusal to call him out by name underscored the risks faced by challengers looking to offer an alternative in a party in which Trump remains the dominant force.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no one in that field I want as my president other than Donald J. Trump,\u201d said Waverly Woods, a Republican activist and marketer from Virginia Beach, Virginia, who said she likes DeSantis but that Trump has first claim on the hearts of many at the conference.<\/p>\n<p>That includes Woods\u2019 sometimes partner in local GOP races, Kim Shourds, whose car bears a \u201cTRUMP WON\u201d license plate.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis? She likes him, she said, but not enough. She wants the governor to sit down \u201cand let my man come in and run this country,\u201d Shourds said.<\/p>\n<p>But not everyone at CPAC was on board.<\/p>\n<p>E. Payne Kilbourn, a retired Navy submarine captain from Neavitt, Maryland, who now writes and advocates for carbon dioxide, said he was \u201cvery, very\u201d happy with Trump\u2019s presidency, but now thinks it\u2019s time for the party to move on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think Donald Trump\u2019s just too toxic for most of the country,\u201d said Kilbourn, 69, an independent who votes for Republicans in <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> elections and wishes Trump would \u201cbow out and just be the guy behind the scenes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Strategically, he sees DeSantis as better positioned to eventually win the White House.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think he would have a better chance of getting elected,\u201d he said.<\/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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