Never Trump Republicans still have about 5,000 ads to run featuring Republicans who say they cannot accept the fact that former President Donald Trump will be the Republican presidential nominee in the general election and cannot support the presumptive candidate. spending millions of dollars.
Trump was the undisputed front-runner and won each state throughout the Republican primary, but after Super Tuesday, when former Governor Nikki Haley (R-South Carolina) chose to withdraw from the race, estimates His position as a candidate has been solidified. , perhaps there is no viable path forward. Unlike other challengers such as Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.), she acknowledged that “Donald Trump will probably be the Republican.” Despite this, he did not officially support Trump. Candidates will be selected at the party convention in July. ”
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“I congratulate him and wish him the best. I wish whoever becomes president of the United States all the best,” he said, without endorsing Trump, instead calling “inside and outside the party.” It’s up to Donald Trump to capture the votes of people who didn’t support him.”
Republican presidential candidate and former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley walks past members of the media as she greets people near the Winnacunnet High School polling place in Hampton, N.H., on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Stephen Senne) )
But some Republicans have made it clear that they are not convinced, and have launched a national campaign to not only personally oppose it but also persuade other Republicans to remove the former president. Republican Voters Against Trump, a group led by Never Trumper Sarah Longwell, has raised $50 million to air ads featuring former Trump supporters explaining in a series of videos why they won’t support Trump in this election. spending dollars.
according to hill“Ads featuring testimonials from former Trump voters will be rolled out across television, streaming platforms, billboards, radio, and digital media,” in major states such as Michigan, Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. It will be aired in battleground states.
their website Features Dozens of videos of former Trump supporters explaining why they no longer support Trump.
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“These are people who once voted for Donald Trump. They supported him and his policies in the past. But now they are refusing to support him as a presidential candidate again. Trump. “Watch them explain in their own words why they will vote against their party to ensure he never holds office again,” the website says, and many individuals are making classic left-wing style criticisms, pointing to January 6th and denouncing what President Trump wants. Become an “authoritarian.”
Mr. Longwell appears to be ignoring the bigger picture and the potential impact this could have on the Republican Party defeating Biden and its policies this November. Said of new york times They claimed they were “not building a pro-Joe Biden coalition.”
“You are building an anti-Trump coalition,” she argued.
In a statement posted by hillLongwell seemed to brag about the impact this initiative has had in 2020 as well.
“Former Republicans and Republican-leaning voters hold the key to 2024, and to rebuild the anti-Trump coalition that made a difference in 2020, we need to reach them with trusted and empathetic messengers.” “It’s essential,” she said, adding, “This is an authorization structure that says, whatever their complaints about Joe Biden, Donald Trump is too dangerous and too inflexible to be president again.”
