Trump ‘was talked out of announcing his 2024 bid’ during his Dr Oz campaign rally
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Donald Trump was killed during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania for Senate candidate Dr. Oz held back from announcing his 2024 presidential bid, a report suggests.
NBC News alleges that the former president was told by advisers to step down when he announced his White House intentions at the meeting where he attacked Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, calling him “DeSanctimonious” and bragging that he was in the beat polls.
His inner circle said it could distract from the Republican bid to take the House and Senate in Tuesday’s midterm sessions.
But a source told the outlet he is “itching” to announce his bid for a second term in office. DailyMail.com has reached out to a Trump spokesperson for comment.
Conservatives, including Mike Pompeo, have criticized Trump for his diatribe at DeSantis with just two days before millions of Americans go to the polls.
‘Not tired of winning. [Governor Ron DeSantis] you have proven that conservative policies work. Florida is better for it. Vote for [DeSantis]Pompeo tweeted.
At a campaign rally in Pennsylvania for Senate candidate Dr. Oz, Donald Trump was evicted from announcing his 2024 presidential bid, a report suggests.
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Rod Dreher, a senior editor at The American Conservative, called Trump an “idiot” for the attack.
“DeSantis is a much more effective leader on the right than Trump was, if you expect a leader to get a lot done instead of just talking about it and owning the libraries.”
Guy Benson, a City Hall editor, added: “If Desantis wins huge on Tuesday, it will be despite Trump — not because of him, as Trump will try to argue. Despite his instinctive, childish pettiness, he’s doing Ron a great favor.’
Axios reported last week that Trump plans to announce his campaign on November 14.
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Trump did the crowd Saturday night: I don’t want to do that now because I’d like to… I want the focus tonight on Dr. Oz and Doug Mastriano. Because we have to win, okay?’
Republicans are expected to turn a profit on Tuesday night, but the margin could determine Trump’s decision.
Popular Republican Governor DeSantis has resisted taking public shots at Trump, perhaps aware of how intertwined their bases are, but has not ruled out the possibility of challenging him in 2024.
His reluctance to do so has hurt Trump, who has widely taken credit for DeSantis’ rise to political stardom from just another House Republican to winning a close race for the Tallahassee mansion in 2018.
But more recently, DeSantis made a national name for himself with his vocal criticism of the Biden administration’s COVID-19 precautions and other attacks, as well as legislation targeting LGBTQ youth.
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Trump backs Senate candidate Dr. Oz, who is in an exciting race for the Pennsylvania Senate with Democrat John Fetterman
The vast majority of GOP voters’ polls in early 2024 have placed DeSantis right behind Trump in terms of who Republicans want as their next presidential candidate.
Trump has not yet formally stated that he plans to flee, but he has dropped several hints that make it clear where he is leaning.
“We’re winning big, big, big in the Republican Party for the nomination like no one has ever seen before,” the former president said Saturday night.
He asked to put poll numbers on the screen above him.
“There it is, Trump at 71, Ron DeSanctimonious at 10 percent,” Trump said derisively.
“Mike Pence at 7 o’clock, oh, Mike is doing better than I thought. Liz Cheney, she’s really not at 4 percent. There is no way. There is no way. But we’re at 71 to 10 to 7 to 4.’
Surprisingly, Mike Pompeo, Trump’s former Secretary of State and himself a potential candidate for 2024, was one of the first prominent Republicans to rush to DeSantis’ defense.
‘Not tired of winning. [Governor Ron DeSantis] you have proven that conservative policies work. Florida is better for it. Vote for [DeSantis].’
Trump’s inner circle has been eyeing Nov. 14 as the expected date when he will announce a third White House bid, Axios reported last week.
DeSantis, meanwhile, is making the closing pleas for his own reelection bid.
He is running for a second term in office against Charlie Crist, a House Democrat who previously ruled Florida from Tallahassee as a Republican.
Despite remaining taciturn about his presidential ambitions, DeSantis has amassed a massive $200 million war chest for his re-election bid in 2022 — a dazzling sum for a governor candidate.
His Sunday rallies are part of his “Don’t Tread on Florida” tour.
It has been seen going to Lee, Hillsborough and Sarasota counties to build voter support today.