Former Trump press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said on Wednesday that her former boss will have to wait until after the second round in Georgia next month to announce a presidential candidacy.
“I know there’s a temptation to talk about 2024 — no, no, no, no, no,” McEnany said in Wednesday’s issue of Outnumbered.
‘2022 is not over yet. Any Republican energy must go to bring the Biden agenda to a halt, and that could cut across the state of Georgia.”
Pressed by host Harris Faulkner when asked if that meant Trump delaying his reelection announcement, she said, “I think he should definitely pause it.”
McEnany also suggested that Trump should stay away from Georgia in the run-up to December 6.
When asked by Faulkner whether the former president should stumble into the Peach State, McEnany replied, “I think we need to make strategic calculations. Governor DeSantis, I think he should be welcome to the state, given what happened last night. You have to look at the reality on the ground.’
Georgia’s Senate race is expected to reach a runoff on Dec. 6 after neither candidate has crossed the 50 percent threshold, under the state’s electoral law. Incumbent Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock has a slight lead over Republican Herschel Walker.
At an election rally in Ohio for JD Vance, Trump turned the medium-term spotlight back on himself by revealing he would have a “major announcement” next week on Nov. 15.
Trump insiders said the former president planned to announce his run before the midterm elections. Many urged him to wait, partly to avoid turning the election into a referendum on him and partly to avoid blame if Republicans underperform on Tuesday.
Former Trump press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said on Wednesday that her former boss will have to wait until after the second round in Georgia next month to announce a presidential candidacy.
Urged by host Harris Faulkner whether Trump would delay his reelection announcement, she said: ‘I think he should definitely pause it’
“I know there’s a temptation to talk about 2024 — no, no, no, no, no,” McEnany said in Wednesday’s edition of Outnumbered.
But the former president was eager to piggyback on the expected GOP momentum. But that excitement has abated, as conservatives perform below expectations. Many are now blaming Trump for putting unelectable candidates to the fore in primaries and putting him and his claims of voter fraud above sympathy and policy proposals.
On Wednesday, Trump acknowledged Tuesday’s results were “disappointing” for Republicans, but considered them a victory for himself.
“While yesterday’s election was somewhat disappointing, from my personal point of view it was a very big win – 219 WINS and 16 losses in the General – Who has ever done better than that?
Trump shot Walker to the front of the primaries by backing him even as he attacked Georgia’s GOP government Brian Kemp and Sec. of State Brad Raffensperger for failing to follow his allegations of voter fraud. Both Kemp and Raffensperger won by a comfortable lead over their opponents, suggesting that a large number of ticket splitters couldn’t bring themselves to vote for Trump-backed Walker.
Some Republicans are now chasing a new leader for their party, and all eyes, including McEnany’s, are now on Florida. Gov. Ron DeSantis after his successful reelection bid.
“This was the best case I’ve heard anyone make for the GOP in a long time,” Florida resident McEnany said of DeSantis’ victory speech on Fox.
‘[Trump] will make that decision, he will make his own decision,” McEnany said. “When I advise a contender, DeSantis, Trump, whoever, no one is announcing 2024 until we get through December 6.”
Meanwhile, Senator Ron Johnson won his Democratic rival Mandela Barnes in Wisconsin, as all the major news outlets called the race Wednesday afternoon. Now the Senate hangs on a balance of 48-48. Alaska is sure to take a GOP win — though ranked choice vote there pits incumbent Senator Lisa Murkowski against Trump-backed challenger Kelly Tshibaka.
Arizona leans toward Democrats, though the race is still too close to mention, while Nevada leans in favor of Republican Adam Laxalt. If trends continue, the fate of the top chamber will be on the line after another excruciating month of campaigning for the second round in Georgia.
Control of the House of Representatives was also at stake in the early hours of Wednesday morning, after the Democrats performed better than expected. Many House races have not yet been declared, but the Republicans are ahead 203-174.
In Pennsylvania, Trump-backed Dr. Mehmet Oz’s current Republican Senate seat to Democratic Lt. gov. John Fetterman.
According to Maggie Haberman of The New York Times, who recently released a scathing biography of Trump, the former president is particularly “furious” that Oz lost — and “blames his wife” for advising him to support him. They are shown yesterday leaving a polling station in Palm Beach
It was said this morning that Trump was “furious” and “yelling at everyone” after Republicans’ lackluster performance in midterms — and there are even rumors that he’s blaming his wife Melania for advising the defeated Pennsylvania candidate. , dr. Mehmet Oz, to support.
“Trump is indeed furious this morning, especially over Mehmet Oz, blaming everyone who advised him to support Oz, including his wife, and describing it as not her best decision, according to people close to him,” York Times reporter Maggie Haberman tweeted.
She continued: “There are people urging Trump to reschedule his announcement next week, and several R’s have texted whether he will, but it’s risky and would admit he was injured yesterday, something that some of his advisers maintain that this is not the case. ‘
CNN’s Jim Acosta quotes an unnamed adviser as saying the president is “mad” today and “yelling at everyone” after last night’s disappointing Republican results.
Taylor Budowich, Trump’s spokesperson, told DailyMail.com that such messages this morning were “completely fake.”
Acosta quotes an unnamed adviser as saying he is “yelling at everyone” today.
He also took credit for Ron DeSantis’ win in 2018, saying he “wouldn’t be a factor” in the race before being cleared.
“He couldn’t even play a part in the race. And in moments the race was over.
‘I got him the nomination. He didn’t get it. I got it, because the moment I made that approval, he understood.’
Georgia’s lieutenant governor Duncan said Republicans would have had more success with a different pool of candidates.
“It turns out Mitch McConnell knew what he was talking about with the quality of candidates,” he said, referring to McConnell’s prediction in August that poor quality would affect the outcome.
“If they’d just woken up 12 months ago and stopped taking his leadership and taking charge of what really Republican, really conservative policies meant and mattered, we’d be in a different situation.
“I wouldn’t want to be the one to give him the news last night or this morning about the results of the candidates they supported and what they were putting money into, it’s time to turn the page.
‘I’m ready to move on. Who knows. Donald Trump is now moving from a movement to a distraction for the Republican Party.
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