Republicans Will Lose House in 2024, GOP Strategist Predicts
Aug 5, 2023 12:40:17 GMT -5
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Ed Rollins is a veteran GOP consultant with a long history of working with major presidential campaigns, going all the way back to Ronald Reagan's reelection efforts in 1984. More recently, he co-chaired Donald Trump's Great America political action committee (PAC), before pivoting away from the former president and helping to launch the Ready for Ron PAC, a group dedicated to the presidential campaign of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
However, with the governor's campaign seeming to stagnate amid doubts about his viability as a national candidate, Rollins's enthusiasm for DeSantis and Republican odds next year, in general, appear to be tumbling. Speaking with Rolling Stone for a piece published on Sunday, Rollins confirmed that he is no longer involved in pro-DeSantis efforts and, in an extended quote shared to Twitter by reporter Asawin Suebsaeng, admitted that Trump will likely become the 2024 Republican nominee for president. With Trump once again in that position, he also predicted a second term for President Joe Biden and that the GOP might lose its slim majority in the House of Representatives. Read more
However, with the governor's campaign seeming to stagnate amid doubts about his viability as a national candidate, Rollins's enthusiasm for DeSantis and Republican odds next year, in general, appear to be tumbling. Speaking with Rolling Stone for a piece published on Sunday, Rollins confirmed that he is no longer involved in pro-DeSantis efforts and, in an extended quote shared to Twitter by reporter Asawin Suebsaeng, admitted that Trump will likely become the 2024 Republican nominee for president. With Trump once again in that position, he also predicted a second term for President Joe Biden and that the GOP might lose its slim majority in the House of Representatives. Read more
