The former American president donald trump (2017-2021) has already achieved the electoral support of the Republican leadership in the Low camera, after the “number 3” of the party in that chamber, Tom Emmer, gave him his support this Wednesday.
“Democrats have made it clear that they are going to use every tool at their disposal to try to keep Joe Biden and their failed policies in power. We can’t afford it. “It’s time for Republicans to unite around our party’s clear favorite,” Emmer said in a statement, stressing that that is why he is “proud” of betting on Trump.
The former president leads the polls in the Republican primaries for the presidential elections next November.
According to the average of polls prepared by the FiveThirtyEight website, he surpasses the other two main candidates, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, by a wide margin. (11.3%) and former US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley (11.3%)from whom he scores 50 percentage points.
Emmer’s support adds to that already granted by the president of the Lower House, Mike Johnson; its majority leader, Steve Scalise, and Elise Stefanik, president of the Republican Conference, the body in charge of electing the Republican leadership or approving the development of the communication strategy, among others.
Likewise, it also has the support of the chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, Richard Hudson.
The Hill website recalled this Wednesday that although Emmer stated last year that he was not going to support any candidate, he ended up deciding after Scalise gave his confidence to Trump on Tuesday and that he was the only one in the Republican leadership not to vote. have spoken out.
When Emmer ran in 2023 to succeed Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House, Trump himself warned that voting for him would be a “tragic mistake.”
Trump has gained their support less than two weeks before the Republican Party primary process begins on January 15 with the Iowa caucuses, which have traditionally served as a starting point to measure the support of each candidate along the way. towards the White House.
Source: Gestion
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