Conservative CNN commentator S.E. Cupp warned on Wednesday how former President Donald Trump might “weaponize” GOP infighting to learn him in his bid to change into the occasion’s candidate for the 2024 presidential election.
The “Unfiltered” host feared not one of the quite a few Republicans reportedly contemplating a presidential run — like former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, former Vice President Mike Pence and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — are actually poised to problem Trump, who declared his candidacy final yr.
Trump will “be a weaker candidate than he was in 2016 and 2020, for positive, however he solely wants a plurality to win the nomination,” stated Cupp, who has been a longtime critic of the previous president.
The infighting amongst candidates, within the Republican Nationwide Committee (over its management) and the Home GOP (over Kevin McCarthy’s speakership) “will solely be good for Trump, as he’ll weaponize it to reward loyalty,” she added.
Cupp urged it will be “very dangerous information” for the Republican Occasion, although.
“One other two years of jockeying for Trump’s affection and a possible Trump nomination will proceed to do what it has been for the previous six years, weakening the GOP to the purpose of utter uselessness,” she stated.