After a disappointing election night, Republicans are advising Trump to delay next week’s “very big announcement” until after the Senate runoff in Georgia.
by aides and Republican leaders to stop him from announcing his candidacy on Monday night, on the eve of the election. Instead, Trump said he would make an announcement next Tuesday.But the election returns so far have failed to add up to the blowout Trump was hoping to capitalize on, and he gave only brief, subdued remarks Tuesday night from a watch party at Mar-a-Lago, in the path of a hurricane and subject to an evacuation order.
People who’ve worked with DeSantis say gaming out his moves is difficult because he keeps decision-making to himself, his wife and his chief of staff. A longtime legislative aide in Tallahassee said Tuesday’s results showed that DeSantis is a viable alternative to Trump, but that may not matter if Trump barrels ahead anyway.
On Wednesday Trump, marooned at his closed oceanfront club as the hurricane came ashore in Palm Beach and his advisers scrambled to go home, resumed the swipes, posting to his Truth Social website that he won more votes in Florida in 2020 than DeSantis did on Tuesday. In percentage terms, DeSantis won by about 20 points, whereas Trump carried the state by less than 4 points, and ran in a presidential year with higher turnout.
The close adviser said Trump thinks he’s getting blamed for Republicans’ underperformance without ever get any credit for boosting candidates. In an interview posted ahead of the results on Tuesday with the network NewsNation, Trump said, “Well, I think if they win, I should get all the credit. If they lose, I should not be blamed at all.”Many Republicans are especially sensitive about Trump in Georgia because they blame his fraud claims for suppressing turnout in the 2021 Senate runoffs.
Races that have yet to be called in Arizona and Nevada will determine whether the Georgia runoff decides control of the Senate or pads either party’s majority. Even if Republicans eke out victories in those races, Tuesday’s split-screen between Trump and DeSantis is leading many Republicans to blame Trump and his endorsed candidates, with their allegiance to his election denial, for dragging down Republican prospects.
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