Donald Trump in firm control of Republican Party, remains frontrunner for 2024
The HinduPublished : Oct 20, 2022 10:25 IST Despite all that has happened in the past two years following his drubbing at the polls, Donald Trump remains the frontrunner in the presidential sweepstakes of 2024 with the Republican Party firmly in his control. A recent poll revealed that more than 70 per cent of Republicans actually believe that the Democrats “stole” the last presidential election aided and abetted by the US’s powerful “deep state”. To add insult to injury, Trump described McConnell’s wife, Elaine Chao, who served as Transportation Secretary in his administration, as the “China-loving Coco Chow”. New York Attorney General’s lawsuit The Biden administration seems to have prioritised the “documents” case over that of the January 6 investigations. The “blue-collar white vote” that used to generally go to the Democrats until the time of the Barack Obama presidency is now firmly in Trump’s corner.