Donald Trump kicks off 2024 US elections bid with events in early voting states
The HinduFormer President Donald Trump is set to kick off his 2024 White House bid on January 28 with visits to a pair of early-voting states, his first campaign events since launching his bid more than two months ago. Mr. Trump will be the keynote speaker at the New Hampshire GOP's annual meeting before travelling to Columbia, South Carolina, where he is set to unveil his leadership team at the Statehouse. While Mr. Trump remains the only declared 2024 presidential candidate, a host of potential challengers, including Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, former Vice President Mike Pence, and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, who served as Trump's ambassador to the United Nations, are widely expected to launch campaigns in the coming months. He added, “I would 100% take a Donald Trump over Joe Biden.” Conservatives express concern over abortion comments Dave Wilson, president of conservative Christian nonprofit Palmetto Family, said some conservative voters may have concerns over Mr. Trump's recent comments that Republicans who opposed abortion without exceptions had cost the party critical wins in the 2022 midterm elections. Nothing is taken for granted.” Acknowledging that Mr. Trump “did some phenomenal things when he was president,” like securing a conservative U.S. Supreme Court majority, Mr. Wilson said South Carolina's GOP voters may be seeking “a candidate who can be the standard-bearer not only for now but to build ongoing momentum across America for conservatism for the next few decades.” But Gerri McDaniel, who worked on Mr. Trump's 2016 campaign and will be attending Saturday's event, rejected the idea that voters were ready to move on from the former President.