The editorial board of The National Review is rejecting former President Trump as a candidate for the Republican nomination for president in 2024.
“A bruised Donald Trump announced a new presidential bid on Tuesday night, an invitation to double down on the outrages and failures of the last several years that Republicans should reject without hesitation or doubt,” reads the editorial from the conservative magazine, published minutes after Trump announced his candidacy and simply titled “No.”
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“Trump’s success in imposing his fixations and candidate choices on the GOP played a large role in the GOP debacle in the midterms. This political backdrop raises the possibility that his low-energy announcement speech may be a damp squib,” the National Review’s editorial board wrote, adding, “it’s too early to know what the rest of the field will look like, except it will offer much better alternatives than Trump.”
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National Review on Trump in 2024: "No" https://t.co/iP2wUuMqzE pic.twitter.com/hqSwRFjKVl
— The Hill (@thehill) November 17, 2022
Concur! But you'd think an outlet that went from No to Yes to Maybe back to No would have a little more humility about whether their position is mistakable. https://t.co/qRfa4kHFWD
— Tim Miller (@Timodc) November 16, 2022
Within weeks they’ll either break for him or identify their real enemy of democracy, the actual proximate threat to the country: anti-trump conservatives. https://t.co/nc7XkHB4vP
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) November 16, 2022
1/ Don't worry, gentry conservatives. We get it.
You're writing "No" now but soon enough you'll write "While we have deep reservations about Donald Trump, Joe Biden is a socialist Marxist antifa Soros dupe and while Trump's tweets are terrible, his polices…
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) November 16, 2022
3/ …group of dangerous radical activists who make the Commies, the Nazis, and Al Qaeda pale in comparison. No, the danger is not Trump, but anti-Trump conservatives.
We must therefore grudgingly endorse Donald Trump, praise be upon him."
You know I'm right.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) November 16, 2022
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