Florida Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz wrote in an op-ed Wednesday that only former President Donald Trump can carry the America First agenda forward in 2024.
gave a full-throated endorsement of former President Donald Trump for the 2024 GOP nomination on Wednesday as other conservatives blamed the ex-president for the Republican Party's middling performance in the midterm elections. after several of his endorsed candidates lost their races Tuesday, Gaetz wrote in a Daily Caller op-ed that a Trump 2024 run is"necessary" to"continue to disrupt and serve the people against the Swamp.
"The job President Trump started was not finished. Only Trump can be trusted to enact the ‘America First’ agenda he ran on in 2016. We won’t accept any imitation," Gaetz wrote. President Donald Trump, accompanied by Rep. Matt Gaetz, arrives for Game 5 of the World Series between the Houston Astros and the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park in Washington, Oct. 27, 2019.
The Freedom Caucus lawmaker called out GOP establishment figures like former House Speaker Paul Ryan and billionaire mega-donor Ken Griffin, who have each said they would support Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis if he runs in the 2024 presidential primary.
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