Former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley is expected to declare next week. Meanwhile, GOP governors Chris Sununu and Brian Kemp are now also reportedly in the mix.
As Donald Trump baits Governor Ron DeSantis into a dirty—albeit still unofficial—primary battle, a few lesser-known presidential prospects have begun to quietly build out their political operations, adding to what could become a crowded field of candidates who might split the vote in Trump’s favor.
himself as a “Trump guy through and through,” has also joined the former president in taking shots at DeSantis.Politico on Thursday. “I’m number one in personal freedoms. Sorry, Ron, you’re number two.” He went on to boast about his progun record. “I would challenge anyone on Second Amendment rights,” he said, adding that New Hampshire has “far and away the best [firearm laws] because we believe in those individual freedoms.
Sununu is not the only Republican governor to start nationalizing his brand in recent weeks. Georgia’s Brian Kemp—who won his gubernatorial reelection last year despite Trump’s best efforts to have him unseated—has hired two veteran Republican fundraisers to work for his political action committee, according to a Thursday
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