Republicans hoping for a 2024 standard-bearer other than Trump worry that it may be too late.
Former President Donald Trump arrives to speak at the Moms for Liberty meeting in Philadelphia on June 30.CHARLESTON, S.C. — This state could be the last dam holding back Donald Trump from bulldozing his way to his third Republican presidential nomination — yet so far, not a single rival campaign or their related super PACs have devoted significant advertising dollars to explicitly attacking him.
Five months out from the primary here, the anti-Trump effort is fragmented and weakened as no other Republican presidential candidate is able to even come close to the former president in the polls, despite his legal troubles. But so far, the organization has spent just $6 million, according to data from the ad-tracking firm AdImpact.
“The best thing for the country would be to have a president in 2025 who represents a new chapter,” wrote Emily Seidel, a senior AFP adviser, in aat the time. “The American people have shown that they’re ready to move on, and so AFP will help them do that.” A spokesman for the group pushed back on suggestions that it’s not committed to the cause to help elevate a conservative alternative to Trump and argued that focusing on Republicans’ concerns about Trump’s ability to beat Biden is the most effective line of messaging. The group has a new ad calling the chaos around Trump ““We continue to find that Trump’s support is soft — he is the weakest candidate against Joe Biden, and a significant number of his supporters are open to an alternative.
Shiree Verdone was once the campaign manager for the late Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., as well as the finance chair for Trump’s 2016 and 2020 campaigns in Arizona.
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