Barreling toward an expected presidential campaign announcement, former President Donald Trump is worrying Republicans who fear his rampage could shake up a delicate Senate runoff in Georgia.
With his midterm record under fire, Trump has been lashing out at aides privately and publicly condemning anyone he sees as a rival. Fearful of getting drawn into the fray, some allies have been steering clear of Mar-a-Lago, avoiding social events by pretending to be out of town, a Republican source told the Washington Examiner.
On Friday, the former president targeted Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, another Republican whose battleground win has placed him among the ranks of GOP politicos seen as potential presidential rivals. “He’s going to announce and probably destroy Walker’s chances in Georgia,” a former Republican White House official said.
Yet aides have publicly described Trump as unmoved by guidance urging him to delay next week’s expected presidential announcement until a final election count. The former president has long weathered frustrations around his fundraising and spending. And despite rippling accounts of voters turning their backs on Trump, it still isn’t clear whether the swell of opprobrium coursing through the strategist, donor, and media class is enough to dislodge the former president’s grip on what has been an immovable portion of the base.
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