Kellyanne Conway, the former campaign manager, thanked the former president for “not getting in the way of the midterm candidates.”
According to Kellyanne Conway, Donald Trump’s former campaign manager and strategist, he is likely to declare his candidacy for president in 2024 “soon.”
Conway claimed during a breakfast event in Washington that Trump’s delay in announcing his candidacy was intended to give Republicans time to campaign for next week’s midterm elections.
“I give him a ton of credit for not announcing this year, for not stepping in the way of the midterm candidates,” she said, claiming that “a lot of people around” Trump may have been pushing him to declare his candidacy.
“I think you can expect him to announce soon,” Conway added.
.@zac_weisz: "When will Trump announce his 2024 presidential bid?"
Kellyanne Conway (@KellyannePolls): "I give him a ton of credit for not announcing this year, for not stepping in the way of midterm candidates…I think you can expect him to announce soon." pic.twitter.com/meAxNS8h9E
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Trump has spent the year supporting Republican candidates, getting involved in primaries to support candidates that support his “America First” brand of populism. Trump believes that President Joe Biden’s election in 2020 was illegitimate. Trump has scheduled campaign-style rallies in the pivotal states of Iowa, Pennsylvania, Florida, and Ohio as the midterm elections get closer.
Donald Trump has never stopped campaigning,” Conway said. “As he would say: wait and see.”
Trump himself has repeatedly dropped hints that he intends to run for office again, telling supporters that they will “be very happy” with his decision. “I ran twice. I won twice…I will probably have to do it again,” he said at a rally in Texas last month.
Three of Trump’s former advisors told Reuters that they anticipate an announcement soon after the midterm elections, which coincided with Conway’s statement. Trump would enter the race between the midterms and Thanksgiving, which is on November 24, according to one of these aides.
Real Clear Politics’ average of 17 surveys shows that Republicans are ahead of Democrats by three points going into the midterm elections. According to recent polling, Trump and Biden are typically within six points of one another in 2024. According to a Wall Street Journal poll released on Tuesday, the two were tied at 46%.
