
(DailyVantage.com) – Trump’s political allies in the Senate are advocating for the former president, causing skeptical Republican senators to consider supporting Trump’s presidential bid. Trump’s supporters claim the former president will be the Republican presidential nominee, explicitly referring to Trump’s phenomenal lead in polls and saying that the Republican Party needs to rally behind him as the future candidate.
Trump’s allies also refer to the ongoing impeachment efforts within the House of Representatives, which could remove President Biden from office if successful, however unlikely. Trump famously advocated for an impeachment inquiry into President Biden, but moderate Republicans initially refused to support impeachment. After Trump’s growth in popularity and his strong lead against other Republican candidates like Ron DeSantis or Nikki Haley, moderate Republicans are expressing more support for the impeachment inquiry and Trump’s presidential bid.
Despite Trump’s popularity when the presidential campaign season began, certain Republican lawmakers believed other candidates could challenge the former president. Ron DeSantis initially received support from other Republican members of Congress but failed to maintain momentum after multiple controversies, some of which caused his campaign to lose influential political donors. So far, no Republican candidate besides Trump is above ten percent in the polls. With only months before the primary season, it seems inevitable that Trump will be the Republican candidate.
According to Republican Senator Roger Marshall, the Republican Party needs to support Trump and officially nominate him as the party’s presidential candidate. Marshall claims that other candidates, like DeSantis, Haley, and Ramaswamy, all had their chance and failed to surpass Trump in the polls. Marshall also believes the variety of candidates for the Republican Party only weakens the party due to infighting amongst candidates and their allies.
Marshall officially endorsed Trump, making him Trump’s 13th endorsement from the United States Senate. Another senator who supported Trump, Mike Braun, claims no pathway exists for other presidential candidates. According to Braun, any Republicans who don’t support Trump’s re-election bid support President Biden’s presidential campaign.
Trump is also receiving support from influential members of Congress, like the Speaker of the House, Representative Mike Johnson, who supported the impeachment effort against President Biden. Trump’s support within both congressional bodies will likely increase in the coming weeks due to his commanding lead over other Republican presidential candidates.
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