During a very brief press conference this week, uh, Senate minority leader, Mitch McConnell
basically sent a very clear message to Donald Trump, letting him know that you do not under
any circumstances have the 20, 24 Republican presidential nomination on lockdown because
Mitch McConnell said, and I quote, I think we're going to have a crowded field for president.
I assume that most of that will unfold later and people will be picking their candidates
during a crowded primary field.
Now this is of course, a stark departure from many other Republicans who have blatantly
said, if Trump wants the nomination, it is his right.
No questions about it.
If he runs, we're gonna give him the nomination.
End of story.
And now you have, who is arguably the most powerful Republican in the country, Mitch
McConnell coming out and saying, we're gonna have a lot of people.
There's gonna be tons of candidates.
So many candidates, you get sick of them.
Folks.
It's gotta be crowded.
I don't think we would've seen a comment like this from Mitch McConnell three months ago,
certainly not six months ago earlier this week, former ambassador, Nikki Haley posted
something on Twitter about president Biden's, you know, Iran deal, trying to get Iran back
in the, uh, nuclear deal.
And she said that this deal will be torn up by the next president on her first day in
office.
So Nikki Haley this week, hinting at a presidential run, something a lot of us have already been
speculating about over the last year.
Ron DeSantis is now the front runner for the Republican party.
He is beating Trump in nationwide polls.
Now you've got Josh Holly, you've got Tom cotton.
You've got Chris Christie.
All of those people have been making trips to early primary states, Iowa, New Hampshire.
They've been attending events that are typically only attended by people who intend to run
for president.
Donald Trump is guaranteed.
Nothing.
Republicans came out this week, you know, uh, from Congress praising Mike Pence, basically
calling him the hero of January 6th, clearing the way from Mike Pence to enter the fold.
I don't think at this point, if you put a bunch of candidates up on that stage, that
Donald Trump has any chance whatsoever of securing that nomination.
And I think that's what Mitch McConnell wants, right?
Mitch McConnell was never a huge fan of Donald Trump.
And if he can get him out of the party, then that's great for him bad for America.
Because unfortunately, most of those Republicans I mentioned are basically just a different
version of Donald Trump.
Ron DeSantis is no different.
I mean, talking about policy, the guys are exactly the same, except DeSantis might be
even a little bit more extreme.
Chris Christie comes
Across as a moderate Republican these days, but there's nothing moderate about this guy.
He's corrupt to the core.
And he believes in all of these horrible Republican policies that we see popping up all over the
country, Josh Holly, Tom cotton, same thing, except these guys might push us into even
more international conflicts.
Let's not forget about Ted Cruz still floating around out there.
Nikki Haley is basically a little miniature Trump.
All of these people are absolutely God awful terrible, but they may also be the only chance
of getting Donald Trump from not getting into the white house.
And the danger of course of Trump getting into the white house is not only how bad he
was previously, but because this would be the revenge administration, we would have
four years possibly more, cuz God only knows what the man would do of him using his power
to take out his political enemies here in the United States.
The other folks, I don't believe they would do it.
At least not to the extent that Donald Trump would, but Mitch McConnell sent a clear message
to Donald Trump.
You don't have this on lockdown.
The polls are showing you don't have it on lockdown.
This is not guaranteed to you by any stretch of the imagination.
You're gonna have to fight for it if you want it.
And you're gonna have to let the voters decide.
And I don't think at this point with how bruised up Donald Trump is from the January 6th hearings
that the voters are gonna ask for four more years at this point,