Senator Bill Cassidy advised Donald Trump not to get the Republican nomination and not to run, because he thinks Trump would lose to Joe Biden.
If Trump had the Republican Party's best interests at heart, he wouldn't have even thought about running again. The Trump-backed candidates got beat bad in 2022, largely because they were Trump-backed candidates. Even given the GOP Electoral College advantage, it sure is hard to see sufficient independents in swing states switching back to Trump to beat Biden, especially given the clear importance of abortion rights to women and climate change to young voters.
So I think it's good advice. Trump won't take it. The question is, will GOP voters sense Trump's vulnerability as the legal cases go forward, and abandon ship? It doesn't seem like it now, but if signs of weakness appear -- or if a couple of those close to him fold and talk, perhaps Mark Meadows or John Eastman -- then there could be a sudden rush to the lifeboats.
"Cassidy appeared on CNN's State of the Union and said he believed the federal case against Trump's mishandling of classified documents was 'almost a slam dunk' and he didn't believe 'Americans will vote for someone who's been convicted.'
The Louisiana lawmaker was then asked by the network's Kasie Hunt if Trump should drop out of the race and answered in the affirmative.
'I think so. But, obviously, that's up to him,' Cassidy replied. 'I mean, you're just asking me my opinion. But he will lose to Joe Biden, if you look at the current polls.'
Cassidy has been critical of Trump before and was one of the seven GOP senators to split with his party and vote to convict the ex-president when he was impeached for inciting an insurrection."
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