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Former AG William Barr said it would be a “big mistake” for Trump to become a Republican candidate in 2024.
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“I don’t think he should be our candidate, the Republican candidate,” Barr told Newsmax.
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Since Bar’s memoirs were released in March, Bar and Trump have collided with each other.
Former Justice Secretary William Barr said this week he thought he would make a “big mistake” if the Republicans chose Donald Trump as presidential candidate for 2024.
The bar made a statement inside Appeared on Thursday at Newsmax’s show “Spicer & Co.”. He told host Sean Spicer, a member of the Trump administration, that he thought Trump shouldn’t get on the Republican 2024 ticket.
“I don’t think he should be our candidate, the Republican candidate,” Barr said. “And I think the Republicans have a big chance. It would be a big mistake to bring him forward.”
Trump has not officially declared his candidacy for president in 2024, but has dropped key hints on doing so.For example, in January he Called himself the “45th and 47th” president In a video taken by a golf companion.
Senior Republican lawmakers like Lindsey Graham also supported Trump’s potential candidacy in 2024.Graham Said in February Trump had a “big chance” to become president in 2024, and the Republican ticket spot was “his nomination.”
Bar and Trump have a particularly tense relationship After rocking during the last few months of the Trump administration..
In March, the bar said “Damn one after another“He argued Allegations of Trump’s fraudulent voting in the 2020 elections, Written by: “The election was not” stolen. ” Trump lost it. “
During an interview with NBC In March, the bar said Trump never had a “good idea” about what the role of the president or the Justice Ministry was..
In response to the bar’s claim, Trump He published a letter calling him “slow,” “lethargic,” and “great disappointment.”
The letter started a feud between the two Barr called Trump “childish” and accused the former president of throwing a “tantram.”
In March, Bar also repeatedly said Trump. Trump was not his “president’s idea.” To Another NBC lookBar said Working with Trump was like “fighting a crocodile.”“And the former president liked to be” surrounded by the men of Jesus. “
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