Republican Senator Pat Toomey said Trump’s chances of winning the party’s 2024 presidential nomination are “much less” after the committee’s hearing on January 6.


Republican Senator Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania at Trump and the White House in February 2018.

Republican Senator Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania at the White House with President Donald Trump in February 2018.AP Photo / Evan Vucci

  • Senator Pat Toomey suggested that the Commission’s hearing on January 6 hurt Trump even among Republicans.

  • A retired senator said Trump’s grip on the 2024 nomination is now “much leaner.”

  • “I think we have stronger candidates,” Toomy said, suggesting that Trump was weak.

Pennsylvania Republican Senator Pat Toomey on Thursday Hearing Even among the Republicans, former President Donald Trump has been politically hurt by the House of Commons Election Commission investigating January 6, 2021.

At the end of Extensive interview with Bloomberg Focused on Supreme Court ruling on Environmental Protection Agency And the Federal Reserve Approach to tackle inflationA retired lawmaker was asked if he believed that a hearing would prevent Trump from seeking a second term as president in 2024.

“I don’t know if that means that, that is, I can decide if he will run,” he said. One of the seven Republican Senators who voted for Trump’s conviction On suspicion of incitement to riots after the riots in the Houses of Parliament.

“Look, I think he was disqualified from public office because of his post-election behavior, especially until January 6th,” Toumi said. “I think the revelation from this committee is paving his way to make even Republican nominations much thinner.”

Most recently, the Commission received testimony from Cassidy Hutchinson, a former White House staff member who testified to the Trump. I knew the January 6th National Mall crowd was armed,He Tends to throw plates and turn tablecloths overWhat he tried Grab the handle of his president’s limousine When he was not taken to the Capitol on the day of the riot, and both Mark Meadows and Rudy Giuliani were informed. Asked Trump for a pardon On the last day of his administration.

A member of the former president’s inner circle told insiders Hutchinson’s testimony was “arguably the most abominable day” of the entire hearing, and her claim was “really difficult to dismiss.”

Toomey further suggested that the former president, who is believed to be in favor of the 2024 nomination, is a weak candidate, with the majority of the party still indisputable leaders.

“You know, never say-and he decides whether to throw his hat into the ring-but I think we have stronger candidates,” Toomey said.

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