As buzz continues to build around Trump’s looming 2024 announcement some Republicans are already trying to burst his bubble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite the obvious excitement surrounding Trump’s long-awaited presidential campaign announcement the Republican is already facing hurdles on the path to 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trump, who is already facing various legal challenges, will be effectively cut off from the Republican National Committee if he declares his candidacy committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel told The Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Last year, the RNC admitted it was paying for legal fees \u201cthat relate to politically motivated legal proceedings waged against President Trump” and in recent months the committee has funded Trump\u2019s defense against probes launched by Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr. (D) and New York Attorney General Letitia James (D).<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe cannot pay legal bills for any candidate that\u2019s announced. So these are bills that came from the Letitia James lawsuit that started while he was president,\u201d McDaniel said. \u201cIt was voted on by our executive committee for our former president, that this was a politically motivated investigation and that\u2019s what it\u2019s been.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBut we cannot do in kind contributions to any candidate right now. He\u2019s the former president being attacked from every which way with lawsuits, and he\u2019s certainly raised more under the RNC than we\u2019ve spent on these bills,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Advisers in Trump’s inner circle have indicated the announcement could come as soon as November 14th but some conservatives say it shouldn’t come as any shock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) said on Sunday that Trump’s upcoming announcement doesn’t surprise him, according to The Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLike, why should anybody be surprised,\u201d Christie said, adding, \u201cWhen something happens that you anticipated happening, it doesn\u2019t make any difference.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHe\u2019s going to run. Everyone always knew he was going to run. He can\u2019t miss the attention any more than he does, and he\u2019s going to run,\u201d the former governor added. \u201cNow we\u2019ll see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, reports began to swirl on Monday that Trump couls make his annoucenment during tonight’s rally in Ohio. Axios\u00a0<\/em>reporter Jonathan Swan was the first to report that Trump could move up the announcement date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Based calls\/texts all morning, Trump\/Vance rally in Ohio will be v closely watched by Rs. Speculation has reached a point of absurdity at this point but many Rs of varying degrees of closeness to Trump are anticipating accelerated announcement based on his recent private comments,” Swan tweeted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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