{"id":1804,"date":"2023-01-16T16:18:56","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T16:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=1804"},"modified":"2023-01-16T16:18:56","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T16:18:56","slug":"gop-governor-stops-short-of-endorsing-donald-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/news\/gop-governor-stops-short-of-endorsing-donald-trump\/njackson\/2023\/01\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Governor Stops Short of Endorsing Donald Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Despite Donald Trump’s early entrance to the 2024 presidential campaign, some Republicans are dedicated to taking the “wait and see” approach to the next election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who also previously served as Trump’s press secretary, told Fox News’s Shannon Bream that she isn’t focused on 2024 yet and declined to endorse her old boss publicly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to The Daily Wire<\/a>, Bream asked the newly sworn-in governor, \u201cYour bio, on your official page as Governor, describes you as a \u2018trusted confidant of President Trump. Have you talked to him about his \u201924 run? Will you endorse him in that?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI love the president, have a great relationship with him,\u201d Sanders responded. \u201cI know our country would be infinitely better off if he was in office right now instead of Joe Biden. But right now, my focus isn\u2019t 2024. It\u2019s focusing here in Arkansas and doing what we can to empower the people of this state, and make sure that I\u2019m delivering on the promises that I laid out over the course of the last two years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy focus isn\u2019t on 2024,\u201d Sanders answered. \u201cIt\u2019s on what we can deliver in this legislative session. I\u2019m not going to set an arbitrary timeline. I\u2019m not really focused on that at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Bream also pressed Sanders on her own ambitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI feel the pressure of delivering this legislative session,\u201d Sanders said. \u201cThat\u2019s the only thing that our team, and that I am focused on, is delivering on what we laid out to do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sander’s refusal to outwardly endorse Trump underscores speculation that Republicans are preparing to steer away from the former president and support another candidate in the 2024 election. Numerous polls have reported Trump trailing behind other potential contenders such as Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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