The “Who is running in 2024?” tea leaves thread

[Mr. Morden]

Biden is a 2T Prez.

Do you mean 2 term or $2 trillion?

[President Johnson]

Biden is a 2T Prez.

Do you mean 2 term or $2 trillion?

How about both?

[Not Me, Us]

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2021/04/20/nikki-haley-scouts-a-2024-partner-492527

Apparently, Nikki Haley met with Francis Suarez, the mayor of Miami and is openly considering him for a running mate. He'd be a strange choice, but not a bad one, I suppose.

[Utah Neolib]

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2021/04/20/nikki-haley-scouts-a-2024-partner-492527

Apparently, Nikki Haley met with Francis Suarez, the mayor of Miami and is openly considering him for a running mate. He'd be a strange choice, but not a bad one, I suppose.

Interesting that she’d be looking for a running mate this far out

[Mr. Morden]

Hannity asked Trump about 2024:

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/trump-claims-beyond-seriously-thinking-055431723.html

“Are you running again in 2024?” Hannity asked. “What are the odds?” “First of all, it’s a long time,” Trump replied. “The odds, the odds. What are the odds?” Then, after a brief tangent, Trump added, “I say this: I am looking at it very seriously, beyond seriously. From a legal standpoint, I don’t want to really talk about it yet. It’s a little too soon.”

[Roll Roons]

As I've said, I'll believe a Trump run when I see it. I feel like he'll keep teasing but never actually get in.

[beesley]

As I've said, I'll believe a Trump run when I see it. I feel like he'll keep teasing but never actually get in.

Why give up people giving you their money now when you can do it in 2024?

[tosk]

https://www.axios.com/chris-christie-2024-presidential-election-4eac5391-8239-4a92-93e1-4f0fb5b367ab.html

Christies allies expect him to run.

He's very clearly floating the balloon. I do wonder what he would determine his path to be. He could try a redux of his 2016 campaign but I really think he'd have to mix things up to stage a comeback. He wouldn't be the first shocker of a comeback though.

[Holy Unifying Centrist]

https://www.axios.com/chris-christie-2024-presidential-election-4eac5391-8239-4a92-93e1-4f0fb5b367ab.html

Christies allies expect him to run.

He's very clearly floating the balloon. I do wonder what he would determine his path to be. He could try a redux of his 2016 campaign but I really think he'd have to mix things up to stage a comeback. He wouldn't be the first shocker of a comeback though.

I like Chris Christie, but he really should lose weight before he runs again. How are you supposed to run a tough, spirited campaign if you're so heavy? Not to mention the optics. He would have a lot more energy and be far more healthy if he lost 50+ lbs.

[brucejoel99]

https://www.axios.com/chris-christie-2024-presidential-election-4eac5391-8239-4a92-93e1-4f0fb5b367ab.html

Christies allies expect him to run.

He's very clearly floating the balloon. I do wonder what he would determine his path to be. He could try a redux of his 2016 campaign but I really think he'd have to mix things up to stage a comeback. He wouldn't be the first shocker of a comeback though.

It's gonna be quite enjoyable to watch him waste his time & morons' money.

[Mr. Morden]

https://www.axios.com/chris-christie-2024-presidential-election-4eac5391-8239-4a92-93e1-4f0fb5b367ab.html

In terms of specific things that Christie has reportedly told those in his orbit according to that story, there's this:

Christie, whose 2016 bid for the nomination was short-lived, has told friends that he'd be the only person in the 2024 field with executive experience who has run a presidential race before.

I guess that's likely to be true, as long as Trump himself doesn't run again.  (Though there's always the possibility of Jeb Bush or Jim Gilmore redux.)

But then, regarding Trump:

Christie has told associates that Trump's decision about running again in 2024 won't affect his own decision-making.

[Biden his time]

On a related note, how many of you think those posers Gloria La Riva and Rocky De La Fuente are gonna run again?

15th time's the charm eh?























Who even votes for these guys?!

Does La Fuente even have a platform? I swear I see this dude running for every office every year!

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

As I've said, I'll believe a Trump run when I see it. I feel like he'll keep teasing but never actually get in.

I strongly suspect it depends on how his finances are doing. (Presuming health and criminal challenges don't overwhelm him.)

If the GOP continue to let him drain their donations into his private coffers, he likely won't bother. ("Donate now to help Donald Trump elect Nikki Haley!") If they push back, he'll either run and steal their crop of hateful idiots again, or he'll just flat-out sabotage them ("Donate now to Real Republican Donald Trump, not backstabbing traitor Nikki Haley!") There's also a chance he'll hold out, or try that sort of political extortion, in order to collect on a big bribe. ("Large Republican Donor buy multiple Trump properties in deal worth $30 billion! And in completely unrelated news, Trump endorses Jeb Bush for President.")

[Former Crackhead Mike Lindell]

Christie, whose 2016 bid for the nomination was short-lived, has told friends that he'd be the only person in the 2024 field with executive experience who has run a presidential race before.

Is "I don't have a day job (but i used to!) and I've done this before!" a winning pitch?

[Wormless Gourd]

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/6th-annual-basque-fry-tickets-151578047019?aff=MINPACFacebook
DeSantis making ties in an early GOP primary state. Will be the featured speaker at the Morning in Nevada PAC's Basque Fry alongside the former Lt. Governor.

[tosk]

Christie, whose 2016 bid for the nomination was short-lived, has told friends that he'd be the only person in the 2024 field with executive experience who has run a presidential race before.

Is "I don't have a day job (but i used to!) and I've done this before!" a winning pitch?

to normal voters no. to people behind the scenes, I do think it could work. He's going to run into the problem of pence (executive experience + being on the national campaign trail) but he can certainly make the pitch to donors that they can't afford to take a gamble in 2024. although this might be better in it's own thread

[Progressive Pessimist]

Christie is belligerent and corrupt enough for the modern GOP but still has some degree of attachment to objective reality which makes him dead-on-arrival. He's probably just bored and figures "why the hell not?"

[Mr. Morden]

https://twitter.com/IowaGOP/status/1385260644694327296

[Mr. Morden]

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/cotton-iowa-trip-2024-white-house-speculation

Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas is heading to the first-in-the-nation caucus state of Iowa in late June to help support fellow Republicans running in the 2022 midterm elections.
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The Republican Party of Iowa confirmed to Fox News on Wednesday that Cotton will team up with longtime Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and GOP state chair Jeff Kaufmann on June 29 in Sioux Center, a small city in the reliably red northwest part of the Hawkeye State.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Lol, Cotton won't be PREZ

[Mr. Morden]

Not officially announced yet, but sources say Trump temporarily moving his maybe-proto-2024 campaign to New Jersey:

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-bedminster/

Former president Donald Trump may temporarily move from Florida to another one of his properties in New Jersey.

The twice-impeached one-term president and his team may relocate from his Mar-A-Lago resort to his golf course in Bedminster, New Jersey, unnamed Trump advisers told Business Insider.

"They're moving the whole operation to New Jersey because they're going to start doing more fundraising," said one Trump advisor familiar with the discussions.

[Coldstream]

Cheney:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/melissaholzberg/2021/04/26/liz-cheney-isnt-ruling-out-a-2024-presidential-bid/?sh=30374b406fa6

Might be a good way for her to avoid a career ending primary loss in 2022, forego re-election and go for a long shot Prez bid.

[TiltsAreUnderrated]

Cheney:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/melissaholzberg/2021/04/26/liz-cheney-isnt-ruling-out-a-2024-presidential-bid/?sh=30374b406fa6

Might be a good way for her to avoid a career ending primary loss in 2022, forego re-election and go for a long shot Prez bid.

There is a cursed timeline in which a Bloomberg/Clinton-Cheney "unity" ticket gets serious backing "to defeat Trump", but Trump isn't president and there isn't even much room for a good grift here.

[Mr. Morden]

Cheney:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/melissaholzberg/2021/04/26/liz-cheney-isnt-ruling-out-a-2024-presidential-bid/?sh=30374b406fa6

You didn’t quote what she said, so I’ll do so here (and here’s the NY Post story that this story quoted from: https://nypost.com/2021/04/26/rep-liz-cheney-not-ruling-out-2024-presidential-bid/ ):

“I’m not ruling anything in or out — ever is a long time,” [Cheney] told The Post when asked if she would ever consider running [for president] in the future.
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“I think we have a huge number of interesting candidates [in 2024], but I think that we’re going to be in a good position to be able to take the White House. I do think that some of our candidates who led the charge, particularly the senators who led the unconstitutional charge, not to certify the election, you know, in my view  that’s disqualifying,” she said.  

“I think that adherence to the Constitution, adherence to your oath has got to be at the top of the list. So, I think, you know that certainly will be a factor that I’m looking at and I think a number of voters will be looking at as they decide about ’24.”

[NewYorkExpress]

Cheney:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/melissaholzberg/2021/04/26/liz-cheney-isnt-ruling-out-a-2024-presidential-bid/?sh=30374b406fa6

You didn’t quote what she said, so I’ll do so here (and here’s the NY Post story that this story quoted from: https://nypost.com/2021/04/26/rep-liz-cheney-not-ruling-out-2024-presidential-bid/ ):

“I’m not ruling anything in or out — ever is a long time,” [Cheney] told The Post when asked if she would ever consider running [for president] in the future.
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“I think we have a huge number of interesting candidates [in 2024], but I think that we’re going to be in a good position to be able to take the White House. I do think that some of our candidates who led the charge, particularly the senators who led the unconstitutional charge, not to certify the election, you know, in my view  that’s disqualifying,” she said.  

“I think that adherence to the Constitution, adherence to your oath has got to be at the top of the list. So, I think, you know that certainly will be a factor that I’m looking at and I think a number of voters will be looking at as they decide about ’24.”

Oh, come on. Remember the last Cheney on a national ticket?