Former President Donald Trump is not the only Republican who refuses to stop talking about 2020 and make a full pivot to November’s midterm elections, writes DavidMDrucker.
In conversations with congressional Republicans and party activists attending this weekend’s annual Conservative Political Action Conference, support for keeping the spotlight on supposed misdeeds that occurred in the last presidential election reigned supreme.
“When you have that level of wrongdoing, it’s really important to let the other side know you’re going to hold them accountable in the future and that we made a mistake in not doing everything we could have to stop it in 2020,” Schlapp said. “I don’t think it’s the central focus of the election … But I think the culprits want us to not talk about it so they can just do it again.
Robert C. O’Brien, Trump’s former national security adviser, said “election integrity” is an important issue And O’Brien said he sympathizes with Republicans who, after what they witnessed in 2020, worry about the integrity of American elections. But he believes it would be more productive for Republicans to focus on Trump’s successes should they feel compelled to look over their shoulder as Election Day draws near.
“Remember, most voters are busy with their lives, busy with their mortgages, busy with their kid, worried about their jobs, worried about the price of gas,” Farage said. “You’ve got to offer the voters of this country the shining city on the hill.”