{"id":1737746,"date":"2022-11-14T09:33:26","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T14:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1737746"},"modified":"2022-11-14T09:33:30","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T14:33:30","slug":"tom-cotton-trump-not-gops-single-leader-we-have-important-other-leaders-like-ron-desantis-brian-kemp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tom-cotton-trump-not-gops-single-leader-we-have-important-other-leaders-like-ron-desantis-brian-kemp\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Cotton: Trump Not GOP\u2019s \u2018Single Leader,\u2019 We Have \u2018Important Other Leaders\u2019 Like Ron DeSantis, Brian Kemp"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftom-cotton-trump-not-gops-single-leader-we-have-important-other-leaders-like-ron-desantis-brian-kemp%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1737746&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) dismissed the notion during an interview over the weekend that the Republican Party has a single leader in former President Donald Trump, noting that the party has a few high-power governors that are stars.<\/p>\n<p>Cotton made the remarks Sunday during an interview on CBS News\u2019s \u201cFace the Nation\u201d with Margaret Brennan when asked if Trump should \u201cremain the leader of the Republican Party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the party \u2014 when any party is out of power, as Republicans are now, we don\u2019t have a single leader,\u201d Cotton said. \u201cThe former president is obviously very popular with many of our voters. But we also have important other leaders as well, like some of those victors I just mentioned earlier, like Brian Kemp in Georgia, Ron DeSantis in Florida.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast year, you had Glenn Youngkin have a great victory in a bluish Democratic state like Virginia,\u201d he continued. \u201cI hope to remain a leader in the United States Senate as well, in addition to people like some of those I just mentioned who were re-elected, like Tim Scott. So, when you\u2019re in opposition, you don\u2019t have a single leader. That won\u2019t be the case until we\u2019re through the \u201924 nominating season, and we have \u2014 we have a new nominee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>MARGARET BRENNAN: And we go now to Arkansas Republican Senator Tom Cotton, who was a regular on the 2022 campaign trail boosting GOP candidates. He\u2019s out with a new book called \u201cOnly the Strong,\u201d and he joins us this morning from McLean, Virginia. Good morning to you, Senator. And on this Veterans Day weekend, I do want to thank you for your past military service.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>SENATOR TOM COTTON: Well, thank you, Margaret. That\u2019s kind of you, and thanks to all our veterans for their service in all of our nation\u2019s wars.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>MARGARET BRENNAN: Let me get to the story of the moment. Democrats faced historic headwinds. Eight out of 10 Americans said they felt it was out of control. Republicans had issues like economy and crime really break in their favor. President Biden has a low approval rating. How did Republicans end up with this complete disappointment?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>SEN. COTTON: Well, Margaret, I wouldn\u2019t say it was a complete disappointment. On the one hand, we had strong Republican leaders running on positive records of accomplishments who won very big victories. If you look at governors, like Ron DeSantis in Florida, Brian Kemp in Georgia, Mike DeWine in Ohio, Kim Reynolds in Iowa, Greg Abbott in Texas \u2014 we had senators with the same victories, like Marco Rubio in Florida, and Tim Scott in South Carolina, Ron Johnson in Wisconsin. But on the other hand, obviously, we hoped that we would have won more seats. I think the lessons in our victories can be applied to some places where we came up a little bit short. We need to focus on serious substantive accomplishments and issues like crime, like our wide-open border, like addressing runaway inflation. Even in places where we came up a little bit short, like Lee Zeldin\u2019s race for governor in New York, he performed very well compared to Republicans in recent elections, and he probably helped save the House of Representatives by bringing four new Republican Congressman-elect across the finish line in New York. I think we have lessons in the places we had victories that we can apply to places where we were disappointed.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>MARGARET BRENNAN: Sure, but you lost the ballgame in the Senate. Karl Rove blamed candidate quality and specifically put the blame on former President Trump. He said, \u201cMr. Trump turned what should have been a referendum on Mr. Biden\u2019s terrible record into a choice between himself and the current president. As in 2020, lots of voters chose Mr. Biden.\u201d Should Mr. Trump remain the leader of the Republican Party?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>SEN. COTTON: Well, Margaret, when the party \u2014 when any party is out of power, as Republicans are now, we don\u2019t have a single leader. The former president is obviously very popular with many of our voters\u2013<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(CROSSTALK)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>MARGARET BRENNAN: He\u2019s the center of gravity.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>SEN. COTTON: But we also have important other leaders as well, like some of those victors I just mentioned earlier, like Brian Kemp in Georgia, Ron DeSantis in Florida. Last year, you had Glen Younkin have a great victory in a bluish democratic state like Virginia. I hope to remain a leader in the United States Senate as well, in addition to people like some of those I just mentioned who were reelected, like Tim Scott. So, when you\u2019re in opposition, you don\u2019t have a single leader. That won\u2019t be the case until we\u2019re through the \u201924 nominating season, and we have- we have a new nominee.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>MARGARET BRENNAN: You said you\u2019re not going to run for president in 2024. The former president says he intends to announce he\u2019s running on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. 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