{"id":1981066,"date":"2023-07-24T05:39:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T09:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-feuds-with-gop-governors-a-distraction-for-him-in-the-2024-primary-race\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T05:40:58","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T09:40:58","slug":"trumps-feuds-with-gop-governors-a-distraction-for-him-in-the-2024-primary-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-feuds-with-gop-governors-a-distraction-for-him-in-the-2024-primary-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump distracted by feuds with GOP governors in 2024 primary race."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Ftrumps-feuds-with-gop-governors-a-distraction-for-him-in-the-2024-primary-race%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=1981066&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--><h2>Former President Donald Trump&#8217;s Willingness to Battle with GOP Governors<\/h2>\n<p>Former\u200c President Donald \u2062Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-feuds-with-gop-governors-a-distraction-for-him-in-the-2024-primary-race\/\" title=\"Trump distracted by feuds with GOP governors in 2024 primary race.\">recent public\u200c spat<\/a> with Gov. Kim Reynolds (R-IA) over her neutrality in the Republican presidential primary race is but another sign of Trump&#8217;s willingness to battle with \u200cpopular GOP governors, even when it \u2064may not be advantageous to his political ambitions.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month Trump took to the social media platform Truth Social to first tout his efforts to\u2064 protect Iowa&#8217;s first-place status\u2063 in the nominating calendar and then \u200dto denigrate Reynolds. &#8220;I love \u2064Iowa, protected &#038; expanded Ethanol, got 28 Billion Dollars \u200dfrom \u2062China for our great Farmers, ended the Estate \u2062(Death!) Tax\u2062 on\u2064 farms, made the best TRADE\u2064 deals in history (USMCA, China, &#038; many more), introduced the World to our FARMERS, &#038; kept Iowa\u2019s \u201cFirst in\u2062 the Nation\u201d status,&#8221; he wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I opened up the \u200bGovernor position \u200dfor Kim Reynolds, &#038; when she fell \u2063behind, I ENDORSED her, did\u200b big Rallies, &#038; she won. Now, she wants to remain \u201cNEUTRAL.\u201d I don\u2019t invite her to events! DeSanctus down 45 points!&#8221; he continued.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>His fury with Reynolds only led to not only his 2024 rivals rallying around the Iowa governor \u200cbut even other Republican lawmakers defended her. Yet political experts said \u2064Trump&#8217;s feud\u2063 with Reynolds will likely not hurt him in the primary, although \u2062it could hurt him in the general election should he become the GOP&#8217;s next standard-bearer.<\/p>\n<h3>Trump&#8217;s Impact on Middle Suburban Moms<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;A lot of people love Trump because he fought for us and\u200c I personally want the Trump from \u200b2016 who fought for\u200b others, who stood\u200b for parental rights, Back the Blue, \u2063held China accountable, didn&#8217;t engage in\u200d useless wars,\u200d and the list goes on,&#8221; said Mehek Cooke, a Republican strategist based in Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Where Trump\u200c is going to \u200chave difficulty is, \u200cagain, it&#8217;s that middle suburban moms that are truly looking for somebody different that is going to unify the party because they&#8217;re terrified\u2062 about what&#8217;s happening to their parental rights,&#8221; Cooke added. &#8220;They&#8217;re terrified about what&#8217;s happening to their pocketbooks. They&#8217;re terrified about what&#8217;s\u200b happening to our economy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Reynolds, Trump&#8217;s campaign is reportedly\u200c frustrated with Gov. Sarah \u200bHuckabee Sanders (R-AR), who has not endorsed Trump during the primary \u2063despite having\u2063 been a White \u200cHouse press secretary for\u200c him.\u2064 This is likely infuriating Trump, who demands loyalty from those he has \u200csupported in the past, \u2063said \u200cJ. Miles Coleman, associate editor of\u2064 Sabato&#8217;s\u200b Crystal Ball \u200dat the University of Virginia Center for Politics.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If we know one thing about \u2062him is that he values loyalty,&#8221; \u200cColeman said. &#8220;It&#8217;s pretty easy to see how they&#8217;d be frustrated with people like Sarah Huckabee\u200d Sanders, \u200dwith [Gov. Ron] DeSantis because you could probably make a decent argument \u200dthat he got them into their offices, and he feels a little frustrated that they&#8217;re\u2063 not ready to reciprocate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The former president&#8217;s willingness to bicker with Republican governors didn&#8217;t start\u2064 during his current White House bid. Trump previously feuded \u200cwith Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA) over Kemp&#8217;s\u200b refusal to overturn the results of\u200b the 2020 presidential\u200c election and \u200dattempted to force Kemp out of office\u2063 by endorsing a primary challenger, former Georgia Sen. David Perdue, during the \u200dgovernor&#8217;s 2022 reelection bid. Kemp soundly defeated Perdue during the primary and\u200b won reelection when he defeated Democrat Stacey Abrams. \u2063It didn&#8217;t help Kemp&#8217;s relationship with Trump\u2062 that his former running mate, Mike Pence, campaigned with Kemp in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>This week Kemp announced\u200b he wouldn&#8217;t run for president, and he warned that Trump and other 2024\u200b hopefuls needed to move away from \u2062the past and focus on the future if they want to defeat President \u2063Joe Biden in\u200b 2024. On Trump&#8217;s\u2062 unfounded claims of election fraud in 2020, \u2063Kemp told CNN host Kaitlan Collins: &#8220;If he continues to do that, \u200che\u2019s going to lose Georgia in\u2062 November.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf \u200cyou \u2063feel\u200d like the election was\u200d stolen \u2014 I know there\u2019s people that are out there that do, there\u2019s others that, \u200byou know, don\u2019t, but it doesn\u2019t really matter. The people\u2063 want to know what you\u2019re going to do,\u201d Kemp added.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Mike DeWine (R-OH) is another \u200dgovernor to feel the wrath of Trump after he criticized\u2064 him for his \u2064involvement \u2064during the Jan. 6 \u2064Capitol riot. He\u200c won his reelection bid in 2022 despite Trump\u200c not endorsing him until after the primary.<\/p>\n<p>Another lawmaker Trump \u200chas had a complicated relationship \u2063with: Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA).<\/p>\n<p>Youngkin instantly\u200b became a rising star\u2063 in the GOP when he defeated Democrat Terry McAuliffe in Virginia&#8217;s 2021 gubernatorial race, handing Republicans \u200cthe governor&#8217;s \u2063mansion for the\u2062 first time since 2009. But during his campaign, Youngkin kept\u2062 an arms-length distance\u2062 from Trump. The \u2064two men \u200bdid not campaign together, but Trump did participate in a telephone call praising Youngkin.<\/p>\n<p>A year after the governor&#8217;s race and amid rumors\u2064 of a presidential\u2064 campaign, the former president slammed Youngkin on Truth Social. &#8220;Young Kin (now \u200cthat\u2019s an interesting take. Sounds Chinese, doesn\u2019t it?) in Virginia couldn\u2019t\u200b have won without me. I Endorsed him, did a very big Trump \u200dRally \u2064for him telephonically, \u2064got\u200b MAGA to Vote for him -\u200b or he couldn\u2019t have \u200dcome close to winning,&#8221; Trump wrote. &#8220;But he knows that, and \u2064admits it. Besides, having a hard time with the \u200cDems in Virginia \u200c\u2014 But he\u2019ll\u2062 get it done!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Youngkin could become a 2024 candidate, depending on \u200chow well\u200c Gov. Ron \u2063DeSantis (R-FL) does in his own bid to defeat\u200d Trump.\u2064 Trump endorsed DeSantis&#8217;s 2018 gubernatorial\u2064 win but has consistently trashed DeSantis for his disloyalty now that they are 2024\u200d rivals.<\/p>\n<p>David\u2064 Stein, a Smith County, Texas GOP chairman, said he wasn&#8217;t &#8220;favorable&#8221; toward \u200dTrump&#8217;s battles with Republican \u200bgovernors. &#8220;It \u200dmay be good for\u2064 him. But I don&#8217;t think it is good nationally,&#8221; Stein said. &#8220;I \u200bdon&#8217;t think he&#8217;s gaining any votes by\u2062 attacking them.\u2062 And I think\u200b it causes \u200dfurther separation, which I don&#8217;t\u2063 think that we\u2064 need \u200bin the party.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He\u200c has a great track record. You know, run on that. How \u2062can you argue\u200b with a\u200d track record of success that he had?&#8221; \u2062he added. But Stein also made it clear he would support Trump if he did become the Republican nominee.\u2062 &#8220;If he is the candidate in 2024, am \u200dI going to support\u2064 him over \u200ba \u200bDemocrat? Absolutely.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A\u2062 Trump campaign spokesman pushed back\u2062 against assertions that Trump&#8217;s battles with GOP governors could possibly hurt his campaign.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;President Trump is the \u2063overwhelming front-runner in every single state, including Iowa, Georgia, and Ohio. The fact is that President Trump will\u2064 be \u2063the nominee and will beat Crooked Joe Biden\u2064 because he&#8217;s the only person who can supercharge the economy, secure our border, safeguard communities, \u2064and put an end to unnecessary \u200dwars,&#8221; Steven Cheung said in a statement to the Washington Examiner. &#8220;Americans want to return to a prosperous nation, and there\u2019s only one person who can do that \u2064\u2014 President Trump. That&#8217;s why \u2063he\u2064 has overwhelming leads in every single poll \u2014 both nationally and statewide.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Trump has led national polls over \u200call his 2024 rivals. He currently polls at 52.5%, \u200daccording to the RealClearPolitics polling average. His next closest \u200bcompetitor, DeSantis, is more\u200c than 30 percentage points behind Trump at 20.8%. Despite \u200chis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-desantis-super-pac-leans-into-war-on-woke-in-new-ad\/\" title=\"New ad by Pro-DeSantis super PAC embraces 'war on woke'.\">ongoing legal problems<\/a> and even his anger with\u200d Republican governors, he remains the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/la-democrats-are-buying-their-way-to-leadership-and-practicing-voter-suppression-says-mayoral-candidate-craig-greiwe\/\" title=\"LA Democrats Are \u2018Buying Their Way\u2019 To Leadership And Practicing \u2018Voter Suppression,\u2019 Says Mayoral Candidate Craig Greiwe\">current front-runner<\/a> in the Republican presidential race, \u200ca sign that \u2063primary voters won&#8217;t abandon him nor that he will let up on\u200d his squabbles.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For Trump voters, it&#8217;s almost baked into their expectations that he&#8217;s gonna pick these types of fights. That&#8217;s just how \u200dhe is,&#8221; said Coleman, editor \u200cat UVA&#8217;s Center for Politics.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/trump-battles-gop-governors-2024\">CLICK\u2063 HERE TO READ MORE\u2063 FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump&#8217;s ongoing feud with Gov. Kim Reynolds (R-IA) reveals his readiness to confront prominent GOP governors, regardless of the potential harm to his political aspirations. 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