{"id":2157814,"date":"2024-01-24T09:07:01","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T14:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-holdouts-in-senate-gop-under-pressure-to-get-off-sidelines-after-new-hampshire-win\/"},"modified":"2024-01-24T09:08:39","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T14:08:39","slug":"trump-holdouts-in-senate-gop-under-pressure-to-get-off-sidelines-after-new-hampshire-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-holdouts-in-senate-gop-under-pressure-to-get-off-sidelines-after-new-hampshire-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate GOP Trump loyalists urged to take action following Trump&#8217;s victory in New Hampshire"},"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\">28<\/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%2Ftrump-holdouts-in-senate-gop-under-pressure-to-get-off-sidelines-after-new-hampshire-win%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=2157814&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 Victory in\u2064 New Hampshire Primary Puts Pressure on Republican \u200dLeaders<\/h2>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump&#8217;s\u2062 resounding win in the New Hampshire primary has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-suggests-charges-imminent-in-documents-case-as-his-lawyers-meet-with-doj\/\" title=\"Trump hints at charges in documents case as lawyers meet with DOJ.\">sparked renewed interest<\/a> in the \u200bhigh-profile Republicans who\u200d have yet to enter the 2024\u200b race.\u200c Trump&#8217;s victory, \u200cwith an 11-point lead,\u2064 garnered\u200d widespread endorsements, but many Republican\u200d leaders in the Senate\u2062 have remained on the sidelines.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell\u200d has been \u2064vocal\u200c about moving past Trump and has refrained from commenting on the former president&#8217;s win. Similarly, Senate Minority Whip\u2064 John Thune has stayed neutral since supporting Senator \u2063Tim Scott&#8217;s unsuccessful presidential bid.<\/p>\n<p>While McConnell\u2064 and Thune are unlikely to endorse Trump \u2064due to their history with him, there is mounting pressure for other Republican leaders to acknowledge the inevitable: Trump will\u2064 be the 2024 nominee. Several members of leadership have openly considered backing Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The 2020 presidential election\u200d strained Trump&#8217;s relationship with McConnell, as\u2064 the former president\u2062 baselessly claimed voter fraud. McConnell blamed Trump for inciting\u2063 the \u2064events of January 6, 2021, when his supporters stormed the Capitol. The \u200dfeud escalated, with McConnell accusing Trump of damaging the party&#8217;s image and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-leaders-rally-to-trumps-defense-as-senate-counterparts-mostly-stay-quiet\/\" title=\"House GOP leaders rally to Trump's defense as Senate counterparts mostly stay quiet\">elevating flawed candidates<\/a> in Senate primaries.<\/p>\n<p>Thune also\u2063 faced\u2064 backlash from Trump\u200d when he criticized efforts \u2062to overturn the election results. Trump attempted to persuade Governor \u2064Kristi \u200cNoem to challenge Thune in a\u2063 primary campaign, but she declined. Thune expressed concerns about Trump&#8217;s viability as a general election \u200bcandidate,\u200c emphasizing the importance of a strong\u2064 showing at the top of the\u2063 ticket for down-ballot success.<\/p>\n<h3>Republican\u2062 Leaders\u2064 Weighing Their \u200dOptions<\/h3>\n<p>Senate Republicans Joni Ernst and Shelley Moore Capito have \u2062refrained from endorsing Trump. Ernst attended\u2064 campaign events for Governor Ron DeSantis and \u200bformer U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley in Iowa but did not\u200c endorse either candidate. Capito stated that she\u2063 was not \u200cprepared to endorse a couple of weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis\u200d dropped out of the race \u2063after the Iowa caucuses, leaving Haley \u2064as the final challenger to Trump. \u200cSome Republican Senate leaders have chosen to back Trump, including John Barrasso and \u200dSteve\u2063 Daines.<\/p>\n<h3>Trump Gains Support from Former Rivals<\/h3>\n<p>Many of Trump&#8217;s former 2024\u200d rivals, \u2064such as Doug Burgum, Vivek Ramaswamy, and \u2062Tim Scott, have endorsed him. \u200dNancy Mace, who received support from Haley in a primary challenge, also endorsed Trump.\u200b Marco \u2064Rubio, whom\u2064 Haley endorsed in 2016, endorsed Trump ahead \u2063of the Iowa caucuses.<\/p>\n<p>Trump and his allies are calling for unity within the Republican \u200dParty, with\u2064 some declaring \u200bhim the\u200d presumptive nominee. Senator Marsha Blackburn emphasized the need for the party to unify and support Trump&#8217;s candidacy.<\/p>\n<p>While some Republicans in the\u2064 House, like Chip Roy and Thomas Massie, have yet to endorse Trump \u200cin the primary race, all Republican\u200c leadership \u2063in the \u200bHouse\u200c has endorsed the former president.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How has Trump&#8217;s victory in the \u200dNew Hampshire\u2063 primary affected Republican leaders&#8217; stance on the former president?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Ng the deadly Capitol riot on January\u2064 6, \u200b2021,\u2064 and publicly criticized\u200c him for his actions. \u2062However, with Trump&#8217;s victory in the New Hampshire primary, Republican\u2062 leaders are being forced to reassess their stance on the former president.<\/p>\n<p>One potential candidate who may find himself under pressure is Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. DeSantis, \u200ca staunch supporter of Trump, has been widely seen as a potential frontrunner for the 2024 nomination. However, with Trump&#8217;s strong showing in New Hampshire, DeSantis may face increasing pressure to publicly align \u2063himself with the former \u200cpresident.<\/p>\n<p>Another Republican leader who\u200d may feel the pressure is Texas Senator Ted Cruz. Cruz, who ran against Trump in the 2016 presidential \u2063primary, \u200chas since become a vocal supporter of the former\u2064 president. With Trump&#8217;s\u2062 victory in New Hampshire, Cruz may be urged by party members to\u2064 fully embrace Trump&#8217;s candidacy in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The pressure on these Republican leaders stems from the fact that Trump remains an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-roy-blunt-urges-pres-trump-to-get-focused-on-midterm-elections\/\" title=\"Sen. Roy Blunt urges Pres. Trump to \u2018get focused\u2019 on midterm elections\">incredibly popular figure<\/a> within the party. Despite his loss\u2063 in the 2020\u2064 presidential election, Trump has maintained a strong base of support, with many Republicans viewing him as their best\u2063 chance \u200dof reclaiming the White House in 2024. With his victory in New Hampshire, these calls for endorsement\u2063 are likely to\u200c grow louder.<\/p>\n<p>However, \u200bendorsing Trump is\u2064 not without its risks. Many Republican leaders are hesitant to publicly align \u2062themselves with\u2064 the former president due to his controversial rhetoric and \u200bdivisive policies. For some, endorsing Trump may mean alienating moderate voters and risking their own political futures.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, \u200dthe pressure to endorse\u2064 Trump is only likely to increase as the 2024 primary season approaches. Trump&#8217;s victory in New Hampshire has proven that he remains a formidable force within the Republican\u200b Party, and many leaders may\u2063 feel that it is politically advantageous to throw their \u2063support behind him.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, the decision to endorse Trump or remain on the sidelines will be a difficult one for many Republican leaders. They will need to carefully weigh \u200cthe potential \u200dbenefits of aligning themselves with Trump\u200d against the \u2062potential risks of alienating moderate voters. Regardless of their\u2062 decision, Trump&#8217;s victory\u2064 in \u200bthe New Hampshire primary has undoubtedly put pressure on Republican leaders to take a stance on his potential candidacy \u2063in 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump&#8217;s victory in the New Hampshire primary has refocused attention on prominent Republicans in Capitol Hill yet to enter the 2024 race. Trump&#8217;s 11-point win prompted numerous endorsements leading up to the primary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2657,"featured_media":2157815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2157814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2157814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2157814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2157814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2157815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2157814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2157814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2157814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}