GOP lawmakers blame Trump’s eligibility for dwindling support

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Republican lawmakers believe voters are turning away from former President Donald Trump as their 2024 nominee due to low confidence in his eligibility.

Several high-profile Trump-endorsed candidates, such as Don Bolduc in New Hampshire, Blake Masters and Kari Lake in Arizona, and Herschel Walker in Georgia, have lost their races and cost key GOP seats in the Senate, in particular.

For a Republican senator, who remained anonymous in an interview with The Hill, he thinks GOP voters are “tired of losing.”

If Trump won or if we won seats in the Senate or got a big majority in the House or got a majority in the Senate, a lot of people would judge former President Trump differently, the senator said.

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He said that in conversations with constituents, they told him it was “time to move on,” especially when looking at what happened in Georgia.

Trump’s dip in popularity could also underscore how far independent and moderate GOP voters could drift from those on the party’s right.

“We win general elections when we bring independents with us. We need more than just a loyal base that understands conservative principles,” Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) said, according to the Hill. “That’s why you see the polls suggesting that we have a number of people who would get more votes [than Trump] in the general election, and so that’s going to drive the determination that we bring as a candidate.

Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) said Trump is seeing a drop in support due to his persistent claims that the election was stolen from him in 2020.

“I don’t think it was helpful when the issues he was focusing on after announcing [his 2024 presidential campaign] related to the 2020 elections. I think if he wants to succeed, he has to focus on the future. I think if he focuses on the past, he won’t succeed, she said.

I believe people are past the 2020 election and want to move on.

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GOP voters are eyeing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as a 2024 hopeful. Trump trails DeSantis in a hypothetical matchup, 52% to 38%, according to a Wall Street Journal poll.

Several Republican lawmakers have not been silent on their feelings toward Trump, but some worry that an in-party split over Trump could be a guaranteed victory for Democrats in the Senate and White House in 2024.

Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) told reporters last week that Republicans needed to appeal to at least “50% plus one of the electorate” and communicate with the people.

“Don’t get caught appealing to a narrow segment of the electorate, which we tend to do from time to time,” Young said.

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