Rahm Emanuel predicted that first on Sunday President Trump
Donald Trump Biden on Trump Acquittal: ‘Substance of Indictment Is Not in dispute’ North Carolina GOP Convicts Burr for Impeaching Trump Toomey on Trump Vote: ‘His Treason of the Constitution’ Required Conviction MORE would not run for reelection in 2024 and instead pursue retaliation against GOP lawmakers who spoke out against him.
[Trump] won’t run, but he’s going to spend the next two years in retaliation, ”predicted the ABC News commentator during a panel discussion on ABC’s“ This Week. ”
“He’s going after every Republican who either said something bad or voted against them. And God bless him. You didn’t want to cut him off. He made a Faustian deal with them. And that’s what’s coming to the Republican Party,” Emanuel, who was previously the Democratic Mayor of Chicago and was the White House Chief of Staff in the Obama administration, ”said.
In 1932, then [former President Franklin Roosevelt] was the last time a party – that’s the Republicans – lost the presidency, the Senate, and the House. That’s how far back you go for this moment in time to have a corresponding point in history, ”he added.
With the Democratic Georgia Sens. Jon Ossoff
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Raphael Warnock: Liberals cry after Democrats testify over witnesses Ossoff presses Biden’s budget nominee on HBCU funding Georgia GOP wants to tighten voting rules after spate of losses MORE, Democrats achieved a 50-50 split in the Senate, with Vice-President Harris holding the binding vote. Democrats have a small majority in Parliament.
Trump established his “Office of the Former President” in Florida in late January as he is reportedly trying to maintain his influence in the GOP. Allies of the former president have said Trump can support primary challengers from Republican lawmakers he believes have wronged, including the chairman of the House Republican Conference Liz Cheney
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Rep. Darin LaHood
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Although seven GOP senators joined Democrats to vote to condemn Trump in his second impeachment trial, the former president was acquitted on Saturday.