• Latest
  • Trending
  • All
  • News
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
ACLU Among Those Defending Meta’s Decision on Trump

‘The Eight-Year Alliance’: Over 100 Ex-Trump Officials to Endorse Potential Rival for 2024 Run

May 24, 2023
DANIEL MCCARTHY: A Big Beautiful Test Of GOP Principles And Discipline

DANIEL MCCARTHY: A Big Beautiful Test Of GOP Principles And Discipline

July 12, 2025
DAVID BOSSIE: 4 Years After Being Canceled, MLB All-Star Game Back In Atlanta

DAVID BOSSIE: 4 Years After Being Canceled, MLB All-Star Game Back In Atlanta

July 12, 2025
JOSH HAMMER: Log Off Social Media And Return To The Real Things

JOSH HAMMER: Log Off Social Media And Return To The Real Things

July 12, 2025
Judge Continues Block On Defunding Planned Parenthood

Judge Continues Block On Defunding Planned Parenthood

July 11, 2025
President Of ICE-Raided Pot Farm Doled Out Thousands In Donations To Newsom, Dems

President Of ICE-Raided Pot Farm Doled Out Thousands In Donations To Newsom, Dems

July 11, 2025
Tariffs Help US Government Post Unexpected June Surplus

Tariffs Help US Government Post Unexpected June Surplus

July 11, 2025
STEVE MILLOY: Climate Activists Wipe Out While Surfing The Tragic Texas Flooding

STEVE MILLOY: Climate Activists Wipe Out While Surfing The Tragic Texas Flooding

July 11, 2025
Iranian Group Reportedly Offers $40 Million Bounty On Trump For ‘Cause Of Allah’

Iranian Group Reportedly Offers $40 Million Bounty On Trump For ‘Cause Of Allah’

July 11, 2025
Organizers Cancel Event After Threats Pile On Against Award-Winning Cartoonist For Offensive Texas Flood Post

Organizers Cancel Event After Threats Pile On Against Award-Winning Cartoonist For Offensive Texas Flood Post

July 11, 2025
California US Attorney Eviscerates ‘Unserious’ Gavin Newsom For Railing Against ICE’s Raid On Marijuana Farm

California US Attorney Eviscerates ‘Unserious’ Gavin Newsom For Railing Against ICE’s Raid On Marijuana Farm

July 11, 2025
Boston Health Commission Employee Arrested In Connection To Fatal Shooting

Boston Health Commission Employee Arrested In Connection To Fatal Shooting

July 11, 2025
New Mine Inches America Closer To Unshackling Itself From China

New Mine Inches America Closer To Unshackling Itself From China

July 11, 2025
  • Donald Trump
  • State of the Union
  • Elon Musk
  • Tariffs
  • Congress
  • Faith
  • Immigration
Saturday, July 12, 2025
  • Login
IJR
  • Politics
  • US News
  • Commentary
  • World News
  • Faith
  • Latest Polls
No Result
View All Result
IJR
No Result
View All Result
Home News

‘The Eight-Year Alliance’: Over 100 Ex-Trump Officials to Endorse Potential Rival for 2024 Run

by Western Journal
May 24, 2023 at 7:13 am
in News
242 10
0
ACLU Among Those Defending Meta’s Decision on Trump

PALM BEACH, FLORIDA - DECEMBER 31: Former U.S. President Donald Trump greets people as he arrives for a New Years event at his Mar-a-Lago home on December 31, 2022 in Palm Beach, Florida. Trump continues to run for a second term as the President of the United States. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

491
SHARES
1.4k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

A group of former officials who served in the Trump administration are planning to support Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024.

The group of at least 100 people calls itself “The Eight-Year Alliance,” according to Fox News, saying they want a candidate who can serve for eight years, which would be two terms in office.

The group said it wants to avoid former President Donald Trump “immediately becoming a lame-duck president.”

DeSantis is “a proven winner,” a source connected with the group told Fox News, and a leader who “does what he says.”

Fox News said it does not have the roster of the group, but said it includes former Acting Associate Attorney General Jesse Panuccio, former Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense Will Bushman, former Counselor to the Secretary and White House Liaison at the Department of Labor Pedro Allende, former Senior Counsel and Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Commerce James Uthmeier and former Principal Deputy General Counsel at the Department of Commerce David Dewhirst.

The sources told Fox News they were “proud” to serve with Trump when he tried to “shake things up” but have now moved on to DeSantis.

Republicans opposing Trump is nothing new. Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign saw the rise of a “never Trump” movement led by Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah. In 2020, multiple Republicans had were affiliated with the Trump administration endorsed President Joe Biden, according to Forbes.

DeSantis focused on what a two-term president could accomplish in terms of the Supreme Court during a speech to the National Religious Broadcasters Convention, according to The Washington Post.

“I think if you look over the next two presidential terms, there is a good chance that you could be called upon to seek replacements for Justice Clarence Thomas and Justice Samuel Alito and the issue with that is, you can’t really do better than those two,” he said.

Criticizing Chief Justice John Roberts, he added, “If you replace a Clarence Thomas with somebody like a Roberts or somebody like that, then you’re going to actually see the court move to the left, and you can’t do that.”

DeSantis further teased the possibility that two members of the court’s liberal wing — Obama appointees Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Justice Elena Kagan might retire in the court of the next two terms.

“So it is possible that in those eight years, we have the opportunity to fortify justices … Alito and Thomas as well as actually make improvements with those others, and if you were able to do that, you would have a 7-2 conservative majority on the supreme court that would last a quarter-century,” he said.

Fissures within the GOP will complicate the DeSantis campaign, according to Reuters.

“You can’t court MAGA while courting the rest of the party. That’s a difficult decision he is going to have to make,” said Chris Stirewalt, a Republican analyst with the American Enterprise Institute.

Noting that the field has multiple candidates, which to date include former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, radio host Larry Elder and businessman Perry Johnson, campaign veteran Sarah Isgur, said with so many options, DeSantis has to target Trump supporters to win.

“He can’t win the nomination with only non-Trump votes. He has to peel voters away from Trump,” she said.

Republican pollster Whit Ayres said the Republican Party is between 30 percent and 35 percent solidly behind Trump, about 10 percent of the party is solidly against him, and the rest is a group he called “maybe-Trumpers.”

“It looks to me like DeSantis is going after the always-Trumpers rather than the maybe-Trumpers,” Ayres said.

He said instead, DeSantis should try to connect with “voters looking for an alternative to Trump that he’s the right guy.”

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

Tags: 2024 ElectionDonald TrumppoliticsRepublican PartyRepublican PrimaryRepublicansRon DesantisU.S. News
Share196Tweet123
Western Journal

Western Journal

Advertisements

Top Stories June 10th
Top Stories June 7th
Top Stories June 6th
Top Stories June 3rd
Top Stories May 30th
Top Stories May 29th
Top Stories May 24th
Top Stories May 23rd
Top Stories May 21st
Top Stories May 17th

Join Over 6M Subscribers

We’re organizing an online community to elevate trusted voices on all sides so that you can be fully informed.





IJR

    Copyright © 2024 IJR

Trusted Voices On All Sides

  • About Us
  • GDPR Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service
  • Editorial Standards & Corrections Policy
  • Subscribe to IJR

Follow Us

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
No Result
View All Result
  • Politics
  • US News
  • Commentary
  • World News
  • Faith
  • Latest Polls

    Copyright © 2024 IJR

Top Stories June 10th Top Stories June 7th Top Stories June 6th Top Stories June 3rd Top Stories May 30th Top Stories May 29th Top Stories May 24th Top Stories May 23rd Top Stories May 21st Top Stories May 17th