Hawley Is Not Planning a Presidential Bid in 2024: Report
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) says he is not planning to mount a presidential bid in 2024. During a brief interview with Business Insider on Tuesday, Hawley was asked if he is planning to run for president in three years. He…
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) says he is not planning to mount a presidential bid in 2024.
During a brief interview with Business Insider on Tuesday, Hawley was asked if he is planning to run for president in three years. He said, “No, I’m not running.”
Hawley has widely been seen as a likely Republican presidential challenger in the next cycle. Business Insider ranked him in the top ten of Republicans most likely to run for president.
However, as the outlet notes, there are still three years for Hawley to reconsider his stance on a 2024 bid.
The Missouri senator made news late last year after he became the first Republican senator to voice his support for House Republicans’ bid to decertify the electoral votes of states that former President Donald Trump lost in the election, as IJR reported.
He quickly received criticism from members of his party who suggested he was signing on to efforts to overturn the election to boost a prospective presidential bid.
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) tweeted, “Internal monologue: ‘I want to be President so I decided to try to get POTUS tweet saying I’m great even though I know this isn’t going anywhere.'”
“But hey… I’ll blame someone else when it fails,'” he added.