Donald Trump continues to attract Republican voters: this Monday he still obtained more than 55% of the votes for the primaries, according to the online medium FiveThirtyEight specialized in opinion polls, well ahead of Ron De Santis (13.8%). ), long considered his main opponent.
Within the republican apparatus, the melody is different. They grit their teeth at the thought of seeing the billionaire become their candidate again, against Joe Biden, for the 2024 presidential elections.
“Within the Republican Party there is a base that wants Trump, while the party apparatus, the party leaders in Washington no longer want Trump and are desperately looking for another,” emphasizes Marie-Christine Bonzom, political scientist, journalist and specialist in Political Sciences. United States, interviewed by BFMTV.com.
A defining moment for the Republican Party
Among those holding out is Cassidy Hutchinson, a former senior adviser to Donald Trump’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows. Already known for having provided scathing testimony in 2022 before the special commission in charge of investigating the January 6, 2021 attacks on the Capitol, the 26-year-old politician called members of the Republican Party this Monday during the program. The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC, to take a stand against Donald Trump. Without waiting.
“I don’t think Trump is a staunch Republican. In my opinion, this election cycle is a defining moment for the Republican Party,” he said.
Cassidy Hutchinson, who says she is closer to the vision of Senator Mitt Romney, former presidential candidate against Barack Obama in 2012, insists: “It is now that politicians currently in Congress must decide to break with him and take a stand. We can not wait any longer”.
A man who “destroyed democracy in one day”
The one who wrote a book, Enough (“enough”) – which recounts his first steps in the White House until the assault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021 – says he does not understand why party politicians are still inclined to support the former president in view of the multiple controversies and judicial procedures to which it is subject. The Republican billionaire faces four criminal charges, including “conspiracy against the American State.”
“I think it’s extremely disappointing and not a difficult decision to make. We’re talking about a man who, deep down, almost destroyed democracy in one day, and he wants to do it again. He wants to run for president to start over. new,” added Cassidy Hutchinson, who says she moved for her safety after her testimony in June 2022.
“He has been charged four times since January 6. He would not have peace of mind and would not be able to sleep at night if she were a Republican in Congress who supported Donald Trump,” he concludes.
“And I think if they’re not willing to let go of that, then the party is in great danger.”
The last days of President Donald Trump in detail
In her book, the former adviser to Mark Meadows “describes the final days of Donald Trump’s White House as even more chaotic and anarchic than what she revealed in her testimony last summer,” CNN writes.
Remember the countless documents burned by Donald Trump’s chief of staff in Washington, the turmoil that reigned in the White House after the siege of the Capitol and even the “eccentric” attitude of the former president.
She also accuses Rudy Giuliani, the billionaire’s former lawyer, also accused in Georgia of trying to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, of having sexually assaulted her on the day of the attack on the Capitol. He allegedly slid her hand under her skirt and over her thigh, “like a wolf closing in on her prey.”
Cassidy Hutchinson also describes her torment “between [sa] loyalty to the Trump administration or [sa] loyalty to the country” and what led him to testify, without a filter, about Donald Trump’s last steps in the White House.
Source: BFM TV
