Former speaker of the House of Representatives Paul Ryan has insisted that Donald Trump should not be the Republican Party’s candidate for the next US presidential election in 2024. Speaking to Fox Business, Mr. Ryan, who represented Wisconsin to the 1999 and 2019 Republicans, said the “new voter” in American politically, voters were suburban.
The 2012 vice president nominee added that the New York-born real estate mogul was a turn-off and possibly a loser for his lack of suburban appeal.
He said, “That new voter in American politics is the suburban voter, and it’s really clear that the suburban voter doesn’t love Trump, but they love the Republicans.
“So I think anyone who isn’t called Trump has a much better chance of winning the White House for us.”
However, in the 2016 presidential election, Mr. Trump defeated Hillary Clinton by 50 to 45 percent among suburban voters, according to exit polls.
In 2020, Joe Biden narrowly defeated Mr Trump by 50 to 48 percent among suburban voters.
Mr. Ryan is a long-standing critic of Mr. Trump, whom he refused to support during the 2016 election, invited him to a campaign rally and claimed he should release his tax returns.
Earlier this month, Ryan argued that it was irrelevant whether Trump ran again, as he was unlikely to win the Republican nomination.
He said: “Whether he runs or not, I don’t really know if it matters.
As CNN’s Gabby Orr reported Tuesday, Mr. Trump appears to be “accelerating his plans for a new presidential campaign.”
This included thinking about where the 2024 campaign will be based with Florida where Mr. Trump is now based or Washington DC as the two main options.
Mr. Trump also regularly criticized Mr. Ryan in a statement last year: “As a Republican, Paul Ryan by your side almost guarantees a loss, both to you, to the party and to America itself.”
It seems that the race for the Republican nomination in 2024 will depend on Trump’s withering away who decides to enter the race himself.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Senator Ted Cruz of Texas are all seen as potential candidates, but their plans could change if the former president steps in.