Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) mentioned on Sunday that he and different Republicans are not sure of whether or not Donald Trump would have the ability to beat President Joe Biden within the 2024 election, ought to the criminally indicted former president turn out to be the GOP nominee.
Within the crowded race to be the Republican presidential nominee, a number of polls have proven Trump because the decisive front-runner. The ex-president’s large lead comes regardless of being indicted in 4 prison instances, two of that are associated to his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
In an interview with Dana Bash on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Rounds mentioned that he’s frightened about whether or not Trump may really win in a 2024 rematch towards Biden.
“We don’t know. That’s one of the concerns that a lot of people have got, me as well,” the senator mentioned. “It’s the reason why I think if we bring in a uniter rather than a divider, I think we’ve got a better shot at doing what’s right for this country long term.”
Rounds repeated his public help for Sen. Tim Scott’s (R-S.C.) presidential marketing campaign, claiming that the candidate has the flexibility to “unite the country” and is somebody “you will never be embarrassed about supporting.”
With Scott and almost each different Republican major candidate polling within the single digits, although, members of the GOP ― together with these vital of Trump ― are having to grapple with the potential of sticking beside the previous president within the common election, even when he’s convicted.
Rounds has beforehand been vital of Trump for his actions that led to the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, saying in March that “what happened on that was as close to an attempted insurrection as we’ve seen in a very long time.” However the senator wouldn’t straight say whether or not he would vote for a convicted Trump if he’s the GOP nominee in 2024.
“I’m hoping, truly, that we get to the point where I don’t have to make that type of a decision,” Rounds mentioned on Sunday. “For me personally, I was there on Jan. 6. I saw what happened. I’m not happy about what happened. I was not happy with his performance on that particular day.”
“So for me. I’m hoping that we’re gonna be able to look at other candidates. For mine, it’s Tim Scott.”
