“This has the aroma of a master strategy to settle the succession even before a primary fight can take place. That doesn’t mean other Republicans may not challenge for the nomination, nor does it suggest that the GOP will make the Democrats’ 2024 mistake of cooking the rules to prevent a serious challenge to the preferred nominee. What it will do is disincentivize those challengers from coming forward at the risk of (a) futility and (b) alienating the MAGA base for interfering in the mission.”
(Ed Morrissey – Hot Air) First, Donald Trump hints at the 2028 ticket in a Cabinet meeting. Next, Marco Rubio endorses J.D. Vance, “If [he] runs for president,” all but clearing the field for the next primary cycle. And now, the key activist group for younger Republicans and the woman who has taken the reins for her martyred husband has unequivocally declared Vance 48 to be their mission.
I love it when a plan comes together.
Erika Kirk made the declaration late yesterday at the Turning Point USA conference in Arizona:
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