But asking that question — do you want Trump to be president again? — implicitly poses another, conservative strategist Whit Ayres said: How badly do they want President Joe Biden out of the White House?
Three factions of voters make up the Republican Party right now, Ayres said: People who would never elect Trump, people who simply want a candidate who can take back the White House and people who would “walk through a wall for him.”
Three quarters of U.S. adults think Trump has done something illegal or unethical, according to the poll. While the
headlines about Trump’s legal troubles may refresh the loyalty of his most ardent supporters, Amy Walter, editor of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter, cautioned that Trump’s investigations could “alienate the swing voters you’d need to win a general election.”
Furthermore, she said, this
series of unprecedented investigations could be self-defeating “if the weight becomes so heavy it actually does push Republicans away from him.”
With 2024 presidential primaries starting in less than a year, much can change, Ayres said, adding, “The Republican primary is wide open.”
#POLITICSTRIVIA
By Matt Loffman,
@mattloff
Politics Producer
Vice President Kamala Harris has spent the past few days in Ghana as part of a
weeklong, three-country tour of Africa.
The vice president is the highest-ranking member of the Biden administration to visit the continent, following trips by Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. President Joe Biden is expected to travel to Africa later this year; eight U.S. presidents have traveled to Africa during their presidencies.
Our question: Which U.S. president was the first to visit Africa?
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[email protected] or tweet using #PoliticsTrivia. The first correct answers will earn a shout-out next week.
Last week, we asked: Which U.S. president was once arrested by Washington, D.C., police? And what was he accused of doing?
The answer: Ulysses S. Grant. He was arrested for speeding in a horse-drawn carriage, a story
confirmed years ago by a former D.C. police chief.
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