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Betting on political contests is prohibited in America. Yet, gambling organizations throughout the world strongly predict Joe Biden and Donald Trump will be the 2024 presidential election contenders.
One would think card-carrying Democrats would be all in to support Biden’s re-election campaign and die-hard Republicans would earnestly wager the former president to return to the White House. But, hold on.
One group of Democrats is opposing Joe’s re-election bid and five groups — plus 74 prominent Republicans — are opposed to Trump’s candidacy.
The left-wing group RootsAction, worked very hard in 2020 to persuade progressives to support Joe Biden. Politico reports RootsAction has turned about face and emailed 1.2 million Americans on a “#DontRunJoe” campaign.
Sorry RootsAction, but that ship has sailed and the horse has left the barn. Joe Biden will be the D’s candidate.
While Donald Trump leads all polls as the GOP presidential candidate, the title of The Hill’s May 19 article says a lot: “Anti-Trump Republicans increasingly desperate to shake up race.”
The conservative advocacy group Americans For Prosperity, founded by the billionaire industrialists Koch brothers and comprised of 4 million activists, support anyone but Trump in the GOP primary race.
Video testimonials of 901 registered GOP voters throughout America stating why they oppose Mr. Trump for the 2024 election can be viewed on Republican Voters Against Trump’s web page.
Former U.S. Rep. David McIntosh (Indiana), president of the influential Club For Growth megadonor group, invited Republican candidates — except Trump — to its Win It Back PAC summit last March.
The Republican Accountability Project launched a $500,000 ad campaign on Fox News’ Hannity and Fox & Friends that depicts clips of Trump at the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, stating “Trump did this. He’ll do it again, unless he faces consequences”
Forty-three Alumni for America, comprised of people who served in the George W. Bush (Rep.) administration, publicly proclaimed “Our democracy, fragile as it is, cannot endure another Trump presidency.”
Seventy-four prominent individuals have announced their anti-Trump re-election stance. The list includes one former U.S. President, two former vice presidents, eight cabinet-level officials, five current and four former U.S. Senators, seven current and 13 former U.S. Representatives, five current and eight former Governors, one former and three current statewide officials, one former federal judge and 16 other public figures … all Republican.
For MAGA Republicans who feel the respective New York, Georgia and federal justice department are weaponized against Mr. Trump, Bill Tubbs’ Aug. 9 North Scott Press op-ed drives home an important point: “ … 100 percent of the supporting evidence comes not from Democrats, but from Republicans who were close to the president and had much to gain by his re-election.”
If these anti-Trump endeavors do shake up the race, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (Rep.) might be a worthy candidate to save-the-day.
Steve Corbin is professor emeritus of marketing at the University of Northern Iowa.
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