New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu on Sunday predicted that former President Donald Trump will lose the GOP nomination in the 2024 presidential election.
In an interview on NBC Information’ “Meet the Press,” Sununu, a Republican who has stated he is excited about his personal White House bid, stated, Trump is “in the race. He isn’t going to be the nominee, that is simply not going to occur.”
“There’s only a few folks which might be on the fence, whether or not they’re with him or not with him or no matter it would be. So, I feel he simply has his lane after which there’s everybody else, which is I feel a overwhelming majority of the celebration that’s searching for an alternate,” Sununu stated.
“Thanks on your service. We’re transferring on. I simply don’t imagine the Republican Social gathering is gonna say that the finest management for America tomorrow is yesterday’s management,” he added.
Sununu had beforehand instructed NBC News in January that he didn’t assume Trump may win towards President Joe Biden in 2024. Throughout that interview, he additionally stated Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ type, which he depicted as authoritarian, would not mesh nicely along with his state.
Sununu, nonetheless, predicted on “Meet the Press” that DeSantis, who has not but launched a presidential bid, would win in New Hampshire if the election have been to occur at the moment. “There’s little question about that in my thoughts,” he stated.
Requested by host Chuck Todd if he’s any nearer to making a call on if he’ll run for president in 2024, Sununu stated he’s “probably not specializing in the choice proper now, there’ll be loads of time for that.”
“I’m actually targeted on how can we win regardless of who the candidate is. How can we win in November of ‘24. Now we have to entice independents. Now we have to carry that subsequent technology of voter extra on the crew,” Sununu stated.
He did, nonetheless, commit to supporting the eventual GOP nominee.
“I am a lifelong Republican. I am gonna assist the Republican nominee,” he stated. “I am actually assured that whoever comes out of the Republican nomination course of is gonna lead this nation and can be ready to ship a win in ’24.”
Sununu — who was elected in November to his fourth, two-year time period — confirmed final month that he had shaped the “Live Free or Die” committee (borrowed from his state’s nickname), a 501(c)(4) group the place politicians can elevate limitless funds. Potential presidential candidates who’re testing the waters typically use such political nonprofits as a way to gauge curiosity from donors.
This text was initially printed on NBCNews.com
