Former President and 2024 GOP frontrunner Donald Trump has asked the RNC to hold off on a proposed resolution to declare him the official presumptive GOP nominee for president after strong showings in both Iowa and New Hampshire.
From NEWSMAX:
RNC member and Trump ally David Bossie, a former campaign aide, proposed the draft resolution and was the one who withdrew it, according to the report.
CNN reported that the Trump campaign and Trump himself initially went along with the idea of the draft resolution but reversed course amid backlash.
That led to Trump pushing back on Bossie’s draft resolution in a social media post, saying Thursday he should earn it the “old fashioned way” — at the ballot box.
Further, Trump said it shouldn’t be done “for the sake of party unity.”
Trump’s response could have been considered surprising, before CNN’s report, given his pressure campaign on Nikki Haley to drop out of the race and his past bouts with the RNC over GOP debates.
“While I greatly appreciate the Republican National Committee (RNC) wanting to make me their presumptive nominee, and while they have far more votes than necessary to do it, I feel, for the sake of party unity, that they should NOT go forward with this plan, but that I should do it the ‘Old Fashioned’ way, and finish the process off at the ballot box,” Trump said in a post to Truth Social.
More over at NEWSMAX:
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— Michelle Maxwell (@MichelleMaxwell) January 26, 2024
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