Some allies were calling on Trump to delay his planned announcement next week, saying the party's full focus needs to be on Georgia.
But Trump lost some of the night's biggest prizes, particularly in Pennsylvania, where Dr. Mehmet Oz, who only narrowly won his Senate primary with Trump's backing,. Trump-backed candidates also lost governors' races in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Maryland, and a Senate race in New Hampshire, though Trump seemed to celebrate the latter, bashing Republican Dan Bolduc for trying to moderate his stances by backing off his embrace of Trump's election lies.
Reed argued the party"had everything going for us: money, the issue agenda, Biden being in the tank,” but said Trump's efforts to keep himself in the spotlight by teasing a run in the race's final stretch “obviously worked up a lot of independents and Democrats to turn out and vote.” He blamed Trump for elevating deeply flawed candidates, who won their primaries but struggled in the general election.
But Republican strategist David Urban, a former Trump adviser, said the Trump brand is wounded no matter what the former president says. Former Trump press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, who now works for Fox News, advised on air that Trump should hold off on an announcement until after the Georgia Senate runoff.
That includes DeSantis, who emerged as the night's obvious winner."DeFUTURE,” The New York Post declared. In addition to his wide margin of victory, DeSantis carried Democratic stronghold Miami-Dade, and did so without Trump’s endorsement.
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