Impeachment minefield awaits 2024 GOP field
Posted on AllSides February 9th, 2021
From The Left
Donald Trump’s acquittal in his impeachment trial is all but a sure thing.
What’s still unsettled is how the Republican senators seeking to take his place in the 2024 presidential primary will navigate the minefield before the verdict is official.
Torn between demands of the GOP’s pro-Trump base and traditionalists mortified by Trump’s post-election behavior, senators like Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, Marco Rubio and Tom Cotton will be forced to strike a balance. That means calibrating their defense of Trump for a primary electorate whose level of devotion to the...