Gov. Chris Sununu says he’s contemplating a run for president, because the Granite State Republican governor ripped into former President Donald Trump for what he known as a “very mundane speech” in New Hampshire over the weekend.
Sununu additionally mentioned Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who hasn’t formally introduced a 2024 run for the White House, would “probably win New Hampshire right now without a doubt.”
The Granite State governor’s feedback on Sunday got here after Trump hit the path in Salem on Saturday, and within the wake of a ballot exhibiting DeSantis forward within the 2024 New Hampshire GOP main.
Sununu on Sunday was requested when he’ll decide if he’ll run for president.
“I don’t have a timeline,” Sununu responded on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “I mean obviously folks are talking about it, but I really don’t have a timeline. I’m spending a lot of time nationally trying to grow the party as Republicans, talk to independents, talk to the next generation of potential Republican voters that right now no one is really reaching out to.”
The CNN present’s host then requested Sununu if he’s “considering” a run for president. The New Hampshire governor mentioned, “Yes.”
The latest University of New Hampshire ballot confirmed DeSantis main Trump by a 42% to 30% margin within the 2024 New Hampshire main. Nikki Haley was in third place within the ballot with 8%, adopted by Sununu with 4%.
“Obviously, Ron DeSantis is looking to run for president, which is fine,” Sununu mentioned. “And he would probably win New Hampshire right now without a doubt.”
“I’m surprised I’m on that poll at all, frankly, because we haven’t really been talking about that,” he later added.
DeSantis is laying a basis for a nationwide presidential marketing campaign, The Washington Post reported over the weekend. His political staff has recognized potential hires in New Hampshire and Iowa, the Post reported.
Trump on Saturday was the keynote speaker on the Republican State Committee assembly held at the highschool in Salem. He promised supporters that he would be sure New Hampshire retains its “first-in-the-nation” main standing if he returned to the White House.
Sununu was requested if Trump might win the New Hampshire main once more in 2024.
“I don’t think he will,” Sununu mentioned, however added that Trump “could.”
“Obviously, he started this campaign after the election in ’22,” Sununu mentioned. “That clearly had numerous obstacles that he was making an attempt to beat. He involves New Hampshire, and, frankly he provides a really mundane speech. The response we’ve got acquired is: He learn his teleprompter, he caught to the speaking factors, he went away.
“So he’s not really bringing that fire, that energy, I think that a lot of folks saw in ’16,” the governor mentioned. “I think, in many ways, it was a little disappointing to some folks. And even he acknowledged it wasn’t his best.”
Trump will “have to earn it,” Sununu added.
“And that’s New Hampshire,” he mentioned. “Even if you’re the former president, you got to come and earn it person to person.”
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