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Any Republican presidential hopefuls who believed they would pick up some momentum in the waning weeks ahead of the first-in-the-nation primaries in Iowa later this month have had those hopes dashed by a brand-new survey that showed former President Donald Trump surging instead.
“Not only has Trump reached an all-time high at 62% support in the latest national USA Today/Suffolk University Poll released Monday, he has expanded his lead on the GOP primary field to 49 points,” Newsmax reported, citing the survey.
“Notably, as the GOP field of challengers has shrunk, Trump’s lead has grown — an ominous sign for the anti-Trump forces in American politics and incumbent Democrat President Joe Biden, who also trails Trump in the poll,” the report continued.
According to the poll, these are the top five GOP contenders:
- Trump 62%
- Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley 13%
- Florida Gov Ron DeSantis 10%
- Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy 6%
- Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie 4%
Christie has not polled above single digits in the vast majority of surveys throughout the GOP primary thus far, but he has vowed to remain in the race until the bitter end, which most take to mean the Republican National Convention’s nomination process.
Meanwhile, Karoline Leavitt, a spokesperson for Make America Great Again Inc., has described the behavior of three former Trump White House associates as “infuriating” because they are spreading falsehoods about the 45th president that are reminiscent of “the Democrats’ playbook.”
“These are three women who, as a matter of fact, are my three former White House colleagues, who went from Trump supporters to Trump haters very quickly because they learned that’s the fastest way to get your face on television and sell crappy books these days,” Leavitt said during an appearance on Newsmax’s “Wake Up America.”
“Here’s the deal. All three of these women were very complimentary of President Trump when they worked for him. [Former Trump White House Communications Director] Alyssa Farah Griffin said President Trump was a remarkable man, [former Trump White House deputy press secretary] Sarah Matthews said it was the greatest honor of her lifetime to work in the Trump White House. And Cassidy Hutchinson sold a book full of falsehoods that have been debunked by numerous witnesses and credible people,” Leavitt added.
“I think it’s the most pitiful statement of all when they said that Donald Trump poses a greater threat to democracy than Joe Biden, who is literally allowing a mass invasion of illegal people into our country, whose weakness on the world stage is marching us towards World War III and who is literally using our government institutions to target his political opposition,” she continued. “That is the hallmark of a dictatorship. The truth is real Americans don’t care what these three women have to say.
“They care about how they feel, and they feel the consequences of the Biden administration, and that’s why President Trump is going to win the Republican nomination in just a few short weeks.
In an interview with ABC News’ “This Week” co-host Jonathan Karl last month, Griffin, Matthews, and Hutchinson explored the potential consequences of a second term for President Trump for the nation.
Below is a snippet of the interview on ABC:
🚨🚨🚨MAJOR BREAKING: Three women that served in Trumps’e administration now say a second term would be "the end of American democracy as we know it."
We need to make sure “that he is not elected the president again.”
Their words need to be seen by EVERY voter in America. 👇… pic.twitter.com/GI81pxC0Xd
— CALL TO ACTIVISM (@CalltoActivism) December 31, 2023
Regarding the possibility of a second Trump administration, Leavitt stated that the American people will see through the accusations made by the three women.
“Knowing these women, having worked with them, it’s infuriating for me to watch them sit there and spew these lies that are right out of the Democrat’s playbook,” Leavitt said. “It’s Jonathan Karl and the mainstream propaganda media who [are] pushing the lie that Donald Trump is somehow going to be a dictator. The American public is not going to buy this.”
“We lived under a Trump administration before and guess what? Our economy was booming, our nation was safe, our border was secure, and there was peace around this world. That’s what the American public wants to see again,” Leavitt added.
