FIRST ON FOX: A Republican senator operating for his state’s governorship threw his hat behind former President Trump’s White House bid.
Republican Senator Mike Braun of Indiana, who’s operating to be the Hoosier State’s subsequent governor, instructed Fox News Digital that he’s endorsing Trump for president within the 2024 race.
“As a Main Street Entrepreneur and political outsider, I’ve seen firsthand how the Washington swamp works against Hoosiers and works overtime to hamper our prosperity,” Braun instructed Fox News Digital.
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Republican Senator Mike Braun of Indiana instructed Fox News Digital that he’s endorsing former President Trump for president within the 2024 race. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
“Donald Trump is a businessman and outsider,” Braun mentioned. “Together, we took on the Washington swamp with a historic victory in the 2018 Indiana Senate race.”
“We installed constitutional conservatives on the Supreme Court who have protected the unborn and our Second Amendment rights, and we disrupted the cozy, self-serving Washington elites who are bankrupting our country,” the Indiana senator continued.
Braun mentioned that “Donald Trump is the candidate capable of returning us to the America First policies that delivered unmatched prosperity and security for the American people.”
“I give Donald Trump my endorsement for President of the United States,” he added.
Braun has been a staunch ally of Trump by way of his first time period and was a loud voice of help behind the previous president in his first impeachment trial.
Braun mentioned that “Donald Trump is the candidate capable of returning us to the America First policies that delivered unmatched prosperity and security for the American people.” (Sam Wolfe for The Washington Post by way of Getty Images)
Trump was additionally a significant ally behind Braun’s 2018 Senate run when he defeated then-incumbent Democrat Indiana Senator Joe Donnelly for his seat.
Trump introduced in 1000’s of individuals to his rallies supporting Braum because the now-senator ran amid a tricky midterm election yr for Republicans.
Braun’s feedback come as a high Republican predicts Trump will take the GOP White House nomination.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy predicted the previous president will win the 2024 Republican presidential main race on Sunday, bashing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as “not at the same level.”
McCarthy made the feedback throughout an look on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures” with host Maria Bartiromo. McCarthy has beforehand remained impartial within the GOP main, declining to endorse Trump in July.
Braun has been a staunch ally of Trump by way of his first time period and was a loud voice of help behind the previous president in his first impeachment trial. (Ting Shen/Bloomberg by way of Getty Images)
“I think he will be the nominee,” McCarthy mentioned about Trump after Bartiromo requested if he thought the previous president could be the occasion’s selection for 2024. “The thing is, President Trump is stronger today than he was in 2016 or 2020, and there’s a reason why. They saw the policies of what he was able to do with America – putting America first, making our economy stronger.”
“We didn’t have inflation. We didn’t have these battles around the world. We didn’t look weak around the world,” he added.
“Well it looks like Ron DeSantis is now trying to work with your colleagues who are pushing for a shutdown,” Bartiromo mentioned.
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“I don’t think that would work anywhere. A shutdown would only give strength to the Democrats,” McCarthy mentioned. “It would give the power to Biden. It wouldn’t pay our troops. It wouldn’t pay our border agents.”
“I actually want to achieve something, and this is where President Trump is so smart, that he was successful in this.” McCarthy continued. “President Trump is beating Biden right now in the polls. He is stronger than he has ever been in this process, and, look, I served with Ron DeSantis – he’s not at the same level as President Trump by any shape or form. He would not have gotten elected without President Trump’s endorsement.”
While McCarthy’s feedback don’t quantity to an official endorsement of Trump, they’re a transparent message of friendship to the previous president. McCarthy had beforehand offended the Trump marketing campaign with one other tv look in June.
Fox News Digital’s Anders Hagstrom contributed reporting.
