Former US President Donald Trump has told Republican Party backers that he will help secure seats in Congress in the 2022 midterm elections. Republican sponsors gathered Saturday for a dinner at Trump’s exclusive club Mar-a-Lago in Florida.
“We met tonight to talk about the future of the Republican Party and what we need to do to help our candidates win,” Trump reportedly said. Reuters, that has seen the speech of the former president. “I stand here tonight with full confidence that in 2022 we will take back the House (of Representatives) and reclaim the Senate. And then in 2024, a Republican candidate is going to conquer the White House.”
Whether Trump means himself by the last sentence was not clear. He said earlier that he could not rule out his running for president again. Last year, Trump lost election to Democrat Joe Biden. Within the Republican Party, there are more candidates who may want to take on Biden in 3.5 years, such as former foreign minister Mike Pompeo and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
Before that, a vote will be taken in November 2022 on all 435 seats in the House of Representatives (lower house) and on 34 of the 100 seats in the Senate (upper house). Particularly for the Democrats, who now have a slight preponderance in both chambers, much is at stake. If they lose, it will be difficult for Biden to implement his policy.
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