The former president looms over Tuesday's Senate runoff and the 2024 race.
Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally, Nov.7, 2022, in Dayton, Ohio.If there are limits to how much major Republicans can ignore former President Donald Trump's actions and musings, Trump seems intent on finding them.
Republicans on the Sunday shows fell back to responses about wanting to "move forward" and not wanting to respond to Trump's latest. Moderate Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, said on ABC's "This Week" that he doesn't think Trump will win the nomination. But, despite Trump's latest call to violate the Constitution, "I will support whoever the Republican nominee is," Joyce said.
"A month is a long time in politics, but I am confident that Kevin McCarthy will have 218 votes on Jan. 3 to become speaker," Rep.-elect Mike Lawler said during an interview Sunday with CNN. "And I myself, as has been alluded to, am in full support of Kevin. And, frankly, Kevin is the only person that I will be voting for, for speaker, if it's one vote or multiple votes." Lawler added that Republicans are "not going to be held hostage by a handful of members.
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