ANALYSIS: Not Every Republican Running in 2024 Has Sights Set on the Presidency
As more and more candidates jump into the GOP 2024 pool, speculation has mounted about their motivations. Do all of them really believe they could be looking back at America from the Oval Office by January 2025—or do some have a different destiny in mind?
Multiple insiders have stressed to The Epoch Times that anyone who enters contention imagines themselves winning, even with the perceived incumbent, former President Donald J. Trump, already enjoying a commanding lead in many polls (though his chief rival, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, has outpaced Trump in fundraising.)
Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his wife, Casey, walk to the stage during the “Roast and Ride” event in Des Moines, Iowa, on June 3, 2023. (Charlie Neibergall/AP Photo)
After all, politicians don’t have small egos….