LAS VEGAS — Republicans are sifting through the wreckage of a third consecutive electoral drubbing, gingerly confronting the roadblocks to rebuilding posed by Donald Trump while daring to broach sidelining the former president in favor of fresh leadership.
Such conversations, once taboo in GOP circles, spilled out into the open this past weekend as the Republican Jewish Coalition gathered to unpack what went wrong in midterm elections and vet alternative 2024 contenders. The group’s annual meetings have been particularly friendly turf for Trump, gratitude for a presidency that delivered on key domestic and foreign policy issues. But even here, the appetite for change was palpable as activists and donors mulled options for moving beyond Trump.
The conference heard from no shortage of Republicans lobbying to replace the 45th president and urging the party to chart a new course — including three Trump administration veterans: Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, former Vice President Mike Pence, and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Also addressing the group were former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, and New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu, among others.
When Trump spoke to the Republican Jewish Coalition via satellite Saturday from Mar-a-Lago, his residence and social club in Palm Beach, Florida, a ballroom audience of roughly 850 attendees gave the former president a rousing standing ovation. They clapped periodically as Trump listed achievements from his administration and criticized President Joe Biden, although the room fell silent each time he returned to his favorite topic: unsubstantiated claims that the 2020 election was stolen.
These concerns, plus lingering frustration with Trump for endorsing flawed 2022 candidates who fell in critical gubernatorial, House, and Senate races, were aired openly, in closed-door meetings and keynote speeches from the dais.
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