Trump says GOP has 'pretty deep bench' if he doesn't seek reelection

[DonViejo]

BY JUSTINE COLEMAN - 03/22/21 09:48 AM EDT

Former President Trump in an interview released Monday said that the Republican Party has a “pretty deep bench” if he decides not to seek a return to the White House in 2024.

“I'll make that decision sometime later, but there's a pretty deep bench,” Trump told the podcast “The Truth with Lisa Boothe."

The former president said the Republican Party “is stacked” with “very good people” heading into upcoming elections. He specifically named Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, Sen. Josh Hawley (Mo.), Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas), Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.) and his former press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who is running for governor in Arkansas.

When asked who would be the GOP presidential candidate if Trump decides against running, the former president said “some of the names, I guess I just mentioned perhaps,” adding that “there's a pretty deep bench” of potential candidates.

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[dalton99a]

1. The very best: DeSantis, Noem, Hawley, Cruz, Paul, Huckabee spawn

[secondwind]

6. The circus is coming to town!!!!

[EYESORE 9001]

2. ...

[Claire Oh Nette]

3. Hmmmm

I don't think the GOP is sending its best people when they come here....

[DFW]

4. Like in "The Devil and Daniel Webster"

Mr. Scratch had a deep bench as his jury, too.

They weren't the nicest of characters, all the same.

[multigraincracker]

5. That deep bench needs to be

covered back up with dirt.

[uponit7771]

7. AKA everyone who supports him

[Andy823]

8. Every one of them

are total trump ass kissers, and that's what everyone he endorses in 2022, and 2024 will be. His goal so to put "only" the "worst" people he can find, the most loyal to him, in office.

[albacore]

9. Bench..... clown car more likely...

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[FakeNoose]

14. This is perfect

[Johnny2X2X]

10. I think Trump will run again

But maybe, just maybe, he's tired of all the losing and will sit it out. I think he's really loving being in control of the GOP and having every GOP politician groveling at his feet.

[RobinA]

16. Nope, This Is Him

backtracking.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

11. It is hard to run for POTUS from a NY state prison

[jcgoldie]

12. His list

No surprise everyone he named are the most vile motherfuckers in government.

[TheBlackAdder]

13. Deep as in the icy 9th ring of Satan's Hell.

[FakeNoose]

15. Reading between the lines ...

... he'll decide as soon as he gets some new big-money donors.
Most of the old suckers have left him.

[brush]

17. IMO he just signalled that he won't be running.

He knows there are rough waters ahead with his myriad legal and debt problems.

[lagomorph777]

18. A ton of Q-List talent

Tremendous.

[Midnight Writer]

19. Trump just had to use a mirror to see who was kissing his ass to make that list.

Poor ron Johnson was overlooked in the crowd.

[Nexus2]

20. Its pretty low all right. Low intelligence, lowdown, low compassion... [nt]

[BlueStater]

21. Four years of loyal toadying and Pence gets nothing.

I guess Fats is still bitter that Mikey didn’t implement powers he doesn’t even have.