During the 2016 and 2020 elections, Sarah Palin was a big supporter of Donald Trump.
But with his third Presidential campaign off to a tougher than expected start with many Trump supporters laying low early in the 2024 cycle many have wondered where she stands.
And Sarah Palin’s take on a potential DeSantis-Trump 2024 showdown put jaws on the floor.
Fresh off losing Alaska’s 2022 at-large Congressional race by 10-points, former Alaska Governor and Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin has apparently turned her attention to 2024.
Palin, of course, has been an adamant supporter of former President Donald Trump since his first White House run in 2016.
And during an interview with Newsmax, host Eric Bolling asked Palin for her take on the 2024 Republican Presidential Primary, specifically the assumed two-horse race between Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
To the surprise of no one who has been paying attention, the former Alaskan Governor believes that “DeSantis doesn’t need to” run because he’s younger than Trump.
“DeSantis doesn’t need to [run],” Palin claimed. “I envision him as our President someday but not right now. He should stay Governor for a bit longer. He’s young, you know. He has decades ahead of him where he can be our President.”
According to the latest Real Clear Politics average of the top 2024 Presidential polls, Trump and DeSantis are far and away the top two Republicans who could potentially make a run, with the former President holding a 43-30 lead over the Governor thus far.
And a recent Quinnipiac University poll even suggested that Governor DeSantis is continuing to make up ground with a margin of just 42-36 in Trump’s favor.
There’s no doubt – specifically based on his comments about DeSantis thus far – that it’s a much closer lead than Trump believed he would have over the GOP field, especially when he’s already ran for President twice and the Governor really only came into the national spotlight a little over two years ago.
As far as Palin is concerned, though, despite the fact that Trump’s popularity amongst Republican and Independent voters is undoubtedly lower than its peak, anyone thinking they can even challenge Trump has another thing coming.
“When you talk about the specific people, the individual people who are looking at putting their hat in the ring . . . they got a lot of guts thinking they’re gonna go up against Trump,” Palin said.
Of course, that may be true for the likes of former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, former Vice President Mike Pence, former Secretary of Defense Mike Pompeo, as they are the Republican Presidential hopefuls who receive the most support after Trump and DeSantis, but all consistently receive less than 7% in polls.
Political Animal News will keep you up-to-date on any new developments in this ongoing story.
