Trump 2024? Some supporters quietly hope he won’t run.
It’s a Tuesday night at Wings in Weston, a chicken joint in a tony suburb of Fort Lauderdale, and the Weston Republican Club is holding its monthly meeting. Some 40 people have gathered to hear from candidates for City Commission and have a bite to eat.
Images of Donald Trump dominate a makeshift stage along one wall. To the left stands a cardboard cutout of the grinning former president. Another cutout of his face glowers from the center. Below that, a banner proclaims: “Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Trump.”
Which makes it all the more surprising that, when asked about a possible Trump campaign in 2024, many here are notably unenthusiastic.
“I want Trump’s policies without Trump,” says one man. “If he didn’t run,” offers another, “that would take a big argument away from
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