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Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki said former President Donald Trump is a “loser” who cost the Republican Party seats in the midterm elections and is losing support among Republican leaders.
During an NBC News panel on “Meet the Press NOW” on Friday, Psaki, who served as President Joe Biden’s press secretary for the first year and a half in office, commented on the turning of the tide for Trump after the loss several of the candidates he had handpicked. their races.
“What’s a little different now — we’ll see — is that he’s losing. He’s lost after Tuesday. People he supported lost. It cost Republicans seats in the House and Senate,” Psaki said, noting that Trump is “still winning among Republican primary voters.”
After disappointing midterm results for Republicans, the spotlight shifted from Trump to Florida Gov. Ron DeSandis, who easily won re-election Tuesday with nearly 60 percent of the vote. DeSantis has been touted as a 2024 presidential candidate and potential “Republican President.”
“The magic of Ron DeSantis — who had a really good week, I think we can all agree — hasn’t happened yet. Maybe we’ll see in the next couple of weeks,” Psaki said on “Meet the Press NOW.”
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) November 12, 2022
Trump had planned to announce his candidacy on the Monday before the midterm elections, but aides persuaded him to wait until after the election, the Washington Post reported. He has since said he plans to make a “big announcement” at Mar-a-Lago on Nov. 15, Business Insider previously reported.
On NBC, Psaki suggested that behind the scenes, every “sensible Republican is trying to get him to not announce his candidacy before the Georgia runoff because it’s such a problem.”
“So, this is a little different. I’m also skeptical that he’s no longer going to be the leader of the party, but there are some cracks in the system a little bit,” said Psaki.
