Even though he has won all of the 2024 GOP presidential primaries held so far, the lights are flashing red for failed one-term former president Donald Trump when you take a closer look at the lack of support he’s getting from large portions of the Republican electorate, according to Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA).
Swalwell was a guest Sunday on MSNBC’s “The Weekend,” and he noted that all of the primary results show that Trump has not managed to consolidate the Republican Party behind him, despite his wins in the early primary states, where his only remaining competition comes from former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley.
“I would rather be us than Donald Trump right now,” Swalwell declared.
“I’m hearing the concerns about uncommitted voters in Michigan and the president [Joe Biden] has work to do there, certainly, but when you look at Michigan, ten different counties voted for 30 percent or more for Nikki Haley,” he continued. “Across the board in the primaries, 30 percent of Republican voters say they are never going to vote for Donald Trump.”
Such numbers are a harbinger of what will become of Trump in the general election, Swalwell predicted.
“That is a helluva math problem for Donald Trump, especially when you look back in 2020 it was only 5 percent of Republican voters who said they were never going to vote for Donald Trump — he has a real math problem here,” he continued. “He has a ceiling that keeps coming down every week when he shows us and reminds us who he is. Every day that Nikki Haley stays in this race, it shows Joe Biden who the voters are that are gettable for him in the campaign.”
If only 10 to 15% of Republican voters refuse to cast a ballot for Trump in the general election, he’s toast. And that number will likely rise even higher as soon as Donald is convicted on one of the 91 felonies hanging over his head.
