Lara Trump skeptical that replacing Biden would improve Democratic prospects in 2024 – Washington Examiner

Republican National Committee co-chairwoman Lara Trump argued that Democrats won’t be able to improve their odds at winning the presidential election, regardless of whether or not they keep President Joe Biden as their nominee.

The topic of replacing Biden as the Democrat Party’s 2024 presidential nominee has grown exponentially after the first presidential debate, which many argued saw Biden give a weak performance against former President Donald Trump. Regarding her father-in-law’s performance at the debate, Lara Trump argued that it was the best out of his political career, and that it solidified the decision among voters that they should vote for him over Biden.

“Donald Trump is the only way we get this country back, and I believe it doesn’t matter if it’s Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, or, quite frankly, anyone else they put in there,” Trump said on Fox News’s Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo. “We had four years of Donald Trump. We know how secure our borders were. We know how much more money people had in their pockets, how much cheaper it was to go buy gas, how much safer we felt on the world stage when Donald Trump was there, and people want him back in office.”

Lara Trump also warned against Democrats replacing Biden with anyone other than Vice President Kamala Harris, arguing that she could not think of “a bigger assault to our democratic process.” Potential replacements for Biden that some have suggested include former First Lady Michelle Obama, Govs. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), and Gretchen Whitmer (MI).

The RNC co-chairwoman then discussed how fundraising has gone for the Republican Party in the wake of the debate, stating that it has raised more than $1 million a day since then. She argued that this is because voters realize that Trump was “the only leader” present on the debate stage.

In the wake of the debate, the former president made a campaign stop on Friday in Virginia, a state that has reliably gone to Democrats in the electoral college since 2008. The visit comes as many Republicans have indicated that Trump could flip Virginia this November, with polling data showing the former president hot on the heels of Biden in the state.

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Biden’s campaign has insisted that the president is not stepping aside in the upcoming election, and that there are no talks about this possibility “whatsoever.” 

Among the Democrats defending Biden post-debate is Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), who cited his own lackluster debate performance in the 2022 midterm elections. Fetterman won his election against Trump-endorsed candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz, with the Pennsylvania senator arguing that a bad debate performance should not be considered detrimental to Biden’s reelection bid.