Former President Donald Trump has hinted for some time that he might announce a third run for the White House, and some Republicans, including those who have expressed opposition to another Trump run, suggest the announcement could come sooner rather than later as GOP voters weigh their top choice for a 2024 nominee. While most candidates announce their candidacy for the presidency about a year before the election, several Republican strategists, according to reports by The New York Times and The Associated Press, suggest that Trump is willing to announce his candidacy even though many Republicans they feel opposed. with the idea. Scott Jennings, a Republican strategist, said he believes Trump’s announcement could come before more Republican voters begin considering other candidates. “There are some signs that some Republican voters are trying to slowly move away from Donald Trump,” Jennings told the Times. “If you were him, you should try to put that fire out. Because the more it burns.” Former President Trump speaks at a rally on May 28, 2022 in Casper, Wyoming. (Chet Strange/Getty Images) Other Republicans have signaled that it’s time to move on from Trump in hopes of winning back the White House in the next presidential election. 2024 WATCH: TRUMP, PENCE’S RULING PRAISE SUPREME COURT, BUT PENCE SEEKS FURTHER FIGHT AGAINST ABORTION In the wake of recent hearings on the Jan. 6 Capitol protests, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie told The Associated Press that voters are “concerned” about whether Trump could pull off an election victory in 2024. “People they’re worried we might lose the ’24 election, and we want to make sure we don’t nominate someone who is seriously flawed,” Christie said. Similarly, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, who is rumored to be considering a run for president in 2024, suggested that Trump might lose the election. “His approval among Republican primary voters is already down somewhat,” Hogan said in an interview with The Associated Press. “Trump was the least popular president in American history until Joe Biden.” Also echoing comments from Hogan and Christie is Mark Short, who served as chief of staff to former Vice President Mike Pence, a man seen by many as a possible 2024 Republican nominee. Former Vice President Mike Pence delivers a speech on stage at the Varkert Bazar cultural center in Budapest on September 23, 2021. (ATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFP via Getty Images) “Republican activists believed that Donald Trump was the only candidate who could beat Hillary,” Short told The Associated Press. “Now, the momentum is reversed. He’s the only one who lost to Joe Biden.” BILL MAHER: TRUMP WOULD WIN 2024 ‘SO EASILY’ IF HE’D ‘JUST LET IT GO’ IN 2020 Jason Shepherd, a Georgia GOP committeeman and former aide to Newt Gingrich, said voters will have a wide variety of candidates to choose from in the 2024 election, suggesting Trump could have trouble winning the nomination . “There will be a number of Republicans who many Republicans believe can not only unify the party but govern with strong, conservative policies,” Shepherd told the Times. Likely to face opposition from many within his own party to run for president in 2024, Trump is sure to have the support of several prominent Republicans. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R.C., who has often seen eye-to-eye with Trump and sometimes pushed back against the former president’s statements with which he disagreed, insisted that Trump’s success should he run will depend on what he says and how actions. Graham said he has to compare and contrast the economic climate two or three years ago with what Americans are seeing today. “It’s up to him whether he runs or not,” Graham said in an interview shared with the Times. “But the key to him being successful is to compare his political agenda and political successes with what’s happening today.” Several potential 2024 candidates have vowed not to challenge Trump if he runs for re-election, including Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor who served as ambassador to the United Nations under Trump. But now, with everything that’s happened since Trump left the White House, Haley hinted to reporters that she might reconsider. Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina Governor and Ambassador to the UN, speaks in Virginia July 14, 2021. (REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein) “If it looks like there’s a spot for me next year, I’ve never missed a race, I’m not going to start now,” Haley said. “I will put in 1,000% and finish it. And if there is no place for me, I will fight for this country until my last breath.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Haley told “The Faulkner Focus” host Harris Faulkner that she will reveal her decision on whether to run for president early next year. A Harvard CAPS/Harris poll released Friday found that 64 percent of registered voters believe President Biden is “looking too old to be president,” while another 71 percent said Biden should not seek another term. term in the White House. Sixty-one percent of voters surveyed said Trump should not run again, citing his role in dividing Americans, his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol protests and his unpredictable behavior. Kyle Morris covers politics for Fox News. On Twitter: @RealKyleMorris.
