RNC gathering in Palm Beach and at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort
The GOP’s wealthiest contributors and biggest fundraisers will be in Palm Beach, Fla., this weekend for a Republican National Committee (RNC) donor retreat that’s also attracting more than half a dozen potential 2024 presidential contenders.
Among those expected to show up and mingle with some of the Republican Party’s biggest powerbrokers and rainmakers – according to multiple sources — are Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Sens. Tom Cotton of Arkansas and Rick Scott (the National Republican Senatorial Committee chair) and Marco Rubio of Florida. All six politicians are considered possible hopefuls in the next race for the Republican presidential nomination.
Also speaking at the conference is another GOP politician who’s flirting with a 2024 White House run – former President Trump.
The two-day conference is being held at the Four Seasons resort in Palm Beach – but on Saturday evening it will shift about 4 miles north, to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, where the former president will address the attendees.
The RNC needs to start a new trend. Name their candidate well in advance. Don’t do a long, drawn out campaign with a bunch of debates. That turns into mud slinging and ultimately drives voters away from certain candidates. Not to mention, what gets said and brought up in those debates always gets used against them in the presidential race by the other party. Pick someone by the end of the year, so they can be the face of the 2022 mid terms, allowing everyone to rally around them and campaign one a unified message.