Former President Donald Trump is the front-runner to win the Republican nomination in the 2024 presidential election.
With Trump the likely winner of the party's nomination and one of the favorites to be elected president in the 2024 election, Republicans are beginning to position themselves for how things could look in the future.
What Happened: Earlier this year, Trump promised a revenge tour that could see him take on anyone who has criticized him or stood up to him since he left the White House.
Several Republicans are worried about remarks from Trump and the impact they could have on the party if he returns to office, according to a report from Politico.
Republicans who voted to impeach Trump are worried about how he will respond if he returns to the White House.
"He is almost a stream of consciousness," Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) said. Cassidy is one of several Republicans who voted to convict Trump in his second impeachment trial and will still be in office in the future. Many of the other Republicans who voted to convict Trump have left Congress or plan to leave in the next year.
Cassidy said Trump often used social media outlets such as Twitter (now X) to threaten others and publicly criticize them and "99 percent of the time it never came to anything."
The report said Trump could also look to oust Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kent.) if he returns to the White House.
"One thing I'm pretty certain of is that the leadership is all up in the air. And I don't think any of them survive after this term," Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) said.
With Trump leading the Republican race, members of Congress are starting to endorse the former president. Politico said 13 of the 49 Republican senators and 80 of the 221 Republican representatives have endorsed Trump, with the list expected to grow.
Those who oppose Trump or have criticized the president in the past are worried about potential revenge.
When asked if Republican colleagues are worried about clashing with Trump, Rep. David Joyce (R-Ohio) said, "S*** yeah."
"The Orange Jesus?" Joyce added with a laugh, according to Politico.
The nickname was previously shared by Liz Cheney as one given to Trump by a Republican member of Congress.
Joyce’s mention of “Orange Jesus” could show just how important Trump is to the Republican party and likely how those will either stand with him or stand against him, moves that Trump will remember.
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Why It's Important: Trump is among of the most followed people on X, a social media platform that had previously banned him. Since being unbanned, Trump only posted once with a link to funding his campaign using his viral mug shot. The tweet was viewed over 270 million times. Trump has 87.4 million followers on Twitter.
Trump also has 34 million followers on Facebook, a unit of Meta Platforms Inc. META. Trump has been more active on the platform using it to share his campaign fundraising links and videos and details from his campaign rallies.
For the attacks on others, it is the Truth Social platform used most often by Trump. Truth Social is a unit of Trump-owned Trump Media & Technology Group, a company that is in the process of merging with Digital World Acquisition Corporation DWAC.
Among the potential targets from Trump will also include media outlets, with the former president promising to come down "hard" on MSNBC, a unit of Comcast Corporation CMCSA. While Trump returning to the White House could be good for media with constant topics to talk about, it could also mean attacks from the president.
Trump has likely kept receipts of the way he has been treated by media outlets, which could impact which media companies get future interviews with him and which outlets get positive comments from him on social media, potentially influencing his large following on which networks to watch and which to boycott.
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