Donald Trump dominates the Republican Party

Despite the accusations and prosecution efforts from the US Department of Justice , Donald Trump is still leading among the eight candidates for the Republican presidential nomination.

Donald Trump (center) still has the upper hand in the race to become the Republican presidential candidate. (Source: AP)

According to The Hill (USA), in just 3 days (June 12-14, 2023), after Mr. Donald Trump was summoned by the Miami City Court, his campaign team collected 2 million USD at a party at the Bedminster Golf Club; the remaining amount (4.5 million USD) was donated directly from voters supporting this politician .

In addition, polling sources and assessments from US political research experts said that, despite facing court charges, former President Donald Trump continues to lead the list of Republican candidates, with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in second place.

The Republican Party now has eight candidates. The newest addition to the list is Francis Suarez, a Cuban-American mayor of Miami, Florida.

At the start of his term, President Biden said he would not discuss Justice Department investigations, especially the former president. He has remained silent since his predecessor was indicted on June 13. Some close to him hope that President Joe Biden will reconsider that decision, given that next year’s election could be a rematch with former President Trump, even if the legal battle is not over yet.

As President Biden’s advisers plot the upcoming campaign, they believe that remaining silent on the charges Trump faces would remove a powerful political weapon in his reelection bid. The number of criminal cases Trump faces is growing and could soon include charges of election interference and inciting the January 6, 2020, riots. Those charges are the basis for President Biden’s long-standing claim that Trump is a unique threat to American democracy.

Meanwhile, Republican senators are concerned that Mr. Trump’s legal troubles pose a major disadvantage to their party’s candidates in the 2024 presidential election. According to them, the battle between the Justice Department and Mr. Trump will become a key test, just as the politician’s claims that the 2020 election was “stolen” became a prominent point of debate in the Republican primaries two years ago.

Republican senators worry that the politician's media clout will turn off swing voters, especially suburban women, and hurt the GOP's chances of winning back the Senate or defending its slim House majority.

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