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JD Vance 2028 presidential ambitions and MAGA politics
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5 DAYS
25 FACTS
2 EVENTS
2 SOURCES
FIRST ENTRY SEP 13
SEP 17 · Day 5
Josh Hawley rules out 2028 White House bid
Josh Hawley is a U.S. Senator from Missouri serving since 2019.
Josh Hawley stated he has no intention of running for president in 2028.
Donald Trump is constitutionally barred from election to a third term.
“You cannot win anything without them. You cannot win a primary without them. You cannot win a general election without them. And I would caution anybody who thinks that you can do without them in our voting coalition — you will have a voting coalition of like 10% without religious conservatives, without evangelical Protestants, without conservative Catholics, without conservative Orthodox Jews. So, I’d be real careful about trying to marginalize that coalition,”
JOSH HAWLEY
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SEP 13 · Day 1
JD Vance seeks to avoid Maga schism while keeping faith for 2028
Robert Jones said self-identified Republicans are more than two-thirds white and Christian.
Vance told Pope Leo XIV to be 'careful' if he was 'going to opine on matters of theology'.
Larry Jacobs said Vance is trying to put together a coalition that includes white Christian nationalists.