Five Reasons Donald Trump Will Be Pessimistic About Running in 2024
The former president has now lost the popular vote in two consecutive elections and could struggle to win in 2024.
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The former president has now lost the popular vote in two consecutive elections and could struggle to win in 2024.
Divisions among Democrats on key issues like infrastructure could help the former president's prospects.
Assistant Professor David Bateman, professor of government at Cornell University, is an expert on congressional politics and author of the book, “Southern Nation: Congress and White Supremacy after Reconstruction.” He says while much of the critique of H.R. 51 is political, the bill represents a decision about whether residents of DC merit equal rights of citizenship. Bateman says: “The statehood bill for DC is being critiqued as an unconstitutional power grab. Statehood decisions have been evaluated in part for their partisan implications since the admission of Ohio in 1803 (designed t...