The former Florida governor and 2016 presidential candidate said the party deserves a choice.
By John Wagner John Wagner National reporter leading The Post's breaking political news team Email Bio Follow March 15 at 10:31 AM Former Florida governor Jeb Bush said a fellow Republican should challenge President Trump for the GOP nomination next year, though he acknowledged the difficulties in defeating a sitting president.
“I think someone should run, just because Republicans ought to be given a choice,” Bush said in an interview on CNN’s “The Axe Files” scheduled to air Saturday, according to excerpts released by the network. Bush, who fell short to Trump in his bid for the 2016 nomination, said defeating Trump will be difficult for any candidate, in part because Trump “has a strong, loyal base.”
“But to have a conversation about what it is to be a conservative I think is important,” he told host David Axelrod. “And our country needs to have competing ideologies . . . that are dynamic, that focus on the world we’re in and the world we’re moving toward rather than revert back to a nostalgic time.”In January, Bush introduced Maryland Gov.
Hogan has not ruled out a 2020 challenge to Trump and is planning an April visit to New Hampshire, the first presidential primary state.William F. Weld, a former governor of Massachusetts, announced last month that he would form an exploratory committee to challenge Trump for the Republican nomination in 2020.
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