Trump repeats election lie
WASHINGTON- Former President Donald Trump on Sunday hinted at a possible run for president again in 2024, attacked President Joe Biden, and repeated his fraudulent claims that he won the 2020 election in his first major appearance since leaving the White House nearly six weeks ago.
“Our movement of proud, hard-working American patriots is just getting started, and in the end we will win. We will win,” Mr Trump said in a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida.
Refusing to admit he lost the November 3 presidential election to Joe Biden, Mr Trump offered a withering critique of his Democratic successor’s first weeks in office and suggested he might run again.
“They just lost the White House,” the Republican former president said after criticising Mr Biden’s handling of border security.
“But who knows, who knows, I may even decide to beat them for a third time.”
Mr Trump’s tumultuous final weeks in office saw his supporters launch a deadly attack on the US Capitol on January 6 in an attempt to block Congress from certifying Mr Biden’s election victory, a win that Mr Trump falsely claimed was tainted by widespread fraud.
A civil war has erupted within the Republican Party with establishment figures such as
Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell eager to put Mr Trump in the rearview mirror and others, such as Mr Trump ally Senator Lindsey Graham, believing the party’s future depends on the energy of the pro-Trump conservative base.
Trump declared the Republican Party is united and said he had no plans to try to launch a third party, an idea he has discussed with advisers in the last couple of months.