As she stepped onto the podium at the Conservative Political Action Conference, the audience erupted in thunderous applause.

It was Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Georgia congresswoman known for her steadfast loyalty to the former president

Donald

Trump. For the next 10 minutes, she went on a rampage against Democratic legislators and trans people

sex

rights, warning that “left” is “coming for our children”.

Greene’s warnings were echoed by other speakers, including the former president’s oldest son, Donald Trump Jr.

The focus on trans issues at the annual conference was an attempt to rally conservatives around common interests. But ahead of the 2024 presidential election, the Republican Party faces deep divisions that may prove impossible to mend. Uncertainty about the outcome of the primary could jeopardize the party’s chances of taking back the White House.

If Trump wins the nomination, so will the Republicans

and conservative independents

walk in line? If he loses, he will run like

a third candidate n independent

and take his base?

In the immediate aftermath of the January 6 uprising, many within the GOP

decided

turned away from Trump. Two years later, it is clear that Trump still has an iron grip on much of the party. But the former president is still struggling to win over independent voters.

That the

dynamism has brought problems to the leadership of the party. Many believe they cannot win without Trump. But with him, the general election could prove to be an uphill battle.

Trump has already announced his third bid for the White House. So far, only two other candidates have formally challenged Trump for the

Republican Presidential

nomination: Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. Other potential

candidates, including former Vice President Mike Pence and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, bids have yet to be announced.

Ronna McDaniel, chair of the Republican National Committee, has tried to show voters party unity by requiring primary candidates to support the party’s nominee regardless of the outcome. You want to make sure you have people on the debate stage running for president,” McDaniel said on CNN Sunday. “We don’t want people running for book deals, media contracts or cabinet positions,” she said.

In a Wednesday radio interview, Haley, who

So

served as Trump’s US ambassador to the United Nations, said she would commit to the pledge. “All of our people will be better than Biden any day of the week,” Haley said. “We have to remember what the common good is. The common good is to make sure we don’t have a Democrat in power.”

Pence declined on Wednesday, saying he would support a Trump nomination. Trump refused to make that promise in a radio interview last month

support the GOP nominee.

Representatives for Trump and Ramaswamy did not respond to a request for comment.

Experts say the purpose of the pledge is twofold. the first

goal

is to encourage anti-Trump candidates to support the former president during the general

election

to form a united front. The second

target target

is to encourage Trump

not to

question marks on the

election of the party

handle if he loses.

If Trump loses, corrupts the primary process and refuses to budge, he could bring his party to its knees. “There is a real concern

that who

Trump could hurt a nominee if he loses by not endorsing his voters and telling them to stay home,” the Republican strategist said. Alex Conant said. “The US presidential election is so close that even if a small portion of Trump’s base stays home, Biden will win re-election.”

He added, “It’s a real concern many Republicans have that Trump will never support someone who beats him in a primary simply because being a graceful loser isn’t something we normally associate with him.”

If Trump wins the nomination, anti-Trump politicians

,

as former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and former Wyoming Representative Liz Cheney, who are potential White House candidates, could refuse to endorse him, another sign of a lack of unity in the party.

“It would be contradictory if they supported Trump,” he said Robert Stutzmana Sacramento-based GOP strategist.

This moral stance would likely attract media attention, but it is unlikely to have a major impact on the election itself.

Recent polls indicate that Trump is still a likely frontrunner, even against DeSantis. A February poll by Emerson College shows that Trump will receive 55% of the vote in the 2024 primary. DeSantis is second

behind him

with 25% and pence

third

by only 8%.

While polls indicate that Trump is likely to emerge from the primary, his race to the White House could still be uphill.

The Emerson College poll shows Trump has a three

–

point ahead of Biden in the 2024 general election. Yet Trump is not well liked by independent and swing voters, demographics vital to victory.

“Trump can’t grow the base,” Stutzman said. “It is unlikely that he will be able to build a broad coalition.”

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Sarah Longwell, a Republican strategist and

head of the anti-Trump Republican Accountability Project,

said that with Trump in the picture, the RNC can never be in charge of the GOP.

“This attempt to force cohesion with a wing of the party that would not honor the peaceful transfer of power is an inherent conflict,” she said. “I wish them all the luck in the world, but trying to get us back to a place where everyone will stay like they’re on the same page is just a fantasy.”

“You can’t go around Trump; you have to go through him,” she said. “There is no promise the RNC can make to make change so dynamic.”

She added, “This is the price the RNC must pay to become a wholly owned subsidiary of Donald Trump.”