Nathaniel Rakich: “Back in 2016, when former President Donald Trump first ran for president as a Republican, the party establishment resisted his campaign with all its might. Trump did not get his first endorsement from a sitting senator, representative or governor until Feb. 24, 2016 — after he had already won New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada.
”“Here in 2024, it’s a very different story. Republican elected officials up and down the ballot, all across the country, aren’t just not resisting Trump — they’re actively throwing their support behind him. In fact, Trump has one of the highest levels of institutional support we’ve ever seen for a non-incumbent presidential candidate. Simply put, candidates with the quantity and quality of Trump’s endorsements have never lost their party’s nomination.”