'Republicans don't want to talk about this': Expert reveals Trump's 'important' weak spot

Republicans don't want to talk about a new development in former President Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign that one political expert warns will prove important.

MSNBC correspondent Molly Jong-Fast shared on X Wednesday afternoon an intriguing exchange between a Capitol Hill reporter and a conservative lawmaker who fled his questioning.

"Republicans don’t want to talk about this," said Jong-Fast. "But it seems important."

The journalist was The Hill staff writer Alex Bolton and the lawmaker was Sen. Todd Young (R-IN), who reportedly claimed he was "bored" by the interview request.

"I don't feel like answering any questions about politics," Young reportedly told Bolton. "I'm bored by it. Thank you."

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While Young gave a broad reply, Bolton said he was cut off while asking a very specific topic: the 128,000 votes former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley claimed in the Indiana primary Wednesday night.

Haley dropped out of the 2024 presidential race two months earlier, but that didn't stop one out of five Indiana Republican primary voters from throwing their support behind her, reports show.

This isn't the first time the former United Nations ambassador took a chunk of votes away from Trump, having claimed 17.8 percent of the Arizona primary vote, 13.2 percent in Georgia, and 16.1 percent in Kansas.

Jong-Fast's assessment of the situation quickly garnered positive replies from followers who agreed Haley's popularity could prove problematic for Trump.

"In every single primary, even after she dropped out, Haley got significant votes," said Dream.org policy manager Joshua Hoe. "It is a real problem for DJT."

Even a pundit on the conservative television network Newsmax agreed Haley's votes spelled trouble for Trump, video shared by President Joe Biden's campaign shows.

"If he's missing out on a 100,000 votes in a state like that, and then 155,000 in Pennsylvania two weeks ago," the pundit said, "you can't tell me he doesn't have a problem."