Former Donald Trump White House Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Matthews on Tuesday expressed shock that her ex-boss was not only the frontrunner to be the 2024 Republican presidential nominee, but is also currently leading President Joe Biden in the polls.
Speaking on CNN, host Jim Acosta asked Matthews how she felt about Trump being so close to clinching the GOP nomination for the third consecutive election cycle.
"I think if you would have told me back on January 6, 2021, that, just a couple of years later, we would find ourselves in this position that he is still the leader of the Republican Party and is on his way toward clinching the Republican nomination, I would probably be shocked," she said.
"And it's shocking because so many Republicans, in the immediate aftermath of January 6, condemned Donald Trump for his efforts to try to overturn the election and his failure on January 6. And now, many of those people have kissed the ring and cozied up to him."
Matthews did express some hope that Trump rival Nikki Haley was staying in the race for now, but she acknowledged that the former United Nations ambassador was a longshot.
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"I hope that she stays in, honestly, until the convention, as she has the resources and has the ability to do so, because we don't know what could happen between now and the convention," she said.
"We could see Donald Trump be convicted, and so who knows then what could happen out of the convention.
"And so I really do hope that she'll stay in the race and continue to give voters another option, because right now, obviously, it looks like he is marching toward clinching the nomination, but there is still some time between now and the convention."
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