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Republicans already plotting downfall of GOP's heir apparent: report

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office, with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio standing behind him, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 23, 2026. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper/File Photo

The Succession Fight Is Really a Battle Over Who Inherits Trump’s Machine

A Lead Is Not a Transfer of Power

A Bowling Green State University/YouGov poll gives Vice President JD Vance 44 percent among Republican likely voters considering the 2028 nomination—more than twice Marco Rubio’s 21 percent. Yet Republican senators and representatives are…

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