Donald Trump has announced his candidacy for the 2024 presidential election. For his campaign to be complete, he needs to choose a vice-presidential candidate. He doesn't have to finalize his choice until shortly before November. According to The Washington Post, Kari Lake visited the former president at Mar-a-Lago sparking rumors that she could be his running mate for 2024.
Trump's early announcement has been criticized by several journalists and members of his party, who have pointed out that he should not have done it before the runoff in Georgia. They have stated that it is too early and that it will be difficult for him to sustain the effort to keep his campaign afloat for so long. Another criticism is that he became the center of attention in the midterm elections, which had a disappointing result for the Republican Party.
America First Policy
Moreover, the candidates he has supported have also performed disappointingly. One of those candidates is precisely Kari Lake. Arizona's governor is currently a Republican, and the election will go to the Democrats because Lake's platform has failed to overcome Democratic candidate, Karie Hobbs.
Lake has gone to Florida to participate in events organized by the America First Policy Think Tank, launched by Donald Trump and his allies. The Think Tank has organized an event called the Experience & Gala at the former president's home. The purpose of the meeting is to “ensure policies are prepared and finalized for new sessions of Congress and the state house.”
Not much of a future next to Trump
In statements to the Washington Examiner, political analyst Lorna Romero stated:
If she concedes graciously in the coming days and weeks, then I think there could be a path for her in the future in politics in Arizona. From what I have seen [Wednesday] and what she has been retweeting on social media and whatnot, it still seems like she is mulling over a potential lawsuit over the way Maricopa County handled the election. If she goes down that route, I think she will forever be branded as a Trump-type candidate. I think her political career in Arizona will be over. At that point, her only path would be to be on a conservative talk show somewhere.
She has the name ID and the skill and talent to do something, so it's just a question of who she decides to associate herself with moving forward. If it's the Trump camp and the Trump advisers who have led her down the path where she is now, I don't see too much success in the future for her, especially in this shifting political nature in Arizona.
