Retired Ohio Republican Rep. Anthony Gonzalez warned that the former president Donald Trump If he loses the 2024 presidential election, he will claim voter fraud and try to subvert the election result again.
Trump has not formally announced his bid for 2024, although he has repeatedly teased his return to the White House since leaving office earlier this year.
In a new CNN Documentary, titled Victory of Democracy: American CoupGonzalez discussed the possibility of the former Republican president running for the White House in 2024 and winning the party’s nomination.
Gonzalez said: “I think it’s all driving one of two outcomes: either he wins legally, he might do it, or if he loses again, you try to steal it.” “If he Become the nominee, or if he runs again, I will try my best to stop him.”
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“Can I stop him? I don’t know. But I believe that as a citizen of a country who loves this country and respects the constitution, it is my responsibility,” he added.
Gonzalez, who is among the 10 Houses Republicans In January, a cross-party vote for the impeachment of Trump announced that he would not seek re-election in the 2022 midterm elections. Upon retirement, the congressman will avoid confronting pro-Trump candidates in the party primaries in his state.
After the impeachment vote, Trump began a revenge campaign, vowing to expel any Republican congressmen who opposed his attempts to overthrow his loss to the president in the 2020 election. Joe Biden.
Trump also targeted nine other House Republicans and seven who voted to impeach him Senate Republicans voted to convict him of inciting congressional riots on January 6.
“January 6 was an unconstitutional attempt led by the President of the United States to overthrow the U.S. election and illegally regain power. That is the territory of a fallen country, that is the territory of a third world country. My family left Cuba in order to avoid this fate. . I will not let it happen here,” Gonzalez said.
The congressman stated that Trump has been trying to purge dissidents from the Republican Party and clear the way for him to return to the White House in 2024.
“He methodically contested from state to state, you know, from the state Senate campaign to the county commissioner campaign, trying to get those-Republicans, RINOs in his words, to stop this and prevent him from participating in the competition. People steal elections,” he said.
Weekly newspaper Contacted a Trump representative for comments.
