Second Republican challenges Trump in 2020 White House race

Conservative radio show host and former lawmaker Joe Walsh has become the second man to challenge President Donald Trump for the Republican Party’s 2020 White House nomination.

President Trump made no immediate public comment on the news.

Walsh announced his candidacy in an interview with George Stephanopoulos on ABC’s “This Week,” while Mr. Trump was in Biarritz, France, for the G7.

Both men now face an uphill battle to take over a Republican Party that has been refashioned in Trump’s image.

No sitting president in the modern era has lost the race to be nominee for their own party.

Most polls show the president’s approval rating among Republican voters is consistently in the high 80s.

In April, Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld became the first Republican to challenge Mr Trump in 2020.

 

Via NYT

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