Trump’s Hold on the GOP is Losing: Outgoing Republican Senator

• Pat Toomey, the outgoing GOP Senator, claims that Trump’s influence on the Republican Party is waning.
• Toomey blamed Trump’s weakening influence on the GOP’s poor performance in the midterms. 
• Toomey also suggested that it could be due to Trump’s “unbelievably horrible” 2024 campaign rollout.

Former President Donald Trump’s grip on the Republican Party is ending, says Pat Toomey, outgoing senator 

“The election result from last month I believe dramatically accelerates the waning. On Sunday, Toomey stated that his horrible rollout of the election campaign was also not helping him. 

The Republican senator said that Trump’s influence was declining, although not as quickly as he expected. He added that it is a sign of Trump’s weakness that other Republican candidates are expressing an intention to run even after Trump announced his campaign. 

Arkansas Gov. Asa HutchinsonOne of the candidates has expressed interest in running for president. 

—CNN (@CNN) December 18, 2022

Toomey said, “In my trips after the election in Pennsylvania I’ve heard from many former pro-Trump voters that it’s now time for our party’s to move forward.” 

During his speech, Toomey also called out Trump Senate farewell speechOn December 15, he warned his GOP friends that the party “cannot be about or beholden” to any one man. 

“We are much bigger than that. Toomey stated that our party is much larger than that. 

He said, “And I hope that we resist the temptation of adopting the protectionist nativist isolator redistributive policy that some are suggesting we embrace.”

Trump’s friends and allies are losing after he announced his 2024 bid

Since then announcing his 2024 campaign in NovemberTrump has raged against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis,A popular, would-be opponent in the next election.

He started a sale of non-fungible tokens, which were mocked. by Trump loyalist Steve Bannon. However, Trump might not be doing so badly for himself — Coin DeskFriday’s report stated that 45,000 cards had been sold by Friday. may have raked in over a million dollars for Trump. 

Toomey made the comments about the same dayCarlos Curbelo, a former Republican congressman, told MSNBC that he believes Trump is in “deep trouble” because of a potential criminal referralThe House Select Committee for the Justice Department prosecute Trump over the Capitol riot.

The January 6 panel will vote on the referral Monday, per NPR. 

“Donald Trump is in deep trouble. I don’t believe that anything can save him. Curbelo said that while he does believe he could use these criminal referrals to rally his supporters, the end is near for Donald Trump.” Curbelo also spoke to MSNBC. “His next bankruptcy is imminent, you can clearly see it coming on, and I don’t even believe this would save his life.”

Insider asked for comment from Trump and Toomey, but they did not respond immediately.