WASHINGTON — Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., said he's unsure whether former President Donald Trump is capable of beating President Joe Biden in a general election matchup, adding that the former president's electability is one of his concerns heading into 2024.
When asked by CNN's Dana Bash whether he thinks Trump, the current Republican frontrunner, could beat Biden in 2024, Rounds said “We don’t know.”
“That’s one of the concerns that a lot of people have got, me as well,” Round said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “That’s the reason why I think if we bring in a uniter rather than a divider, I think we’ve got a better shot at doing what’s right for this country long term, and that’s what I want.”
Rounds also denounced Trump’s actions on Jan. 6, 2021, when a mob of the former president’s supporters attacked the Capitol in an effort to block the certification of the 2020 presidential election after his repeated false claims of election fraud in the race.
“I was there on January 6. I saw what happened. I’m not happy about what happened. I was not happy with his performance on that particular day,” Rounds said.
Trump is currently facing four separate criminal cases over allegedly falsifying business records to make hush money payments, mishandling classified documents after he left the White House and attempting to overturn the 2020 election. The former president could be the Republican Party’s nominee while also being a convicted felon.
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