The magnitude of the challenge ahead for Trump's Republican rivals was clear as the former president repeatedly turned his greatest political liabilities into jokes and applause lines for the GOP base. On Thursday, a day after the town hall, Trump's Republican critics conceded they don’t know how to stop him. The verdict was met with silence from most of Trump's Republican competitors. Do you want four more years of that?” Biden tweeted immediately after the CNN town hall. A handful of lower-profile Republicans are struggling to make the same case to GOP primary voters.

Source: CNN May 12, 2023 04:16 UTC