Democrats Are ‘Looking For Dirt’ on 20 ‘Potential’ Republican Candidates

As in previous recent election cycles, a wide array of Republicans are keeping their names in the mix as potential candidates. Democrats, having seen in 2016 how difficult it is to predict a primary outcome, is preparing research materials on 20 of them.

Democrats already have a playbook to use against former President Donald Trump, should he choose to run again. Trump overcame all manner of dirt during his successful 2016 run, including multiple women accusing him of harassing or assaulting them over decades. Trump denied the charges.

Democrats have spent years digging up material on former President Donald Trump, and prosecutors are looking over his tax returns

To prepare for contingencies, the DNC is digging up ‘oppo’ research on at least 20 Republicans candidates, Politico reported.

This time, Democrats will pore over Trump’s public comments leading up to the January 6th riot, as well as his comments since then. Trump launched a new web site that will served as his platform for comments, and is assuming an active public profile while not ruling out another run in 2024 – even as he faces new legal challenges that could dredge up new material. Prosecutors in New York have obtained his tax returs.

Many top Democrats do not believe Trump will go through with a run – and the party is trying not to be caught off guard. On their list of people to research is Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. One opponent for governor, Democratic Rep. Charlie Crist, is already pointing to DeSantis’ administration opening a vaccine distribution center in a wealthy error, and accusing DeSantis of benefitting his campaign contributors.

The oppo material could be useful if President Biden runs again or even if he decides not to seek reelection

MyPillow exec Mike Lindell, who visited the White House in the last days of the Trump administration and who has continued to make claims the election was stolen, is also coming under review. He is launching a new social media platform, and is being sued by voting machine companies over his post-election claims.

Democrats are not overlooking Fox News prime time host Tucker Carlson, who recently went on a tear on his show when he said parents who let their kids wear masks outside ‘child abuse.’

Carlson shot down a comment by GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz, under investigation for allegedly paying an escort for sex when she was 17, when Gaetz said the two had gone to dinner.

Gaetz denies the allegations against them.

‘You and I went to dinner about two years ago, your wife was there, and I brought a friend of mine, you’ll remember her,’ Gaetz told him in the March interview. He said she had been ‘threatened’ by the FBI.