How to run against Trump? GOP considers lessons from 2016

Published April 2, 2023 5:09 AM

By MICHELLE L. PRICE
Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — It’s been more than seven years since the 2016 presidential campaign, and Republicans are still trying to figure out how to run against Donald Trump. Their calculation has only grown more complicated now that a Manhattan grand jury has indicted the former president. Trump’s norm-busting style carried him from reality TV to the White House, and he remade the party in his image along the way. But that style has befuddled those who try to run against him, especially now as they seek to win over some of his supporters rather than draw their ire. As the 2024 field takes shape, candidates and potential contenders are trying to heed lessons learned from 2016.

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