"With your help, we will take back the House, we will win the Senate and then a Republican president will make a triumphant return to the White House. "They just lost the White House," the Republican former president said after criticising Biden's handling of border security. In a straw poll, 55% of CPAC conference participants said they would vote for Trump in the 2024 Republican presidential nominating race. Without Trump, DeSantis led the field with 43%, and other potential Republican candidates had single digits. The Biden White House dismissed Trump's speech.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 01, 2021 19:41 UTC