DNC’s Donna Brazile says GOP will become ‘MAGA party’ with Pence gone

The former Democratic National Committee Chair Donna Brazile claimed the Republican Party is becoming Donald Trump‘s “MAGA party.”

Brazile appeared on This Week on Sunday to react to Mike Pence’s withdrawal from the 2024 election from the day before. She claimed this was a “huge” week for the “movement” that takes its name from Trump’s campaign slogan: Make America Great Again.

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“This is a MAGA party,” Brazile said. “They just got a speaker, after all. ‘MAGA Mike’ as Donald Trump has now branded him. Look, Mike Pence tried to change the dynamics of the Republican Party. It’s not changing. It is now behind Donald Trump come trial or tribulations.”

Brazile expressed her shock that Pence was “unable to get traction, unable to raise some money,” despite being “a former sitting vice president.” According to Brazile, Pence’s unpopularity is due to his attempt to “distinguish himself from the craziness of the MAGA moment to say that this is a party that needs to stand for something, this is a party that just cannot stand by a populist.”

“It wasn’t his time,” Brazile said, paraphrasing Pence’s own words when he officially suspended his campaign during the Republican Jewish Coalition Summit.

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Now, Trump is facing off against former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, former governor to New Jersey Chris Christie, Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), Gov. Doug Burgum (R-ND), Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy in the race to win the GOP presidential nomination.

Meanwhile, President Joe Biden is also facing opposition for his Democratic Party‘s nomination despite being the incumbent. Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN), news anchor Cenk Uyghur, and author Marianne Williamson are all vying for the Democratic presidential nomination.