NEW YORK (AP) — Just seven months into Donald Trump’s presidency, Republicans and independents have begun to contemplate an organized bid to take down the sitting president in 2020.
It is a herculean task, some say a fantasy: No president in the modern era has been defeated by a member of his own party, and significant barriers stand in the way.
Yet Trump’s muddled response to a deadly white supremacist rally has emboldened his critics to talk about the once unthinkable.
GOP officials from New Hampshire to Arizona are wondering aloud about the possibility of a 2020 challenge from a fellow Republican or right-leaning independent.
No one has stepped up yet, however. Texas billionaire Mark Cuban says, “The door is wide open. It’s just a question of who can pull it off.”
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