“Look, I have the responsibility to govern a state, and I’ve got to focus on delivering results. I’ve also got to protect the people against Biden’s policies, and so when I’m getting in fights, I’m fighting Biden,” he began.
The governor stressed that his concern is not merely for his own prospects but for the party as a whole: “I want other Republicans to do well. I don’t want any Republican to do poorly, so I’m not in a situation where taking potshots against other Republicans is something that I think is beneficial.
“I think get it done, keep your eye on the ball, and just keep delivering results and fighting back against the Biden administration,” he said.
It is an answer that has kept him above the fray — and left a press hungry for a fight between the two unsatisfied.
[It’s an approach that will serve him well in the 2023 fray that’s already unfolding in the GOP nomination fight. That’s an advantage that sitting governors have over non-office-holders and legislators. That could benefit Trump too if he focused on using his status to project a “shadow presidency” that focused entirely on how he would handle issues and crises better than Biden. Thus far, Trump’s doing that to an extent, but seems much more focused on internecine negative campaigning. That may be a mistake. — Ed]
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