Former President Bill Clinton has allegedly made an important intervention in the 2024 presidential race by convincing two candidates not to run against Donald Trump.
According to a report from New York Magazine, Clinton successfully convinced Maryland Governor Larry Hogan (R) and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) that running as a third-party candidate would land Donald Trump another term in the White House.
The report explains:
Late last June, when Bill Clinton welcomed Larry Hogan to Little Rock, the ex-president realized he had an opportunity to step carefully back into the political fray. The pair was scheduled for a ticketed chat about bipartisanship on Clinton’s home turf just as Hogan, the former Maryland governor, was rumored to be thinking about a third-party presidential run via the No Labels group, which he was also co-chairing.
Before they walked onstage, Clinton delicately…
