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* Popularity among conservatives rose after his change in rhetoric post-2016, going from anti-Trump to pro-Trump
* Voted to contest the fraudulent [[2020 election]] results
* Pressed FBI about their involvement in January 6th
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* Called January 6th a "violent terrorist attack"Was the Establishment's choice for the GOP nomination in 2016 in an attempt to stop Trump after [[Jeb Bush]] and [[Marco Rubio]] dropped out
* Many conservatives still distrust him due to his originally fervent opposition to Trump
* Refused to endorse him at the 2016 Republican National Convention, eliciting loud boos from the crowd, as well as chants of "We want Trump!" and "Lying Ted!"<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orX-rWiMPCE</ref>
* Called January 6th a "violent terrorist attack"
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|[[Kentucky]] Senator and 2016 candidate [[Rand Paul]]
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*Anti-establishment populist, conservative/[[libertarian]]*Supported Trump both times, receiving Trump's endorsement in return *Voted to contest the 2020 election *Currently running for re-election in 2022, and has not ruled out another presidential run<ref>https://www.bgdailynews.com/news/paul-files-for-re-election-doesn-t-rule-out-2024-presidential-run/article_01c63620-fdd8-5bb6-8e19-fea914f4ea9e.html</ref>
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* Libertarian*Voted to confirm [[neocon]] [[Mike Pompeo]] to the Trump administration, despite previously insisting otherwise*Pro-[[marijuana]]*Conceded to the left on the issue of race and police in 2020, introduced the "Justice for [[Breonna Taylor]] Act"
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|[[Arkansas]] Senator [[Tom Cotton]]
* [[Herschel Walker]], a [[greatest conservative athletes|great conservative athlete]] and Republican candidate for [[Georgia]] [[Senate]] in 2022.
* [[Candace Owens]], conservative political commentator and host of the talk show ''Candace''; Trump once said he may consider her as a VP choice during a telephone interview on the show<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaZmirUpC0E</ref>.
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* Former Vice President [[Mike Pence]], who cut and ran like a coward from mostly peaceful pro-Trump activists (along with some [[FBI]] plants) during the [[2021 Capitol protests]]. As a rubber stamp for [[leftist]]s, Pence turned against President Trump, and did absolutely nothing to question the massive [[election fraud]], and later even had the nerve to brag about it.<ref>https://www.businessinsider.com/mike-pence-he-was-proud-to-certify-election-rebukes-trump-2021-6</ref>