Top Republican Donors Have a Hail Mary for 2024: Glenn Youngkin

Shutdown Averted • GOP’s Impeachment Flop • Call for Trump Gag Order [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair Hive logo image]( Top Republican Donors Have a Hail Mary for 2024: Glenn Youngkin Good morning from the Hive newsroom! House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s [failure]( to corral his GOP caucus pushed the country to the brink of a government shutdown, which as Terry Moseley [writes](, was averted with 45-day stopgap funding package. “Pushing the snooze button solves nothing, because these same losers will try to pull the same shit in 45 days,” [said]( Senator John Fetterman, who is “done normalizing this dysfunction.” Meanwhile, Donald Trump’s [dominance]( over the 2024 primary field has some donors and power brokers, like Rupert Murdoch, dreaming of Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin getting in the race. Yet, “the whole scenario,” [writes]( Caleb Ecarma, “feels more like a Hail Mary than an actionable plan.” Plus, the special counsel’s office is calling for Trump to be put under a gag order after [musing]( about Gen. Mark Milley being executed, Jack McCordick [writes.]( Thanks for reading. [Glenn Youngkin]( [Top Republican Donors Have a Hail Mary for 2024: Glenn Youngkin]( By [Caleb Ecarma]( [The party’s elite are reportedly expected to urge him into the fold next month. But with still no presidential momentum to speak of, the governor has about a snowball’s chance in hell of beating Trump.]( [Read more button](   [Congress Averts U.S. Government Shutdown With 11th-Hour Short-Term Funding Bill]( By [Terry Moseley]( [The 45-day reprieve gives Capitol Hill time to hammer out a deal to fund Ukraine but kicks the can down the road.]( [Read more button](   [Trump Should Be Under a Gag Order Following Threats Against Gen. Mark Milley: Special Counsel]( By [Jack McCordick]( [The former president’s statements imply that a potential witness should be executed.]( [Read more button](   [Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Apparently Unconcerned About the Prospect of Helping Reelect Trump, Plans to Run as an Independent: Report]( By [Bess Levin]( [Kennedy reportedly plans to make the announcement next month.]( [Read more button](   [Surprise: The GOP’s First Biden Impeachment Hearing Was a Complete And Utter Flop]( By [Eric Lutz]( [The witnesses all but confirmed that House Republicans have no evidence of wrongdoing, only adding to the party’s humiliation amid their disastrous funding standoff.]( [Read more button](   Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. [Sign Up Now](   [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn](   This e-mail was sent to you by The Hive. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe]( Sent from Condé Nast, 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007 Copyright © 2023 Condé Nast