Joe Walsh to announce his presidential race: report

Former representative Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) Should announce his candidacy for the presidency, becoming the second major Republican to challenge President TrumpDonald John Trump, former US ambassador: "Denmark is not a big fan of Donald Trump and his politicians" Democrat senators advocate arms control in the defense policy bill Detroit County Sheriff Approves Booker as President MORE for the nomination of the party.

The New York Times announced Wednesday that Walsh, now a radio host, will announce his candidacy this weekend. Walsh said in an editorial for the newspaper last week that the president needed a first challenge from the right and told The Times in an interview that he would announce his intentions before Labor Day.

Walsh would join the former Massachusetts governor. Bill WeldWilliam (Bill) WeldPhysician: Biden "more than able" to handle the rigors of the campaign, a White House board member resigns from LGBT Republican group after Trump's endorsement Trump's challenger: "All bets are valid "if I win the New Hampshire primary PLUS (R), who announced his candidacy earlier this year, as the second Republican challenger to mount the long-term challenge against Trump, whose Republican approval rate has surpassed 50 percent since his entry into function in 2017.

The former congressman had previously supported Trump in the 2016 election, but had hammered the president for his leadership in the ensuing years and earlier this year had strongly criticized Trump for the behavior outlined in Robert MuellerRobert (Bob) Swan MuellerThe MuellerMueller report fades after a political conversation. Trump calls to investigate the Obama book agreement Democrats express their private disappointment with Mueller's testimony MORERetailer report the results of the investigation of the special advocate on the Trump campaign.

"I do not know how anyone can read this report and think" it's a behavior we want from our president, "" he told CNN, Brooke Baldwin.

"Criminal behavior, who knows?" He added. "But boy, dishonest, immoral, contrary to ethics? Heck yes, that's it. And I'll tell you, Brooke, all Capitol Hill Republicans agree with what I just said. They can not say that publicly. "

Walsh had previously served a term in Congress as a Republican aligned with the Tea Party, and had slipped on Weld as a centrist earlier this month in the Times' newspaper.

"But the president is more vulnerable to a challenge from the right. I am on the right and I am extremely disappointed that this challenge has not materialized yet, "wrote Walsh at the time.