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Yet the idea of building rosters of paid political contributors took off with cable news. MSNBC, CNN and Fox News Channel are, in large part, political talk channels and seek experts to help fill the time. Being on call to opine can be lucrative work; several reports had NBC agreeing to pay McDaniel $300,000 a year. Even NBC News, whose MSNBC cable outlet appeals to liberals, has more than a dozen Republican contributors. John Kasich and Bulwark founder Charlie Sykes — either predate Trump in their active political work or oppose him, or both.

Persons: —, Ronna McDaniel, Donald Trump, McDaniel, Chuck Todd, Rachel Maddow, Cesar Conde, ”, Mark Whitaker, Shana Alexander, James Kilpatrick's, George Stephanopoulos, Tim Russert, Michael Steele, John Kasich, Charlie Sykes —, MAGA, Reince Priebus, Mick Mulvaney, Mulvaney, Priebus, Tom Bossert, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Trump, David Urban, Mark Esper, Griffin, Mike Pompeo, Alex Conant, Mark Lukasiewicz, ” Lukasiewicz, “, Jay Rosen, NBC's Conde, McDaniel didn't, Joe ”, Mika Brzezinski, That's, ” Conant, Brian Roberts, Conde, Rebecca Blumenstein, Rashida Jones, Carrie Budoff Brown, Jones, Margaret Sullivan, ___ David Bauder Organizations: NBC News, Republican National Committee, GOP, Republican, NBC Universal, MSNBC, CNN, Fox News, NBC, RNC, Ohio Gov, Trump, CBS, ABC News, Trump Homeland Security, Networks, Hofstra, “ Journalists, New York University, ” Networks, Republicans, Comcast, Washington Post, Center for Journalism, Columbia University, Guardian, Associated Press Locations: Washington, MSDNC

☆ How Ron DeSantis learned to embrace mainstream media and turn off Fox News
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-20 | by ( Steve Contorno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +21 min

“I came in not really doing as much media,” DeSantis told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt on Thursday. After keeping the mainstream press at arm’s length early in his presidential campaign, DeSantis now will seemingly talk into any camera that is rolling. But ignoring it was worse.”A spokesman for the DeSantis campaign did not respond to questions from CNN about this story. Ron DeSantis Prev NextInstead, after launching, DeSantis engaged in a lengthy tour of the conservative media ecosystem – radio, TV and influential podcasters. “But conservative media is reactionary to what the mainstream media covers.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, “, ” DeSantis, Hugh Hewitt, DeSantis, Donald Trump, DeSantis couldn’t, Alex Conant, ”, Conant, Sen, Marco Rubio’s, CNN’s Dana, Brianne Pfannenstiel, Nikki Haley, liken, Kaitlan Collins, Hampshirites, Casey DeSantis, Shane Strum, Casey, Brian Kilmeade, “ We’re, Kilmeade, Florida’s, Christina Pushaw, Pushaw, ” Pushaw, “ He’ll, Jabin, Jane, Zuma Press DeSantis, Dunedin High School DeSantis, US Navy DeSantis, John Boehner, Charles Dharapak, Bill Clark, Tom Williams, Trey Gowdy, Al Drago, Zack Wittman, Patrick Farrell, Andrew Gillum, Chris O'Meara, Jeff J Mitchell, Stephen M, Dowell, Trump, Chris Kleponis, Lynne Sladky, Steve Cannon, Fernando Medina, Deborah Birx, Doug Mills, Kimberly Guilfoyle, Saul Loeb, Madison, Tori Lynn Schneider, Vera Leip, Joe Raedle, Michael Reaves, Mamie, Mason, WFTS DeSantis, Joe Biden, Hurricane Ian, Charlie Crist, Marco Bello, Reuters DeSantis, Sophie Park, Jordan Gale, ” Conant, you’re, “ He’s, Fox, “ gaslighting, Joe ” –, they’re, Laura Ingraham, ” Ingraham, “ Trump, –, Bret Baier, Rupert Murdoch, “ DEFUTURE, TalkTV’s Piers Morgan, Salena Zito, David, “ They’re, ” CNN’s Kit Maher Organizations: CNN, Florida Gov, White, Fox, Trump, Republican, Union, Des Moines, Hawkeye, Politico, Jacksonville, “ Fox & Friends, Washington Post, Little League Baseball, Petersburg Times, Zuma Press, Dunedin High School, Yale University, US Navy, Navy, General's Corps, District, DeSantis, First, Bloomberg, Getty, Miami Herald, Tribune, Service, Democratic, Orlando Sentinel, Orlando Magic, NBA, Coronavirus, New York Times, Tallahassee Democrat, USA, Conservative Political, Conference, University of South, Reuters, Iowa State University football, GOP, ”, Praetorian Guard, Fox News, Republican Party, ” Fox, House, Tampa Bay Times, New York Post, The, Republicans Locations: Florida, Tallahassee, “ State, Iowa, Casey, Kilmeade, Orlando, Jacksonville , Florida, Dunedin , Florida, Windsor, V, St, Florida's, Tampa , Florida, Jacksonville, Sanford , Florida, Tallahassee , Florida, Pompano Beach , Florida, Miami, Surfside , Florida, University of South Florida, Covid, Tampa, New Hampshire, Bedford, Bedford , New Hampshire, Ames , Iowa, London

KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — For Sat PMs—Former President Donald Trump is expanding his support in Florida as he seeks to bury the presidential ambitions of Gov. Ron DeSantis in their shared home state. DeSantis is still a powerful governor who enacted policies long sought by conservatives and moved a traditional swing state increasingly to the right. Scott, Fine and four U.S. House members who already declared support for Trump are also scheduled to speak. Trump has refused to take a similar pledge required for candidates to participate in national GOP debates.

Persons: Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Sen, Rick Scott, Randy Fine, He'd, DeSantis, Trump, ”, Alex Conant, Florida Sen, Marco Rubio, “, ” Trump, Nikki Haley, Trump's, Newsmax, “ Donald Trump, “ Ron DeSantis, Steven Cheung, Trump . Rubio, Joe Gruters, __, Jill Colvin Organizations: Gov, Trump, U.S, Republicans, Florida Republicans, Republican, Florida Freedom Summit, GOP, Scott, . House, Des Moines, South, United Nations, PAC, Florida, DeSantis, Associated Press Locations: KISSIMMEE, Fla, Florida, Israel, DeSantis, Orlando, Miami, Hialeah, Iowa, South Carolina, Republican Florida, __ Barrow, Atlanta, New York

They can also rile up Trump's own party, which then incorporates the former president's vendettas and impulses into its own agenda. Though most in his party have stayed quiet, Trump's comments about Milley horrified some Republicans. On the debate stage last week, Trump’s rivals for the GOP nomination didn't address the former president's more incendiary rhetoric. Democrats, including Biden, have warned that Trump and supporters in his Make America Great Again movement are a threat to American democracy. At last week's California Republican Party convention in a hotel ballroom in Anaheim, Trump’s rhetoric reached yet another level.

Persons: Donald Trump, Joe Biden, lowlifes, ”, Trump, Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong, Ruth Ben, ” Ben, Ghiat, Rodrigo Duterte, Trump's, Jack Smith, Mark Milley, Milley, “, ” Milley, Mike Pence, John Kelly, Kelly, ” Trump, Steven Cheung, Biden, ” Alex Conant, Ron DeSantis, Conant, Paul Pelosi, Nancy Pelosi, San Francisco — how’s, Jonathan J, Cooper, Michael R Organizations: Republican, Democratic, White, NBC, New, North, New York University, Trump, U.S, Capitol, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Republicans, GOP, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington's Georgetown University, The Associated Press, White House, CNN, Marine Corps, Florida Gov, California Republican Party, Associated Press Locations: United States, New York, Philippines, Mexico, U.S, China, Florida, ”, California, Anaheim, San Francisco, Anaheim , California

☆ Analysis-Republican-Proposed Attacks on Mexican Cartels Could Lead to American Casualties
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Sept. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +6 min

They argued that cartels could retaliate in U.S. territory and U.S. troops and Mexican civilians could die in firefights with heavily armed cartel members. This could create the blowback effect of fracturing the cartels," said a U.S. military officer with experience in Mexico, speaking on condition of anonymity. In a recent Reuters/Ipsos poll, 52% of respondents supported "sending U.S. military personnel to Mexico to fight against drug cartels," while 26% were opposed. Still, most Americans - including most Republicans - said they would oppose such actions if the Mexican government did not approve, the poll found. It would be easy to send them in, a couple of (special forces) teams that could go and extract in extraordinary renditions," said the military officer.

Persons: Jonathan Landay, Idrees Ali, Gram Slattery WASHINGTON, Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Earl Anthony Wayne, Joaquin, El, Guzman, Jason Blazakis, Mark Esper, Trump, Esper, We're, Haley, Alex Conant, Marco Rubio's, Sergio Alcocer, Alcocer, Gram Slattery, Dave Graham, Ross Colvin, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Republican, Reuters, U.S . Customs, U.S . Centers for Disease, State Department, U.S, SEAL, Woodrow Wilson International Center, IDEA, Trump Locations: Mexico, Trump , Florida, United States, U.S, firefights, Culiacan, New Jersey, Mexican, North America, Mexico City

Persons: Daniel Becerril, Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Earl Anthony Wayne, Joaquin, El, Guzman, Jason Blazakis, Mark Esper, Trump, Esper, We're, Haley, Alex Conant, Marco Rubio's, Sergio Alcocer, Alcocer, Jonathan Landay, Idrees Ali, Gram Slattery, Dave Graham, Ross Colvin, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Villa Union, REUTERS, Rights, Republican, Reuters, U.S . Customs, U.S . Centers for Disease, State Department, U.S, SEAL, Woodrow Wilson International Center, IDEA, Trump, Thomson Locations: Villa, Coahuila, Mexico, Trump , Florida, United States, U.S, firefights, Culiacan, New Jersey, Mexican, North America, Mexico City

☆ Former Bridgewater CEO Dave McCormick would get big money backing for Pennsylvania U.S. Senate run
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Dave McCormick, Republican U.S. Senate candidate from Pennsylvania , greets supporters during a campaign event with Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, at Lehigh Valley Sporting Clays in Coplay, Pa., on Tuesday, January 25, 2022. The last time McCormick ran for Senate, his chief rival in the Republican primary was TV host Dr. Mehment Oz. Christian Ferry, who previously worked for Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham and late GOP Sen. John McCain, said, "Every cycle these totals continue to go up." McCormick has reportedly been promised the support of the Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC aligned with Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. Burch paid approximately $16 million for the estate, according to Newsday.

Persons: Dave McCormick, Sen, Ted Cruz, Dave McCormick's, Tory Burch, McCormick, Goldman Sachs, Lloyd Blankfein, Steven Mnuchin, Gary Cohn, David Solomon, Bob Steel, Perella Weinberg, Mnuchin, Donald Trump, Cohn, Bob Casey, Paul Singer, Steve Schwarzman, Burch, Mnuchin Cohn, Singer, Schwarzman, Steel, Dave, agains Casey, Dina Powell McCormick, Dina, Democrat John Fetterman, Mehment Oz, OpenSecrets . Oz, Donald Trump . Oz, Casey, Oz, Alex Conant, Republican Sen, Marco Rubio, It's, Lindsey Graham, GOP Sen, John McCain, Mitch McConnell of Organizations: Republican U.S, Lehigh Valley, U.S, Senate, Bridgewater Associates, Democratic, Elliot Investment Management, Blackstone, CNBC, Steel, NBC News, Associated Press, McCormick, Keystone, Bush, Treasury, Pennsylvania Senate, Democrat, Republican, GOP, PAC, Bridgewater, Pennsylvania Democratic Party, Fund, Prosperity, that's, Koch Industries, Hamptons, Newsday Locations: Republican, Pennsylvania, Texas, Coplay, Pa, Connecticut, Pittsburgh, Trump, OpenSecrets ., Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Southampton, Long, , New York, Palm Beach

☆ Trump uses Facebook to fund presidential run, two years after Meta banned him
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

The Meta ad archive shows that since early June, the Trump Save America Joint Fundraising Committee spent more than $500,000 on digital Meta ads. There is no public data showing how much the Meta ads have directly raised for the Trump campaign. Trump's campaign outraised all of his Republican primary opponents in the second quarter, according to Federal Election Commission records. Some of the recent Trump ads falsely claim, for instance, that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, "lets violent murderers and TRUE criminals run wild in her city." Zoom In Icon Arrows pointing outwards Source: Meta Ad Library

Persons: Donald Trump, Sam Wolfe, Trump, it's, Andrew Arenge, Arenge, Alex Conant, Sen, Marco Rubio, —, Brad Parscale, Parscale, Jack Smith, Joe Biden's, Republican Sen, John McCain, Lindsey Graham, Fani Willis, Willis Organizations: Republican, Reuters, Meta, Facebook, Trump, Trump Save America, Committee, CNBC, University of, Democrats, Republicans, Commission, NBC News, White, Inc, FEC, U.S, Capitol, Atlanta Locations: Columbia , South Carolina, U.S, Canada, New York City, Georgia, New York, Fulton County, Atlanta

☆ Ron DeSantis faces new leadership test as Hurricane Idalia barrels toward Florida
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Steve Contorno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —With the eyes of the country on Hurricane Idalia as it spins toward Florida’s Gulf Coast, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ presidential ambitions are also under the spotlight as he puts his campaign on hold to manage the crisis at home. The Florida governor is also staving off a field of GOP contenders, who must now also balance sensitivities around Hurricane Idalia with their attempts to overcome DeSantis in the polls. DeSantis has also asserted that he could send his “Florida people” to the southern border to build a wall. “The governor of our state of Florida has created an environment ripe for this.”

Persons: Ron DeSantis, DeSantis, ” DeSantis, Ian, Republican Rick Scott, Hurricane Michael, Bill Nelson, Scott, Jeb Bush, George W, Bush, Chris Christie, Christie, “, ”, Alex Conant, Florida Sen, Marco Rubio’s, Andrew Romeo, ” Romeo, Hurricane Ian, Joe Biden –, Biden, Joe Biden, Saul Young, Donald Trump, Todd Belt, Angie Nixon Organizations: CNN, Gulf Coast , Florida Gov, Republican, White, Hurricane, US, GOP Gov, GOP, Knoxville News Sentinel, George Washington University, Democrats, Trump, ” Democratic, Jacksonville Locations: Gulf Coast , Florida, Tallahassee, Iowa, Florida, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Hawaii, Fort Myers Beach , Florida, Lee County, Florida’s Big, Jacksonville, DeSantis

☆ DeSantis' Bud Light brawl marks his latest move in anti-corporate gambit
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( James Oliphant | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

DeSantis trails Republican front-runner Donald Trump by more than 20 points nationally in the 2024 primary race. But a Republican lobbyist in Washington who represents several Fortune 500 companies said DeSantis’ approach is sound for winning the Republican primary. “DeSantis is doing what he’s doing because it's good politics,” said the lobbyist, who asked to remain unidentified so as to not take sides in the presidential race. A company spokesman told Reuters that "Anheuser-Busch InBev takes our responsibility to our shareholders, employees, distributors and customers seriously." On the trail, DeSantis has accused the Food and Drug Administration of being “captured” by the pharmaceutical industry.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, DeSantis, Donald Trump, Alex Conant, ” Conant, “, ”, Bob Iger, Trump, Bud Light, influencer Dylan Mulvaney, Trump’s, Donald Trump Jr, Bud Light’s, Morningstar, James Oliphant, Colleen Jenkins, Alistair Bell Organizations: Bud Light, Republican, Republican Party, Disney, Republicans, Reuters, Fortune, Democratic Party, Anheuser, Busch InBev, and Drug Administration, Thomson Locations: Florida, Washington, America

☆ Florida Lawmakers Clear a Potential Presidential Roadblock for DeSantis
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Nicholas Nehamas | Patricia Mazzei | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Although legal opinions varied, it might have compelled Mr. DeSantis, if he became a presidential candidate, to resign as governor in 2025 with two years still left in his term. Democrats countered that Mr. DeSantis was getting special treatment from his legislative buddies. “In November, December and January, Republicans all around the country were looking to DeSantis as the future of the party,” said Alex Conant, a Republican political strategist who worked as communications director for Senator Marco Rubio of Florida during his 2016 presidential campaign. “He was really hot coming off the midterms. But now it’s not so clear that Republican voters are ready to move beyond Trump.”

[1/3] Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley arrives for a campaign event in Dover, New Hampshire, U.S., March 27, 2023. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File PhotoWASHINGTON, April 5 (Reuters) - Republican U.S. presidential candidate Nikki Haley has raised more than $11 million since declaring her candidacy in February, her campaign said on Wednesday, a significant sum that could help her expand her support in the coming months. It noted that Haley's fundraising figure exceeded the $9.5 million raised by rival Donald Trump in the fourth quarter of 2022, when he declared his candidacy for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. "That's a very solid number and a testament to what a strong launch she had," Alex Conant, a Republican strategist, said of Haley's fundraising numbers.

Some 65% of respondents - including 46% of Republicans and 68% of independents - said they were less likely to vote for a presidential candidate in 2024 who supports laws banning or severely restricting abortion access. DeSantis last year signed a Florida law banning abortions after 15 weeks, saying the measure would protect "the rights of unborn children." The online Reuters/Ipsos poll had a credibility interval of between around two and four percentage points. The Reuters/Ipsos poll found 61% of respondents nationwide, including 66% of independents, prefer a candidate who opposes allowing medical treatment for minors related to gender identity. Reuters GraphicsThe Reuters/Ipsos poll found that nationwide, women were more likely than men to oppose severe abortion restrictions and permitless concealed guns.

Like Trump, Bush has experienced what it's like to watch a younger man overshadow him, a man he worked hard to support. Bush and Rubio were allies in Florida government, and Rubio was widely viewed as a Bush protége. There is nobody who can even come close to generating the excitement and enthusiasm as President Trump has and will do in 2024." In the end, Trump branding Bush as "low energy" wasn't the only thing standing between Bush and the nomination. "DeSantis is like the one person who has gotten more out of Trump than Trump has gotten out of them."

House Freedom Caucus members, who want to shrink the role of government, are demanding reductions in government spending. The Freedom Caucus members also raised significant sums from larger donors and traditional political fundraising committees. Unlike other congressional caucuses, the House Freedom Caucus doesn't disclose its membership, a practice that began in 2015. While McCarthy has pledged that the government won't default, the Republicans' narrow 222-212 majority has given outsized power to the Freedom Caucus. 'I AIN'T LISTENING'Freedom Caucus members are among the most conservative members of Congress, according to their voting records.

☆ Biden documents bungle seen as political black eye before 2024 launch
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-14 | by ( Jeff Mason | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"It basically ... is a huge gift to Trump," said David Axelrod, a former political adviser to President Barack Obama. Axelrod said the latest developments were an "embarrassment" because Biden criticized his predecessor after the FBI found classified government documents during a court-ordered search of Trump's Florida resort. The White House has promised to cooperate with the Department of Justice investigation and says the documents were inadvertently misplaced. In September Biden called Trump's handling of classified documents "totally irresponsible." "This is a distraction for the White House right when they were starting to gain some momentum," said Alex Conant, a Republican strategist and former spokesman for Republican President George W. Bush.

☆ Kevin McCarthy faces high-wire act as Republicans close in on U.S. House majority
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( David Morgan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

As speaker, McCarthy would be well placed to frustrate Democratic President Joe Biden's legislative ambitions. In Republican House leadership elections on Tuesday, McCarthy is expected to overcome a challenge from hard-line conservative Representative Andy Biggs. Republicans fell short of the "red wave" that some had predicted for a comfortable House majority and control of the Senate. The last two Republican House speakers, John Boehner and Paul Ryan, came under varying degrees of pressure from the right flank of the Republican caucus. The Congressional Leadership Fund, a group tied to him, contributed more than $160 million to help Republican House candidates.

PITTSBURGH — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are at the moment their parties’ leading candidates for 2024. But more competitive midterm contests appear poised to inject a host of new prospects into the 2024 conversation for both parties. That governors would already find themselves in the 2024 spotlight comes as little surprise to political observers. “Governors get s--- done, right?” Shapiro said in a recent interview after batting away questions about his own future ambitions. Jared Leopold, a Democratic strategist who formerly worked at the Democratic Governors Association, said Biden is and will remain Democrats’ top choice in 2024.

☆ How Donald Trump could win the White House again in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

"He has surprised everyone before," said Alex Conant, who managed communications for Sen. Marco Rubio's 2016 presidential campaign. Jeb Bush's 2016 presidential campaign and is a Trump critic. John Kasich's presidential campaign, is clear: He predicts neither Trump, President Joe Biden, nor Vice President Kamala Harris will be their respective parties' nominees in 2024. Asked whether Trump could win if he stopped talking about 2020, she replied, "Can Trump turn into a unicorn?" Glenn Youngkin's 2021 campaign in Virginia as well as Sen. Ted Cruz's 2016 presidential campaign.

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