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☆ Winners and Losers From the Third Republican Debate - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( New York Times Opinion | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +13 min

Welcome to Opinion’s commentary for the third Republican presidential debate, held in Miami on Wednesday night. The debate didn’t answer the question of whether she can really cut into DeSantis’s more conservative bloc of support. He deserves praise for his substantive, competent answers, but there’s not much of a market for that in the Republican primaries. In a debate dominated by a neoconservative revival, Ramaswamy — in both style and substance — was the only Trumpist on the stage. primary voters relished his attacks on the Republican National Committee and the debate moderators.

Persons: Jamelle, Nikki Haley, Haley, Gail Collins, Michelle Cottle, yapping, Ross Douthat I’m, Ramaswamy, David French Neoconservatism, Sarah Isgur, Sarah Longwell, DeSantis, Daniel McCarthy, Dick Cheney, —, Haley couldn’t, Ron DeSantis, Donald Trump, There’s, Ross Douthat, he’s, David French, He’s, Vivek Ramaswamy, Sarah Isgur DeSantis, Sarah Longwell DeSantis, Kim Reynolds, Jamelle Bouie Chris Christie, It’s, David French Christie, Trump, Christie isn’t, Sarah Isgur It’s, Christie —, Christie, there’s, Bouie, Tim Scott, Scott, I’ve, we’re, David French I’m, Reagan, platitudes, hasn’t, Sarah Longwell Tim Scott, Daniel McCarthy He’s, Ross, David French Ramaswamy, Ramaswamy —, cheekily Organizations: Trump Republican, Trump, Republican, Gov, Federal Reserve, White, Republican Party, MAGA, Republican National Committee, Nazi Locations: Miami, Iowa, New Hampshire, Ukraine, Iran, Israel, China, hawkish, Iraq, Afghanistan, Russia, Haley, Florida

☆ Billionaire GOP mega-donor Ken Griffin may have a new Republican fave
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Bradley Saacks | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Citadel founder Ken Griffin said his one-time favorite candidate, Florida Gov. Griffin, who has been looking for an alternative to former President Donald Trump, called Nikki Haley a rockstar. Griffin was speaking at the Robin Hood conference in New YorkNEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementAdvertisementBillionaire Citadel founder Ken Griffin may have a new favorite candidate in the GOP presidential primary.

Persons: Ken Griffin, Ron DeSantis, Griffin, Donald Trump, Nikki Haley, Robin Hood, —, Paul Tudor Jones, Haley, DeSantis, Chris Christie —, Steve Cohen, Robin Hood —, Joe Biden Organizations: Citadel, Florida Gov, Robin, Service, Billionaire, South Carolina Gov, New, New York City, Trump, Citadel Securities, SEC Locations: Iowa, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire

Doug Burgum appears to have qualified for Wednesday's second GOP primary debate, an NBC News analysis shows. Burgum has been on the outside looking into the second debate with less than a week to go to secure enough support in primary polls to qualify. Burgum appears to have qualified through the latter:The other candidates who appear to have qualified — Florida Gov. Burgum jumped into the GOP presidential race relatively late, without some of the national recognition of some of his rivals. It should be the voters to decide who to support,” Burgum said in New Hampshire.

Persons: Doug Burgum, Burgum, Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy, Nikki Haley, Sen, Tim Scott of, Mike Pence, Chris Christie —, Donald Trump, Perry Johnson, Johnson, ” Burgum, “ We’ve Organizations: North Dakota Gov, Wednesday's, NBC, Republican, RNC, Florida Gov, New, New Jersey Gov, GOP Locations: Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Nevada, Tim Scott of South Carolina, New Jersey, Michigan, Milwaukee

☆ Trump has sharp exchange with NBC's Kristen Welker after she asked if he watched the January 6 riot unfold on TV in the White House dining room
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-17 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Trump had a sharp exchange with NBC's Kristen Welker when pressed about his response on January 6. The ex-president has been criticized for his response to the riot hours after it first began. "Tell me how you watched this all unfold," Welker asked the former president. Welker then asked: "What did you do when the Capitol was under attack, though?" AdvertisementAdvertisementAfter Welker asked if Trump called military or law enforcement when the Capitol was first attacked, Trump again pushed back.

Persons: Trump, NBC's Kristen Welker, I'm, Donald Trump, Kristen Welker, Stephanie Grisham, Welker, Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, Pelosi, Chris Christie — Organizations: Service, Press, White House, Capitol, Office Locations: Wall, Silicon, California

Ron DeSantis had put “politics ahead of his job” by declining to meet with President Joe Biden during the Democrat's weekend visit to survey Hurricane Idalia's damage in DeSantis' state. And unfortunately, he put politics ahead of his job," Christie said. Christie giving a warm greeting to Democratic President Barack Obama during a visit after Superstorm Sandy in 2012 earned Christie scorn among national Republicans. Christie said he was simply doing his job by meeting with the president. But DeSantis is now running for president and hoping to take on Biden in the 2024 general election.

Persons: CHARLOTTE, Chris Christie, Ron DeSantis, Joe Biden, what’s, ” Christie, “, Christie, Barack Obama, Superstorm Sandy, Obama, ”, Mitt Romney’s, Biden, DeSantis, Idalia, Hurricane Ian, Sandy, Vivek Ramaswamy, Christie —, ___ Meg Kinnard Organizations: —, Florida Gov, Fox, New, New Jersey Gov, Republicans, Carolinas, Biden Locations: N.C, Florida, New Jersey, Bend, drench Georgia, Hurricane, Miami Beach

☆ After being asked what his biggest selling point is over Trump, DeSantis delivered a 3-minute ramble that avoided taking direct shots at the GOP frontrunner
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-27 | by ( Sebastian Cahill | Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ron DeSantis passed up an opportunity to name one reason voters should pick him over Donald Trump. At an event at J&J Ag Solutions, an "average voter" named Ethan Masters asked DeSantis, "So what's your biggest selling point when I'm in the voting stage and it's between you and Trump?" He'd be a lame duck on Day 1 even if he could get elected," DeSantis said. Trump leads DeSantis by nearly 40 points in most recent polls of GOP candidates. Representatives for DeSantis and Trump did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment, sent outside regular business hours.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, Donald Trump, Ethan Masters, DeSantis, Trump, unmet, Hillary Clinton, Masters, didn't, Chris Christie —, Christian Grose, he's Organizations: Service, J Ag Solutions, The New York Times, Trump, Times, University of Southern, DeSantis Locations: Florida, Wall, Silicon, Estherville , Iowa, Mexico, University of Southern California, Iowa

☆ DeSantis advisors are urging him to 'show emotion' when talking about his family at the first GOP debate, leaked memo reveals
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A memo from a consulting firm unofficially tied to Ron DeSantis' campaign leaked on Thursday. The DeSantis campaign did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment. The suggestion that DeSantis show "emotion" comes after months of scrutiny on DeSantis' relatively awkward manner on the campaign trail. The memo was originally drafted by the political consulting firm Axiom Strategies, which works for the Never Back Down super PAC associated with DeSantis' campaign. Since the Times reported on the memo, it's been removed from Axiom's site, but is still available via the Times' website.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, Roger Ailes, Vivek Ramaswamy, Donald Trump, Chris Christie —, Casey, DeSantis, it's Organizations: Service, Florida Governor, New York Times, Fox, Republican, Washington Post, Times Locations: Wall, Silicon, Florida

☆ Opinion: Why are Trump’s donors paying for his legal fees?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Dean Obeidallah | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Trump’s political action committee, Save America, has spent more than $40 million on legal fees since the start of 2023, a source familiar with the matter told CNN. The PAC also shelled out $16 million-plus on legal costs the previous year, Federal Election Commission records show. However, Paul Seamus Ryan, a campaign finance expert, recently told The Washington Post he did not see any “legal red flags” with the PAC paying Trump’s fees. It is disgraceful that Trump is using funds from small donors that they believed would fund his campaign for his own personal legal woes. But even Trump knows the more he spends on legal fees, the less he has for his 2024 campaign.

Persons: Dean Obeidallah, CNN — Dean Obeidallah, Donald Trump’s, deliberates, Joe Biden’s, ” Trump, Steven Cheung, Trump, —, Chris Christie —, Trump’s, “, Donald Trump, ” Christie, “ They’re, Paul Seamus Ryan, ” Ryan, Ryan, Jeff Swensen, I’m, ”, Biden, Joe Biden Organizations: CNN, CNN — Dean Obeidallah CNN, Florida —, Save, Federal, Commission, The New York Times, PAC, Trump, Prison, Save America PAC, Times, New, New Jersey Gov, Washington Post, “, Twitter, Facebook, Republicans, Biden, GOP, White House Locations: New York, Florida, Washington , DC, Fulton County , Georgia, New Jersey, Erie , Pennsylvania

☆ Chris Christie — a onetime Trump ally turned foe — calls the case laid out in the indictment 'devastating'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( Sarah Gray | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Chris Christie, once a Donald Trump ally, called the facts of the federal indictment "devastating." Christie is one of two 2024 GOP rivals not to defend Trump following these new allegations. On Friday evening, Christie was one of two rivals not to defend Trump over the 37-count indictment against the former president. During the 2016 primaries, Christie dropped out and roughly two weeks later endorsed then-candidate Trump — the first GOP governor to do so — ahead of Super Tuesday. Christie is now running against Trump in the 2024 GOP primary.

Persons: Chris Christie, Donald Trump, Jake Tapper, Christie, —, CNN's Jake Tapper, they're, Trump, Jack Smith Organizations: New, GOP, Trump, Service Locations: New Jersey, United States

☆ Do Christie and Pence Make It 2016 Again? Not Yet.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Nate Cohn | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The party couldn’t coalesce behind one candidate, allowing Mr. Trump to win the Republican primary with well under half of the vote. With Mike Pence and Chris Christie bringing the field up to 10 candidates this week, it’s easy to wonder whether the same conditions might be falling into place again. Now, the likes of Mr. Pence and Mr. Christie — as well as Tim Scott and Nikki Haley — are in the fray and threatening to leave the Trump opposition hopelessly divided, as it was seven years ago. In the end, Mr. Pence or Mr. Christie might well break out and leave the opposition to Mr. Trump as fractured as it was in 2016. So far this cycle, polls have consistently shown Mr. DeSantis with the support of a majority of Republican voters who don’t support Mr. Trump.

Persons: It’s, Donald J, Trump, Mike Pence, Chris Christie, Ron DeSantis, Pence, Christie —, Tim Scott, Nikki Haley —, Christie, Ted Cruz, John Kasich Organizations: Mr, Republican, Trump

☆ Disney tells its lobbyists to step up fight against DeSantis and his allies in Florida
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Stickers and apparel promoting Florida Governor Ron DeSantis sit on a table before a book tour event at the North Charleston Coliseum on April 19, 2023 in North Charleston, South Carolina. Disney is preparing to take its fight with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his GOP allies in the state legislature to the next level, according to people familiar with the matter. Republican Florida state Sen. Blaise Ingoglia warned Disney not to fight back, as he stood next to DeSantis at a news conference Monday. At the same event, DeSantis vowed to nullify an agreement that would allow the Orlando amusement park to circumvent a special governing district board filled with DeSantis appointees.

☆ Chris Christie says Biden is 'not capable of running a traditional American race' in 2024: 'He's old. He's boring.'
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-05 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Chris Christie blasted President Biden's reelection plans on Sunday, calling him "old" and "boring." Biden is set to announce his 2024 reelection campaign in the coming months. Chris Christie on Sunday was critical of President Joe Biden's expected 2024 reelection bid, arguing that the commander-in-chief is "old" and "not an exciting candidate." "Do you see Joe Biden on Air Force One doing seven, eight campaign stops a day at 82 years old?" Biden has not yet announced his 2024 reelection campaign but is expected to do so in the coming months.

☆ The feds say they're in for the long haul on Jan. 6 investigation
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( Ryan J. Reilly | Ryan J. Reilly Is A Justice Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +16 min

But the federal investigation has been strained, spread thin and strapped for resources as a sometimes less-than-agile federal bureaucracy adapts to the overwhelming scope of the caseload. While the FBI arrested more than 700 defendants in the first year of the investigation, it arrested about 200 in the second. Online sleuths have done their best to bust those myths, too. “That was it.”The Sedition Hunters website features images of people online sleuths say took part in the Jan. 6 attack, including many (in blue) who have been identified. Some charging documents in Jan. 6 cases make the role that online sleuths played clear.

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