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☆ Fact Check-Video of Will Hurd being interrupted on ‘The View’ is edited
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A video of former U.S. representative Will Hurd speaking on ABC’s “The View” in July 2023 has been edited to suggest he was reprimanded by another guest on the show while speaking about former President Donald Trump. The video, the work of a satirical content creator, was shared without that context on social media, leaving people confused. The manipulated video clip includes a man wearing a cap telling Hurd to “shut the hell up” leaving hosts of the show speechless before the broadcast is apparently interrupted with the on-screen message, “Signal Lost. But here’s the difference, so that means, we should just give up and accept that Donald Trump is going to be the Republican nominee? A video showing Will Hurd being interrupted by a guest on ABC’s “The View” for speaking about Trump, is digitally edited and originated as satire.

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☆ The Republican Not Heading to a July 4 Parade? Trump.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( Jonathan Weisman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Both Mr. DeSantis and Mr. Scott will be at the July 4 parade in Merrimack, N.H., as will several other Republican presidential hopefuls: Mr. Burgum, former Representative Will Hurd of Texas, the entrepreneur and author Vivek Ramaswamy, and Perry Johnson, a Michigan businessman. Mr. Trump’s campaign evinces no concern that his absence from the stage will give his rivals any room to make up ground in the Republican primaries. Republican veterans don’t see much of an opening for Mr. Trump’s rivals either. “He definitely plays by a different set of rules,” said David Kochel, a longtime Republican adviser and strategist in Iowa. field at the Republican Party of Iowa’s biggest fund-raiser, the Lincoln Dinner, on July 28.

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☆ Opinion | Republicans Serve Up Red Meat for a Reason
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-24 | by ( Jamelle Bouie | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

There are, as of Saturday, at least 13 people running for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination: former President Donald Trump; his U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley, his vice president, Mike Pence; Gov. Instead, Republicans are studiously focused on the fever dreams and preoccupations of right-wing media swamps while showing an almost total indifference to the real world. In the worst-hit areas, such as New York City, public health officials urged residents to either stay inside or use masks when venturing outdoors. And this is on top of emissions produced by cars and other vehicles in an economy that still runs on fossil fuels. For many Americans, in other words, it takes little more than a glance outside the window to see a major problem of national consequence.

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☆ Who are the Republican candidates running for president?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

June 22 (Reuters) - At least 11 Republican candidates have announced that they will try to win their party's nomination to take on Democratic President Joe Biden in the November 2024 election. DONALD TRUMPTrump, 77, announced his election campaign last November as he faced criticism from within his Republican Party over his support for far-right candidates who were defeated in the midterm elections. She attracts about 4% support among Republican voters. DOUG BURGUMDoug Burgum, who is serving his second four-year term as North Dakota's governor, launched his campaign earlier this month. WILL HURDFormer U.S. Representative Will Hurd, who was among the few Republicans who criticized Trump when he was president, is one of two Black candidates in the 2024 Republican race.

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☆ Moderate Will Hurd, a Trump critic, joins 2024 Republican race
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Doina Chiacu | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File PhotoWASHINGTON, June 22 (Reuters) - Former U.S. Representative Will Hurd, a moderate who was once the sole Black Republican in Congress, on Thursday joined the crowded race to beat Donald Trump for the party's 2024 presidential nomination. Painting a stark contrast to Trump, Hurd said his vision of America would acknowledge science, address mental health, and be inclusive and understanding. A former undercover CIA officer in the Middle East and South Asia, Hurd served on the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee. In 2019, he strongly criticized tweets by then-President Trump saying four progressive Democratic minority congresswomen, including one born in Somalia, should "go back" to where they came from. Since leaving Congress, Hurd has worked as a managing director at Allen & Company, a board member for OpenAI, and trustee of the German Marshall Fund, according to his website.

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☆ 5 Things to Know About Will Hurd
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Maggie Astor | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Former Representative Will Hurd, a Republican from a swing district in Texas who served three terms, faces the daunting task of establishing himself in a field of much better-known presidential candidates. Here are five things to know about Mr. Hurd, who announced his 2024 bid on Thursday. Mr. Hurd got a job with the C.I.A. straight out of college in 2000 and spent more than eight years as an undercover agent, with stints in Afghanistan, India and Pakistan. His next assignment came after Sept. 11.

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