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☆ Trump says Israel needs to ‘finish what they started’ and said war with Hamas is ‘taking a long time’
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-04 | by ( Kate Sullivan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Former President Donald Trump said that Israel needs to “finish what they started” and “get it over with fast,” as he continued arguing Israel was “losing the PR war” because of the visuals coming out of Gaza. You have to have a victory, and it’s taking a long time,” Trump said in an interview with The Hugh Hewitt Show that aired Thursday. They’re doing, that’s why they’re losing the PR war. They, Israel is absolutely losing the PR war,” Trump said. Trump has made several public comments critical of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu amid the nation’s war with Hamas.

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☆ Nikki Haley says she thinks President Joe Biden should resign
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Ebony Davis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Tuesday said she thinks President Joe Biden should resign, as it would be in “the best interest of the country.”Asked by radio host Hugh Hewitt during an interview if she believes the president should step down, Haley responded: “Yes, I do.”“I think the Democrat Party knows that and I think that it is not just in the best interest of their party. It’s in the best interest of the country. What I will tell you – and I have said this from the very beginning – the party that gets rid of their 80-year-old candidate is the party that will win,” Haley said. The former South Carolina governor has frequently taken digs at Biden, who is 81, and former President Donald Trump, 77, over their age, arguing they are both too old to serve another four years as president. Haley, 52, has also been adamant about calling for term limits and mental competency tests for any politician over the age over the age of 75.

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“I was embarrassed for our conference, for our party, because we can do better than we did last night,” said GOP Rep. Lance Gooden of Texas. It was a huge mistake,” said GOP Rep. Patrick McHenry of North Carolina, an ally to former Speaker Kevin McCarthy. And the stunning defeat, which prompted a chaotic scene on the House floor, completely overshadowed the Democratic opposition to the Israel bill. “The Democrats played hide and seek with us,” GOP Rep. Carlos Gimenez of Florida told CNN. We’ll put it back up.”For their part, Democrats took a victory lap in their maneuvering that led to a nail-biter vote and embarrassment for House Republicans.

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☆ Biden mocks Trump's push to debate him 'immediately' as the primary process remains underway: 'He's got nothing else to do'
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

But during a stop in Nevada ahead of the state's primary on Tuesday, Biden pushed back at Trump's debate request. AdvertisementIn December, Trump told radio host Hugh Hewitt that he wanted to debate Biden and said he'd "look forward" to the exchanges. Advertisement"Now it's time for Trump to man up and agree to debate Nikki Haley," Haley spokesperson Olivia Perez-Cubas said in a statement. In 2020, Biden and Trump participated in two televised debates, while one debate was canceled due to the then-president's COVID diagnosis. In April 2022, the Republican National Committee voted to withdraw from presidential debates hosted by the Commission on Presidential Debates, claiming that the nonprofit organization was "biased."

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And the DeSantis campaign made many of them, his advisers, allies and supporters have acknowledged to CNN in interviews. Republican presidential candidate and Florida Governor, Ron DeSantis, speaks during a campaign event in Hampton, New Hampshire, on January 17, 2024. Michael Reaves/Getty Images DeSantis and his wife, Casey, have three children: from left, daughters Mamie and Madison and son Mason. But that approach was rejected by the woman who would be announced as DeSantis’ campaign manager, Generra Peck. And yet, in the face of this overwhelming rejection of his pitch to Make America Florida, DeSantis refused to change gears.

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"We're going to win Iowa," DeSantis declared on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Dec. 2. NBC News reached out to both the DeSantis campaign and Never Back Down for comment for this piece. 'I knew they were stupid'DeSantis' presidential campaign was a mess from the moment it launched. "What harmed the campaign the most off the bat was that it didn't have a clear purpose and message," a former DeSantis campaign staffer said. "The blunt truth is that DeSantis' presidential campaign was sabotaged through early incompetence in Tallahassee," the person said.

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☆ 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.

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It was also a rare moment for Ms. Haley on the trail. Ms. Haley, 51, the former governor of South Carolina and a United Nations ambassador under Mr. Trump, has run a tightly controlled campaign. Several wondered whether the decision came after the wave of negative press Ms. Haley received in December when a voter asked her to explain the causes of the Civil War and she failed to mention slavery. “Then she was there forever taking pictures with people,” she said of Ms. Haley. But asked whether Mr. Trump would still be qualified to be president if he were convicted, she dodged.

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☆ Ron DeSantis Is Quietly Starting to Build His Off-Ramp From 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Nicholas Nehamas | More About Nicholas Nehamas | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

After a humbling loss in Iowa, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida is starting to signal that he is building an off-ramp from the race for the Republican presidential nomination, a seeming acknowledgment of his dim prospects of defeating Donald J. Trump given his low poll numbers in New Hampshire and South Carolina. So far this week, Mr. DeSantis has cast his eyes forward to 2028 with anecdotes about Trump supporters saying they would vote for him next time around if he runs again in four years. On Thursday, the conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt asked Mr. DeSantis if his campaign would survive through the end of March. The Florida governor replied that things were not necessarily going to plan.

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☆ DeSantis admits he picked the wrong media strategy to kick off his presidential campaign
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

In particular, DeSantis said it was a mistake to kick off his 2024 run with an insular media strategy that ceded significant ground to former President Donald Trump." I came in not really doing as much media," DeSantis told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt. Now, DeSantis didn't win a single county in the Iowa caucuses despite making a point of visiting all 99 of them. AdvertisementDeSantis only began to venture beyond the conservative media ecosystem as his campaign began to struggle over the summer. But even DeSantis now has soured on the right-wing media space.

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☆ Days from government shutdown, Speaker Johnson may need short-term spending bill he previously opposed
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-10 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Senate Republicans repeatedly said this week that a short-term spending bill may be necessary to keep the government open, a harsh reality for House Speaker Mike Johnson, who is balancing a looming shutdown deadline with the demands of hardline Republicans. The last temporary spending bill Congress passed, in November, established a laddered schedule of funding deadlines, the first on Jan. 19 and the other on Feb. 2. Meanwhile, eyes are on Johnson to follow through on the hardline Republican demands he was elected to champion. If not, he could meet the same fate as his predecessor, former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., who was ousted in part for conceding to Democrats to avoid a government shutdown. While following through on the hardline demands would earn Johnson points with some House Republicans, it makes negotiating with Democrats harder, adding time to budget talks that he does not have.

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☆ House Republicans are considering a 3rd impeachment push just days before a partial government shutdown
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-10 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewHouse Republicans are plowing ahead toward a partial government shutdown amid conservative grumbling about Speaker Mike Johnson's dealmaking abilities. At the same time, the party is already juggling two potential impeachment pushes. The first potential shutdown would be on Jan. 19, covering roughly 20% of the federal government, per The Post. The top Republican's words are also a great reminder of why this current impeachment push is unlikely to go anywhere. AdvertisementEven if an official is impeached, some Senate Republicans have previously expressed unease about how commonplace impeachment is becoming.

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☆ A GOP debate question about banning TikTok turned nasty, with Nikki Haley saying Vivek Ramaswamy is 'just scum'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Sarah Gray | Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Things got particularly heated between Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy on the topic of TikTok. But a question about TikTok caused a flareup between former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. “Leave my daughter out of your voice ... You’re just scum.”— Nikki Haley hits Vivek Ramaswamy after he brings up the fact that her daughter, like him, uses TikTok. The calls have persisted during the Biden administration, which has supported a bipartisan bill that could ban TikTok nationwide. AdvertisementAdvertisementIn May, Montana became the first state to pass legislation to ban TikTok.

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☆ Opinion: The Republican debater with only one gear – ‘D’ for ‘dislikeable!’
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Opinion Todd Graham | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Whether it was due to a less crowded debate stage or the experienced bench of moderators, the third Republican presidential debate held in Miami on Wednesday night was easily the smoothest debate yet. Usually, his moments of brilliance are –— as Senator Tim Scott would probably understand — sandwich-boarded by acts of self-flagellation. He was flat-out great in justifying our support of Ukraine, a debate Christie can win against anyone. As the resident expert of ‘letting little things get to me,’ I understand Haley’s Mr. Hyde. I wrote after the last debate that Haley makes poor decisions when something (or someone) gets under her skin.

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☆ What to Watch in the Third Republican Presidential Debate
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( John Mccormick | Alex Leary | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The two-hour debate will take place at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County. Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesThe Republican presidential primary debate stage Wednesday evening will shrink from seven to five participants, but the central character—former President Donald Trump—will still be absent and is likely to keep benefiting as his challengers beat each other up. The third debate starts at 8 p.m. Eastern time and will be moderated by Lester Holt and Kristen Welker of NBC News and Hugh Hewitt of the Salem Radio Network. It will air on broadcast and cable television and be streamed on NBCNews.com and Rumble.

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Here are six takeaways from the third GOP presidential primary debate:Foreign policy takes center stageOn Israel’s war with Hamas, there was little disagreement between the five candidates. “I am going to send troops to our southern border.”It was like Tuesday night never happenedJust like in the second debate, abortion concerns didn’t make it into the first more than 90 minutes of the program. The biotech entrepreneur came out swinging against the media, Haley, the debate moderators, the media, Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, DeSantis and the Florida governor’s boots. Instead, the former South Carolina governor spent much of the debate sparring with Ramaswamy. During the Simi Valley debate, Haley said during a discussion about the app that she felt “dumber” every time she heard him speak.

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☆ Who Are the Moderators for Wednesday’s Republican Debate?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Michael M. Grynbaum | More About Michael M. Grynbaum | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Three experienced moderators will lead Wednesday’s meeting in Miami of the remaining Republican presidential candidates, although former President Donald J. Trump will again be absent. Lester Holt and Kristen Welker, two lead anchors at NBC News, which is overseeing the debate’s production and editorial process, will serve alongside Hugh Hewitt, a conservative radio host who works for a co-sponsor of the debate, Salem Media Group. Mr. Holt, the anchor of “NBC Nightly News,” was the sole moderator of Mr. Trump’s first general-election debate with Hillary Clinton, in September 2016. Mr. Holt took a minimalist approach that evening, sometimes allowing the candidates to argue between themselves, although his lack of interruption granted viewers an unfiltered view of the candidates’ rhetorical styles. Ms. Welker, the host of “Meet the Press,” was the sole moderator of Mr. Trump’s final debate against Joseph R. Biden Jr., in October 2020.

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☆ McCormick wants the US to divest from China. As a hedge fund manager, he oversaw investments in Chinese companies grow more than a thousand-fold
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Em Steck | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

However, as the head of the world’s largest hedge fund, McCormick oversaw massive investments into US exchange traded Chinese companies and holdings, according to a CNN KFile review of the hedge fund’s holdings. I held deep reservations about Bridgewater’s exposure to the moral and patriotic hazards of doing business in China,” McCormick said in September 2023 before officially launching his campaign. That amounts to a 108,000% increase in Chinese holdings over a five-year period. In 2017, Bridgewater reported investing in just one US exchange traded Chinese company; by the final quarter of 2021, its holdings included 47 Chinese companies. McCormick’s hedge fund also held an additional $779 million indirectly in Chinese companies through their investments in exchange traded funds.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Lester Holt, Kristen Welker and Hugh Hewitt will moderate the third Republican presidential debate, scheduled for Nov. 8 in Miami, NBC said Wednesday. The first one held outside the confines of Fox News, the two-hour debate will be seen at 8 p.m. Eastern on NBC and the NBC News Now streaming service. Holt is the anchor of “NBC Nightly News” and Welker is the moderator of “Meet the Press.” Hewitt hosts a morning talk show for the Salem Radio Network, a co-sponsor of the debate. Former President Donald Trump, leading in polls for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, skipped the first two debates and has given no indication he will be at any others. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Persons: — Lester Holt, Kristen Welker, Hugh Hewitt, Holt, Welker, ” Hewitt, Donald Trump Organizations: NBC, Fox News, Press, Salem Radio Network, Associated Press Locations: Miami

☆ For GOP debate, NBC partners with right-wing outlets with history of peddling extremist rhetoric
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —NBC News is uniting with a pair of strange bedfellows for the third Republican Party primary debate. It’s no surprise that the GOP, which veered sharply to the right during Donald Trump’s presidency, would select Salem and Rumble as partners. Before Trump upended America’s politics, Salem was a run-of-the-mill conservative media organization. When I asked NBC News on Monday if the network was actually comfortable collaborating on the third GOP debate with Salem and Rumble, given each company’s history, a spokesperson declined comment. Most conservative media outlets are not what they were pre-2016.

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Clouds float above the U.S. Capitol, while inside the building, House Republicans search for a new Speaker of the House following the ouster of Kevin McCarthy, in Washington, U.S., October 5, 2023. In their first gathering since McCarthy's ouster, House Republicans were due to meet on Monday evening. There could be a House floor vote to elect a replacement for McCarthy later in the week. 2 House Republican, and Jim Jordan, a leader of the party's conservative wing, are campaigning to succeed McCarthy, but neither candidate has the election sewn up. Eight Republicans on Oct. 3 joined all House Democrats in a vote to remove McCarthy as speaker, the first time in history that the House removed its leader.

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☆ McCarthy says he would return as House speaker: 'Whatever the conference wants, I will do'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Emma Kinery | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., conducts a news conference in the U.S. Capitol on border security, government funding, and other issues, on Friday, September 29, 2023. WASHINGTON — Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said he was open to becoming speaker of the House again, less than a week after he was ousted from the role. McCarthy changed his tune on Monday in an interview with conservative radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt, saying, "Whatever the conference wants, I will do." Rep. Mike Lawler, R-NY, a supporter of McCarthy, said there is support in the caucus for McCarthy to lead again. And I believe a good portion of the conference believes Kevin McCarthy should continue to be speaker," Lawler said.

Persons: Kevin McCarthy, WASHINGTON — Kevin McCarthy, McCarthy, Hugh Hewitt, Hewitt, Steve Scalise, Jim Jordan, Mike Lawler, Lawler Organizations: U.S, Capitol, Republicans, Republican, Rep Locations: Ohio, Israel

☆ Chris Christie mocks Trump over the former president's desire to 'debate' Meghan Markle: 'Maybe they can have a Spotify broadcast together'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Chris Christie needled Trump over the ex-president's desire to "debate" Megan Markle. Christie told CNN there is "no interest" in Trump and Markle having a debate "about anything." Chris Christie of New Jersey on Friday mocked former President Donald Trump for stating that he'd "love to debate" Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, pointing to the ex-president's refusal to attend the first Republican presidential debate. "Donald Trump wants to debate Meghan Markle but not his opponents? "I think there is absolutely no interest in either Donald Trump or Meghan Markle debating about anything."

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☆ Christie says Americans should question Trump's 'psychological capacity' to be president
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Chris Christie questioned former President Donald Trump's mental capacity. "[W]hat he was saying yesterday is just so odd and disturbing," Christie told Hugh Hewitt. I call him sloppy Chris," Trump told Hewitt on Wednesday. I think he's not a very smart person," the former president said. For the moment, Trump continues to hold a commanding lead over the rest of the GOP presidential field.

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