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☆ Trump is explaining exactly how wild and extreme his second term would be
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Stephen Collinson | Trump S Authoritarianism May Make The Election A Profound Choice | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

“It’s really a threat to democracy while they trample our rights and liberties every single day of the year,” he said. This followed a March rally in which he billed his 2024 campaign and potential second term as a vessel of “retribution” for supporters who believe they’ve been wronged. In a recent CNN poll, for example, only 28% of Republicans thought Biden legitimately won sufficient votes to win the 2020 election. This comes after years of Trump incessantly denying he lost, and despite courts throwing out his multiple challenges to the result. “Indict my opponent, he’s doing well,” Trump said, implying that was exactly what Biden had done.

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☆ Newt Gingrich on Trump's enduring appeal with Republican voters: He's 'not a candidate' but the 'leader of a mass movement'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-03 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Former President Donald Trump remains the frontrunner in the 2024 Republican presidential primary. Newt Gingrich told The Washington Post that Trump may be in the race, but he's not a "candidate." Advertisement Advertisement Watch:As former House Speaker Newt Gingrich recently told The Washington Post, Trump is simply a figure that is unlike anyone else in the Republican Party. He is the leader of a mass movement," Gingrich told the newspaper. Gingrich, who ran for the GOP presidential nomination in 2012, left an indelible mark on US government throughout his two decades on Capitol Hill.

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mug shot t-shirts ($34.00), beverage holders ($15.00 for two) and coffee mugs ($25.00). His son Don Jr. is marketing "FREE TRUMP" mug shot t-shirts ($29.99) and posters ($19.99). What legal rights, if any, Trump's campaign may have over the mug shot's reproduction are unclear, however. The former president told Fox News Digital in an interview Thursday night that he only did the mug shot because Georgia officials insisted. Rick Wilson, a co-founder of the Lincoln Project flogging mug shot wares online, dared Trump's campaign to sue him in a Friday post on X.

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☆ Trump’s looming surrender will kill the buzz of the first GOP debate
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

The debate – hosted by Fox News, which has amplified many of Trump’s false claims he won the 2020 election – exemplified the impossible conundrum at the center of the GOP race. Trump, exploiting his unrelenting support among GOP primary voters, has pulled off the feat of wielding multiple indictments as a political shield. But Ken Cuccinelli, who is backing DeSantis despite serving in Trump’s administration, argued that the Florida governor had used Trump’s absence to make a valuable connection with Republican voters. So will Trump stick with his strategy of refusing to elevate his rivals by appearing with them on stage – for instance, at the next GOP debate at the Ronald Reagan library in California next month? “In the next debate, there’s not going to be any Atlanta surrender and counterprogramming,” Kall said.

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☆ In Trump's absence, DeSantis seen as 'punching bag' in first Republican debate
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Nathan Layne | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/2] Republican presidential candidate and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis listens to a question from the audience at a campaign town hall meeting in Newport, New Hampshire, U.S., August 19, 2023. In Trump's absence, candidates are expected to launch a fusillade of attacks on Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, as competitors try to displace him as Trump's top challenger, according to strategists and aides to rival campaigns. DeSantis is seen as vulnerable after a summer slide in the polls, which have left him languishing more than 30 points behind Trump in the race. "He's going to be a punching bag," said Brian Darling, a Republican strategist and former senior aide to U.S. Still, Trump's no-show doesn't mean he won't be a major presence in the debate, which kicks off at the Fiserv Forum at 9 p.m.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, Brian Snyder, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Trump, Tucker Carlson, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, DeSantis, Brian Darling, Rand Paul, Martha MacCallum, Bret Baier, Chris Christie, Asa Hutchinson, Mike Pence, Jeanette Hoffman, He's, Hoffman, Tim Scott, Vivek Ramaswamy, Nikki Haley, Doug Burgum, Hutchinson, Pence, Ramaswamy, Christie, Christopher Wlezien, Wlezien, Nathan Layne, Gram Slattery, Susan Heavey, Ross Colvin, Deepa Babington, Nick Zieminski Organizations: Republican, Florida, REUTERS, Democratic, Fox News, Florida Governor, Trump, Former New Jersey, Former Arkansas, U.S . Capitol, North Dakota, Reuters, University of Texas, Austin, Thomson Locations: Newport , New Hampshire, U.S, Milwaukee, Florida, Atlanta, Georgia, Former, Christie

☆ Trump seeks to steer attention away from first 2024 GOP debate as rivals make final preparations for Milwaukee
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Eric Bradner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

As his rivals prepare for the two-hour showdown on Fox News, Trump’s campaign is attempting to counter-program the debate. But Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr. and other surrogates planned to travel to Milwaukee, where they would have had opportunities to weigh in on national broadcasts before and after the debate in the spin room. Ahead of the debate, some candidates are offering previews of their lines of attack – including criticizing Trump for choosing not to participate. “Every one of us who have qualified for that debate stage ought to be on the stage willing to square off and answer those tough questions,” Pence said. Overall, 42% say Trump is their first choice, followed by 19% supporting DeSantis.

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For Biden, Trump’s third indictment is undoubtedly the most personal. The White House declined to comment on Trump’s indictment Tuesday, referring questions to the Department of Justice. The White House learned of the indictment through media reports, a White House official said, as was the case with past indictments. After Trump was indicted in June, Biden was repeatedly pressed for comment on the historic first federal indictment of a former president. Ahead of Trump’s indictment Tuesday, a Biden campaign official said the campaign once again did not intend to fundraise off a Trump indictment, determining that the risks of fundraising off the indictment – which would feed Republican attacks of a politicized prosecution – outweighed the potential benefits.

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☆ 40 million ways Trump’s campaign is morphing into his legal defense
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Legal net tightens while Trump creates new echo of first impeachmentTrump’s legal struggles still dominate the Republican race. Despite Trump’s legal woes, no rival Republican has shown much sign of narrowing his double-digit lead in national primary polls. The PAC, Save America, has spent more than $40 million on legal fees since the start of this year, a source familiar with the matter told CNN, which is more than double the amount the group spent on legal fees in all of 2022. The details of the spending on legal fees by Trump’s PAC were first reported by the Washington Post. “I have good friends who did nothing wrong who had their legal fees paid by Save America PAC.

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☆ Former GOP congressman Will Hurd gets booed off stage for saying Trump 'is running to stay out of prison'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-29 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Former congressman Will Hurd was effectively booed off stage for criticizing Trump. The crowd made clear their displeasure with Hurd's claim that Trump 'is running to stay out of prison." "Donald Trump is not running for president to represent people that voted for him in 2016 and 2020," Hurd said. "Donald Trump is running to stay out of prison." Hurd is not expected to qualify for the first Republican presidential primary debate next month, which requires candidates to meet polling and donation thresholds.

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☆ How Trump maneuvered his GOP rivals into a tortured position on his legal battles
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

But so far there’s no sign that two and possibly more trials looming over Trump will convince most GOP primary voters he’s too much of a risk to nominate. In his first hours in the White House, Trump accused the media of falsely underestimating the size of his inaugural crowd. Some polls, for example, show substantial numbers of GOP voters who liked his presidency are open to supporting someone else. But DeSantis also assures Trump voters he’s not piling on the ex-president. But he added: “Let me be very clear: President Trump was wrong on that day.

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Jack Smith, the special counsel overseeing criminal investigations into former President Donald J. Trump, employs 40 to 60 career prosecutors, paralegals and support staff, augmented by a rotating cast of F.B.I. agents and technical specialists, according to people familiar with the situation. In his first four months on the job, starting in November, Mr. Smith’s investigation incurred expenses of $9.2 million. Marshals Service to protect Mr. Smith, his family and other investigators who have faced threats after the former president and his allies singled them out on social media. At this rate, the special counsel is on track to spend about $25 million a year.

Persons: Jack Smith, Donald J, Trump, Smith Organizations: Mr, U.S . Marshals Service

☆ Georgia Supreme Court dismisses Trump bid to shut down Fulton County probe
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Marshall Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a long shot legal bid from former President Donald Trump to essentially shut down the Fulton County criminal probe into his attempts to overturn his 2020 election defeat in Georgia. Eight of the nine members of the Georgia Supreme Court were appointed by Republican governors. Trump has other legal challenges related to the Fulton County criminal investigation that are still pending. Charging decisions are expected soon in the investigation, which is led by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. A special purpose grand jury in Fulton County previously heard evidence from 75 witnesses, including Trump White House officials, former Trump lawyers and advisers, Georgia officials and election experts.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Fani Willis, Willis, “, …, ” Willis ’, Trump’s Organizations: CNN, Georgia Supreme, Trump White House, Trump, Electoral Locations: Georgia, Fulton County, Fulton

☆ Ron DeSantis says he won't deign to be Trump's running mate because the 'No. 2 guy' doesn't 'really have any authority'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ron DeSantis said on Tuesday that he won't consider being Donald Trump's VP pick for 2024. Ron DeSantis said on Tuesday that he doesn't plan to run as former President Donald Trump's vice president in 2024, even if he's offered the spot. "I'm not a number two guy," DeSantis told the conservative podcast "Wisconsin Right Now." He's called DeSantis insulting nicknames like "Ron DeSanctimonious" and "Ron DeSaster." "Ron DeSantis isn't anybody's guy.

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☆ Fact Check-No evidence of Trump Truth Social post blaming personal aide following indictment
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

There is no evidence that a screenshot purporting to show a social media post published by former U.S. President Donald Trump blaming a personal aide, Walt Nuata, following his indictment is real, despite a screenshot circulating online. The image circulated after U.S. prosecutors unsealed a 37-criminal count indictment against Trump on June 9, accusing him of unauthorized retention of sensitive documents (here). Trump has maintained his innocence and has claimed that the indictment is an attempt to undermine his re-election bid (here). The screenshot appears to show a post published via Trump’s official Truth Social account (@realDonaldTrump). While it is true that Trump posted via Truth Social on June 9, claiming that Nauta was also indicted (here), Reuters found no evidence that the post blaming Nauta for the indictment was published.

Persons: Donald Trump, Walt Nuata, Trump, Walt Nauta, Walt, ”, Nauta, Liz, Harrington, Read Organizations: U.S, Trump, White, Navy, Reuters

☆ Fox News sends Tucker Carlson cease-and-desist letter over new Twitter show
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Daniel Arkin | Diana Dasrath | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Fox News has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Tucker Carlson, alleging that the conservative network's former star anchor breached his contract by launching a new show on Twitter, according to a source familiar with the matter. "Doubling down on the most catastrophic programming decision in the history of the cable news industry, Fox is now demanding that Tucker Carlson be silent until after the 2024 election. The first installment of Carlson's new show, "Tucker on Twitter," debuted June 6. The conflict between Fox News and Carlson comes at an inflection point for the conservative media ecosystem. "Tucker Carlson Tonight," a cornerstone of the Fox News lineup since 2016, was one of the most-watched shows on American cable news.

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☆ Opinion | Ron DeSantis Thinks Power Corrupts … Everyone Else
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( Ezra Klein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

“For years, the default conservative position has been to limit government and then get out of the way,” DeSantis writes. And DeSantis is trying to show, in vignette after vignette, that he has both the will and the discipline to do what Trump did not. Trump often appears in DeSantis’s book as a faintly comic figure. As Lozada observes, this is DeSantis criticizing Trump by proxy — Dr. Fauci served under Trump, and DeSantis is making clear he would have never let that stand. And so DeSantis delights in describing the methodical, relentless effort he put in to bending the state of Florida to his will.

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☆ DeSantis responds to 2nd Trump indictment by promising to 'end weaponization' of DOJ if elected president
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

DeSantis came to the defense of Trump, his top 2024 rival, after news of the federal indictment. Ron DeSantis promised Thursday evening that if elected president he would overhaul the US Department of Justice in response to news that former President Donald Trump was indicted. With the indictment, Trump became the first former president in US history to face federal criminal charges. The DeSantis administration will bring accountability to the DOJ, excise political bias, and end weaponization once and for all." DeSantis didn't say whether he would pardon Trump if elected, as 2024 challenger and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy did.

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☆ Mike Pence files paperwork to launch 2024 Republican presidential campaign
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Former Vice President Mike Pence addresses the GOP Lincoln-Reagan Dinner on June 3, 2021 in Manchester, New Hampshire. Pence's visit to New Hampshire would be the first time back since he was Vice President. Former Vice President Mike Pence filed paperwork Monday to run for president in 2024, Federal Election Commission documents showed. Pence, who served under former President Donald Trump, is expected to personally launch his bid for the GOP nomination on Wednesday. Pence in recent months has said that the executive branch under Trump and Pence could have done more to rein in spending.

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☆ Trump, DeSantis trade barbs as 2024 campaign acrimony grows
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Trump, who currently holds a large lead over DeSantis in a distant second in polls on the 2024 Republican nomination, also took critical shots at other candidates lower down in the rankings, suggesting they exit the party's primary. Trump's comments were made to Fox News host Sean Hannity in a town hall in Clive, Iowa. DeSantis quipped to reporters during a campaign event in New Hampshire. I'll have that this country hopping in six months," Trump, who can only serve one more term, sniped back. Remarking on former Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson, Trump said: "nobody knows who the hell he is."

Persons: Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Trump, Sean Hannity, Hannity, DeSantis, Mike Pence, Chris Christie, They're, Asa Hutchinson, Nathan Layne, Timothy Reid, Eric Beech, Lincoln Organizations: Florida, Republican, Fox News, Thomson Locations: Clive , Iowa, Florida, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Arkansas

☆ Trump and DeSantis escalate feud in dueling campaign events
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Kate Sullivan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Ron DeSantis on Thursday escalated their ongoing feud at dueling campaign events in Iowa and New Hampshire amid DeSantis’ first campaign swing as a declared 2024 candidate. You don’t want him as your president,” Trump said at a campaign event in Urbandale, Iowa. DeSantis hasn’t been taking questions from the podium from attendees at his campaign events since he kicked off his campaigning this week. As Trump held back-to-back campaign events in Iowa on Thursday, buses and billboards from the DeSantis-aligned super political action committee Never Back Down were in the parking lot at at least two of his events. At one Trump event a member of the super PAC was handing out fliers to attendees criticizing Trump for suggesting the six-week abortion ban DeSantis signed into law in Florida was “too harsh.”

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☆ GOP senator on White nationalists in the military: ‘I call them Americans’ – but later tries to clarify
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-11 | by ( Nicky Robertson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —In an interview with a local Alabama radio station, Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville was asked if he believes White nationalists should be allowed in the military. He responded, “I call them Americans.”Tuberville is now attempting to clarify his comments, arguing that Trump Republicans in the military are being unfairly characterized as White nationalists. That’s not how we do it in America.”Tuberville later attempted to clarify his response, telling CNN on Thursday that “Democrats” say MAGA Republicans are White nationalists, and MAGA Republicans should not be characterized that way. Well, I agree that we should not be characterizing Trump supporters as White nationalists,” the Alabama Republican said. “Senator Tuberville, needs to do two things.

☆ What E. Jean Carroll had to prove to win her case against Donald Trump
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Lauren Del Valle | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Carroll receiving a monetary award from this trial hinged on whether the jury unanimously believed her claims against Trump. “For E. Jean Carroll this lawsuit is not about the money,” attorney Roberta Kaplan said during closing arguments on Monday. Trump appears the most agitated on the video when he denies Carroll’s rape allegation. Two friends that Carroll testified she told soon after the alleged rape testified about their recollection of Carroll’s account in 1996. Tacopina in his closing argument Monday also accused Carroll of fabricating her rape allegations to sell her book.

☆ Ron DeSantis was already fretting in 2018 about how he could disagree with Trump without alienating the MAGA base, old debate prep video shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( Aditi Bharade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

DeSantis was already worried about alienating the MAGA base in 2018, per an old debate prep video. Ron DeSantis was already worrying about how he could publicly disagree with then-President Donald Trump without annoying and alienating the MAGA base, a new video shows. A video published on Sunday by ABC News shows Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz helping DeSantis prep for debates, for DeSantis' first gubernatorial campaign in 2018. And while DeSantis has held back from publicly criticizing Trump, Trump has launched numerous attacks on the Florida governor. Trump has also given DeSantis nicknames like "Ron DeSanctimonius" and "RINO Globalist" — the former of which DeSantis has tried to brush off.

☆ Mike Pompeo announces he is not running for president in 2024 after criticizing Trump last month
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-14 | by ( Azmi Haroun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is not running for president in 2024, per ABC News. Pompeo said that he would have managed the country's debt better than Trump. According to ABC News, Pompeo announced that he would not be running for president on Bret Baier's Fox News show on Friday. On March 5, Pompeo appeared on Fox News Sunday and joked that "President Pompeo" would have managed the country's debt better than Trump: "$6 trillion more in debt. Pompeo, despite his stature as a former Secretary of State and longtime GOP power player, has barely registered in polling.

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