Category: 2024 election

IN-DEPTH: Trump, DeSantis and Their Surrogates at War on Social Media

Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis are fighting a war of words, and the battlefield is social media. Hardly a day goes by without sniping. Trump, the former president and declared presidential candidate for 2024, lashes out relentlessly at DeSantis. The Florida governor, a likely-but-undeclared candidate, takes subtler swings at the former political ally. And various…


IN-DEPTH: Trump, DeSantis and Their Surrogates Already at War on Social Media

Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis are fighting a war of words, and the battlefield is social media. Hardly a day goes by without sniping. Trump, the former president and declared presidential candidate for 2024, lashes out relentlessly at DeSantis. The Florida governor, a likely-but-undeclared candidate, takes subtler swings at the former political ally. And various…


West Virginia Governor Launches Challenge to Joe Manchin for Pivotal US Senate Seat

West Virginia’s governor has launched a bid for a U.S. Senate seat representing the state, in a challenge to longtime incumbent Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) Republican Gov. Jim Justice filed papers with the Federal Election Commission and is reportedly expected to formally announce his campaign later on April 27. Justice, 72, a former Democrat with…


Will Biden’s Campaign 2.0 Just Be Like 1.0?

Commentary Watching the cliché-laden video announcing President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign—which is devoid of policy specifics other than “continuing the job”—you knew that Biden’s campaign 2.0 would be exactly like 1.0. In other words, back to the famous “basement”—or, as seems to be happening now, endless foreign trips, i.e. Ireland and soon, Japan. Don’t we…


Biden, South Korea’s Yoon Issue ‘Extended Deterrence’ Pledge Aimed at North Korea

The United States has had no success in persuading Kim Jong Un’s North Korean regime to denuclearize, but a new deal in reaffirming a 70-year treaty will keep South Korea from building its own nuclear arsenal. In exchange for South Korea’s commitment to remain in compliance with the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, the United States will…


Former Governor Asa Hutchinson Kicks Off Presidential Campaign in Arkansas

Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson formally launched his 2024 presidential campaign April 26, positioning himself as a “consistent conservative” fighting for the future of the United States and the soul of the Republican Party. “Today, I am announcing that I am a candidate for president of the United States,” Hutchinson told supporters in his hometown…


Bill O’Reilly Says Tucker Carlson’s Fox News Ouster Will Impact Republicans in 2024

Bill O’Reilly has predicted that Tucker Carlson’s departure from Fox News could negatively affect the 2024 presidential race for Republicans. The host of the eponymous Fox News primetime show “Tucker Carlson Tonight” parted ways with the cable news network Monday despite consistently garnering one of the network’s largest audience bases. O’Reilly, a former Fox News…


Republican Candidate Asa Hutchinson Launches Presidential Campaign in Arkansas

Former Arkansas Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson officially launches his presidential campaign in Bentonville, Arkansas at 12:oo p.m. on April 26. …


Elon Musk Takes Aim at DNC’s ‘Backroom Dealing’ as Committee Remains Silent on Primary Debates

Twitter CEO Elon Musk has accused the Democratic National Committee (DNC) of doing “far too much backroom dealing” amid reports that it won’t be holding any Democratic Party primary debates this year after President Joe Biden announced he is running for re-election. Musk’s comment came in response to an April 25 post on Twitter by the “Young Turks” host…


RFK Jr. Challenges Biden to Debate: ‘Our Party Has Gone Off Track’

Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is calling on President Joe Biden to join him for a number of debates and town hall meetings after the incumbent officially announced his 2024 reelection campaign on Tuesday. In a series of tweets on April 25, Kennedy said he believes the Democratic Party no longer adheres to…