Category: 2024 GOP Presidential Primaries

The GOP Presidential Contenders: Can Anyone Rival Trump?

As the 2024 election nears, Republicans are turning their attention to the evergrowing list of candidates vying to be on the GOP presidential ticket and seeing whether or not they can measure up to former President Donald Trump. This episode examines the candidates, with the most notable matchup between Florida Gov. DeSantis and Donald Trump….


US Military’s Bronze Star Has Spurred Debate, but No Doubt About DeSantis’s ‘Meritorious Service’

When Florida Gov. and 2024 GOP presidential primary contender Ron DeSantis is stumping on the campaign trail, his standard speech doesn’t delve into the details of what he did as an attorney in the United States Navy’s Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, or in Iraq. Instead, rather than focus on his…


Top Pollster Says Path to GOP Victory Is Clear—but Which Candidate?

Even Republican consultants say the presidency seems out of reach this time around. With swing states controlled by Democratic governors and legislatures, and lax COVID-era voter laws still in place, the White House is out of reach. But Rich Baris says the experts have it wrong again. The director of the Big Data Poll says…


PREMIERING at 11AM ET: Top Pollster Says Path to GOP Victory Is Clear—but Which Candidate?

Even Republican consultants say the presidency seems out of reach this time around. With swing states controlled by Democratic governors and legislatures, and lax COVID-era voter laws still in place, the White House is out of reach. But Rich Baris says the experts have it wrong again. The director of the Big Data Poll says…


PREMIERING NOW: Top Pollster Says Path to GOP Victory Is Clear—but Which Candidate?

Even Republican consultants say the presidency seems out of reach this time around. With swing states controlled by Democratic governors and legislatures, and lax COVID-era voter laws still in place, the White House is out of reach. But Rich Baris says the experts have it wrong again. The director of the Big Data Poll says…


RNC Unveils 2024 Presidential Debate Rules Amid Uncertainty About Trump’s Attendance

Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel has unveiled the details for the first Republican presidential primary debate, set to take place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Aug. 23. McDaniel also disclosed the criteria that candidates must meet in order to qualify for the debate. The qualifications are divided into four categories: candidate status, polling, fundraising,…


DeSantis Tells Iowa Republicans He Can Lead GOP Past Biden

PELLA, Iowa—If President Joe Biden is reelected, Democrats will “pack” the Supreme Court, eliminate the Electoral College, and make the District of Columbia a state, ensuring their party has two reliable additions to the U.S. Senate, Florida Gov. and GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis warned during a May 31 campaign speech. Republicans “are not going…


DeSantis Tells Iowa Republicans He Can Lead GOP Past Biden, America Onto ‘Big Things’

PELLA, Iowa—If President Joe Biden is reelected, Democrats will “pack” the Supreme Court, eliminate the Electoral College, and make the District of Columbia a state, ensuring their party has two reliable additions to the U.S. Senate, Florida Gov. and GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis warned during a May 31 campaign speech. Republicans “are not going…


Trump Responds to DeSantis’s Campaign Launch: ‘There’s Only One Donald Trump’

As Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was formally announcing his candidacy for president on Twitter on May 24, his top Republican rival for the job shared his own message to voters via social media: “There’s only one Donald Trump.” In two campaign ads shared to Trump’s Truth Social account, DeSantis is depicted as an ungrateful “Trump…


Trump Suggests He’ll Skip GOP Primary Debates: ‘Why Subject Yourself to Being Libeled and Abused?’

No one asked him or his campaign about organizing and participating in debates with 2024 GOP primary rivals, so he’s not going to the two thus far scheduled by the Republican National Committee (RNC), former President Donald Trump declared on April 25. The RNC announced in February that it planned  a robust set of 10…