Tag: Republican Candidates

At Iowa Launch, DeSantis Claims Trump Has ‘Moved Left,’ Cannot Win a General Election

CLIVE, Iowa—Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said May 30 in the first formal stump speech of his 2024 presidential campaign in Iowa that former President Donald Trump has “moved left” on federal spending, abortion, and crime, gives only lip service to the “America First” policies that he failed to implement when in office, and cannot win…


LIVE 7 PM ET: DeSantis Delivers Remarks on His Vision in West Des Moines, Iowa

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis delivers remarks on his vision to lead his “Great American Comeback” at 7:00 p.m. ET on May 30 in West Des Moines. …


LIVE NOW: DeSantis Delivers Remarks on His Vision in West Des Moines, Iowa

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis delivers remarks on his vision to lead his “Great American Comeback” at 7:00 p.m. ET on May 30 in West Des Moines. …


DeSantis Delivers Remarks on His Vision in West Des Moines, Iowa

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis delivers remarks on his vision to lead his “Great American Comeback” at 7:00 p.m. ET on May 30 in West Des Moines. …


GOP Rep. Warren Davidson Says He Will Not Run for Senate in 2024

Rep. Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) announced on May 30 that he will not run for Senate next year. “Running for Senate would effectively take me out of the fight in the House for 1.5 years to spend the vast majority of my time raising money,” he said in a May 30 letter to supporters (pdf), first…


Trump Vows to End Birthright Citizenship If Elected in 2024

Former President Donald Trump is vowing to end birthright citizenship for illegal immigrants if he is reelected to a second term, echoing statements he made in 2018 about ending the longstanding policy. “As part of my plan to secure the border on Day One of my new term in office, I will sign an executive…


Trump Warns US in ‘Peril’ in Memorial Day Message

Former President Trump wished a happy Memorial Day to Americans but warned that the United States is in great “peril” due to individuals he said are working from within the government to destroy the country. Trump said via his social media platform, Truth Social, that the country “has never been in greater peril than it…


DeSantis Issues Memorial Day Warning About US Navy

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis warned that there is a need to improve morale in the U.S. military as left-wing policies have taken hold. DeSantis, who served in the Navy, warned on Memorial Day that the military he sees today “is different from the military I served in.” The governor joined the Navy in 2004 before being stationed…


Chris Sununu Says He Will Make 2024 Decision in ‘Next Week or 2’

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu said he’ll decide whether throw his name in the ring for the 2024 GOP nomination “in the next week or two.” “I think very soon,” Sununu told CNN’s “State of the Union” program on May 28. “When I start doing something, I’m 120 percent in. So I think, you know,…


DeSantis Says He Would Sign Legislation to Defund ‘Corrupt’ IRS

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis called IRS a “corrupt organization” and said he would welcome a bill abolishing the agency if elected president in 2024. DeSantis made the comments during an interview with conservative radio host Dana Loesch on May 25, a day after the governor announced his White House bid on Twitter. “If Congress defunded…