The 2024 Presidential race

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At least 99 of Florida's 113 Republican legislators are supporting Governor Ron DeSantis for President. Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said today the support for DeSantis is the result of an intimidation campaign: "DeSantis and his political cronies have continued to terrorize the Florida legislature with the threat of his veto pen if they don’t acquiesce to his demand to endorse his candidacy." Cheung, of course, gave no examples of any legislation DeSantis threatened to veto.

Florida GOP legislators line up behind DeSantis ahead of likely 2024 bid

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaig...kely-2024-bid/

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DeSantis believes Trump has no chance of winning in 2024. Texas Senator John Cornyn agrees, telling reporters today, "I don’t think Trump understands that when you run in a general election, you have to appeal to voters beyond your base. There’s no question that he has some enthusiastic supporters as part of his base. That works well for him in a Republican primary but not when you need to expand your appeal in a general election."

Ron DeSantis tells donors he's in the 2024 race and 'people aren’t going to change their view of' Trump

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...mp/ar-AA1bn3se

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Scott earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Charleston Southern University in 1988. He was a member of the Charleston City Council from 1995 to 2009 and the South Carolina House of Representatives from 2009 to 2013. Since January 2013, he has served as a Senator.

South Carolina Senator Tim Scott files to run for President in 2024

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...4/70236416007/

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DeSantis is expected to announce his Presidential bid on May 24 in a Twitter Spaces session with Elon Musk. His running mate might be Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who served as White House press secretary from 2017 to 2019 and then became a contributor to Fox News. She helped spread Trump's Big Lie of a rigged stolen election, she insisted Trump has never promoted or incited violence, she accused the news media (with the exception of Fox News, of course) of spreading ":fake news" about Trump and she said every one of the 16 women who accused Trump of sexual improprieties is a liar. She is a typical far-right, conspiracy-theory-believing wacko.

Ron DeSantis is trying to recruit Sarah Huckabee Sanders to be his 2024 running mate

https://magaconservatives.com/ron-de...g-mate-report/

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RealClearPolitics' average of Presidential polls taken from April 27 to May 22 shows Donald Trump with a 55.5% chance of winning the 2024 Republican nomination. DeSantis is at 21.1%, Mike Pence is at 5% and Nikki Haley is at 4.5%

Ron DeSantis jumps into the 2024 Presidential race
The Florida Governor officially filed the paperwork to run for President, kicking off his much-anticipated battle with former President Donald Trump.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...tter-rcna82291

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Republican Senator John Cornyn said, "We need to come up with an alternative" to Trump. His party has several alternatives – and the majority of Retrumplicans continue to support Trump. Here is a Bloomberg editorial published today:

Republicans need to dump Trump if they want to win
The former President is a thoroughgoing drag on the party’s prospects. That’s to say nothing of the indictments, investigations and grand-jury proceedings.

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/ar...p-donald-trump