Since Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis, took office in 2019 and embarked on his culture wars, lawsuits from various communities whose rights have been violated have been stacking up against the far-right Republican.Īs DeSantis fights the lawsuits with what critics have described as a blank check from the state’s supermajority Republican legislature, the mounting legal costs have come heavily at the expense of Florida’s taxpayers. Should Ron DeSantis’s new feud with California governor Gavin Newsom head to the courts, it would be just the latest instance in which the Florida governor and presidential aspirant’s policies have cost his state money, the Guardian’s Maya Yang reports: He may have figured he wouldn’t have had a chance of winning over the party’s powerful conservative base. But here are a few other considerations that may have kept Sununu out of the race: his comparatively loose stance on abortion rights, unwillingness to adopt an aggressive gerrymander of the state’s district maps in favor of the GOP, and other centrist policies. We’ll see how big of a threat Sununu’s opposition poses to Trump’s campaign for another four years in the White House. I plan to endorse, campaign and support the candidate I believe has the best chance of winning in November 2024. The microphone afforded to the governor of New Hampshire plays a critical role in an early nominating state. This is indisputable, and I am not willing to let it happen without a fight.īy choosing not to seek the nomination, I can be more effective for the Republican Party in ways few other leaders can. If he is the nominee, Republicans will lose again. He did not deliver on his promises to drain the swamp, secure the border and instill fiscal responsibility while in office - and added $8 trillion to our national debt - yet now he wants four more years. That will happen again unless we Republicans undergo a course correction,” he wrote.Ĭurrent polls indicate Trump is the leading Republican candidate in 2024. “Since 2017, the national Republican Party has lost up and down the ballot, in red states and in blue states, and in elections spanning the House, Senate and presidency. Today, the moderate Republican told CNN he would not stand for president in 2024, and in a column for the Washington Post elaborated on his reasons why. These sorts of rants from Donald Trump are one reason why he’s earned the ire of a segment of the Republican party.Ĭount New Hampshire governor Chris Sununu among them. In an editorial call Monday morning, Licht – who had committed to a number of interviews for the Atlantic profile – apologized for his involvement in the piece. The embattled CNN chief executive, Chris Licht, apologized to his employees on Monday after an Atlantic magazine profile revealed he had been aware of the “extra-Trumpy” make-up of the crowd at a widely criticized town hall with the former president last month.Īccording to the Atlantic, Licht had also been critical of CNN’s performance under his predecessor, telling employees they had alienated potential viewers through hostility to Donald Trump. It’s a major story in American media, and here’s the Guardian’s Adam Gabbatt with the latest: But the network was also heavily criticized for how it handled the event with Trump, and to make matters worse, the Atlantic last week published a damning portrait of the network’s chief executive Chris Licht and his decision making. Pence’s edge over other Republicans: he actually rides motorcycles.ĬNN has inserted itself prominently in the American political conversation in recent weeks by hosting town halls with Donald Trump, Nikki Haley and, on Wednesday, Mike Pence. Nikki Haley participated in a CNN-moderated town hall last night, but even they couldn’t get her to make her stance on abortion access clear. Military jets attempted to establish contact with a plane that overflew restricted airspace in Washington, DC on Sunday and later crashed, killing all onboard, but the pilot appeared slumped over and never responded. New Hampshire governor Chris Sununu declined to jump into the race for the GOP’s presidential nomination, instead saying he will work to defeat Trump.īut the 2024 campaign did get another entrant: philosopher, author, critic, actor and civil rights activist Cornel West. Meanwhile in Washington, attorneys for Donald Trump stopped by the justice department, where special counsel Jack Smith is reportedly nearing a decision on whether to recommend charges over the classified documents federal agents discovered last year at Mar-a-Lago. Mike Pence filed the paperwork necessary to run for president, though he will wait till Wednesday to make his campaign official with a speech in Iowa.
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