Democrat presidential candidate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/robert-f-kennedy-jr" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Robert F. Kennedy Jr.</a> is reportedly set to announce that he will run for president as an Independent.
Kennedy is expected to make the announcement early next month while in Pennsylvania, according to a <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/politics/exclusive-robert-f-kennedy-jr-planning-to-announce-independent-run/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from Mediaite.
The report said that Kennedy is planning &#8220;attack ads&#8221; against the Democrat Party that will be aired prior to his announcement.
A campaign insider told the publication, “Bobby feels that the DNC is changing the rules to exclude his candidacy so an independent run is the only way to go.”
Shortly after Mediaite&#8217;s report was published, Kennedy released a video on X saying that he would be in Philadelphia on October 9 &#8220;to make a major announcement at the very birthplace of our nation.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m not going to tell you right now exactly what that announcement will be,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I can say, though, that if you&#8217;ve been waiting to come to one of my public events, this will be the one to come to. I&#8217;ll be speaking about a sea change in American politics and what your part and my part is in that change.&#8221;
&#8220;A lot of Americans who had previously given up any hope that real change would ever come through the American electoral process, have begun to find new hope in my candidacy,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And I understand the deeply felt concern that people have about the way corruption has overtaken our government.&#8221;
Kennedy took shots at the leadership of both political parties — showing footage of President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump, and numerous top figures in Congress — making clear that he was positioning himself from outside the Democrat Party.
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&#8220;I want to tell you now what I&#8217;ve come to understand after six months of campaigning, there is a path to victory, the hope we are feeling isn&#8217;t some kind of trick of the mind,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We all recognize that there&#8217;s a genuine possibility of national transformation, and its source is the goodness of the American people. Our government may be crooked. But our people are kind, brave, and caring.&#8221;
&#8220;So how are we going to win against the established Washington interests?&#8221; he continued. &#8220;It&#8217;s not through playing the game by the corrupt rules that the corrupt powers and the vested interests have rigged to keep us all in their thrall. Instead, we&#8217;re going to have to rewrite the assumptions and change the habits of American politics.&#8221;

Democratic Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Delivers Address To Jewish Community In New York

RFK Jr. To Announce That He Is Running For President As An Independent: Report

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Top allies of President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> are reportedly urging him to ditch the “Bidenomics” message as the president’s approval on the economy continues to drag.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/white-house" target="_blank" rel="noopener">White House</a> has sold its economic agenda to voters as “Bidenomics,” trying to take advantage of a post-pandemic return to normalcy after widespread shutdowns put millions of Americans out of work. The economic recovery has dragged, however, under high inflation and interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve.
Now, top Biden allies are attempting to persuade the White House to ditch the “Bidenomics” tagline as polls show ugly returns for Democrats on economic issues.
“With all due respect to the president, to the White House, this is not so much about them as it is the people who are benefiting by the policies that they came out and demanded,” Rep. Steven Horsford (D-NV), chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, said, according to <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/29/white-house-bidenomics-failure-00118949" target="_blank" rel="noopener">POLITICO</a>. “We have to do a better job framing this not so much for one person — for the office of the presidency — but for the people.”
Progressive Policy Institute President Will Marshall said that the Biden administration’s economic message is not selling. The White House needs to change its tack to find a more promising line as Democrats prepare for the 2024 elections.
“At this point, Bidenomics doesn’t really have strong answers to people’s biggest worries,” Marshall said. “There ought to be a lot of thinking in the White House now about changes in the way they present their case for the economic good that this administration has done.”
On Tuesday, a NBC News poll <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/americans-favor-gop-to-democrats-on-economy-by-widest-margin-ever-in-poll" target="_blank" rel="noopener">showed</a> Republicans with the largest edge over Democrats on Americans’ perception of economic issues ever in the history of the poll.
The poll, taken from September 15-19, found that 49% of Americans favor Republican economic policy as opposed to 28% who favor Democrat policy. The poll also found Republicans with an advantage in a slate of other top issues.
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Republicans lead Democrats beyond the margin of error on the issues of border security (50% for Republicans-20% for Democrats), crime (46%-20%), immigration (45%-27%), and protecting constitutional rights (43%-35%). Democrats held sizable leads on the issues of education (30%-40%), coronavirus (26%-37%), abortion (28%-46%), and healthcare (22%-45%).
“On this survey after 20 or 30 years, Republicans dealing with the economy [versus Democrats], immigration and crime are all at their all-time highs,” Republican pollster Bill McInturff said.
“The other thing that is maybe not expected is these phrases: ‘protecting our constitutional rights’ and ‘protecting democracy.’ These are things where overall the electorate thinks Republicans are more focused and would do a better job than Democrats,” he continued.

Top Biden Allies Want President To Ditch Flagging ‘Bidenomics’ Message

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Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ted-cruz" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ted Cruz</a> (R-TX) said following the second Republican Party primary debate on Wednesday night that he believes Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was &#8220;the big winner&#8221; and that most of the candidates did not do anything to help themselves.
Cruz made the remarks during an episode of his &#8220;Verdict&#8221; podcast with co-host Ben Ferguson following the debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California.
&#8220;This was a bumpy debate. There were a lot of rocky moments. I think most of the candidates did not help themselves,&#8221; Cruz <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1707390457821434036" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;But my clear conclusion from tonight is the big winner was Ron DeSantis.&#8221;
Cruz said that after the first debate, he thought former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy did well, but the overall winner was Trump because other candidates outside of DeSantis did well.
&#8220;I think going into the night DeSantis needed to do well. And I think he rose to the occasion,&#8221; Cruz said. &#8220;I think he did by far the best of anyone on the stage.&#8221;
Cruz said that DeSantis did the best for several reasons, including the &#8220;behavior of the others,&#8221; who he said &#8220;bickered like children.&#8221;
&#8220;And I don&#8217;t think it helped them,&#8221; Cruz said speaking of the other candidates. &#8220;I think when they were just yelling at each other back and forth, and back and forth, and back and forth. When you see a bunch of people screaming at each other, they don&#8217;t look like presidents. They&#8217;re not behaving like presidents. Presidents don&#8217;t have to yap at each other.&#8221;
Cruz said that DeSantis had &#8220;several best answers of the night,&#8221; including his answer on education, which Cruz said was the &#8220;single best answer of the night.&#8221;
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&#8220;The topic came up about education, it came about school choice, and he gave a strong, powerful answer about school choice, about how number one, Florida had implemented universal school choice,&#8221; Cruz said. &#8220;Florida has led the country in school choice. So, they&#8217;ve got a heck of a record to talk about. He was asked about the attacks on their efforts to root out Critical Race Theory in Florida. And he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ron-desantis-pushes-back-on-slavery-hoax-from-kamala-harris-as-left-wing-moderator-tim-scott-push-it" target="_blank" rel="noopener">directly confronted</a> that, and I thought it was a tight, crisp answer. That was strong.&#8221;
Cruz said he also thought DeSantis gave a &#8220;very, very strong&#8221; answer while talking about victories that he won in Florida. &#8220;The reason people got excited about DeSantis when he launched the campaign is the victories that he had in Florida, big policy victories,&#8221; Cruz said. &#8220;He emphasized that.&#8221;
Cruz said he also liked the moment where DeSantis talked about winning and how he won in landslide fashion during the midterms while the Republican Party largely underperformed across the country.
&#8220;He talked about winning in Florida, even as nationally, we were getting clobbered in 2022,&#8221; Cruz said. &#8220;He won by 19 points, and I think he did an effective argument. In many ways, his strongest argument against Trump is that he won while many other candidates that Trump had supported nationally did not win that cycle. And his argument, you want a winner, you want someone who can beat the Democrats, I&#8217;m that guy. I think he articulated it much, much better tonight than he did in the first debate, that&#8217;s why I think Ron DeSantis won tonight.&#8221;

Senate Republicans Hold Capitol Hill Press Conference On Border Security

Ted Cruz Weighs In On Who Was ‘The Big Winner’ From Second GOP Primary Debate

Ted Cruz Weighs In On Who Was 'The Big Winner' From Second GOP Primary Debate

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Ted Cruz

A top poll and a top focus group conducted after the second <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/republican-party" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Republican Party</a> primary debate on Wednesday night found that voters believe that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis won the event.
The new 538/Washington Post/Ipsos poll, conducted in the hours immediately following the debate, found that heading into the evening, voters expected pharmaceutical executive Vivek Ramaswamy to do the best, followed by DeSantis, and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley. After the debate, voters said that DeSantis did the best, followed by Haley and then Ramaswamy.
When the survey asked respondents who did the best and who did the worst, DeSantis received the most support.
&#8220;DeSantis was again the clear winner: 33 percent of likely Republican voters who watched the debate said he performed the best, and only 5 percent said he performed the worst,&#8221; the survey <a href="https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/republican-debate-september-poll/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley ranked second, with 18 percent rating her as the strongest debater and only 7 percent rating her as the worst.&#8221;
The survey found that 15 percent said that Ramaswamy did the best, while 10 percent said that he did the worst. Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) &#8220;didn’t inspire a lot of strong feelings either way,&#8221; the survey added. Those who performed the worst, according to the poll, were former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and former Vice President Mike Pence.
CNN conducted a separate focus group in Iowa immediately following the debate, and most of the participants said that DeSantis won the debate.
When asked to raise their hands to vote, nine people voted for DeSantis, six voted for Haley, one voted for Burgum, one voted for Ramaswamy, none voted for Christie, none voted for Pence, and none voted for Scott. When the group was asked who had a bad night, the seeming consensus was Pence, with the moderator acknowledging &#8220;you&#8217;re all saying Pence.&#8221;
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Second Republican Primary Debate Held At Ronald Reagan Presidential Library

Poll, Focus Group Reveal Who Voters Say Won Second GOP Primary Debate

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Former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump&#8217;s</a> presidential campaign called on the Republican National Committee to cancel all the remaining 2024 presidential primary debates and support Trump after the second GOP primary debate on Wednesday night.
The former president sought to draw attention away from other the candidates by not attending the debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California.
&#8220;Tonight’s GOP debate was as boring and inconsequential as the first debate, and nothing that was said will change the dynamics of the primary contest being dominated by President Trump,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/LaCivitaC/status/1707226132494557446" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Trump campaign manager Chris LaCivita. &#8220;The RNC should immediately put an end to any further primary debates so we can train our fire on Crooked Joe Biden and quit wasting time and money that could be going to evicting Biden from the White House.&#8221;
Trump instead gave a speech at Drake Enterprises, a parts supplier in Clinton Township, Michigan, as the United Auto Workers labor union strikes against the Big Three American automotive manufacturers.
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In his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-blasts-bidens-economic-policies-in-appeal-to-michigan-voters-sending-auto-workers-to-the-unemployment-line" target="_blank" rel="noopener">speech</a>, Trump focused on Biden’s push for more electric vehicle sales, saying the green energy agenda of the Biden administration is harming the auto industry and the livelihoods of blue-collar workers. He also slammed the president for traveling to Michigan on Tuesday “to pose for photos at the picket line” only after Trump had announced he would speak to striking auto workers.
“The workers of America are getting, to put it very nicely, screwed. … Yesterday Joe Biden came to Michigan to pose for photos at the picket line, but it’s his policies that send Michigan auto workers to the unemployment line,” Trump said. “He only came after I announced that I would be here.”
Zach Jewell contributed to this report.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-goes-after-trump-for-not-showing-up-to-gop-debate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DeSantis Goes After Trump For Not Showing Up To GOP Debate</a>

Former President Donald Trump Speaks In Clinton, Michigan

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Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tim-scott" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tim Scott</a> (R-SC) took aim at pharmaceutical executive Vivek Ramaswamy during Wednesday night&#8217;s second Republican Party primary debate over his past business ties to communist China.
Scott&#8217;s attack comes after he was overshadowed and largely quiet during the first Republican Party primary debate last month and has hovered around 2-3% in the polls, according to the RealClearPolitics average.
Scott took issue with Ramaswamy for saying during the debate that all the Republican candidates on stage were good people after he had accused them during the first debate of being &#8220;bought and paid for.&#8221;
&#8220;When we have a conversation about the things that are happening on this stage, we think about the fact that Vivek just said we were all &#8216;good people,&#8217; and I appreciate that,&#8221; Scott said. &#8220;Because last debate, he said we were all &#8216;bought and paid for.'&#8221;
&#8220;And I thought about that for a little while, and said, you know, I can&#8217;t imagine how you could say that, knowing that you were just in business with the Chinese Communist Party, and the same people that funded Hunter Biden millions of dollars was a partner of yours as well,&#8221; Scott said.
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Ramaswamy said that Scott&#8217;s claims were &#8220;nonsense.&#8221;
An <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/09/26/vivek-ramaswamy-china-business-ties-republican-primary/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">op-ed</a> in The Washington Post this week noted that Ramaswamy did business with &#8220;high-ranking members of the Chinese Communist Party, including the same CCP-linked family that paid millions to Hunter Biden.&#8221;
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Ramaswamy&#8217;s pharmaceutical company, Roivant, partnered with a &#8220;private-equity arm of CITIC Group, a state-owned Chinese investment firm, to form a company called Sinovant, focused on &#8216;bringing innovative medicines to China and advancing Chinese biopharmaceutical innovation abroad,'&#8221; the Post reported.
The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/18/business/dealbook/citic-securities-investigation-china.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that CITIC Group is “embedded in the Communist Party elite” and is “an important member of the government-controlled ‘national team’ that carries out the will of the state in financial markets.&#8221;
The 2014 deal was between Ramaswamy&#8217;s company and CITIC&#8217;s private-equity firm (CITIC PE), which &#8220;is led by Liu Lefei, son of Liu Yunshan, who is the former head of the Chinese Communist Party’s propaganda department,&#8221; the report said. Liu Lefei is also married to Jia Liqing, who is the daughter of China’s longest-serving minister of state security, and the Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/07/world/asia/china-panama-papers.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a> that the two represent &#8220;the most potent arms of the Chinese Communist Party.&#8221;
Jia also &#8220;co-founded Harvest Global Investments with Zhao Xuejun (a.k.a. Henry Zhao), a company that went into business with Hunter Biden,&#8221; the Washington Post report states. &#8220;Zhao paid $5 million to Biden’s firm Burnham Asset Management in 2016, which emails from Biden’s laptop confirm. Think of what that means: Ramaswamy was in business with the same family as the president’s son, whose Chinese business interests House Republicans are now investigating.&#8221;

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Scott Takes Aim At Ramaswamy: Did Business With Chinese Communist Party, Hunter Biden’s Business Partners

Scott Hits Ramaswamy: Did Business With Chinese Communist Party And Hunter Biden’s Business Partners

Tim Scott

Former President Donald Trump spoke to autoworkers in Clinton Township, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/michigan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michigan</a>, Wednesday night, calling on striking union members to back his campaign while slamming President Joe Biden’s economic and environmental policies. 
In his speech, Trump focused on Biden’s push for more electric vehicle sales, saying the green energy agenda of the Biden administration is harming the auto industry and the livelihoods of blue-collar workers. He also slammed the president for traveling to Michigan on Tuesday “to pose for photos at the picket line” only after Trump had announced he would speak to striking auto workers. 
“The workers of America are getting, to put it very nicely, screwed. … Yesterday Joe Biden came to Michigan to pose for photos at the picket line, but it’s his policies that send Michigan auto workers to the unemployment line,” Trump said. “He only came after I announced that I would be here.”
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“Yesterday Joe Biden came to Michigan to pose for photos at the picket line, but it’s his policies that send Michigan auto workers to the unemployment line.”
President Trump is on FIRE tonight in Michigan! 🔥🇺🇸 <a href="https://t.co/knOjoBz3w9">pic.twitter.com/knOjoBz3w9</a>
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Trump skipped the second Republican presidential debate to deliver the address to Michigan voters. His speech, which he called his “vision for a revival of economic nationalism and our automobile manufacturing lifeline,” took place at Drake Enterprises Inc., a non-union auto parts manufacturer. During his roughly one-hour-long address, the leading Republican candidate took aim at the Biden administration’s acceptance of policies pushed by leftist environmentalists.
&#8220;You can be loyal to American labor or you can be loyal to the environmental lunatics,&#8221; Trump <a href="https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2023/09/27/donald-trump-returns-auto-industry-strike-uaw-ev-taking-center-stage-presidential-election-joe-biden/70960155007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;But you can’t really be loyal to both. It’s one or the other.&#8221;
&#8220;The auto industry is being assassinated,&#8221; Trump added. &#8220;If you want to buy an electric car, that&#8217;s absolutely fine. I&#8217;m all for it. But we should not be forcing consumers to buy electric vehicles they don&#8217;t want to buy.&#8221;
Doug King, a 55-year-old auto worker who attended the speech, <a href="https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2023/09/27/donald-trump-returns-auto-industry-strike-uaw-ev-taking-center-stage-presidential-election-joe-biden/70960155007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The Detroit News that he was happy with Trump’s time in office, saying it benefited the auto industry. He added that consumers, not the government, should control which vehicles are produced and purchased. 
“The four years under Trump were the best years that we had in the auto industry,&#8221; said King, who works for Stellantis, one of the three auto giants facing strikes from workers.
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The former president warned those in the audience that a second Biden term in the White House “means that the future of the auto industry will be made in China.” Trump promised the auto workers that, if elected, he would ensure the auto industry stays in America. 
“My pledge to everyone is that a vote for President Trump means the future of the automobile will be made in America,” the former president said. “It will be fueled by American energy, sourced by American suppliers, it will be sculpted from American aluminum and steel, and it will be built by highly skilled American hands and high-wage, American labor.”
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Trump Blasts Biden’s Economic Policies In Appeal To Michigan Voters: ‘Sending Auto Workers To The Unemployment Line’

2024 Primaries

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Michigan

In the crucial early states of Iowa and New Hampshire, a new survey found that while former President Trump holds a solid lead in both states among Republican voters, a vast majority of those voters are not committed to supporting him.
In Iowa, where the presidential caucuses start the primary process, a new CBS News/YouGov <a style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;" href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-2024-poll-gop-primary-iowa-new-hampshire/">survey</a> conducted between September 15-24 found only 20% of voters saying that they were committed to voting for Trump, while 48% are considering both Trump and other candidates, and 31% declared they will not vote for Trump.
Though a majority of respondents said they were potentially open to a candidate other than Trump, the poll also found that the former president currently holds a solid lead in the state (51%). The poll found that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (21%) is running second, while former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley (8%) is running third.
In New Hampshire, 23% of voters said that they are committed to Trump, while 43% are considering both Trump and other candidates, and 31% declared they will not vote for Trump. As in Iowa, Trump leads the race (50%), while DeSantis (13%) is running second, and Haley (11%) is running third.
The poll also found 62% of Republicans in Iowa and 53% of GOP voters in New Hampshire said the GOP presidential debates were a “major factor” in their decision as to which candidate to back.
“Voters considering choices other than Trump say they are doing so to keep their options open,” CBS News reported. “They also show concern about Trump&#8217;s controversies and legal fights, and think the party should consider someone new.”
Polls show Trump with a commanding lead over his rivals, but history shows that 13 months before the presidential election may well be too early to draw a definitive conclusion of who the ultimate candidate will be.  At the end of September 2007, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationwide_opinion_polling_for_the_2008_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries">leaders in the GOP polling</a> were Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney; John McCain ultimately won the nomination.
At the end of September 2011, Mitt Romney (the ultimate nominee) was leading, but one week later the leader was Herman Cain; they battled for the lead for a week before Newt Gingrich sprang into the lead, which he kept until late December 2011. By February 2012 Rick Santorum gained the lead; it wasn’t until late February 2012 that Romney was in the lead to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationwide_opinion_polling_for_the_2012_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries">stay.</a>

Vast Majority Of Iowa, N.H. GOP Voters Open To Someone Other Than Trump: CBS Poll

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New Hampshire

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2024 presidential candidate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nikki-haley">Nikki Haley</a> offered three ways she aims to reshape healthcare during the <a href="https://rumble.com/gop-debate">second GOP debate</a> on Wednesday.
Univision’s Ilia Calderón asked her the question, &#8220;Healthcare is the leading cause of bankruptcy for American families, accounting for two-thirds of all personal bankruptcies. As president, how will you protect Americans who get sick from financial ruin?&#8221;
Haley, who is a former governor of South Carolina and United Nations ambassador, first responded by pondering aloud, &#8220;How can we be the best country in the world and have the most expensive healthcare in the world?&#8221;
After sharing a story about her mother&#8217;s experience in a hospital, Haley offered a three-point plan of attack, saying, &#8220;When I am president, we will break all of it.&#8221;
She spoke in favor of boosting transparency, tackling the issue of tort law that she argued makes doctors nervous about getting sued, and increasing competition in healthcare to give patients more choice.
Another candidate, North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, was given time to respond to Haley&#8217;s answer on healthcare.
Burgram argued the &#8220;real problem&#8221; was not being addressed, and said the federal government was getting involved in healthcare in a similar way that it is with championing electric vehicles.
&#8220;Every time the federal government&#8217;s involved, whether it&#8217;s higher education, healthcare, or now the auto industry, things get more expensive and less competitive,&#8221; he said.
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The second debate was taking place in Simi Valley, California. The other candidates who participated included Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, former Vice President Mike Pence, Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. Former President Donald Trump, who leads in the polls, opted not to attend.
Moments before Haley spoke about healthcare, Pence was pressed on his promise to <a href="https://twitter.com/Mike_Pence/status/1691833477312680445">repeal</a> Obamacare mandates, to which he said it was his intention to make the federal government &#8220;smaller by returning to the states those resources and programs that are rightfully theirs under the 10th Amendment of the Constitution.&#8221; Pence said this would include funding for Obamacare and other programs.
DeSantis, when asked about insurance coverage, called for tackling &#8220;Big Pharma, Big Insurance, and Big Government&#8221; while giving &#8220;more power for the people and the doctor-patient relationship.&#8221;

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Rep. Henry Cuellar’s (D-TX) newest <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/texas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Republican challenger</a> is his recently-departed staffer, Jose Sanz.
Legistorm <a href="https://www.legistorm.com/person/bio/416379/Jose_M_Sanz_Mondragon.html">data</a> reflected that Sanz departed from Cuellar’s office at the end of June. Sanz was serving as Cuellar’s district director and press secretary; he began working for the congressman in 2021.
In a Tuesday <a href="https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0UF4Wgk2arb6ooWAHbwB14MMZq1bZeoT3BhRvGqupq49XeGhQrNnKDaJktyM4i18Wl&amp;id=61551647559558" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a> announcing his candidacy, Sanz said that he had an “unparalleled” experience under Cuellar, but reportedly realized that his values and beliefs didn’t align with those held by the congressman.
“However, over time it became clear that my values and beliefs did not align with those of the office,” said Sanz. “I had to make a change so I could fight for what matters to me most &#8230; my conservative ideals and the ability to represent the family values of the people of District 28 in Washington, D.C.”
Cuellar has been noted as more of a centrist than a hard-left Democrat. In July, the congressman voted for a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-moves-to-block-funding-for-abortion-travel-as-lawmakers-prepare-to-vote-on-military-spending">ban</a> on federal spending for abortion travel expenses.
In his press release, Sanz also expressed a commitment to securing the border and countering cartel activity. He said that the South Texans comprising Cuellar’s district were conservative and supportive of those goals.
“We must secure our border with Mexico, stop human trafficking and the influx of drugs into the United States and cut off the flow of illegal weapons from the United States across the Southern border,” said Sanz.
Sanz and his former boss have border security as a common priority. Over the weekend, Cuellar <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-henry-cuellar-slams-biden-for-worsening-border-crisis-we-need-to-have-repercussions-at-the-border">called out</a> President Joe Biden for the worsening border crisis. The congressman proposed publicizing deportations to improve border security.
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“We need to have repercussions at the border. What does that mean?” said Cuellar. “You’ve got to deport people, and you’ve got to show images of people being deported.”
Cuellar’s district, 28, runs along the border through Laredo and Rio Grande up to the eastern outskirts of San Antonio.
Sanz shared in his press release that he immigrated from Mexico in order to escape the violence of his home country. Apart from serving as Cuellar’s staffer, Sanz worked as an ESPN-Mexico television sports analyst.
As of this report, the website for Sanz’s campaign was <a href="http://www.josefortexas.com/?fbclid=IwAR280mguAHYv7cv_4aHJsEImS0OvPGj3ESMUnGDbYqI1hCoglphFrrTQGaQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">registered</a> but not yet finished.
Sanz’s announcement comes less than a week after Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/longtime-democrat-dallas-mayor-switching-to-gop-american-cities-need-republicans" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> he was switching his party affiliation from Democrat to Republican. The mayor said that American cities need Republicans. Johnson served nearly a decade in the Texas legislature prior to becoming the Dallas mayor in 2019. Dallas’ twin city, Fort Worth, is also led by a Republican mayor.
Cuellar, through spokesman Jake Hochberg, shrugged off Sanz as an inexperienced challenger and non-threat to his incumbency.
“For the second cycle in a row, we welcome another Republican candidate to the race that has no experience and is not from the 28th Congressional District of Texas,” stated Hochberg. “We will win again, decisively.”
Cuellar was first elected to Congress nearly 20 years ago, in 2005. Prior to that, Cuellar served as the Texas Secretary of State and as a state representative. The congressman <a href="https://clerk.house.gov/members/C001063" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sits</a> on the House Appropriations Committee as well as the Defense, Homeland Security, and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies subcommittees.

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Former New Jersey Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chris-christie" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chris Christie</a> criticized former President Donald Trump during the second Republican Party primary debate on Wednesday night.
Christie made the remarks at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California.
&#8220;And I want to look at camera right now tell you, Donald, I know you&#8217;re watching,&#8221; Christie said. &#8220;You can&#8217;t help yourself. I know you&#8217;re watching, okay? And you&#8217;re not here tonight — not because of polls and not because of your indictments — you&#8217;re not here tonight because you&#8217;re afraid of being on the stage and defending your record.&#8221;
&#8220;You&#8217;re ducking these things,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;And let me tell you what&#8217;s going to happen. You keep doing that, no one up here is gonna call you Donald Trump anymore. We&#8217;re gonna call you Donald Duck.&#8221;
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I know <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a> is watching. 
You’re not here because you’re afraid. 
You keep ducking these things, we’re going to start calling you Donald Duck. <a href="https://t.co/JaiMPb1BXJ">pic.twitter.com/JaiMPb1BXJ</a>
&mdash; Chris Christie (@GovChristie) <a href="https://twitter.com/GovChristie/status/1707211934213304363?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Christie Goes After Trump: If You Keep Skipping Debates, ‘We’re Gonna Call You Donald Duck’

Christie Goes After Trump: If You Keep Skipping Debates, 'We're Gonna Call You Donald Duck'

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Republican presidential candidate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ron-desantis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ron DeSantis</a> criticized former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> during the second Republican Party presidential debate on Wednesday night for deciding not to show up.
DeSantis made the remarks while standing at center stage at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California.
&#8220;The people in Washington are shutting down the American dream with their reckless behavior,&#8221; DeSantis said. &#8220;They borrowed, they printed, they spent, and now you&#8217;re paying more for everything. They are the reason for that, they have shut down our national sovereignty by allowing our border to be wide open. So, please spare me the crocodile tears for these people. They need to change what&#8217;s going on. And where&#8217;s Joe Biden? He&#8217;s completely missing an action from leadership.&#8221;
DeSantis then transitioned into going after Trump, criticizing him for not showing up and for adding significantly to the U.S. national debt.
&#8220;And you know who else is missing in action? Donald Trump is missing in action, he should be on this stage tonight,&#8221; he said. &#8220;He owes it to you to defend his record, where they added $7.8 trillion to the debt, that set the stage for the inflation that we have. Now, I can tell you this, as governor of Florida, we cut taxes, we ran surpluses, we&#8217;ve paid down over 25% of our state debt. And I vetoed wasteful spending when it came to my desk &#8212; and as your president when they send me a bloating spending bill that&#8217;s going to cause your prices to go up. I&#8217;m going to take out this veto pen and I&#8217;m going to send it right back to them.&#8221;
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Ron DeSantis hits Washington, Biden and Trump in his first remarks at the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GOPdebate?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GOPdebate</a>:
&quot;Donald Trump is missing in action. He should be on this stage tonight. He owes it to you to defend his record where they added $7.8 trillion to the debt. That set the stage for the inflation… <a href="https://t.co/M4gQmXk14q">pic.twitter.com/M4gQmXk14q</a>
&mdash; Never Back Down (@NvrBackDown24) <a href="https://twitter.com/NvrBackDown24/status/1707205220650844406?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2023</a></blockquote>
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