Far-left Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) refused to rule out running for President of the United States when pressed about the matter during a Tuesday night interview on &#8220;The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.&#8221;
&#8220;You know, there&#8217;s some speculation as to whether President Biden is going to run in 2024,&#8221; host Stephen Colbert said. &#8220;There&#8217;s some reports that he&#8217;s a little frustrated that people keep asking because he keeps on saying, &#8216;yes.&#8217; And people go, &#8216;Are you sure? Are you sure?’”
&#8220;You know, I know somebody who&#8217;s going to turn 35 about a month before the election in 2024 and they represent New York&#8217;s 14th [Congressional District],&#8221; Colbert continued. &#8220;Is that job appealing to you at all?&#8221;
“Listen, I think that we need to focus on keeping a democracy for anybody to be president in the next couple of years,” she replied. “And that&#8217;s my central focus, is helping the people of this country right now.”
“So it’s possible?” Colbert pushed.
“I don’t know about all that,” she said. &#8220;I don&#8217;t know about that.&#8221;
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Ocasio-Cortez Makes Surprising Remarks When Pressed On If She Is Running For President In 2024

Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Refuses To Rule Out Running For President In 2024

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Biden Administration

Joe Biden

Stephen Colbert

Governor Kristi Noem (R-SD) told Megyn Kelly that Republicans &#8220;really&#8221; need to &#8220;get it together&#8221; and &#8220;grow up&#8221; if they are going to win back the White House while wavering on whether she plans to run for president in 2024.
During Sirius XM&#8217;s &#8220;The Megyn Kelly Show&#8221; podcast on Tuesday, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/absolutely-disgusting-megyn-kelly-blasts-ana-navarro-after-she-invokes-disabled-brother-in-defense-of-roe-v-wade">host</a> spoke with the governor about a whole host of issues, including whether she thinks former President Donald Trump will run again. It starts at the 55-minute mark <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIRwedTuzxs">here</a>.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/irresponsible-megyn-kelly-rips-fox-news-over-segment-promoting-childs-gender-transition">Kelly</a> also asked <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/we-have-prayed-for-this-day-south-dakota-gov-kristi-noem-celebrates-closing-of-states-last-abortion-center">Noem</a> if she had &#8220;higher aspirations&#8221; for her political career, either on the national level or as Trump&#8217;s potential running mate.
&#8220;I honestly don&#8217;t know,&#8221; Noem replied. &#8220;It&#8217;s just not something in my plans. I’m running for reelection this year in South Dakota. I&#8217;m hoping the people will trust me to lead for another four years as governor.&#8221;
&#8220;Beyond that, I think that anybody who&#8217;s making plans just maybe doesn&#8217;t understand the volatility of this political environment that we&#8217;re in,&#8221; she added, explaining that she&#8217;s always been a &#8220;little leery&#8221; of people who &#8220;dream of being&#8221; President of the United States&#8230; &#8220;I&#8217;m just not convinced that it has to be me.&#8221;
&#8220;I think Republicans really got to get it together and grow up a little bit too,&#8221; the governor continued. &#8220;Because they&#8217;re all just trying to pretend that he&#8217;s [Trump] not gonna run or hope for it and make no plans. We&#8217;ve got to figure out how do we put a strategy together to really win because our country is counting on it more than ever.&#8221;
Kelly admitted to Noem that it would be &#8220;dicey&#8221; if the Republican Party picked Trump again. The former NBC host said that on the one hand, Trump has &#8220;a huge swath of support in the Republican Party,&#8221; but on the other, he is &#8220;such a divisive figure&#8221; that &#8220;cuts both ways.&#8221;
The host said people are worried about the country and four more years of President Joe Biden, &#8220;if it keeps going in this direction,&#8221; she said, adding that she&#8217;s not sure &#8220;what&#8217;s gonna be left&#8221; most likely in reference to sky-high gas prices, inflation, and other issues.

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Gov. Kristi Noem Tells Megyn Kelly Whether She’s Throwing Her Hat In The Ring In 2024, Says Republicans Have To ‘Grow Up’

Gov. Kristi Noem Tells Megyn Kelly Whether She’s Throwing Her Hat In The Ring In 2024, Says Republicans ‘Really’ Got To ‘Grow Up’

Donald Trump

Entertainment

Kristi Noem

Megyn Kelly

It&#8217;s not often the incumbent in the White House isn&#8217;t the frontrunner for re-election, but it&#8217;s even rarer that he&#8217;s in third place.
&#8220;Biden&#8217;s crushed approval ratings and worsening betting odds are causing Democrats to wonder if he is the right figure to take on Trump in 2024,&#8221; said Joe Short of <a href="http://gambling.com/us">Gambling.com</a>. &#8220;According to the Wall Street Journal, Democrats expect him to go for a second term at the age of 82, but they’re not sure he should.&#8221;
&#8220;To make matters even worse for Biden, he is now third favourite to win the 2024 US Presidential election, behind both Trump (3/1) and Florida&#8217;s Republican governor Ron DeSantis (4/1),&#8221; he said.
Short said that Biden initially appeared willing to cede power to his Vice President Kamala Harris after just one term, but she&#8217;s not faring to well to bookies, either. She has &#8220;floated way out to 12/1 with bet365 to be the next U.S. president. Evidently punters and U.K. bookmakers are looking no further than Biden when it comes to Democratic names in 2024.&#8221;
In fact, Biden&#8217;s odds of even serving out his full first term aren&#8217;t all that great.
Biden’s odds of serving until Jan. 20, 2025, are &#8220;at their worst since November 2021, as betting sites maintain a level of uncertainty over the veteran’s longevity in the White House.&#8221;
&#8220;Biden’s first 18 months as president have been dogged by political issues at home and abroad. America has come out of the COVID-19 pandemic more divided than ever, and a cost of living crisis is beginning to pinch,&#8221; Short said. &#8220;Betting apps have dropped their odds on the president being ousted before his first four years have elapsed.&#8221;
According to political betting sites, Biden is &#8220;now 7/4 to lose his job before 2024. That suggests a 36% probability – the highest his chances of being ousted as president have been since last autumn,&#8221; the oddsmaker said.
While pollsters in the U.S. are all hat and no cattle, when you’re trying to figure out who will win, look to the British bookies, who put their money where their mouths are.
“Right now Trump is the +300 favourite to win the next US election, with Biden out at +550,” Short said in an email in April. (For odds, +300 signifies the amount a better could win when wagering $100. So, if the bet’s successful, a player would receive a total payout of $400 ($300 net profit + $100 initial stake) on +300 odds.
Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.

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Bookies: Biden Now THIRD Place In The Odds To Win 2024 Election

British Oddsmakers: President Joe Biden Now In THIRD Place For 2024 Election

Ron DeSantis

A former official in the Biden administration appeared to mock California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) this week when he was asked about Newsom&#8217;s apparent attempts to boost his profile ahead of the 2024 presidential election season.
The remarks come after Newsom survived an embarrassing recall election that he faced due to his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and the overall condition of his state.
Newsom, who <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=gavin%20newsom%20patrick%20bateman&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=top">many</a> have compared to delusional psychopath Patrick Bateman from the movie &#8220;American Psycho,&#8221; is rumored to have presidential ambitions, although he has apparently tried to suggest that he is not challenging the <a href="https://twitter.com/EWErickson/status/1540022463530258432">failing</a> Biden administration.
“Everybody is trying to be relevant for the next race,&#8221; said Cedric Richmond, a former senior Biden White House official who recently transitioned to a top role in the DNC. &#8220;I think ambition makes people do different things.&#8221;
When asked about how the Biden administration views Newsom&#8217;s attempts to promote himself, Richmond said, &#8220;I am not sure they are reading the Gavin Newsom opinion pages about his desire to be politically relevant.&#8221;
Newsom has sought to boost his profile by <a href="https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Newsom-goes-scorched-earth-on-DeSantis-17147621.php">attacking</a> Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R), which effectively is political clout chasing.
DeSantis exploded on the national political during the coronavirus pandemic and is now a top candidate for the 2024 presidential election. DeSantis has earned praise from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bill-maher-gives-unexpected-defense-of-florida-governor-ron-desantis-from-left-wing-political-attacks">across the political spectrum</a>, from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-tips-hat-toward-ron-desantis-to-be-next-president-of-the-united-states">Elon Musk</a>, and has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/poll-from-first-republican-primary-state-shows-winds-of-gop-changing">started to beat</a> former President Donald Trump in presidential primary polling.
&#8220;Well, first I would say how many people are moving from his state, fleeing to come to mine for freedom versus vice-versa?&#8221; DeSantis <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/desantis-hits-back-against-newsoms-attacks-people-vote-their-feet">fired back</a> at Newsom. &#8220;And I guarantee you we win in the net — in migration, people are leaving California in numbers we&#8217;ve never seen because of his failed policies.&#8221;
On the matter of how Newsom responded to the coronavirus pandemic, DeSantis said that &#8220;this is where I think his leadership has been terrible.&#8221;
&#8220;If you look at excess mortality, California&#8217;s had a higher percentage of excess mortality since COVID started than Florida — so that includes COVID, but it&#8217;s not limited,&#8221; DeSantis said, adding that he believes that there were &#8220;lockdown deaths&#8221; caused by Newsom&#8217;s policies. &#8220;Those are deaths that his policies have caused, driving people to despair, drug addiction, lack of opportunities.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-democrat-andrew-gillum-charged-with-21-felonies-related-to-campaign-that-lost-to-desantis">Democrat Andrew Gillum Charged With 21 Felonies Related To Campaign That Lost To DeSantis </a>

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Top Democrat Mocks Gavin Newsom’s ‘Desire To Be Politically Relevant’

California

Gavin Newsom

A new poll from the state with the first presidential primary in 2024 shows Florida GOP Governor Ron DeSantis leading former President Trump among likely New Hampshire Republican primary voters.
The <a href="https://scholars.unh.edu/survey_center_polls/697/">University of New Hampshire poll</a>, conducted between June 16-20, was released on Tuesday. Although the Iowa caucuses precede New Hampshire, the Granite State traditionally holds the first presidential primary.
DeSantis garnered 39% of the likely Republican primary voters; Trump followed with 37%. Former Vice-President Mike Pence trailed a distant third with 9%.
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Among those same voters, DeSantis enjoyed a net favorability rating of 66%; Trump’s approval rating followed at 46%.
Further demonstrating the rising ascendancy of DeSantis, in a head-to-head matchup with President Biden among all prospective New Hampshire voters, he led Biden 47%-46% in a state where Biden defeated Trump by eight percentage points in 2020. Trump in a head-to-head rematch with Biden was behind by virtually the same margin as 2020 as Biden led 50%-43%.
Trump voters in the poll liked DeSantis virtually unanimously; a whopping 97% of voters who voted for Trump in 2020 would vote for DeSantis over Biden in 2024. 90% of voters who voted for Biden in 2020 would vote for the president again in a potential 2024 battle with DeSantis.
When asked which candidate they would support as their second choice if their preferred candidate was not the top choice, DeSantis led at 30%; Trump followed at 24%.
69% of New Hampshire voters surveyed did not want Trump to run again.
“Support for DeSantis has more than doubled since October,” The UNH poll noted. “DeSantis runs better against Biden than does Trump, a further sign of Trump’s weakening support among NH Republicans. Biden and Trump are increasingly unpopular in New Hampshire and only about half of members of each of their own parties want them to run for President in 2024.”
Two recent straw polls showed DeSantis being favored over Trump; A 2024 presidential election straw poll <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/991p42nx07hlxnk/Data_All_220604.pdf?dl=0">conducted at the Western Conservative Summit</a> in Colorado asked respondents to vote for all the candidates that they would approve for president, and found that 71% approved of DeSantis for 2024; while 68% approved of Trump. A 2024 straw poll <a href="https://www.wispolitics.com/2022/wispolitics-com-wisconsin-state-gop-convention-goers-split-on-another-trump-run-plurality-supports-desantis-for-24-presidential-nomination/">conducted at the Wisconsin Republican Convention</a> showed DeSantis received nearly 38% of the vote: Trump followed at 32%.
Last week Biden again showed he is wary of DeSantis, mocking him for targeting Disney over its opposition to the Parental Rights in Education bill.  Biden and his team have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-torches-biden-admin-after-psaki-makes-false-statement-about-his-handling-of-pandemic-in-florida">targeted him</a> for months.
Last August, Biden snidely responded, “Governor Who?” when asked about DeSantis. DeSantis <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/biden-calls-desantis-governor-who-desantis-fires-back-what-else-has-he-forgotten/">quipped</a>, “I guess I’m not surprised that Biden doesn’t remember me; I guess the question is, what else has he forgotten?”

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Poll From First Republican Primary State Shows Winds Of GOP Changing

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As the 2024 presidential election approaches (sure, there are 868 days until Election Day, but who&#8217;s counting?), reports have swirled that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) won&#8217;t run if former President Donald Trump does.
But don&#8217;t look for that quote &#8212; it doesn&#8217;t exist.
Trump, though, has said that if he throws in his hat, DeSantis won&#8217;t. &#8220;I do think if I run, he won’t,” Trump <a href="https://floridapolitics.com/archives/477954-if-i-run-he-wont-donald-trump-downplays-ron-desantis-2024-hopes/">said</a> in December 2021. “I know they try and create a friction. I don’t think it exists at all. It might, you know, you never know. If he wanted to run, that’s OK with me. I think we’d win by a lot. But he’s good. And he’s done a good job as governor.”
And for his part, DeSantis, playing coy like all politicians, says he&#8217;s plenty happy just serving the people of Florida. &#8220;I&#8217;m not considering anything beyond doing my job. We got a lot of stuff going on in Florida. I&#8217;m going to be running for reelection next year,&#8221; DeSantis <a href="https://news.yahoo.com/florida-gov-ron-desantis-says-031935029.html">said</a> in September 2020.
So, essentially, nobody knows anything. But now we at least know that Trump hasn&#8217;t even asked DeSantis if he&#8217;s making a presidential run in 2024.
“I don’t know if Ron is running, and I don’t ask him,” Trump <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/06/27/can-ron-desantis-displace-donald-trump-as-the-gops-combatant-in-chief" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The New Yorker in an interview for an upcoming cover story. “It’s his prerogative. I think I would win.”
The piece also exposes some friction between the two.
&#8220;The thing that grated most was that, as Trump considered running in 2024, DeSantis did not rule out a campaign of his own. The more plausible DeSantis has become as a nominee, the more people have speculated that he might decide to take on Trump,&#8221; the magazine said.
The author wrote: &#8220;Trump told me that he was &#8216;very close to making a decision&#8217; about whether to run&#8230;. In nearly every poll of likely Republican contenders, Trump still has a solid advantage: DeSantis’s constituency was Trump’s first. Trump seems to want to keep it that way. A consultant who has worked for several Republican candidates said that the former President had talked with confidants about ways to stop DeSantis: &#8216;Trump World is working overtime to find ways to burn DeSantis down. They really hate him.'&#8221;
Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.

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‘I Don’t Ask Him’: Even Trump Doesn’t Know If DeSantis Is Running In ’24

'I Don't Ask Him': Even Former President Donald Trump Doesn't Know If Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Is Running In 2024

Fox News host Judge Jeanine Pirro said Monday that the American people were &#8220;too smart&#8221; to fall for it if President Joe Biden attempted to &#8220;lie his way to the next election&#8221; in 2024.
<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/he-could-sue-her-again-judge-jeanine-says-amber-heard-risked-another-lawsuit-when-she-doubled-down-on-victim-status/">Pirro</a> joined her cohosts on the rush-hour panel show &#8220;<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/judge-pirro-blasts-biden-as-a-wuss-says-hes-responsible-for-the-decline-of-the-west-in-fiery-exchange-on-the-five/">The Five</a>&#8221; to discuss the state of the economy and President Biden&#8217;s prospects for reelection — as well as the number of Democrats who seemed ready to say that Biden should step aside before 2024.
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Cohost <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/thats-so-wrong-dana-perino-gives-geraldo-rivera-an-earful-over-dhs-plans-to-punish-border-agents/">Dana Perino</a> began the segment by pointing out the fact that there were a number of Democrats who were &#8220;openly saying he should not run again in 2024.&#8221;
&#8220;Yeah, they&#8217;re openly saying it because they don&#8217;t want to lose, because they know he&#8217;s nothing more than an anchor around their neck,&#8221; Pirro replied.
She then turned to cohost and former Congressman Harold Ford Jr. (D-TN), who had suggested that if Biden truly wanted to turn things around he should listen to the expert economists when he didn&#8217;t like what they said as much as when he did — and work with oil companies rather than against them if he wanted to bring down the cost of gas.
&#8220;You know, I like everything that you say, Harold, but here’s the problem: We have a President of the United States who doesn’t know how to lead, so he doesn’t know how to do all those things that you suggest that he does,&#8221; Pirro continued.
She went on to argue that Biden had surrounded himself with people who were &#8220;lying to us about the economy, about inflation.&#8221;
&#8220;The American people know inflation is at 8.6%. The feds are raising the interest rate. Consumers aren’t as interested as they were in purchasing. And what we&#8217;ve got is one-quarter of negative GDP, and we’re coming to the next quarter. What is Biden’s answer? He’s so clueless, that man, that he segues to electric vehicles,&#8221; Pirro continued. &#8220;They ask him about the recession, and he talks about electric vehicles.&#8221;
&#8220;I don’t know any — I don&#8217;t know any veteran, any senior citizen, I don&#8217;t know anyone working paycheck to paycheck, which is a big piece of this country, who has $60,000 to buy an electric car,&#8221; she concluded. &#8220;He is tone-deaf. Everything he says is not accurate in terms of this economy. And he can’t lie his way to the next election. You just can’t. American people are too smart.&#8221;

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Judge Jeanine: The American People Are ‘Too Smart’ For Biden To ‘Lie His Way To The Next Election’

Judge Jeanine Says The American People Won't Fall For It If Biden Lies His Way To 2024

Fox News

Jeanine Pirro

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hillary-clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> ruled out another run for the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/white-house">White House</a> in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/2024-election">2024</a>, saying a third bid is “out of the question.”
The former secretary of state and onetime first lady told the <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/2e667c3f-954d-49fa-8024-2c869789e32f">Financial Times</a> in a highly sympathetic interview published Friday she expects President Joe Biden to run for re-election. But with his plunging approval numbers, some Democrats have hinted that the party needs a fresh face in two years. But it won’t be Clinton.
&#8220;No, out of the question,&#8221; she said. &#8220;First of all, I expect Biden to run. He certainly intends to run. It would be very disruptive to challenge that.&#8221;
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Clinton lost the Democratic primary to former President Barack Obama in 2008, then lost to former President Donald Trump in the 2016 general election, although she has claimed that race was stolen from her. Biden has said he intends to run for re-election.
If Biden were to be re-elected and serve another four-year term, he would be 86 when he left the White House. Vice President Kamala Harris could step in if he decides not to run again. But her approval numbers are as dismal as Biden’s, and her own 2020 bid for the Democratic nomination gained no traction.
Clinton told the outlet she thinks Trump is poised to seek the Republican nomination in 2024 again, which would be his third White House run.
&#8220;I think if he can, he&#8217;s going to run again,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Follow the money with Trump — he&#8217;s raised about $130 million sitting in his bank account that he used to travel around, to fund organizing against elections &#8230; I don&#8217;t know who will challenge him in the Republican primary.&#8221;
Clinton told the outlet&#8217;s Edward Luce that the January 6 riots would never have happened if she had won four years earlier and said her loss to Trump haunts her. Luce told Clinton he had promised his young daughter Trump would not win, only to have her learn he&#8217;d been wrong.
&#8220;It&#8217;s really remarkable how often I&#8217;m told stories like that and how often I&#8217;m reading something like a work of fiction set in modern times[,] and 2016 is a traumatic event — it&#8217;s almost eschatological,&#8221; Clinton said. &#8220;It is a break in history. It&#8217;s such a piece of unfinished business.&#8221;
Although Clinton blames voter suppression and Russian interference for her loss to Trump, Special Counsel John Durham&#8217;s investigation into the origins of the Russia collusion hoax has indicated it began as a political <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/clinton-campaign-just-made-stuff-up-about-trump-russia-former-fbi-intel-chief-says">dirty trick</a> hatched by the Clinton campaign and approved by Hillary Clinton herself.

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Hillary Clinton Says 2024 Presidential Bid ‘Out Of The Question’

Hillary Clinton Says 2024 Presidential Bid 'Out Of The Question'

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Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ron-desantis">Ron DeSantis</a> (R-FL) got some unexpected praise late this week from media personality <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/bill-maher">Bill Maher</a>, who insisted that DeSantis would be better than former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a>.
Maher made the remark during his Friday episode of &#8220;Real Time with Bill Maher&#8221; while discussing the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/january-6">January 6</a> <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/january-6-committee">House Select Committee</a> hearings.
Leftist political commentator Krystal Ball insisted that prosecuting the former president was &#8220;not going to solve our problem&#8221; as she <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/bill-maher-desantis-better-trump-certifiably-insane">reportedly</a> suggested that the real problem was the rise of DeSantis, who has surged to the top of the Republican Party and was recently named as one of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/time-magazine">Time Magazine</a>’s “100 Most Influential People of 2022.”
&#8220;Do you think that Ron DeSantis is going to be way better than Donald Trump?&#8221; Ball asked.
&#8220;Yes, yes I do,&#8221; Maher fired back.
&#8220;He&#8217;s not certifiably insane. That&#8217;s a great one to start off with,&#8221; Maher said. &#8220;You know what Ron DeSantis won&#8217;t be doing? He won&#8217;t be poop-tweeting every day. It won&#8217;t be, like, having feuds with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/bette-midler">Bette Midler</a> on Twitter. He&#8217;s not an insane person.&#8221;
DeSantis also received support from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/elon-musk">Elon Musk</a> this week after the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tesla">Tesla</a> co-founder and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/spacex">SpaceX</a> founder was asked who he was leaning toward supporting for the 2024 presidential election and responded, &#8220;DeSantis.&#8221;
“I supported [Andrew] <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/andrew-yang">Yang</a> last time, but DeSantis has a better chance of winning,” Musk later added.
DeSantis is easily <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/field-of-more-than-a-dozen-candidates-takes-shape-for-2024-gop-presidential-nomination">leading the pack</a> of Republican candidates for the 2024 presidential election, not including the former president, according to polling.
“DeSantis’ rising star within GOP ranks is said to have rattled the former president so much that he is now looking at various ways to unsettle any plans the Florida governor may have for a presidential bid of his own,” the Daily Mail <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10910439/Donald-Trump-launch-2024-presidential-campaign-Florida-scupper-Governor-Ron-DeSantis.html">reported</a>. “They include Trump launching his 2024 from the Sunshine State and hosting a massive party close to the governor’s mansion.”
NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-brink-rcna31774">reported</a> that Trump is considering announcing his presidential campaign as early as this summer in an apparent bid to take the lead among the 2024 GOP candidates, as DeSantis is currently in the middle of running for re-election in Florida’s gubernatorial race.
The power players in the Republican Party, however, are concerned that Trump announcing a presidential campaign before the upcoming midterm elections could boost the Democrat Party. Even Trump’s advisers “continue to urge him not to announce a campaign before the midterm elections, since they fear it would help Democratic efforts to frame Senate and congressional campaigns around the divisive former president,” The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/06/11/republican-president-2024-trump/">reported</a>.
DeSantis poses unique challenges to Trump, including the fact that Trump’s base loves DeSantis and recent polling from Echelon Insights shows that Trump’s lead over DeSantis “shrinks significantly among those who are familiar and favorable toward both candidates.” Even more recent polling from Echelon Insights shows that DeSantis has a commanding double-digit lead over the next highest candidate, former Vice President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mike-pence">Mike Pence</a>, in a Republican Party primary if Trump does not enter the race.
DeSantis has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-desantis-beats-trump-in-2024-straw-poll-at-top-conservative-summit">repeatedly</a> <a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/jun/5/desantis-beats-trump-western-conservative-summit-s/">beaten</a> Trump in straw polling at the Western Conservative Summit in Colorado.
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In a primary matchup between Trump and DeSantis, Trump’s margin shrinks significantly among those who are familiar and favorable toward both candidates. <a href="https://t.co/VER8LVepvw">pic.twitter.com/VER8LVepvw</a>
&mdash; Echelon Insights (@EchelonInsights) <a href="https://twitter.com/EchelonInsights/status/1486755439131910152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 27, 2022</a></blockquote>
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DeSantis, who has reportedly told top Republican donors that “no one’s nomination is inevitable,” appears to believe that he has “overtaken Trump with the party’s major donors, according to an ally in touch with the governor,” the Post added. “A former aide said DeSantis has spoken about wanting to expand his dominance in that realm, including by getting a contribution from Peter Thiel, the billionaire investor who backed Trump in 2016 and has put nearly $30 million behind a pair of Republican Senate candidates this year.”
Darren Blanton, a Dallas-based venture capitalist who served as an adviser to Trump’s transition, told the newspaper that DeSantis was the only candidate that could take on Trump and win.
“I think DeSantis is the only one besides Trump who has a chance in hell. And I would bet a lot of money on that,” Blanton said. “At first I thought DeSantis had no chance because he seemed more like an introvert and strategist, but not a charismatic celebrity, and I pretty much told him that to his face. But he has really impressed me by how much better he has gotten.”
A new <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/11/us/politics/biden-2024-election-democrats.html">report</a> from The New York Times that highlighted Democrats’ angst about Democrat President Joe Biden running again included quotes from top Democrats that showed they feared DeSantis.
Faiz Shakir, who was campaign manager for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/bernie-sanders">Bernie Sanders</a> in 2020, said that if the Republican Party nominee were Trump that it would still be possible for Biden to win but that “if it’s DeSantis,” then “I think that would be a different kind of a challenge.”
Alex Wyshyvanuk, a Democrat data analyst, said that Democrats “need an equivalent of Ron DeSantis … but not a 70- or 80-year-old — a younger person.”

UFC 273: Volkanovski v The Korean

Bill Maher Gives Unexpected Defense Of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis From Left-Wing Political Attacks

Bill Maher Defends DeSantis From Political Attacks: DeSantis Is ‘Way Better’ Than Trump

Bill Maher

Elon Musk

Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis on Wednesday responded to comments from tech billionaire Elon Musk — who revealed he was leaning toward supporting DeSantis in the 2024 presidential race — by saying he welcomes &#8220;support from African-Americans.&#8221;
Musk, who is white, was born in Pretoria, South Africa, in 1971. He became an American citizen in 2002, thus technically making him an African-American.
&#8220;I&#8217;m focused on 2022,&#8221; DeSantis said at a press conference, &#8220;but with Elon Musk, what I would say is you know I welcome support from African-Americans. What can I say?&#8221;
The line drew laughs from those around him in the room.
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&quot;I&#39;m focused on 2022, but with <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@elonmusk</a> what I would say is you know I welcome support from African-Americans. What can I say?&quot; &#8211; <a href="https://twitter.com/GovRonDeSantis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GovRonDeSantis</a> <a href="https://t.co/SuWQVLMORE">pic.twitter.com/SuWQVLMORE</a>
&mdash; Robbie Myers (@robbievmyers) <a href="https://twitter.com/robbievmyers/status/1537098457550360576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 15, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Outlets like the satirical Babylon Bee have long poked fun at leftist organizations for attacking Musk. In March, the outlet ran a story <a href="https://babylonbee.com/news/snl-writers-criticize-successful-african-american-businessman">titled</a>, &#8220;SNL Writers Denigrate Successful African-American Businessman.&#8221;
On Wednesday, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-tips-hat-toward-ron-desantis-to-be-next-president-of-the-united-states">reported</a> that Musk is &#8220;leaning towards&#8221; supporting DeSantis in 2024 after tweeting that he had backed the Republican candidate who made history in south Texas on Tuesday night.
“I voted for Mayra Flores – first time I ever voted Republican,” Musk announced late Tuesday evening. “Massive red wave in 2022,&#8221; he predicted.
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I voted for Mayra Flores – first time I ever voted Republican.
Massive red wave in 2022.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1536973965394157569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 15, 2022</a></blockquote>
Flores won a special election in Texas’s 34th Congressional District, becoming the first Republican to Congress <a href="https://people.com/politics/republican-mayra-flores-flips-house-seat-south-texas-first-mexican-born-congresswoman/">elected</a> in that district in more than 100 years.
In a follow-up question, an account asked Musk, &#8220;What are you leaning towards?&#8221; for president in 2022. Musk simply responded, “DeSantis.” Musk stopped short of an endorsement.
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DeSantis
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1536976484446904320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 15, 2022</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>“I supported Yang last time, but DeSantis has a better chance of winning,” Musk explained.
The Daily Wire also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-doubles-down-on-who-he-is-supporting-in-upcoming-midterms">noted</a> that Musk recently doubled down on supporting the Republican Party for the upcoming midterms because of how Democrats have treated him.
“I support free speech, but not any one candidate,” Musk said on Twitter this past spring. “In fact, I gave money to &amp; voted for Hillary &amp; then voted for Biden. However, given unprovoked attacks by leading Democrats against me &amp; a very cold shoulder to Tesla &amp; SpaceX, I intend to vote Republican in November.”
“Like I’m not sure, I might never have voted for a Republican, just to be clear,” Musk also said. “Now this election I will.”
While there is no indication that DeSantis is considering a run for the GOP nomination in 2024, several polls have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-wins-wisconsin-gop-poll-of-possible-2024-presidential-candidates">shown</a> him to be a top contender if he throws his hat into the ring.
Related:
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<li><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/field-of-more-than-a-dozen-candidates-takes-shape-for-2024-gop-presidential-nomination">Field Of More Than A Dozen Candidates Takes Shape For 2024 GOP Presidential Nomination</a></li>
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Elon Musk, Ron DeSantis

‘I Welcome Support From African-Americans’: DeSantis Responds To Elon Musk’s Name-Drop

'I Welcome Support From African-Americans': DeSantis Responds To Elon Musk's Name-Drop

Andrew Yang

Democratic Party

Florida

Republican Party

Sunny Hostin interrupted guest host <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/thats-not-fairsuch-a-cheap-shot-the-view-blows-up-as-alyssa-farah-griffin-and-kellyanne-conway-clash/">Alyssa Farah Griffin</a> during Tuesday&#8217;s broadcast of &#8220;The View&#8221; to repeatedly say &#8220;Death-Santis,&#8221; in an apparent move to get her co-host&#8217;s attention.
Griffin, who has often filled the &#8220;conservative&#8221; seat on the ABC midday talk show — left vacant with the contentious exit of former host <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/for-the-love-of-god-send-a-serious-person-meghan-mccain-begs-biden-admin-not-to-send-kamala-harris-to-handle-ukraine/">Meghan McCain</a> — began the conversation by asking whether President Joe Biden could beat former President Donald Trump in a <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/biden-chuckles-at-idea-of-running-against-trump-again-questions-if-republican-party-will-even-exist-in-2024/">second head-to-head match-up</a>.
WATCH:
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Alyssa Farah Griffin questions whether Biden could defeat Trump head to head again — prompting Sunny Hostin to repeat &quot;Death-Santis&quot; over and over again. <a href="https://t.co/LwStR1WwOh">pic.twitter.com/LwStR1WwOh</a>
&mdash; Virginia Kruta (@VAKruta) <a href="https://twitter.com/VAKruta/status/1536792443974209537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 14, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Fellow co-host Whoopi Goldberg noted that some had been critical of Biden because of his age — he will be 80 in November and will turn 82 just after the 2024 presidential election — and pointed out that many older Americans simply go about &#8220;doing their thing really beautifully&#8221; regardless of age.
&#8220;I think anyone looking at their retirement account yesterday, looking at fuel prices, looking at inflation, not all of which by the way are Biden’s fault — that creates a path and a window for a Donald Trump to come back in,&#8221; Griffin pushed back, noting that not all of the criticisms of Biden had anything to do with his age.
Griffin said that the real question should be &#8220;who’s best fit to beat Donald Trump because that man should never be president again,&#8221; adding, &#8220;I’m not sure I think it’s Joe Biden, and the fact that David Axelrod, senior Obama and Biden adviser came out and said he’s going to be 82, it’s not about age, I don’t think he has the same strength and sharpness I saw five years ago with Biden, and I have tremendous respect for the man. So I&#8217;m curious who are the Dems going to run, where is the Obama energy that we could bring?&#8221;
&#8220;I don’t know if we need Obama energy, we need somebody who gets the country back on, on line, in line,&#8221; Goldberg replied. &#8220;Because, you know, if you can name me a Republican who has a shot to do that, that&#8217;s what I&#8217;m more interested in –&#8221;
&#8220;I hope it&#8217;s not &#8216;Death-Santis,'&#8221; Hostin cut in and the others were still talking.
&#8220;I think it will be &#8216;Death-Santis,&#8217; she repeated her name for Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL), saying once more when the others stopped talking. &#8220;I hope it&#8217;s not &#8216;Death-Santis&#8217; over in Florida because I think he&#8217;s a fascist, &#8216;Death-Santis.&#8217; I think he handled COVID miserably. I think he’s a fascist and a bigot.&#8221;
&#8220;Those are his good points,&#8221; Joy Behar laughed.
&#8220;Those are his good points,&#8221; Hostin repeated, nodding as the audience laughed and applauded. &#8220;I hate this talk about — I think people saying he’s too old, I mean, you know, if the former, you know, twice-impeached, disgraced president he’s such a young spring chicken he’s going to be 78 when Joe Biden is 81. I don’t like this ageism argument.&#8221;
Hostin went on to say that if another Democrat were to run, she would like to have it be someone like Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) &#8220;because he&#8217;s really pretty to look at and I think he does a great job in California.&#8221;

Variety’s 2022 Power Of Women

WATCH: Sunny Hostin Keeps Repeating ‘Death-Santis’ Over And Over Again

WATCH: Sunny Hostin Keeps Repeating 'Death-Santis,' Calls Him A 'Fascist' And 'Bigot'

Sunny Hostin

The View

A field of more than a dozen Republican candidates is taking shape for the 2024 presidential nomination, with former President Donald Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis leading the charge, according to a new report.
Not including Trump, the most serious candidates are DeSantis, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), and former Vice President Mike Pence.
Less serious candidates include former U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), and Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson.
The field of candidates, highlighted by <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/06/11/republican-president-2024-trump/">The Washington Post</a>, is emerging despite strong signals coming from Trump that he will run again in 2024.
It&#8217;s clear that the candidate that Trump fears the most is also the candidate that Democrats fear the most: DeSantis.
&#8220;DeSantis&#8217; rising star within GOP ranks is said to have rattled the former president so much that he is now looking at various ways to unsettle any plans the Florida governor may have for a presidential bid of his own,&#8221; the Daily Mail <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10910439/Donald-Trump-launch-2024-presidential-campaign-Florida-scupper-Governor-Ron-DeSantis.html">reported</a>. &#8220;They include Trump launching his 2024 from the Sunshine State and hosting a massive party close to the governor&#8217;s mansion. &#8221;
NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-brink-rcna31774">reported</a> that Trump is considering announcing his presidential campaign as early as this summer in an apparent bid to take the lead among the 2024 GOP candidates because DeSantis is currently in the middle of running for re-election in Florida&#8217;s gubernatorial race.
However, the power players in the Republican Party are concerned that Trump announcing a presidential campaign before the upcoming midterm elections could boost the Democrat Party. Even Trump&#8217;s advisers &#8220;continue to urge him not to announce a campaign before the midterm elections, since they fear it would help Democratic efforts to frame Senate and congressional campaigns around the divisive former president,&#8221; the Post added.
DeSantis poses unique challenges to Trump, including the fact that Trump&#8217;s base loves DeSantis and recent polling from Echelon Insights shows that Trump&#8217;s lead over DeSantis &#8220;shrinks significantly among those who are familiar and favorable toward both candidates.&#8221; Even more recent polling from Echelon Insights shows that DeSantis has a commanding double-digit lead over the next highest candidate, Pence, in a Republican Party primary if Trump does not enter the race.
DeSantis has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-desantis-beats-trump-in-2024-straw-poll-at-top-conservative-summit">repeatedly</a> <a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/jun/5/desantis-beats-trump-western-conservative-summit-s/">beaten</a> Trump in straw polling at the Western Conservative Summit in Colorado.
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In a primary matchup between Trump and DeSantis, Trump’s margin shrinks significantly among those who are familiar and favorable toward both candidates. <a href="https://t.co/VER8LVepvw">pic.twitter.com/VER8LVepvw</a>
&mdash; Echelon Insights (@EchelonInsights) <a href="https://twitter.com/EchelonInsights/status/1486755439131910152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 27, 2022</a></blockquote>
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DeSantis, who has reportedly told top Republican donors that “no one’s nomination is inevitable,” appears to believe that he has &#8220;overtaken Trump with the party’s major donors, according to an ally in touch with the governor,&#8221; the Post added. &#8220;A former aide said DeSantis has spoken about wanting to expand his dominance in that realm, including by getting a contribution from Peter Thiel, the billionaire investor who backed Trump in 2016 and has put nearly $30 million behind a pair of Republican Senate candidates this year.&#8221;
Darren Blanton, a Dallas-based venture capitalist who served as an adviser to Trump’s transition, told the newspaper that DeSantis was the only candidate that could take on Trump and win.
“I think DeSantis is the only one besides Trump who has a chance in hell. And I would bet a lot of money on that,” Blanton said. “At first I thought DeSantis had no chance because he seemed more like an introvert and strategist, but not a charismatic celebrity, and I pretty much told him that to his face. But he has really impressed me by how much better he has gotten.”
A new <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/11/us/politics/biden-2024-election-democrats.html">report</a> from The New York Times that highlighted Democrats&#8217; angst about Democrat President Joe Biden running again included quotes from top Democrats that showed that they feared DeSantis.
Faiz Shakir, who was campaign manager for Bernie Sanders in 2020, said that if the Republican Party nominee were Trump that it would still be possible for Biden to win but that &#8220;if it&#8217;s DeSantis,&#8221; then &#8220;I think that would be a different kind of a challenge.&#8221;
Alex Wyshyvanuk, a Democrat data analyst, said that Democrats “need an equivalent of Ron DeSantis &#8230; but not a 70- or 80-year-old — a younger person.”

UFC 273: Burns v Chimaev

Field Of More Than A Dozen Candidates Takes Shape For 2024 GOP Presidential Nomination

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