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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has privately told donors that Donald Trump cannot win.
“Right now you have basically three people who are credible on this whole issue,” DeSantis told donors on a call, organized by the super PAC that supported him, Never Back Down, according to a report by The New York Times.
“Biden, Trump and I. And I think out of those three, two have a chance to be elected president: Biden and I, based on all the swing state data, which is not great for the former president and probably second to none because people won’t change their view of him.”
Meanwhile, Trump flooded his Truth Social platform with posts attacking his rival, DeSantis, as reports emerged that the Florida governor plans to officially announce his 2024 presidential bid next week.
The attack is just the latest attempt by Trump to confront DeSantis.
People close to Mr. DeSantis told The Wall Street Journal that the Florida governor will file official paperwork with the Federal Election Commission on May 24.
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The trial on Kari Lake’s last-ditch challenge in the Arizona governor’s race enters its second day
Kari Lake’s lawyers entered a second day Thursday of trying to build a case for the only legal claim she has left in her challenge to the Arizona governor’s race.
A judge in suburban Phoenix is allowing Lake a three-day trial to prove that county election officials failed to run higher-level signature verifications on mail-in ballots that had been marked.
Maricopa County has a failed process for verifying thousands of ballot signatures that even some of its own workers question, its lawyers argued in court Wednesday.
Ariana BaioMay 19, 2023 06:00
DeSantis privately tells donors Trump can’t win
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who plans to launch his official announcement of his 2024 presidential bid next week, has privately told donors that Donald Trump cannot win.
“Right now you have basically three people who are credible on this whole issue,” DeSantis told donors on a call, organized by the super PAC that supported him, Never Back Down, according to a report by The New York Times.
“Biden, Trump and I. And I think out of those three, two have a chance to be elected president: Biden and I, based on all the swing state data, which is not great for the former president and probably second to none because people won’t change their view of him.”
Elsewhere in the call, which was overheard by a New York Times reporter, DeSantis said: “I think voters want to move on from Biden.
“They just want a vehicle they can get behind,” but “there are too many voters who don’t see Trump as that vehicle.”
(AP)
Sravasti DasguptaMay 19, 2023 05:30
CNN reporters are reportedly angry with Trump’s town hall
The Lincoln Project tweeted Thursday that CNN reporters were angry with CNN President and CEO Chris Licht for allowing former President Donald Trump to host a town hall.
“CNN’s professional journalists have leaked to both The Lincoln Project and the media their outrage over CNN President and CEO Chris Licht’s decision to enable Donald Trump,” The Lincoln Project wrote.
Ariana BaioMay 19, 2023 05:00
Trump campaign slams DeSantis over Disney’s canceled Florida expansion
Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign wasted no time in slamming Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over news that Disney was canceling a billion-dollar plan to expand its business in Florida.
The campaign to bring the former president back to the White House sent out a fundraising email on May 18 after news broke of the planned relocation of thousands of staff to the Orlando area. .
Entitled: “President Trump is always right,” the email included an April 18 Truth Social post by Mr. Trump.
Oliver O’Connell and Alex Woodward report:
Sravasti DasguptaMay 19, 2023 04:30
ICYMI: Ron DeSantis expected to launch 2024 presidential bid next week, reports say
Ron DeSantis is reportedly preparing to announce his official 2024 presidential campaign next week, after months of waiting.
Two people with knowledge of DeSantis’ plans told The Wall Street Journal that the Florida governor plans to file formal paperwork with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) on Thursday, May 25.
The presentation date will coincide with a meeting of donors in Miami, according to the report.
Ariana BaioMay 19, 2023 04:00
Supreme Court throws out Trump-era immigration policy case
The Supreme Court announced Thursday that it will remove from its calendar the case surrounding Title 42 of the Trump-era immigration policy, likely because the Biden administration ended the public health emergency that Title 42 was located.
Ariana BaioMay 19, 2023 03:00
‘I would have dropped the mic’: CNN’s Christiane Amanpour slams the network over Trump town hall
CNN’s town hall with Donald Trump proved so divisive that even its own staff has come out against the event, with Christiane Amanpour the latest of the network’s high-profile names to voice the his dissatisfaction
The New Hampshire event drew 3.3 million viewers, who watched the former president go head-to-head with CNN moderator Kaitlan Collins, whom Trump referred to as a “disgusting person.”
In an address at Columbia’s journalism school on Wednesday, Amanpour said that if she were Collins, she would have “dropped the mic” as soon as Trump called her nasty, adding that she had spoken to the network’s CEO, Chris Licht, and told him that the former president should not have been able to “appear in this particular format.”
Ariana BaioMay 19, 2023 02:00
Trump claimed the Durham report would uncover the “crime of the century.” Here’s what he actually found
A two-year investigation of a Trump administration prosecutor accused of undermining and discrediting the FBI’s investigation into alleged ties between former President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and the Russian government has ended after four years and only one criminal conviction, a report on the findings. of that investigation found that the FBI was justified in opening a preliminary investigation into the matter.
What did the Durham probe discover?
An investigation into the origins of the FBI’s investigation into ties between Russia and Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign has finally concluded.
Ariana BaioMay 19, 2023 01:00
VOICES: Don’t look now, but Ron DeSantis just suffered some major losses
VOICES: “So far, Gov. Ron DeSantis has yet to announce his candidacy for president, despite the fact that he will almost certainly jump into the ring. But his decision to wait until the end of Florida’s legislative session and not attack former President Donald Trump directly has made him uniquely vulnerable to the ex-president’s barbs.”
“But Mr. DeSantis delivered two kicks on the chin Tuesday evening. First in Jacksonville, the 12th largest city in the United States, DeSantis had endorsed Republican candidate Daniel Davis for mayor.”
Ariana BaioMay 19, 2023 00:00
Trump boasts of predicting that Disney will pull investment
Donald Trump issued a press release that he boasted of correctly predicting that Disney would pull its billion dollar investment in Florida.
“President Trump is always right,” the press release read titled.
Attached was a Social Truth post by Mr. Trump, dated April 18, in which he warned Florida Governor Ron DeSantis that if he continued to attack Disney, they would withdraw investments in Florida.
Disney announced Thursday, March 18, that it would pull the plug on a nearly $1 billion office complex that was supposed to be in Orlando. The announcement comes after a months-long battle between Mr. DeSantis and Disney.
The project would have created more than 2,000 jobs with an average salary of $120,000, The New York Times reports.
Ariana BaioMay 18, 2023 11:30 p.m
