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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appears to be the favorite Republican candidate among right-wing millionaires, according to the latest CNBC millionaire poll, although his arch-rival and front-runner Donald Trump also appears to be gaining support among northerners -rich Americans
The poll shows that 32 percent of Republicans with qualifying millionaire status now support DeSantis, down from 54 percent in late 2022, while Mr. Trump now has the support of 28 percent, more than 17 percent last year.
Meanwhile, the governor has met with sheriffs in Arizona and defended his state’s recent decision to send migrants from the US-Mexico border to Sacramento, California, a move widely derided as a cruel political stunt. but that he insisted above all because the west coast. The state had essentially invited them in with its liberal immigration policies.
“I think the border should be closed. I don’t think we should have any of that,” DeSantis said. “But if there’s a policy to have an open border, then I think sanctuary jurisdictions should be the ones that have to bear it.”
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Millionaires support Ron DeSantis, but Trump supports growth, poll says
The Florida governor is the popular candidate among millionaires, but support for Donald Trump among the wealthy is growing, according to a new poll.
The View CNBC’s Millionaire Poll that 32 percent of Republicans with that status support the Florida governor, down from 54 percent at the end of 2022.
Mr. Trump now has the support of 28 percent of Republican millionaires, up from 17 percent last year, the poll found.
Graeme MassieJune 8, 2023 11:00 a.m
ICYMI: Trump has been indicted: Here are the other big lawsuits and investigations he’s also facing
The former president has angered that the investigations, and now his criminal prosecution, have political motivations:
Maroosha MuzaffarJune 8, 2023 10:30 am
Pence likely sealed his fate as a presidential candidate on January 6
Mr. Pence likely sealed his fate as a presidential candidate not when he filed the paperwork to become a candidate this month, but on Jan. 6, when he made the right decision to break with Trump’s scheme and the his advisers to annul the elections. Mr. Pence mentioned it during his announcement speech, excoriating the president for inciting mobs who wanted to lynch him and endanger American democracy.
“On that fateful day, President Trump’s words were reckless, they put my family and everyone in the Capitol in danger,” he said. “But the American people deserve to know that on that day President Trump also demanded that I choose between him and the Constitution. Now voters will face the same choice.”
Mr. Pence deserves credit for not subverting democracy. But it also means he almost certainly won’t be president of the United States. Almost all indicators show that Republican voters have resoundingly rejected him and will likely continue to do so as the 2024 campaign begins in earnest.
Eric GarciaJune 8, 2023 10:00 a.m
Prosecutors set to seek Trump impeachment on obstruction and espionage charges
The Justice Department is preparing to ask a grand jury in Washington DC to indict former President Donald Trump for violating the Espionage Act and for obstruction of justice as soon as Thursday, adding more weight to his legal case Trump as he campaigns for his party’s nomination in next year’s presidential election.
The Independent has learned that prosecutors are prepared to ask grand juries to approve an indictment against Trump for violating a part of the US criminal code known as Section 793, which prohibits the “collection, transmission or loss” of “any” information regarding national defense”. .
The use of Section 793, which does not refer to classified information, is understood to be a strategic decision by prosecutors to short-circuit Mr. Trump for claiming he used his authority as president to declassify documents he deleted. the White House and remained at his Palm Beach, Florida estate long after his term expired on January 20, 2021.
Maroosha MuzaffarJune 8, 2023 09:30
Trump reacts furiously to news of potential indictment in classified documents case: ‘I did NOTHING wrong’
The charges could come down as soon as tomorrow, further complicating Trump’s 2024 campaign for the White House.
“No one has told me I’m indicted, and I shouldn’t be because I’ve done NOTHING wrong, but I’ve assumed for years that I’m a target of the DOJ and the FBI, starting with Russia and Russia. , Russia HOAX , the ‘No Collusion’ Mueller Report, IMPeachment HOAX #1, Impeachment HOAX #2, the PERFECT Ukraine Phone Call and Other Scams and Witch Hunts A JUSTICE STOP AND ELECTION INTERFERENCE ON A LEVEL NEVER SEEN. THE REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS MUST MAKE THIS THEIR #1!!!” Trump wrote to Truth Social on Wednesday afternoon.
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Gustaf KilanderJune 8, 2023 09:00
Pence accuses Trump of treating abortion issue as an ‘inconvenience’
The white-haired conservative Republican spoke in Ankeny, Iowa, on Wednesday as he officially began his quest for the White House. His campaign launch came less than 24 hours after another Republican, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, also entered the race.
In Iowa, Mr. Pence spoke of his longtime opposition to abortion rights and accused his former boss of backing away from the issue in the wake of the political fallout from the Dobbs decision that ended federal protections of abortion rights.
“After leading the most pro-life administration in American history, Donald Trump and others in this race are backing away from the cause of the unborn,” the former vice president said.
“The sanctity of life has been the rallying cry of our party for half a century, long before Donald Trump was a part of it. Now he’s treating it like an inconvenience, even blaming electoral losses on overturning Roe v Wade.”
John Bowden’s full story here:
Maroosha MuzaffarJune 8, 2023 08:30
WATCH: Mike Pence isn’t even a candidate for 2024. Why are we pretending?
Former Vice President Mike Pence announced his presidential bid on Wednesday with more press attention than he’s likely to receive from Republican voters.
On Wednesday night, he will appear on CNN for a town hall and this weekend will venture to North Carolina to speak at the state party convention that will also feature the two leading candidates for the Republican nomination, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his old boss, former President Donald Trump.
Of course, like any presidential candidate, Mr. Pence has been preparing for a run, publishing a memoir last year and campaigning for several Republican candidates in the 2022 midterms.
Earlier this year, at the Gridiron dinner, that formal gathering of press and politicians that is hijacked from public view that I’m never cool enough to get an invite to, he praised the media while censure the former presidenttrying to separate himself once more from his former political benefactor.
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Eric GarciaJune 8, 2023 08:00
Pence asks DoJ not to indict Trump, but doesn’t say he would impeach him if elected in 2024
The former vice president told a CNN town hall in Des Moines, Iowa, that he considered the handling of classified material “a very serious matter,” but told host Dana Bash that federal prosecutors should leave the mr trump
“I hope not, I really would,” he said when asked if DoJ special counsel Jack Smith should indict Mr Trump over the documents found at his Mar-a-Lago estate.
“I think it would be terribly divisive for the country at a time when the American people are suffering. This kind of action by the DoJ would only fuel more division in the country and send a terrible message to the world at large… I hope the DoJ think better of it and resolve it in a better way than an accusation,” he continued.
Despite this, Mr Pence told the audience that “no one is above the law”, and also admitted that he himself had no business having some classified documents at his home in Indiana.
Read Graeme Massie’s full story here:
Maroosha MuzaffarJune 8, 2023 07:30
Grand juries have heard testimony from numerous associates of the former president
A source familiar with the matter said Trump’s team was recently informed that he is a “target” of a Justice Department investigation, which began in early 2022 after administration officials of National Archives and Records discovered more than 100 documents with classification marks in one set. of 15 boxes of Trump administration records recovered from Mar-a-Lago, the century-old mansion-turned-private-beach-club where Trump maintains his primary residence and post-presidential office.
Over the past year, grand juries have heard testimony from numerous associates of the former president, including nearly all Mar-a-Lago employees, former administration officials who worked in the post-presidential office of Trump and for his political operation. , and former senior administration officials such as his last White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows.
Andrew FeinbergJune 8, 2023 07:00
Millionaires support Ron DeSantis, but Trump supports growth, poll says
The Florida governor is the popular candidate among millionaires, but support for Donald Trump among the wealthy is growing, according to a new poll.
The View CNBC’s Millionaire Poll that 32 percent of Republicans with that status support the Florida governor, down from 54 percent at the end of 2022.
Mr. Trump now has the support of 28 percent of Republican millionaires, up from 17 percent last year, the poll found.
Graeme MassieJune 8, 2023 06:30
