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Trump, DeSantis rivalry hits New Hampshire |
Former President Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took their rivalry to the Granite State today as the two Florida Republicans held dueling campaign events. |
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Tensions within the GOP reached a boil as DeSantis campaigned in Hollis, N.H., while Trump attended the New Hampshire Federation of Republican Women's Lilac Luncheon in Concord. The GOP women's group had asked DeSantis to reschedule his event given that Trump was attending theirs on the same day – prompting some members of the organization to resign in protest.
"After the NHFRW Lilac Luncheon announced their event was sold out, the DeSantis campaign announced a town hall for the same day," Katy Day, one of the members who resigned, told The Hill's Julia Manchester. "This is not unusual, not an issue, and absolutely a welcomed event for those wanting to see Gov. DeSantis. We often have multiple events overlap throughout the state during the first in the nation primary."
The clash of competing events in the state underscored how critical New Hampshire is for the eventual GOP nominee. Trump won the state's primary back in 2016 after placing second in Iowa behind Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) that cycle.
Recent polling suggests Trump's lead isn't fading. A poll released by the Saint Anselm College Survey Center at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics on Tuesday found that 47 percent of respondents said their preference for the GOP nominee was Trump, compared to 19 percent who said DeSantis.
"Ron DeSantis is the underdog. Donald Trump is the king of New Hampshire right now until someone dethrones him," New Hampshire-based Republican strategist Jim Merrill told Julia. "You've got to be aggressive and proactive and I think the DeSantis campaign is doing some of that, but I think this episode is an example that the Trump campaign is going to leave no stone unturned." |
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is asking a federal judge to dismiss the lawsuit Disney filed against him earlier this year, arguing that he and the secretary of Florida's Department of Economic Opportunity are "immune" from the litigation. "The Court lacks jurisdiction over at least two defendants—the Governor and the Secretary—who are also immune from suit. Although Disney has grabbed headlines by suing the Governor, Disney—like … |
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Former President Trump on Tuesday brushed aside an audio recording that appeared to show him discussing classified materials with guests at his New Jersey club in 2021, an incident at the center of his indictment on federal charges. “I don't know of any recordings that we should concerned with because I don't do things wrong. I do things right. I'm a legitimate person,” Trump told Fox News Digital. Trump spoke with … |
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| Former President Trump holds a 28-point lead over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in New Hampshire, according to a new Saint Anselm College Survey Center poll released as the two candidates campaigned in the Granite State on Tuesday. Forty-seven percent of respondents said they supported Trump, marking a five-point increase since the last Saint Anselm survey in March. DeSantis, on the other hand, saw his support fall by 10 … |
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- 114 days until Louisiana's gubernatorial primary
- 138 days until Kentucky's and Mississippi's gubernatorial elections
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Trump recording raises new questions in legal case |
A 2021 recording of former President Trump is raising new questions over his handling of classified documents in the wake of his indictment by the Department of Justice. The new audio suggests that papers he discussed with several people at his Bedminster golf club were classified documents pertaining to the country's plans to target Iran. "He said that I wanted to attack Iran, isn't it amazing? I have a big pile of papers; this thing just came up. Look. This was him. They presented me this — this is off-the-record, but they presented me this. This was him. This was the Defense Department and him," Trump can be heard saying in the recording, which was first reported by CNN.
Trump in the audio acknowledged that the material was also still classified and presents more legal headaches for the former president, who was federally indicted earlier this month for his alleged mishandling of classified documents. The former president has pleaded not guilty to the charges. At the same time, Trump has used the indictment to galvanize his base. During an evangelical gathering on Saturday, he called the indictments against him a "badge of courage." |
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Local and state headlines regarding campaigns and elections: |
- "Eric Deters: Donald Trump will headline Freedom Fest in Northern Kentucky this year" (Cincinnati Enquirer)
- "4 Republican candidates set to be in New Hampshire this week as political season heats up" (WMUR)
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Election news we've flagged from other outlets: |
- "Trump stokes electric car fears in Michigan" (Politico)
- "How Vivek Ramaswamy Made the Fortune Fueling His Presidential Run" (The New York Times)
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A 6-3 decision from the Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a bid to give state legislatures sweeping authority in drawing congressional maps and regulating federal elections, declining to endorse the so-called "independent state legislature" theory. The majority opinion, which united the court’s three liberals with Chief Justice John … Read more |
| Fox News host Steve Doocy suggested former President Trump may have been behind the leak of an audio recording showing Trump talking about his handling of classified documents. "You know what? If Trump thinks it's an exoneration of him, perhaps somebody on his side actually did the leaking to CNN and Maggie Haberman,” Doocy said … Read more |
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