2023-2024 Presidential, senate, house, state and city election thread

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DeSantis threatens to support primaries against representatives who endorse Trump

https://www.yahoo.com/news/republican-c ... 00024.html

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DE-SEN: Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester to launch run for Delaware Senate seat in June

Democratic Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, Delaware’s lone member of the House, will launch a bid this month for her state’s open Senate seat, according to her advisors.

Her glide path to the nomination in a deep-blue state makes it highly likely she could become the third Black woman to ever serve in the Senate. Blunt Rochester, who joined the House in 2017, has begun hiring campaign staff ahead of an expected announcement. The congresswoman will run for the seat, said her advisors, who were granted anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss her plans. But she has delayed a formal kickoff out of respect for her mentor Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), who revealed just last week he would retire after four terms in the Senate.

Carper endorsed Blunt Rochester last Monday during his announcement. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer also said he believed the congresswoman would make a good senator.

Blunt Rochester was the first woman and person of color to represent Delaware in Congress. In a brief interview last week, she recalled standing on the steps of the Capitol as an intern for Carper thinking she might want to pursue public office one day. But she described her rise as somewhat improbable.

“It literally took 30 years before I even ran for Congress. And I did that after the unexpected death of my husband,” Blunt Rochester said. “And I ran even though I had never run for anything, as a widow, over 50, Black, woman, and we made history.”

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/0 ... t-00099778

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Ron DeSantis’ Once-Slim Immigration Agenda is Now a Focal Point of His 2024 Presidential Bid
by Amy Sherman
May 24, 2023

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(PolitiFact) When Ron DeSantis ran for governor in 2018, he ran on a sparse policy platform. He didn’t say much about his approach to illegal immigration. His website listed only two policy goals on immigration: enact E-Verify to ensure a legal workforce and ban "sanctuary cities."

DeSantis campaigned praising then-President Donald Trump’s immigration policies — in a TV ad he cajoled his toddler daughter to "build the wall" as she stacked blocks.

DeSantis now enters the Republican presidential primary as a candidate who goes beyond Trump-like rhetoric and acts against illegal immigration.
When DeSantis signed S.B. 1718 into law May 10, he said it would give Florida "the most ambitious anti-illegal immigration laws in the country." The law includes punishments for employers who hire immigrants in the country illegally and requires hospitals to report patients’ immigration data.

"The Biden Border Crisis has wreaked havoc across the United States and has put Americans in danger," DeSantis said. "In Florida, we will not stand idly by while the federal government abandons its lawful duties to protect our country."

Read more here: https://www.politifact.com/article/202 ... s-now- a/

caltrek’s comment: I also posted this Mother Jones article regarding the likely negative impact of S.B. 1718 on the economy of Florida in the Economics and jobs news thread : https://www.motherjones.com/politics/20 ... tion-law/

So, DeSantis will take steps toward wrecking Florida’s economy, and by extension the rest of the country, and then blames all economic problems on Biden. This is typical of what the Republican party has become.

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'Not Ruling Anything Out,' Says Manchin of 2024 Third-Party Presidential Run
by Jon Queally
June 4, 2023

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(Common Dreams) Sen. Joe Manchin—the West Virginia lawmaker reviled by progressives for his climate-killing policies and many Democrats over his repeated sabotage of his own party's agenda—said Sunday he has still not decided about whether he might make a third-party run for president in 2024.

Asked by "Fox News Sunday" host Shannon Bream if he's decided on a possible run with the billionaire-backed "No Labels" or otherwise, Manchin applauded the group "pushing very hard to the centrist middle" and "making commonsense decisions," but dodged a direct answer to the question.

"If Plan A shows that we're going to the far reaches of both sides, the far left and the far right, and the people don't want to go to the far left and the far right, they want to be governed from the middle," Manchin said. "I think there is… you better have that Plan B available and ready to go."

When pressed by Bream on his consideration of a presidential run, Manchin replied, "Not ruling anything in, not ruling anything out."

Read more here: https://www.commondreams.org/news/joe- ... els-2024

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That's political (and probably social) suicide.

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Cornel West Announces Third Party Presidential Bid
Political activist and academic Cornel West announced that he is running for president as a third party candidate “to reintroduce America to the best of itself.”



https://politicalwire.com/2023/06/05/co ... party-bid/

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Ron DeSantis scares the hell out of me. This man is a full blown fascist that will kill people if allowed too.

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Chris Christie Announces '24 Run, Taking Square Aim at Trump
Source: New York Times

Mr. Christie, who declared his run on Tuesday evening at a town-hall-style event in New Hampshire, set himself apart from all other Republicans running by going directly after Mr. Trump. He called him “a bitter, angry man,” said his record in office was a failure and, in an unusually personal attack, accused Mr. Trump and family members of profiting off the presidency, referring to an investment from the Saudi crown prince.

“The grift from this family is breathtaking,” Mr. Christie said. “It’s breathtaking. Jared Kushner and Ivanka Kushner walk out of the White House and months later get $2 billion from the Saudis?”

“That’s your money he stole,” he continued, adding, “That makes us a banana republic.”

Over more than two hours, Mr. Christie also chided other Republicans in the race as being too timid to criticize Mr. Trump by name. Describing a recent appearance in Iowa of other 2024 hopefuls, he mocked their euphemistic swipes at the former president. “‘We need a leader who looks forward, not backwards,’” Mr. Christie said, his voice dripping sarcasm. “I get it! You’re talking about the way the 2020 election was stolen. And you won’t say it wasn’t stolen.”

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/06/us/p ... idate.html