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Trump Leads by Even More in Latest Poll

He leads Republican presidential candidates, with 51%

(Newser) - Multiple indictments , pending investigations , and being found liable of sex abuse and defamation in a civil suit apparently can't keep him down: Donald Trump is even more in the lead in a new NBC News poll of 2024 presidential candidates. Per the Hill , Trump was the No. 1...

'I'm Being Indicted for You,' Trump Tells Christian Group

Christie counters that he doesn't see how former president's legal problems help Americans

(Newser) - Donald Trump, who faces federal trials in New York and Florida, told a conference of evangelical activists that he wears the indictments as a "great badge of courage." The former president portrayed his legal battle as a shared struggle with Christian activists at the event on Saturday night,...

Poll: Most Want Trump to Quit, but Republicans Don't

Asked after indictment, more in GOP now say former president did nothing wrong

(Newser) - Donald Trump should drop out of the presidential race, say most poll respondents when asked what the former president should do after being indicted last week. Donald Trump should not go anywhere, say an overwhelming majority of Republicans polled. The share overall suggesting Trump end his candidacy was 56%, a...

Christie Goes Hard on Trump at Town Hall: 'Loser, Loser, Loser!'

On CNN, ex-NJ governor calls GOP presidential rival 'vengeful,' compares him to Voldemort

(Newser) - The Chris Christie of 2016 (and even 2019 ) is much different than the Chris Christie of 2023 —at least when it comes to how he feels about former President Trump. "Loser, loser, loser!" is how the former New Jersey governor now depicts Trump, just one of...

Matt Damon Not Happy Trump Lifted Movie Speech for Ad

Actor's monologue from 'Air' showed up in a campaign video

(Newser) - His name is Matt Damon, and he does not approve Donald Trump's message. Damon and Ben Affleck's production company, Artists Equity, has blasted the Trump campaign for using Damon's monologue from Air in a campaign ad, Deadline reports. The fundraising ad, posted on Truth Social company, features...

Trump Comes Out Swinging After His Indictment
Defiant
Trump:
'I'll Never
Leave'
Jun 11, 2023 7:20 AM CDT

Defiant Trump: 'I'll Never Leave'

Vows to stay in race if convicted, denounces 'ridiculous' charges as an abuse of power

(Newser) - Donald Trump made his first public comments Saturday since his unprecedented indictment on federal charges, and to the surprise of neither his supporters nor critics, he struck a defiant tone. Trump addressed the charges related to his handling of classified documents as he spoke at GOP state conventions in Georgia...

Historic First: Trump Indicted Over Classified Documents

Former president has been summoned to appear in federal court next week

(Newser) - Donald Trump has been indicted over his handling of classified documents . The former president posted on Truth Social Thursday evening that his lawyers informed him of the development, reports the Hill . The New York Times confirmed the news, reporting that the Justice Department filed the indictment in federal court in...

DeSantis: 'I Don't Know What Happened to Trump'

Now that he's a candidate, Florida governor starts taking direct shots

(Newser) - Up till now, most of the criticism of Donald Trump expressed by Ron DeSantis has been indirect, implied, or otherwise deniable as the Florida governor tried to build Republican support without alienating the former president's hardcore supporters. In an interview in March, for example, when asked about the importance...

Trump's Next Town Hall Won't Go Out Live

June 1 event in Iowa will be hosted by Fox's Sean Hannity

(Newser) - Former President Trump is following up his CNN town hall event with one on another network he often maligns—Fox News. The network says the frontrunner for the 2024 GOP nomination will join host Sean Hannity for a town hall in Iowa on Thursday, the Hill reports. The network says...

Trump Jr.: 'Trump Has the Charisma of a Mortician'

Ex-president's son meant to attribute that to Ron DeSantis, mistakenly inserted own father's name

(Newser) - Donald Trump Jr. may have been trying to help his father by mocking Ron DeSantis' Wednesday campaign launch "De-Saster" , but the eldest Trump son instead insulted his dad and earned his own internet ridicule. Per the Wrap , Trump Jr. appeared Thursday evening on his online program, Triggered With Don ...

In Iowa, DeSantis Warns About 'Culture of Losing'

Florida governor takes some indirect shots at Trump

(Newser) - Decrying a Republican “culture of losing,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sought Saturday to weaken former President Trump’s grip on the GOP. However, tornado warnings interrupted a collision of the leading presidential prospects in battleground Iowa, per the AP . DeSantis, expected to announce his 2024 presidential campaign any...

2 Polling Trends Bode Well for Trump

He's leaving the GOP field behind him, and he fares well in hypothetical rematch with Biden

(Newser) - Election Day is still 546 days away, meaning you can take the current polls with an extra-large grain of salt. Still, political stories are taking note of two clear trends of late, both of them positive for former President Trump. First, he's cementing his lead over Ron DeSantis and...

Poll: Biden-Trump Rematch Would Leave Voters Cold

Many say they'll be angry unless the next president is someone else

(Newser) - The prospect of Joe Biden and Donald Trump being their party's presidential nominee again in 2024 would not only leave voters unhappy, a new poll finds, a victory by either would make many of them angry. The lack of enthusiasm also applies to Republicans about Trump and Democrats about...

Trump Says He Won't Commit to Supporting Another Nominee

He says he told Haley she should 'follow her heart'

(Newser) - Former President Trump is the only Republican to have officially entered the 2024 White House race—and he won't commit to supporting any other GOP candidate if they end up winning the nomination. The former president told conservative commentator Hugh Hewitt on Thursday that it "would have to...

Trump Starts Campaigning, Swings at DeSantis
Trump Starts Campaigning,
Swings at DeSantis
the rundown
Jan 29, 2023 9:40 AM CST

Trump Starts Campaigning, Swings at DeSantis

Former president says Florida governor will be disloyal if he runs

(Newser) - Donald Trump kicked off his third presidential campaign on Saturday with events in New Hampshire and South Carolina, and a host of familiar themes. "Through weakness and incompetence, Joe Biden has brought us to the brink of World War III," Trump said, per NBC News . "We’re...

MTG Has Her Committees, but Her Real Aim Is VP: Report

Marjorie Taylor Greene 'sees herself on the short list for Trump's VP,' says Steve Bannon

(Newser) - Trump-Greene 2024? That remains the hope of second-term congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, according to NBC News , which cites two sources as saying the Republican from Georgia is vying to be Donald Trump's running mate. "She sees herself on the short list for Trump's VP," former Trump...

This Time, Ivanka Trump Is Staying Out of Politics

She's not getting involved in father's 2024 run

(Newser) - Donald Trump i s running for president again —but this time, Ivanka Trump is not on board. Trump's eldest daughter, who introduced him before he announced his candidacy in 2015, was not present when he spoke at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday night. In a statement minutes after Trump announced...

The Odds Are in Trump&#39;s Favor
The Odds Are in Trump's Favor
OPINION
Nov 16, 2022 4:17 PM CST

The Odds Are in Trump's Favor

FiveThirtyEight's Nathaniel Rakich breaks down why he's the favorite for GOP nomination

(Newser) - "A former president hasn't sought a nonconsecutive second term or faced criminal investigation in generations, and Trump is doing both," writes Nathaniel Rakich at FiveThirtyEight . So what are The Donald's chances of winning the Republican presidential primary? Pretty good, in Rakich's view. Yes, it's...

Trump 2024 Is Official, and Reactions Are Very Split

Hannity, Graham are among those who are on board

(Newser) - As expected, former President Trump announced Tuesday night that he is mounting a 2024 presidential campaign. The word "lies" could be found in multiple articles about his announcement speech, with Mark Z. Barabak at the Los Angeles Times referring to the "yeasty mix of hyperbole, lies and grievance"...

Trump Releases Anti-DeSantis Statement

Calls him an 'average' governor

(Newser) - As Ron DeSantis was riding high on his massive re-election win and the fawning press that has followed , Donald Trump pooh-poohed all of that in an anti-DeSantis statement he released Thursday. "NewsCorp, which is Fox, the Wall Street Journal, and the no longer great New York Post (bring back...

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