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Jeb Bush wants a Republican to challenge Trump in 2020
Former presidential candidate Jeb Bush says he thinks a Republican should challenge President Trump in next year’s presidential election.
“I think someone should run. Just because Republicans ought to be given a choice,” said the former Florida governor in an interview that will air on CNN on Saturday.
Bush, who himself was unable to defeat Mr. Trump in the 2016…
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GOP nightmare as Alabama’s Roy Moore signals he might run again
Roy Moore, a conservative lightning rod who cost the Republican Party a Senate seat in deep-red Alabama, is signaling fresh interest in mounting another campaign in 2020, sparking alarm on the right that Democratic Sen. Doug Jones could be gifted another unlikely victory.
Moore, 72, a former state judge, made the rounds at last Friday’s Alabama Republican Party dinner gala.…
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Never Trumpers want a candidate, but Bill Weld is not the guy
A loose coalition of Never Trump Republicans is uninspired by Bill Weld and hunting for a more formidable challenger willing to take on President Trump in 2020.
Weld, a former Massachusetts governor, is the only Republican to declare for the GOP presidential primary. But the mercurial 73-year-old endorsed Democrat Barack Obama in 2008 and left the GOP in 2016 to…
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Ex-Massachusetts governor to challenge Trump for GOP nod
BEDFORD, N.H. (AP) — William Weld, a former Massachusetts governor who ran for vice president on the Libertarian Party ticket in 2016, became the first Republican to take a serious step toward challenging President Donald Trump in 2020.
Speaking Friday at a breakfast in New Hampshire, Weld said he has created a presidential exploratory committee. He blasted Trump for leaving…
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GOP’s John Kasich is looking to join CNN or MSNBC amid speculation he could run for president in 2020
Republican John Kasich, who is thinking about running for president in 2020, is likely to announce as soon as this week that he will join a major cable news network, CNBC has learned.
Kasich has signaled to close advisors and some donors that he is looking to sign with either CNN or MSNBC as he finishes his two-term tenure as…
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Dan Crenshaw rebukes Democrat for ‘cowardly’ speech calling Trump supporters alcohol-addicted, drug abusers
Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, issued a stern admonishment Sunday of a House Democrat who recently compared President Trump to Adolf Hitler and described his supporters as being alcohol-addicted and prone to drug abuse.
In a two-minute video the freshman GOP lawmaker chastised Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., for the combative speech he delivered last week.
“President Trump is a lot of…
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NC GOP slams state elections board: ‘The people of the 9th are tired of waiting’
North Carolina Republicans rallied behind 9th District congressional candidate Mark Harris on Monday ahead of a trial-like hearing on allegations of voter fraud that could nullify his victory.
Republicans asked state elections officials to certify Harris’s disputed election to Congress unless it finds that alleged irregularities would have changed the outcome.
Meanwhile the state board of elections Monday issued guidelines…
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Upton, Long reverse themselves and back Obamacare repeal bill
Two prominent Republican opponents of the House GOP’s Obamacare repeal bill reversed course and backed the measure Wednesday morning, after negotiating a last-minute amendment with…
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