Author: Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner

The four Republican presidential candidates onstage during the fourth GOP primary debate argued heatedly over transgender issues Wednesday night. Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, in particular, battled over a transgender bathroom bill in South Carolina, which the Florida governor accused Haley of “killing.” REPUBLICAN DEBATE AS…

Never Back Down, the super PAC supporting Gov. Ron DeSantis‘s (R-FL) presidential campaign, has poached at least two people affiliated with Americans for Prosperity Action after the group endorsed former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley late last month. Two grassroots directors in Iowa working for AFP Action, a network connected to conservative…

Republican presidential candidates have another shot before the Iowa caucuses to convince GOP voters they are best suited for the nomination during Wednesday’s fourth primary debate in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. For Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) and former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, the top two candidates behind former President Donald Trump, the chance to face off…

Roughly 40 days before the Iowa caucuses, Donald Trump is reserving most of his ire not for his GOP primary challengers but instead for President Joe Biden, his presumed 2024 rival should the former president secure the Republican nomination. During a Tuesday night town hall with Fox News, Trump repeated perfunctory attacks against his two…

Former President Donald Trump danced around accusations that he would implement a dictatorship if he were reelected president in 2024 during a Fox News town hall Tuesday night. Moderator Sean Hannity hosted the event in Davenport, Iowa, where he twice pressed the former president to address accusations, including from his longtime foe former Wyoming Rep.…

Congressional Progressive Caucus Chairwoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) stood by her controversial comments in which she appeared to compare Hamas‘s alleged deployment of sexual violence against Israeli women to Israel‘s response to the Oct. 7 attacks. “Let me be completely clear again that I unequivocally condemn Hamas’ use of rape and sexual violence as an act…

As Ron DeSantis is struggling to take out former President Donald Trump as the GOP front-runner, he’s saddled with headlines about the disarray at the major super PAC backing him with three senior staffers departing. Never Back Down fired its CEO Kristin Davison on Saturday, less than nine days after she took over for former…

Gov. Gavin Newsom‘s (D-CA) comments on late-term abortions during Thursday’s debate with Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) represent the latest problems the GOP faces around a topic that has simultaneously galvanized its base while costing the party key electoral races since Roe v. Wade was overturned in June 2022. When pressed by Fox News host Sean…

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) vociferously defended President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris‘s record in a one-on-one debate against Republican presidential candidate Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), who repeatedly attacked the Biden administration’s failures. Yet Newsom’s fierce defenses failed to stop questions about a future presidential run. From his opening remarks through the end of…

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) lambasted Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) over family members who fled California for Florida during the COVID-19 pandemic Thursday night. The comments were part of the governor repeatedly slamming Newsom over the loss of Golden State residents who left for other states in 2021 and 2022. “I was talking to a fella…