2024 presidential candidates: Francis Suarez appears to be the first GOP hopeful to quietly drop out of race

NBC Information first reported on Monday that the marketing campaign of Miami Mayor Francis Suarez has gone darkish, each in phrases of messaging and cash spent, since final week’s GOP major debate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The second-youngest candidate in the race at 45, Mr Suarez had sought to construct a model as a consultant of a brand new technology of Republican management.

Whereas attending the Iowa State Honest on Monday, South Carolina senator and 2024 presidential candidate Tim Scott defended Donald Trump’s newest indictment after being confronted about it by a reporter.

“I’m simply going to proceed to say it as I see it, which is that we’ve seen the authorized system being weaponised in opposition to political opponents,” Mr Scott mentioned.

“That’s un-American and unacceptable.

Eight Republican presidential candidates have met the Republican Nationwide Committee’s (RNC) new standards to take part in the first GOP debate on 23 August.

Former president Donald Trump, Florida governor Ron DeSantis, former New Jersey governor Chris Christie, former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, South Carolina senator Tim Scott and North Dakota governor Doug Burgum and former vp Mike Pence have all certified.

All eight candidates have had a minimum of 40,000 distinctive donors from 20+ states and/or territories contribute to their campaigns and maintained a minimum of one per cent in two nationwide polls and two early state polls.

Marianne Williamson, the longshot Democratic candidate in search of a bid for the White Home, says she feels ignored by a number of political celebrities together with Elon Musk and Joe Rogan.

Whereas discussing her marketing campaign with Invoice Maher on his podcast Membership Random, Ms Williamson mentioned neither Mr Musk nor Mr Rogan have invited her on their respective media platforms regardless of permitting her opponent Robert F Kennedy Jr.

“Nicely, Joe Rogan, ask Joe Rogan to have me on as a result of he hasn’t. He’s had Bobby however he received’t have me,” Ms Williamson mentioned, reported first by Mediaite.

“I don’t perceive it. He received’t have me on. And likewise Elon Musk who gave the Twitter areas to Bobby and others. He mentioned, ‘Any presidential candidate, I’ll give the Twitter areas.’ And I twice raised my hand on Twitter and mentioned I’d love to do it and he received’t have me. I really feel very invisibilized, Invoice. Very erased,” Ms Williamson mentioned.

Many of the 2024 presidential candidates are getting ready to sq. up in opposition to each other at the first GOP debate set for 23 August.

However on candidate, former president Donald Trump, has not made it clear whether or not or not he’ll attend – and Morning Joe co-host Joe Scarborough has an inclining why.

“I do suppose he’s scared of Chris Christie. He noticed what Chris Christie did to Marco Rubio when Chris Christie went right into a debate with one factor in thoughts, he is aware of Chris Christie put Jared Kushner’s father in jail for a really very long time. He is aware of he’s a prosecutor who’s ruthless and is aware of how to push his case,” Mr Scarborough prompt on Wednesday morning’s present.

“And he additionally is aware of that his secret sauce in 2016 was being the disrupter. Proper? Shaking Hillary Clinton up on the debate stage, shaking the Marcos and all people else up on the debate stage. That gig that’s like eight years outdated, proper? That’s Elvis in ’77 now. And I believe Chris Christie’s acquired his quantity and he is aware of Donald Trump is get the intestine intuition. Clearly, his political intestine intuition is second to none like he sees it coming. And so I believe he’s scared to demise of Chris Christie and won’t have the guts to go or the nerve to go on stage with Chris Christie wherever.”

Asa Hutchinson has not certified for the first Republican Nationwide Committee (RNC) debate which can happen subsequent Wednesday in Milwaukee.

However the former Arkansas governor isn’t letting his lack of $40,000 contributions get him down.

“We’re rising considerably every single day,” Mr Hutchinson informed the Des Moines Register. “So the response has clearly been constructive to my message — individuals need me on the debate stage. It’s an enormous carry to get to 40,000 coming from a small state … however I’m optimistic we are going to” get there, he mentioned.

Chris Christie shrugged off Donald Trump’s newest insult as a substitute difficult the former president to confront him head-on at the first GOP debate on 23 August.

On Fact Social, Mr Trump known as Mr Christie a “pathetic slob” who “begged” for a job and have become bitter after Mr Trump refused.

“Chris Christie is so dangerous for America, whereas being the smartest thing that ever occurred to the Democrats. He left New Jersey with an 8% approval score, a document low, and was tied up for years with the worst scandal in NJ historical past – Bridgegate.” Mr Trump wrote.

The previous New Jersey governor issued a one-word response: “no matter” on Twitter.

Mr Christie added: “See you at the debate in Milwaukee or not, coward,”

You ask, Mike Pence delivers.

When requested to do an impression of George W Bush throughout a speech in Indianapolis on Wednesday, the former vp and 2024 candidate gave it his greatest shot.

Honing in on his greatest Texas accent, Mr Pence described a dialog between himself and Mr Bush when the former president was in workplace.

Mr Pence’s impression was met with agreeable laughter by the crowd.

“The strain marketing campaign concentrating on former Vice President Mike Pence and Trump’s strain on the DOJ is explicitly cited as effectively, together with his notorious quote: “Simply say that the election was corrupt, and go away the relaxation to me and the Republican congressmen.” The harassment and intimidation of election employee Ruby Freeman are additionally included on this indictment. The conduct outlined in Freeman’s riveting testimony throughout the January 6 hearings felt prison, and now it’s being prosecuted as such.

One of the most beautiful allegations on this indictment is the alleged conspiracy to breach voting machines.”

Marianne Williamson, the self-help writer and 2024 candidate responded to the Georgia indictment handed down to Donald Trump on Tuesday.

“The Georgia indictments in opposition to Donald Trump give us ten new causes to flip the web page and transfer on. The previous president can have to take care of his troubles however the nation mustn’t be additional weighed down by them,” Ms Williamson tweeted.

“Trump could or could not be discovered responsible of his crimes however his harm to our physique politic is indeniable. It’s time to disconnect from occasions of the previous and create a future untainted by political scandals.”