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Florida blogger and Ron DeSantis campaign influencer Chris Nelson was ejected from the Republican primary debate in Simi Valley, California after harassing Kari Lake and other debate guests. In the hours prior to the event, Nelson posted a series of videos to X (formerly Twitter) that show him shouting at Lake and others. In one video, he can be heard ranting about former President Donald Trump – suggesting his supporters intend to make him ‘Emperor of the United States.’Nelson has become a fairly regular figure among the DeSantis campaign’s online trolls, routinely attacking Trump supporters. Sources close to Nelson have...

Top New Hampshire politicians, including the speaker of the State House and State Senate president, sent a letter Tuesday to Secretary of State David Scanlan stating “there is no legal basis” to remove former President Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot using the Fourteenth Amendment, as anti-Trump legal scholars have suggested. Senate President Jeb Bradley (R), New Hampshire House Speaker Sherman Packard (R), and former U.S. Sen. Bob Smith (R) headline the dozens of New Hampshire officials, including state senators, representatives, and executives, who signed the letter, which the Trump campaign shared via an emailed press release.“President Donald J. Trump...

The latest non-surprise.The headline in Monday’s New York Times was this:Trump Crushing DeSantis and G.O.P. Rivals, Times/Siena Poll Finds The twice-indicted former president leads across nearly every category and region, as primary voters wave off concerns about his escalating legal jeopardy.The Times reported:Former President Donald J. Trump is dominating his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination, leading his nearest challenger, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, by a landslide 37 percentage points nationally among the likely Republican primary electorate, according to the first New York Times/Siena College poll of the 2024 campaign.Mr. Trump held decisive advantages across almost every demographic group...

Former President Donald Trump is opening up with a 35-point lead in the Lone Star State, the latest CWS Research survey found.The survey asked Republican and independent respondents:If the upcoming 2024 Republican Primary for president were held today, and the candidates were Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Chris Christie, Tim Scott, Asa Hutchinson, Nikki Haley, Mike Pence, Vivek Ramaswamy, Doug Burgum, and Will Hurd for whom would you vote?Trump opens up with support from nearly half of likely 2024 Texas Republican primary voters — 48 percent. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis fell 35 points behind with 13 percent support in the Lone...