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The Colorado Republican Party said it would start using a caucus system rather than participating in a primary election if the state supreme court's decision banning former President Donald Trump from the primary ballot remains in place. After GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said Tuesday evening on X, formerly Twitter, that he would withdraw from Colorado's primary ballot if Trump is not allowed on, the state Republican Party responded: "You won't have to because we will withdraw from the Primary as a Party and convert to a pure caucus system if this is allowed to stand." Trump vowed to appeal...

President Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America, will deliver remarks to a Team Trump Iowa Commit to Caucus Event in Waterloo, Iowa, on Tuesday, December 19, 2023, at 7:00 p.m. ET. The program kicks off at 6:00 p.m. ET. Watch LIVE on RSBN on Dec. 19 at 5:00 p.m. ET!

Can't really make out the heckler's gripe, something about a sex offender in a FL school? @livenowfox

Casey and Ron DeSantis are seeking to clarify comments the Florida first lady made on Friday that appeared to encourage out-of-state voters to participate in the Iowa caucuses. "We're asking all of these moms and grandmoms to come from wherever it might be, North Carolina, South Carolina and to descend upon the state of Iowa to be a part of the caucus, because you do not have to be a resident of Iowa to be able to participate in the caucus. After the Fox News appearance, Casey DeSantis clarified on X that by participating in the Iowa caucuses, she didn't...

We've received many calls, texts, and messages after Casey DeSantis encouraged mothers and grandmothers from across the country to come to Iowa to caucus for her husband, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, in an interview on Fox News.The Republican Party of Iowa has confirmed you must be a LEGAL RESIDENT OF IOWA and the precinct you live in and bring a photo ID with you to participate in the #IowaCaucus. Iowans participate in the Iowa Caucus. Not residents of other states.

During a Fox News interview, the Florida governor’s wife, Casey DeSantis asks voters from all over America to descend on Iowa and caucus in support of Ron. Casey remarks, “You do not have to be a resident of Iowa to be able to participate in the Caucus.” You cannot legally caucus vote for a candidate in Iowa without being an Iowa resident. Notice how Ron just sits there and lets Casey say something that is transparently false. Martha MacCallum just sits there like a potted plant on behalf of Fox News. Unreal.

A North Carolina Democratic progressive caucus leader has come under fire for declaring that allowing a Jewish caucus would “end” the party because “they control everything.” Ryan Jenkins, who is president of the state party’s progressive arm, took aim at the North Carolina Democratic Jewish Caucus after Democrats voted last week against recognizing the group as an affiliated organization, WFAE reported. “If the Democratic Party caves to it, that’s the end of the Democratic Party. We’re not Democrats, we’re the Jewish Caucus. We’re a Zionist group. Because they control everything,” he told the outlet Friday regarding the vote.

The 2024 election campaign continues for the former President with another campaign stop in the crucial battleground state of Iowa. Join RSBN as we cover the 45th President of the United States in Ottumwa, IA. The broadcast is expected to begin at 12:00 pm ET on Oct. 1, 2023 Please note: Start times are estimated and are subject to change.

RENO, Nev. -- Former President Donald Trump 's campaign committed to running in Nevada’s caucus as the state party approved rules that rival campaigns say tilt the state’s nominating process in his favor. The provisions would bar any candidate from the Feb. 8 caucus if they participate in the state-run primary two days earlier. They would also restrict super PACs, like the one Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is relying on, from trying to bolster support for candidates in a caucus. For months, the Nevada Republican Party has insisted on holding a caucus despite a state law passed in 2021 requiring...

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President Joe Biden mistakenly praised the 'Congressional Black Caucus' during a speech to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. The 80-year-old made the blunder during a speech in Washington on Thursday at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s 46th Annual Gala. He had celebrated Sister Norma Pimental, executive director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley, for her gala award win moments before the mistake. Biden praised her for living the lessons based on the Gospel of Matthew before adding: 'The Congressional Black Caucus embodies all those values.' The incident sparks further concern about his age and health after he seemingly wandered...

President Donald J. Trump will deliver remarks to a Team Trump Iowa Commit to Caucus Event in Maquoketa, Iowa as well as to supporters in Dubuque, Iowa.

Donald Trump 42%, Ron DeSantis 16%, Tim Scott 13%, Vivek Ramaswamy 6%, Nikki Haley 5%, Mike Pence 4%, Chris Christie 3%, Doug Burgum 3%, Perry Johnson 1%, Ryan Binkley 1%, Larry Elder 1%, Asa Hutchinson <1%, undecided/others 3%

Special Counsel Jack Smith told a federal court in Washington, D.C., on Thursday that prosecutors want to start the trial of former President Donald Trump on January 2, 2024, right before the Iowa caucuses launch the Republican presidential primary. Fox News reported: Special Counsel Jack Smith proposed to begin former President Donald Trump’s trial in January 2024 for the charges he’s facing in relation to the events of Jan. 6, 2021. “The Government proposes that trial begin on January 2, 2024, and estimates that its case in chief will take no longer than four to six weeks,” the filing on...

[Catholic Caucus] Pope Francis at WYD Stations of the Cross: ‘Jesus Wipes Away Our Hidden Tears’For each of the 14 stations, a performance troupe acted out choreography from the top of the stage’s high scaffolding, at times performing aerial stunts while hanging from ropes, as the World Youth Day cross was passed around the stage.

[Catholic Caucus] What Do Our Views of Vatican II Imply About Our Views of God? “The results that have followed the Council seem cruelly opposed to the expectation of all, to begin with that of Pope John XXIII, then that of Paul VI . . . The Popes and the conciliar Fathers were expecting a new Catholic unity and, on the contrary, we have gone towards a dissension which, to take again the words of Paul VI, appears to have passed from self-criticism to self-destruction.” (Cardinal Ratzinger, 1985, quoted in Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre’s They Have Uncrowned Him, p. 231) As...

The House Freedom Caucus booted Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) in late June, The Post has learned, the first official expulsion in the history of the group of conservative lawmakers. Republican aides confirmed that Greene was ejected from the hardline caucus just weeks after she cursed out fellow member Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), calling her a “little bitch” on the House floor. “A vote was taken to remove Marjorie Taylor Greene from the House Freedom Caucus for some of the things she’s done,” Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.) told Politico, adding that it was “an appropriate action.”

The 2024 primary season is well underway. Most of the candidates will have announced by Independence Day; the first debates commence in August, and petition filing for ballot access in the primaries begins mere weeks after that. We have a recent incumbent president, a recent incumbent vice president, and a plethora of sitting and former politicians, not to mention a couple of unelected businessmen in the Trump model, already lined up to crowd our debate stage. Every other op-ed will address the qualifications of the candidates, their strategies and styles, their hopeful paths to victory. But one thing that perhaps...

The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) will launch its “Summer of Action” in South Carolina on Saturday as part of a Black voter education and mobilization effort ahead of the 2024 elections. Beginning Saturday, the “Democracy for the People” event will kick off in Charleston, South Carolina and take place in at least 10 cities around the nation — including cities in Alabama, Mississippi, Florida and Tennessee. Charleston and places in the South were selected because “the South matters,” Rep. Steven Horsford (D-Nev.), chair of the caucus, told reporters on Friday.

On the three-year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd and one year after President Biden issued reforms for federal officers, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) laid out its work in increasing police accountability while also calling for more to be done. “In the year since President Biden issued the executive order on policing, the Congressional Black Caucus has been leading the effort in Congress to improve public safety and promote police accountability,” Rep. Steven Horsford (D-Nev.), chair of the CBC, said in a statement. “The CBC has worked to ensure the Department of Justice would make progress on implementation...