the year was 1990, republican incumbent of north carolina senator jesse helms was polling behind his black democratic challenger, a man named harvey gantt. it was a surprisingly competitive election, so home called in the political consultants who, in turn, helped the helms campaign figure out a way to fight back, and this is what they came up with, this ad. you needed that job, but they had to give it to a minority because of the racial quota. is that really fair? harvey gantt says it is. he supports the racial quota law, making the color of your skin more important in your qualifications. you will vote on this issue next tuesday, harvey gantt . that ad, with the white hands holding the rejection letter as the narrator intones you are a better candidate than the minority guy that they went with, can you steal the injustice of it all? that ad was exactly what senator jesse helms needed, he. term in the senate, 54 to 46%. that strategy worked. it worked well. making ga
what could only be described as a wild day for the 2024 presidential campaign. what was once a pretty crowded republican field, only a couple of months ago, is now down to a two-person race. as of today. after florida governor ron desantis dropped out and endorsed donald trump, immediately, basically, just hours ago. now this was a rocky road for desantis from the very beginning, i think it was fair to say. because remember back in the spring when he kicked off his campaign with a glitchy twitter live stream, we all kind of remember that, it turns out things never went up from. there i know it may be hard to picture, especially tonight, before he entered the race, desantis was thought about as the next great hope of the republican party. he was the big story of the 2022 election on the republican side. and he was thought of as donald trump s biggest threat. but from messaging mistakes to money issues, his campaign quickly, and i mean, quite quickly fell apart. he was a bit of
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new hampshire. on what could only be described as a wild day for the 2024 presidential campaign. what once was a pretty clap only a couple of months ago, is now down to a two-person race, as of today. after florida governor ron desantis dropped out and endorsed donald trump, immediately basically, just hours ago. now this was a rocky road for desantis from the very beginning, i think it is fair to say. because remember back in the spring, when he kicked off his campaign with a glitchy quid twitter live screen. we all remember that. it turns out things never really went up from there. i know it may be hard to picture, especially tonight, before he entered the race, desantis was thought of as the next great hope of the republican party. he was the biggest story of the 2022 election on the republican side, and he was thought of as donald trump s biggest threat. but for messaging, for messaging mistakes to money issues, his campaign quickly, and i mean quite quickly, fell apart
one, it will go into effect in the autumn of 2025. tomorrow night, we ll have more on this and what consumers are up to. here is a hint, they are spending and spending big. on that note, i wish you a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thank you for staying up late, i ll see you at the end of tomorrow. d of tomorrow the last time that republicans had a contested republican primary was in 2016. though it seems sort of impossible to imagine now, the party was kind of divided about trump s victory, all the way to the convention floor. you saw that no more clearly than when senator ted cruz went to the podium. in a primetime speaking slot, i may add, and refused to mention trump s name during his convention speech. boy, oh boy, the people notice. if you love our country, and they have your children as much as i know that you, to stand and end vote your conscience, vote for candidates up and down the ticket who tries to defend our freed