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Echoing comments from mitch mcconnell. dan crenshaw says he hopes its competitive and theres a lot of people to choose from. he said he does not think that trump will be the automatic front-runner just because he jumps into the race. and then the republican study committee, a large conservative caucus here on capitol hill, hosted mike pence for a meeting last week where they encouraged him to run in 2024 and thanked him for his actions on january 6th. now, if trump does run and becomes the nomin...

Kr comptroller peter francho. john king is running as well. these democrats, by and large, hold similar policy positions. so voters in maryland are mostly deciding on leadership style. do they want a more safe establishment figure like perez or franchot who has been in american politics for decades? or moore has spent his career in politics but not career in politics but displays has the support of the state teachers union. on the republican side, there is a proxy battle between republican gover...

That he went out and explained what happened during the event. to wyoming where the casper startribune reports congressman luggage hate -- liz cheneys challenger brought in $1.8 million in campaign donations in the 2nd quarter breaking her previous fundraising record. the paper notes a u.s. house challenger breaking the 1 million-dollar mark and wyoming would normally be shocking but not in this race. the paper described it as "a proxy battle in the larger war between pro- and anti-trump facti...

Laxalt-masto matchup, guys, republicans believe that race could be one of the best chances for the g.o.p. to flip a seat and win back the senate majority. steve, ainsley and brian? >> steve: thats exactly right, griff. thank you very much. speaking of laxalt race he was not only endorsed by donald trump but also mitch mcconnell and also endorsed byron desantis. meanwhile, going back to the south carolina race where we started the conversation, nancy mace race against katie arrington really was a...

Nominee for the senate going up against rafael warnock, the incumbent democratic senator. at the governors race in georgia, david purdue against the in current income into brian kemp is a proxy battle with former president trump endorsing purdue and vice president pence endorsing kemp, a big lead coming in and we will see what turns out today. so far it is too early to call any of that. then you have some other interesting races like in texas, the democrats moderates going up against a progressi...

Favorite republican candidate for the senate. i am excited to hope that he wins again. >> voting straight democratic ticket because i think we need to have better gun control laws. i dont think the government has any business telling a woman what to do about abortions, and all the democratic issues, i believe in. >> on the that republican primary has been a proxy battle between former president trump and former vice president pence. it is a battle trump is poised to lose. >> how has it affected ...

Very telling about where this whole divide goes in the future. >> so an interesting part about this is it is exactly what youre laying out, but in addition to that its kind of a proxy battle between trump and mike pence in georgia. mike short has been advising pen kemps campaign, he was asking if this represents a full break from donald trump. heres what mark short said. >> i think mike pence is here not for any sort of broader message, hes here because he supports brian kemp. i think mike pence...

Dire warnings from meat suppliers that closing the plants could put the u.s. meat supply at risk. well, this report calls those warnings flimsy if not outright false. in response to cnns request for comment the north american meat institute criticized the committees report as partisan and said it was cherry-picking data. the companies told cnn that they are either reviewing this report or tried to point to precautions that they took to keep their workers safe. >> very interesting. again, remembe...

Well, its unclear how many russian sailers died in the attack, the u.s. believes there were significant casualties. at the on set of vladimir putins invasion of ukraine, more than two months ago, president biden was insistent he didnt want to make this a contest between the u.s. and russia. >> direct confrontation between nato and russia is world war iii. something we must strive to prevent. >> fearing potential nuclear conflict, his goal it seemed was to stand behind the ukrainian people withou...

Totally weird and embarrassing not just to him but tohe the country. , at one point biden treated us to a stream of consciousness, thoughts about his sons former employer that would be a small corrupt nation calledd ukraine. apparently ukraines eastern border with russia unlike say our southern border with mexico is a sacred boundary created by god that must be protected at all costs up to and including american lives. why is that ? joe biden didnt say the whole thing was confusing enoughat that...