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Ron DeSantis' hometown paper dreads three more years of 'wounded, grudge-bearing governor'

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, following a disastrous campaign and a weak second-place showing in Iowa, ended his presidential ambitions this month — a rapid fall for a figure once considered a rising GOP star and potential post-Trump savior. And the Miami Herald editorial board fears that Floridians will face the brunt of DeSantis' anger over his humiliation for the next three years.

DeSantis' change in tone was evident, the board wrote, from the second he announced he would veto a proposed GOP bill that would establish a state defense fund awarding up to $5 million to former President Donald Trump to pay his legal expenses.

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'Absolutely hate him': Analysts find 'whole swath' of Republicans will 'never' vote Trump

In 2020, a long list of well-known conservatives endorsed Democrat Joe Biden for president, including former Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ), GOP activist Cindy McCain, attorney George Conway and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina.

And four years later, with Donald Trump seemingly on track to win the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, Biden's reelection campaign is hoping that anti-Trump conservatives will again be part of his coalition.

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MTG threatens any Republican not supporting Trump will be 'eradicated' from the GOP

Speaking to MSNBC from a New Hampshire diner, Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene sent a stern message to Republicans who dare to defy Donald Trump, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Tuesday.

"This is a referendum on the Republican Party," Greene said.

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Trump flirts at New Hampshire polling station: 'You got a good-lookin' mom'

Former president Donald Trump took time from his busy campaign schedule to flirt with a woman supporting him.

At a polling station on Tuesday in Londonderry, New Hampshire, Trump spoke to reporters and greeted supporters.

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'I regretted that almost immediately': Former NH Trump voter reveals why she flipped

As New Hampshire voters take to the polls in today's first-in-the-nation primary, one longtime Republican voter — and former supporter of ex-president Donald Trump — loudly condemned the GOP frontrunner after casting her ballot.

CNN's Omar Jimenez interviewed a 74-year-old GOP voter at a polling place in Manchester on Tuesday afternoon who flipped from backing Trump to former UN ambassador Nikki Haley.

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'I'm a very forgiving person': Trump praises himself for ending 'DeSanctus' slur

Former President Donald Trump suggested he could again find himself allied with Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley if she dropped out and endorsed him.

On Tuesday, at a campaign stop in Londonderry, New Hampshire, Trump was asked why he had stopped using a slur for Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL). In recent months, the former president referred to DeSantis as "DeSanctimonious" and then just "DeSanctus."

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'I don't want losers': GOP gov fears Trump nomination will doom  party's down-ballot races

Although New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu — who is supporting Nikki Haley for president — isn't a full-fledged Never Trump conservative, the Republican governor has been highly critical of 2024 GOP frontrunner at times.

Sununu, at the 2023 Texas Tribune Festival in Austin, remarked, "Trump's too dumb to be a danger to democracy. Let's not give him that much credit." And Sununu believes that Haley would be much more competitive than Trump in the general election.

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Nikki Haley furiously deflects as CNN's Dana Bash confronts her with Trump rape liability

GOP presidential hopeful Nikki Haley has ratcheted up her attacks on former President Donald Trump, but she still seems reluctant to criticize him for being found liable by a jury of sexually abusing writer E. Jean Carroll.

During an interview on CNN, host Dana Bash tried to press Haley on the verdict and whether she would endorse Trump if she lost the presidential primary to him.

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‘Losingest loser’: Journalists say ‘Trump’s in big trouble’

Journalists are starting to notice warning signs for the Trump 2024 presidential campaign, and it's not that 100% of the GOP primary vote in New Hampshire's Dixville Notch, a small village that for decades has been casting its ballots at midnight, went to Nikki Haley.

Nor is it the repeated confused and incorrect comments the ex-president has been making at rallies – something the Biden camp has been relentlessly promoting, as MSNBC's Joe Scarborough reported Tuesday morning.

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Trump claims New Hampshire governor is 'on something' as he brags about 'pole numbers'

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu endorsed Nikki Haley for president -- and his advocacy for her candidacy has aroused the ire of former President Donald Trump.

Appearing on several cable news channels, including Fox, and multiple shows over the past week, Sununu triggered a Trump fit on his Truth Social media site as votes in New Hampshire were being cast on Tuesday.

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Appeals court denies Trump request to overturn gag order in election subversion case

A federal appeals court denied Donald Trump's request to overturn a limited gag order in his election subversion trial.

On Tuesday, a panel of three judges on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals said that Trump's appeal of U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan's gag order would not be heard.

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'So snarky': Nikki Haley surrogate teaches Fox News host 'math' on Trump's age

New Hampshire Gov. Sununu (R), a surrogate for Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, reminded Fox News host Harris Faulkner that Donald Trump was nearing 80 years of age.

During an interview on Tuesday, Faulkner told Sununu that Haley continues to point to Trump's age as a reason not to vote for him.

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'Poisoned jury pool': Ex-WH lawyer warns Fani Willis scandal is handing Trump 'advantages'

The allegations that Fani Willis is romantically involved with a special prosecutor in her case against Donald Trump is handing the former president "advantages," warned Bush administration ethics lawyer Richard Painter in discussion with Newsweek.

"It's poisoned the jury pool to some extent already," said Painter, who now teaches law at the University of Minnesota. "All the advantages have been to the defendants for this, including former President Trump."

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