{"id":1636362,"date":"2022-09-08T13:51:20","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T17:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1636362"},"modified":"2022-09-08T13:52:21","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T17:52:21","slug":"the-elder-statesman-conservative-icon-mulling-2024-presidential-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-elder-statesman-conservative-icon-mulling-2024-presidential-run\/","title":{"rendered":"The Elder Statesman? Conservative Icon Mulling 2024 Presidential Run"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-elder-statesman-conservative-icon-mulling-2024-presidential-run%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1636362&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>When <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/author\/larry-elder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Larry Elder<\/a> talks, people listen. The man became a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/conservatism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">conservative<\/a> radio icon and the \u201cSage of South Central\u201d by speaking his mind about the issues that he thought were most important \u2014 and steering the national conversation toward those matters.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the former California <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/republican-party\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GOP<\/a> gubernatorial candidate is mulling a 2024 presidential run precisely because he believes the Republican Party is not accurately talking about topics that truly affect Americans across the board: the breakdown of the family, education, and the myth that the United States is a systemically racist society.<\/p>\n<p>Elder broke down why he is seriously considering a run for office in an interview with The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n<p><strong>California Governor\u2019s Race<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Prior to entering the race, \u201ca number of people approached me as you know, to encourage me to run for governor of California. And little by little I felt that I had a moral and spiritual and a patriotic obligation to do it,\u201d he explained in an interview with The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t think I would like politics,\u201d he added. \u201cI was surprised at how much I enjoyed it. I was surprised at how good I was at it. And in about seven and a half weeks which is when I got into the race, with only that much time left. I raised around $22 million more than all of the major rivals combined.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elder \u2014 who has only sought two elected positions in his entire career: California\u2019s governor\u2019s office and third-grade class president \u2014 explained that after his 2021 defeat, he formed a political action committee to support campaigns and causes around the country focusing on issues he cares about.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Post-2021 Recall Failure<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Following the failed recall attempt to oust California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, he took a trip to the Florida Keys and was approached by fans from around the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was shocked how many people knew about the race or recognized me. I gained about 10 pounds because it\u2019s hard for me to resist when somebody picks up a check,\u201d Elder said with a chuckle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I was urged by a number of people whether from Texas, or Florida, or Maine, or any of the other states to consider running for higher office,\u201d he said. \u201cSo I began to think about it. And the more I think about it, the more I think I might very well do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elder took his leftover campaign money and jump-started the Elder for America PAC.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Elder Visits Iowa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Most recently, Elder visited the Hawkeye State and met with some serious people in politics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re going to run for president \u2026 the Iowa State Fair is kind of a rite of passage,\u201d Elder noted. \u201cSo I went and I was kind of overwhelmingly surprised by the gracious reception. I met with the governor of Iowa. I met with Lieutenant Governor. I met with a number of local politicians and I met with some pretty deep-pocketed donors. Nobody felt that it was an outlandish kind of thing to consider.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, nothing in the Elder\u2019s 25-minute conversation with The Daily Wire seemed to indicate his potential bid was \u201coutlandish\u201d either.<\/p>\n<p>Not once did Elder use the words freedom, equality, or liberty. Many Republicans can\u2019t explain their stances without using those vague descriptors \u2014 high on rhetoric, short on specifics.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, for Elder, he discussed the issues replete with facts, common sense, and passion. He showed how politicians\u2019 failure to solve the various problems are limiting those American principles and making life worse for us all.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Welfare State And The Family<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For example, the breakdown of the nuclear family can be traced back specifically to the invention of the welfare state, he explained. Yet, the solution isn\u2019t simply talking about it, but encouraging fatherhood responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe welfare state has incentivized women to marry the government and is incentivizing men to abandon their financial and more responsibility,\u201d he remarked. \u201cAnd we don\u2019t talk about that enough and talk about some of the symptoms, whether it\u2019s crime, whether it\u2019s support outcomes in school, we don\u2019t talk about the genesis, and the genesis is that in 1955, 25% of black kids entered the world without a father married to the mother,\u201d he added. \u201cNow 70% do,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joplinglobe.com\/opinion\/columns\/larry-elder-fatherless-households-a-national-crisis\/article_06e37c30-bb2c-58fc-8d06-db5dc47f73c7.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd forget about Elder,\u201d he said, referring to himself. \u201cBarack Obama once said, \u2018A kid raising a father is five times more likely to be poor and commit crime, nine times more likely to drop out of school, and 20 times more likely to end up in jail,&#8217;\u201d he said, paraphrasing him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow the question is how have we gone from 25% of black kids entering the world without a father married to the mother to fast forward almost 70%? Now, the answer again, the welfare state,\u201d he added, noting that the problem goes beyond racial lines. \u201cForty percent of all American kids now enter the world\u00a0<a class=\"c-link c-link--focus-visible\" href=\"https:\/\/www.childtrends.org\/publications\/dramatic-increase-in-percentage-of-births-outside-marriage-among-whites-hispanics-and-women-with-higher-education-levels#:~:text=Among%20the%20most%20notable%20changes,(Child%20Trends%2C%202016).\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.childtrends.org\/publications\/dramatic-increase-in-percentage-of-births-outside-marriage-among-whites-hispanics-and-women-with-higher-education-levels#:~:text=Among%20the%20most%20notable%20changes,(Child%20Trends%2C%202016).\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-remove-tab-index=\"true\">without a father married<\/a> to the mother.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Larry Elder talks, people listen. The man became a conservative radio icon and the \u201cSage of South Central\u201d by speaking his mind about the issues that he thought were most important \u2014 and steering the national conversation toward those matters. Now, the former California GOP gubernatorial candidate is mulling a 2024 presidential run precisely &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1636364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1636362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1636362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1636362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1636362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1636364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1636362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1636362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1636362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}