{"id":1935711,"date":"2023-05-22T21:12:36","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T01:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/someone-tried-to-recruit-tucker-carlson-to-run-for-president-heres-what-he-said\/"},"modified":"2023-05-22T21:13:22","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T01:13:22","slug":"someone-tried-to-recruit-tucker-carlson-to-run-for-president-heres-what-he-said","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/someone-tried-to-recruit-tucker-carlson-to-run-for-president-heres-what-he-said\/","title":{"rendered":"Tucker Carlson was asked to run for president, but declined."},"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\">20<\/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%2Fsomeone-tried-to-recruit-tucker-carlson-to-run-for-president-heres-what-he-said%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=1935711&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--><h2>Tucker Carlson Rejects Drafting for 2024 Presidential Run<\/h2>\n<h3>Carlson&#8217;s Attorney Sends Cease and Desist Letter to Draft Tucker PAC<\/h3>\n<p>Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson has made it clear that he has no interest in running for president in 2024. Carlson&#8217;s attorney, Harmeet Dhillon, sent a cease and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-calls-on-gop-to-stop-using-his-name-for-fundraising\/\" title=\"President Trump calls on GOP to stop using his name for fundraising\">desist letter<\/a> to the Draft Tucker PAC, demanding that they stop using Carlson&#8217;s name to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-gives-pardons-to-73-individuals-and-commutes-another-70-sentences-steve-bannon-is-included\/\" title=\"BREAKING: President Trump Gives Pardons to 73 Individuals and Commutes Another 70 Sentences \u2013 Steve Bannon Is Included\">raise funds<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dhillon wrote, &#8220;Mr. Carlson will not run for President in 2024 under any circumstances, and therefore your misrepresentations are damaging to Mr. Carlson and defrauding his supporters.&#8221; The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-bureau-of-land-management-nominee-tracy-stone-manning-was-involved-in-eco-terrorism-case-resulted-in-college-roommates-conviction-prison-sentence-court-records-show\/\" title=\"Biden Bureau Of Land Management Nominee Tracy Stone-Manning Was Involved In \u2018Eco-Terrorism\u2019 Case, Resulted In College Roommate\u2019s Conviction, Prison Sentence, Court Records Show\">letter warned<\/a> that legal action would be taken if the PAC did not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/someone-tried-to-recruit-tucker-carlson-to-run-for-president-heres-what-he-said\/\" title=\"Tucker Carlson was asked to run for president, but declined.\">immediately stop soliciting money<\/a> to draft Carlson.<\/p>\n<p>The Draft Tucker PAC was formed by GOP donor Chris Ekstrom, who filed the necessary FEC paperwork in April. Ekstrom wanted to draft Carlson because he was concerned that neither Donald Trump nor Ron DeSantis would push the party far enough to the right. However, Carlson has made it clear that he will not be entering the race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tucker Carlson&#8217;s attorney, Harmeet Dhillon, sent a cease and desist letter to Draft Tucker PAC, making it clear that the former Fox News host was not interested in a 2024 presidential run. 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