{"id":1944162,"date":"2023-06-05T08:01:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T12:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservatives-cant-afford-to-get-distracted-by-the-2024-primary\/"},"modified":"2023-06-05T08:03:34","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T12:03:34","slug":"conservatives-cant-afford-to-get-distracted-by-the-2024-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservatives-cant-afford-to-get-distracted-by-the-2024-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservatives must stay focused on the present, not the 2024 primary."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fconservatives-cant-afford-to-get-distracted-by-the-2024-primary%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=1944162&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>Don&#8217;t Get Distracted by the 2024 GOP Presidential Primary<\/h2>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure>\n        <!-- Image goes here --><br \/>\n      <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Since Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis officially jumped into the 2024 GOP presidential primary, the Republican Twittersphere has devolved into a giant cluster of insanity.<\/p>\n<p>Take a trip to your favorite right-wing account, and you\u2019re likely to find an untold number of tweets trashing either former President Donald Trump or DeSantis, accompanied by a lengthy explanation of why his or her preferred candidate will be the one to take down Joe Biden in the 2024 general election. The back-and-forth between Trump and DeSantis supporters \u2014 which continued into Memorial Day, a day when we\u2019re supposed to honor those who have paid the ultimate price for our freedoms \u2014 has largely lacked any real substance. The insults thrown around have become so petty and personal, it feels like watching an episode of \u201cKeeping Up with the Kardashians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While it\u2019s completely understandable to be on the lookout for a potential nominee given Biden\u2019s disastrous presidency thus far, overzealously focusing on a primary we won\u2019t be voting in until February, at the earliest, distracts from current issues and plays into Democrats\u2019 hands. There will be plenty of time between now and then to decide who becomes the 2024 GOP presidential candidate. But that time is not right now.<\/p>\n<p>At this given moment, we have highly-politicized U.S. intel agencies targeting conservatives and protecting Democrats, federal departments and left-wing nonprofits interfering in our elections, an establishment trying to drag us into World War III, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservatives-cant-afford-to-get-distracted-by-the-2024-primary\/\" title=\"Conservatives must stay focused on the present, not the 2024 primary.\">major corporations glorifying gender dysphoria<\/a>, so-called \u201cred\u201d states acting like blue states, leftists indoctrinating and \u201ctrans-ing\u201d children, a Congress spending taxpayer money like drunken Marxists, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-uses-edited-clip-to-attack-desantis-falsely-implies-he-isnt-helping-get-people-vaccinated\/\" title=\"Psaki Uses Edited Clip To Attack DeSantis, Falsely Implies He Isn\u2019t Helping Get People Vaccinated\">wide open southern border<\/a>, Democrats attempting to destroy the Supreme Court, an inflated economy, and a dying military.<\/p>\n<p>This is not to mention major off-year elections in Louisiana, Mississippi, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and New Jersey this fall, several of which will be critical in determining the fate of issues such as election integrity, abortion, and biological reality, just to name a few. If Democrats learned anything from this year\u2019s Wisconsin Supreme Court race, it\u2019s that dangling presidential politics in front of Republican voters is a winning strategy.<\/p>\n<p>The left would love nothing more than for conservatives to get caught up in the \u201cMy candidate\u2019s better than yours!\u201d drama of the 2024 GOP presidential primary for the next year. The right getting bogged down in the \u201cOrange Man vs. Florida Man\u201d showdown gives Democrats a free ticket to further ram their radical agenda down Americans\u2019 throats unchallenged.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He previously served as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-american-freedom-convoy-set-to-launch-on-march-1\/\" title=\"Exclusive: \u2018American Freedom Convoy\u2019 Set To Launch On March 1\">state content writer<\/a> for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-image data-amount=\"5\">\n<h2>Popular<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Stay Focused on the Real Issues<\/h3>\n<p>With the 2024 GOP presidential primary heating up, it&#8217;s easy to get caught up in the drama and lose sight of what&#8217;s really important. But now is not the time to be distracted by petty arguments and personal insults.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, we need to stay focused on the real issues that are affecting our country right now. From highly-politicized U.S. intel agencies targeting conservatives to leftists indoctrinating and &#8220;trans-ing&#8221; children, there are plenty of pressing issues that demand our attention.<\/p>\n<p>And let&#8217;s not forget about the major off-year elections happening this fall, which will be critical in determining the fate of issues such as election integrity, abortion, and biological reality.<\/p>\n<p>So let&#8217;s not get bogged down in the &#8220;Orange Man vs. Florida Man&#8221; showdown. Instead, let&#8217;s stay focused on the issues that matter and work together to make a real difference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis&#8217; entry into the 2024 GOP presidential primary has caused chaos on Republican Twitter. Right-wing accounts are filled with tweets criticizing either DeSantis or former President Donald Trump, often accompanied by lengthy explanations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":539,"featured_media":1944163,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[4506,4539,6645,5234,4909,6680],"class_list":["post-1944162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-4506","tag-conservatives","tag-focused","tag-present","tag-primary","tag-stay"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1944162","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\/539"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1944162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1944162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1944163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1944162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1944162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1944162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}