{"id":1954209,"date":"2023-06-22T13:56:07","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T17:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-trump-former-cia-spy-enters-2024-presidential-race\/"},"modified":"2023-06-22T13:59:19","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T17:59:19","slug":"anti-trump-former-cia-spy-enters-2024-presidential-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-trump-former-cia-spy-enters-2024-presidential-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-CIA Spy Joins 2024 Presidential Race, Opposing Trump"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fanti-trump-former-cia-spy-enters-2024-presidential-race%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=1954209&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>Former CIA Spy Will Hurd Announces Presidential Run, Offers Moderate Alternative to Trump<\/h2>\n<p>Former Texas congressman Will Hurd, a onetime CIA officer and fierce critic of Donald Trump, announced Thursday that he\u2019s running for president, hoping to build momentum as a more moderate alternative to the Republican front-runner.<\/p>\n<p>Hurd, 45, served three terms in the House through January 2021, becoming the chamber\u2019s only black Republican during his final two years in office.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe need common sense,\u201d said Hurd, who made the announcement on \u201cCBS Mornings,\u201d adding, \u201cI believe the Republican Party can be the party of the future, not the past.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In a campaign video, the former congressman said that the \u201csoul of our country is under attack,\u201d reminiscent of Democrat Joe Biden\u2019s slogan about the 2020 race being a \u201cbattle for the soul of the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cOur enemies plot, create chaos, and threaten the American Dream. At home, illegal immigration and fentanyl stream into our country. Inflation, still out of control. Crime and homelessness growing in our cities,\u201d Hurd says in the video. \u201cPresident Biden can\u2019t solve these problems \u2014 or won\u2019t. And if we nominate a lawless, selfish, failed politician like Donald Trump \u2014 who lost the House, the Senate, and the White House \u2014 we all know Joe Biden will win again.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hurd says he\u2019s out to redefine the contours of the 2024 race and told NBC\u2019s \u201cMeet the Press\u201d in May that the prospect of another election pitting the current president against the former one would be \u201cthe rematch from hell.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>On Thursday, he called himself a \u201cdark horse candidate\u201d and said that the only way to win is to \u201cnot be afraid of Donald Trump\u201d and that \u201cwe also have to articulate a different vision.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hurd joins a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/8-times-ron-desantis-stood-up-to-the-media-and-went-viral\/\" title=\"8 Times Ron DeSantis Stood Up To The Media And Went Viral\">crowded primary field<\/a> with Florida Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/newsoms-multiple-swipes-florida-desantis-responds-video-gavins-backyard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ron DeSantis<\/a>, former Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-pence-defends-joke-buttigieg-maternity-leave\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mike Pence<\/a>, Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/speechless-tim-scott-takes-view-hosts-school-systemic-racism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tim Scott<\/a> of South Carolina, former United Nations Ambassador <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nikki-haley-predicts-biden-will-die-says-dems-really-voting-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nikki Haley<\/a>, former New Jersey Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/chris-christie-tries-distinguish-republican-field-completely-blows-face\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chris Christie<\/a>, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, anti-woke activist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/vivek-ramaswamy-lands-miami-support-trump-drops-fiery-ultimatum-2024-candidates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vivek Ramaswamy<\/a>, radio host Larry Elder and Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, in addition to Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The ex-congressman has visited Iowa and New Hampshire in recent months. Trump\u2019s recent indictment on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prosecutor-says-sedition-charges-possible-in-capitol-riot-cases-trump-may-be-criminally-culpable\/\" title=\"Prosecutor Says Sedition Charges Possible In Capitol Riot Cases, Trump May Be \u2018Criminally Culpable\u2019\">federal felony charges<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-director-calls-legit-criticism-of-corrupt-fbi-violence-but-we-werent-born-yesterday-2\/\" title=\"FBI Director Calls Legit Criticism Of Corrupt FBI \u2018Violence,\u2019 But We Weren\u2019t Born Yesterday\">mishandling classified documents<\/a> could potentially open the way for critics like Hurd to gain traction in the primary.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Hurd said Thursday that he would not pardon Trump if the former president is convicted in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/adam-schiff-faces-house-censure-vote-and-prospect-of-steep-fine\/\" title=\"Schiff may be censured and fined by House.\">federal documents case<\/a>, and he called many of the other Republican White House candidates who rushed to say they would \u201cinsane\u201d to make that promise so early in the case.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hurd said the classification of the documents Trump is accused of mishandling meant they included \u201cinformation that, if it got into the wrong hands, would lead to a loss of life.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAnd the fact that Donald Trump willingly kept that material, and he wants to be leader of the free world, is unacceptable to me,\u201d Hurd told the CBS early morning show. \u201cIt spits in the face of the thousands of men and women who, every single day and every single night, put themselves in harm\u2019s way in order to keep us safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Most of the Republican candidates in the race are trying to run more against Biden than against Trump, who largely remains popular among GOP voters.<\/p>\n<p>But Hurd joins Christie and Hutchinson in his willingness to criticize Trump and the former president\u2019s continued hold on the national Republican Party.<\/p>\n<p>Hurd opted not to seek reelection to the House in 2020, saying then that he preferred to \u201cpursue opportunities outside the halls of Congress to solve problems at the nexus between technology and national security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last year, he traveled the country on a tour to promote his book, \u201cAmerican Reboot: An Idealist\u2019s Guide to Getting Big Things Done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hurd represented his state\u2019s then-most competitive district, which was more than 70% Hispanic and stretched from the outskirts of San Antonio to El Paso and encompassed more than 800 miles of the 1,200-mile Texas-Mexico border.<\/p>\n<p>Before serving in Congress, Hurd was a clandestine officer who worked in Pakistan. He speaks Urdu, that country\u2019s national language.<\/p>\n<p>Although he joins the packed GOP primary with little national profile, Hurd built a reputation in Congress as pro-business and pragmatic, unafraid to seek bipartisan consensus.<\/p>\n<p>When a snowstorm canceled flights to Washington in 2017, he rented a car and drove for two days from San Antonio to the nation\u2019s capital with Rep. Beto O\u2019Rourke, a progressive Democrat from El Paso who ran unsuccessfully for president in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Hurd has focused much of his career on cybersecurity issues but was removed from a keynote speaking slot at a 2019 cybersecurity conference because of his past votes in support of Republican positions on abortion restrictions and against a bill that would financially support women in science, technology, engineering and math fields.<\/p>\n<p>He nonetheless has long been critical of many of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-trump-former-cia-spy-enters-2024-presidential-race\/\" title=\"Ex-CIA Spy Joins 2024 Presidential Race, Opposing Trump\">hot-button social issues promoted<\/a> by other Republicans, tweeting back in 2019 that \u201cOur culture wars have grown to every facet of American life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hurd is now pledging to overcome political divides that he says are holding the county back.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAmerica is better together,\u201d he said Thursday. \u201cAnd way more unites us than divides us.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hurd\u2019s entering the race keeps alive Texas\u2019 longest-in-the-nation streak of having at least one presidential major candidate who rose to public prominence in the state or lived there while running for or holding office.<\/p>\n<p>The last time Texas didn\u2019t have a major presidential hopeful was 1972.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic\">The Western Journal has reviewed this Associated Press story and may have altered it prior to publication to ensure that it meets our editorial standards.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-anti-trump-former-cia-spy-enters-2024-presidential-race\/\">Anti-Trump Former CIA Spy Enters 2024 Presidential Race<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Texas congressman Will Hurd, a former CIA officer and vocal Trump critic, declared his presidential candidacy on Thursday. At 45, Hurd aims to gain traction as a moderate alternative to the Republican frontrunner. 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