{"id":2009637,"date":"2023-08-23T16:29:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T20:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-debate-desantis-claims-hes-the-only-republican-candidate-running-to-be-the-next-president\/"},"modified":"2023-08-23T16:29:57","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T20:29:57","slug":"republican-debate-desantis-claims-hes-the-only-republican-candidate-running-to-be-the-next-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-debate-desantis-claims-hes-the-only-republican-candidate-running-to-be-the-next-president\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis asserts sole Republican candidacy for presidency."},"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\">14<\/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%2Frepublican-debate-desantis-claims-hes-the-only-republican-candidate-running-to-be-the-next-president%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=2009637&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>Gov. Ron DeSantis: The Only Republican Candidate\u200d Running to Win<\/h2>\n<p>Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) boldly \u200bdeclared on Wednesday that he is the \u2064sole Republican candidate\u200d with \u200dhis\u2063 sights set on the presidency. His statement comes just hours before the highly anticipated Republican Party&#8217;s\u2062 first \u200bpresidential primary debate, scheduled to air on Fox News at 9 p.m. tonight.<\/p>\n<h3>The Lineup of Competitors<\/h3>\n<p>DeSantis will face formidable opponents in the debate, including Gov. \u2064Doug Burgum (R-ND), former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, former Arkansas \u200bGov. Asa Hutchinson, former Vice President\u200c Mike Pence, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, and Sen. Tim\u200b Scott (R-SC).<\/p>\n<h3>Where Do They Stand?<\/h3>\n<p>One\u2062 of the key questions \u2064up\u2062 for debate is where each candidate stands on crucial issues. It&#8217;s a chance for the American people to gauge their positions and \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oregon-governor-encourages-people-to-call-police-on-neighbors-violating-covid-orders\/\" title=\"Oregon Governor Encourages People To Call Police On Neighbors Violating COVID Orders\">make informed decisions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not running to be vice\u2063 president,&#8221; DeSantis confidently stated during his appearance on Fox News. &#8220;I&#8217;m not running\u2064 to be in the Cabinet. And I&#8217;m not running to be a contributor on cable news. We&#8217;re \u2062running to win, and we&#8217;re\u200b going to show people that we&#8217;ll get the \u200cjob done.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>DeSantis&#8217;s \u200cstatement not only serves as\u200d a subtle dig\u2063 at \u200chis primary opponents but also takes \u2064aim at a PAC for\u200c former President Donald Trump. The \u2064PAC recently launched a website promoting the event as the &#8220;2024 Vice Presidential Debate,&#8221; implying that the\u200d candidates\u200b are vying to\u200d be Trump&#8217;s running mate.<\/p>\n<p>A video \u200dclip of DeSantis&#8217;s interview was shared\u200c on social media by a pro-DeSantis PAC called Never\u200c Back Down. Interestingly, the PAC&#8217;s Twitter account was briefly suspended on Wednesday, but it has\u200b since \u200bbeen restored. According \u2064to a PAC staffer, Twitter \u2062claimed it was a mistake by their automated systems, which mistakenly flagged it as &#8220;spam.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Trump has decided not to participate in the \u200bdebate. Citing a \u2062recent \u2064poll that shows him leading the 2024 Republican primary race, he will\u200c instead engage in an interview with former Fox \u2062News host Tucker Carlson. The interview will be posted \u200bon X, formerly known as Twitter, during the same time as\u2063 the Republican debate.<\/p>\n<p>Despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nine-states-and-d-c-still-have-mask-mandates-in-place\/\" title=\"Nine States and D.C. Still Have Mask Mandates in Place\">facing legal challenges<\/a>, including four cases investigating various allegations, Trump&#8217;s supporters remain steadfast in their\u2063 desire to vote for him in 2024. According to a\u200b poll from Morning\u200b Consult, 64% of Republicans would be &#8220;very&#8221; or &#8220;somewhat&#8221; willing to cast their vote for \u2064Trump in\u200b the primary, even\u200b if he is convicted. Additionally, 60% \u200dwould still vote for Trump\u2062 if he were imprisoned,\u200b and this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-debate-desantis-claims-hes-the-only-republican-candidate-running-to-be-the-next-president\/\" title=\"DeSantis asserts sole Republican candidacy for presidency.\">sentiment remains virtually unchanged<\/a> for the general election.<\/p>\n<p>For \u2062more information, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">click here<\/a> to visit The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ron DeSantis (R-FL) asserts he&#8217;s the sole GOP candidate aiming to be the next president. This declaration precedes the Republican Party&#8217;s inaugural primary debate on Fox News tonight at 9 p.m. DeSantis will compete against other contenders, including fellow governors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2009638,"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":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2009637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"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\/2009637","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=2009637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2009637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2009638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2009637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2009637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2009637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}