{"id":2019832,"date":"2023-09-01T20:06:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T00:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nevada-primary-confusion-prompts-desantis-team-attacks-on-trump-and-establishment\/"},"modified":"2023-09-01T20:07:34","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T00:07:34","slug":"nevada-primary-confusion-prompts-desantis-team-attacks-on-trump-and-establishment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nevada-primary-confusion-prompts-desantis-team-attacks-on-trump-and-establishment\/","title":{"rendered":"Nevada primary chaos triggers DeSantis team&#8217;s assault on Trump and establishment."},"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\">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%2Fnevada-primary-confusion-prompts-desantis-team-attacks-on-trump-and-establishment%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=2019832&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>The\u200c Nevada Republican Party&#8217;s \u200dDouble-System Dilemma<\/h2>\n<p>The Nevada Republican\u200d Party recently made an announcement that has sparked uncertainty \u2062and controversy.\u2062 They\u200c have scheduled the 2024 presidential caucuses \u2063for\u2064 Feb. 8, just two \u200ddays \u200bafter the \u2063state-run presidential primary. \u200dThis double-system approach is causing\u2063 confusion among voters and raising concerns among \u2062candidates about which event will determine the state&#8217;s primary winner.<\/p>\n<h3>A Shift in Nevada&#8217;s Political Landscape<\/h3>\n<p>In 2021, the Democratic-led legislature passed a state law that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nevada-primary-confusion-prompts-desantis-team-attacks-on-trump-and-establishment\/\" title=\"Nevada primary chaos triggers DeSantis team's assault on Trump and establishment.\">introduced presidential preference party ballots<\/a> for each \u2062major political\u200c party, effectively changing Nevada&#8217;s historical caucus system. \u200bThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-gop-turn-up-pressure-on-top-contenders-in-2024-race-with-loyalty-pledge-requirement\/\" title=\"Florida GOP increases pressure on 2024 contenders with loyalty pledge demand.\">presidential preference primary<\/a>, set for Feb.\u2064 6, is intended to replace the caucus system altogether.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The situation\u200b in Nevada is very clear. They\u2019re eliminating important grassroots processes which doesn\u2019t\u200b benefit voters, but it does benefit one person: Donald Trump,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Jess\u2062 Szymanski, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/from-impeaching-incitement-to-canceling-conservatism\/\" title=\"From Impeaching Incitement to Canceling Conservatism\">deputy communications director<\/a> of Never Back Down<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, despite these changes, the Nevada GOP is moving forward with their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nevada-oks-bill-in-try-for-1st-presidential-nominating-state\/\" title=\"Nevada OKs Bill in Try for 1st Presidential Nominating State\">party-run caucus<\/a>. They have made \u2062it clear that candidates who\u2064 participate in the primary\u200b will not be eligible to participate in the caucuses or\u200c win delegates.<\/p>\n<p>Some presidential campaigns are accusing the state party of using \u2063this strategy to favor former President Donald Trump. Given \u2063that several Republican state party members are allies of Trump, \u200dthey believe the\u200b caucus system is \u200bbeing manipulated \u2062to ensure his \u200cre-election. \u200bIn the 2020 election, Trump lost Nevada to Biden by a\u2063 margin \u200dof\u200b less than 34,000 votes.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;What we&#8217;re worried about is the continued gaming\u200d of \u200dthis whole arrangement by McDonald and\u200b the Nevada GOP to seek\u2063 advantage for Trump,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Ken Cuccinelli, founder of \u200cNever Back Down<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>These concerns have led to the \u200csuspension\u200b of door-knocking operations by Gov. Ron DeSantis&#8217;s (R-FL) super PAC, Never Back Down, in Nevada and other Super Tuesday states.<\/p>\n<h3>A Tradition\u200d Defended<\/h3>\n<p>Nevada Republican Party Chairman Michael \u2064McDonald, who played a role\u2063 in\u2062 keeping the caucus system, has defended \u200bthe decision. He argues that the caucus has been a tradition in nearly every presidential election since 1981 and\u200c is bigger than any individual candidate.<\/p>\n<p>This move\u200c by the Nevada GOP\u2063 follows similar changes in California and Michigan. The California Republican Party \u200drecently decided to award all \u200cof its 169\u2063 presidential delegates to the primary winner, abandoning the previous system that allocated delegates \u2063by congressional\u2062 district. Michigan&#8217;s\u2062 Republican state committee also approved a proposal to \u200dchoose a majority of its state delegates through a caucus meeting \u200cfollowing\u2064 the primary contest.<\/p>\n<p>As the\u2064 debate continues, the Washington Examiner reached out to the Nevada Republican Party, Never\u200b Back Down, Trump&#8217;s team, \u200band DeSantis&#8217;s campaign for their comments on the matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nevada GOP plans to conduct the 2024 presidential caucuses on Feb. 8, immediately following the state-run primary. This dual approach has raised concerns among voters and candidates, as it remains unclear which process will determine the primary winner. 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