{"id":2034068,"date":"2023-09-15T23:02:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-16T03:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-florida-gop-removes-loyalty-oath-primary-condition-which-trump-opposed\/"},"modified":"2023-09-15T23:05:44","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T03:05:44","slug":"exclusive-florida-gop-removes-loyalty-oath-primary-condition-which-trump-opposed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-florida-gop-removes-loyalty-oath-primary-condition-which-trump-opposed\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida GOP removes loyalty oath primary condition opposed by 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\">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%2Fexclusive-florida-gop-removes-loyalty-oath-primary-condition-which-trump-opposed%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=2034068&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>Republican Party of Florida Eliminates\u2063 Loyalty Oath Requirement for Primary Participation<\/h2>\n<p>Leaders of the Republican Party of Florida have\u200c made \u200da significant decision that could impact the\u200b 2024 nomination race. They voted to eliminate the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-florida-gop-removes-loyalty-oath-primary-condition-enabling-trump\/\" title=\"Florida GOP Removes Loyalty Oath, Allowing Trump\">loyalty oath requirement<\/a>\u200b for participating\u200b in the state&#8217;s primary, a move that is seen as a \u200bvictory\u200b for former President Donald Trump in his bid to challenge Florida Governor Ron DeSantis \u200band other contenders.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, the loyalty oath was added to the party bylaws just \u2064a few months ago, but Trump made it clear that he would not sign such\u200d a pledge. Now, with the requirement removed, he can fully focus \u200bon\u2063 competing in the delegate-rich state without any disqualification concerns.<\/p>\n<p>The opposition to the pledge from Governor Ron DeSantis and his team came as a surprise. Bryan Griffin, campaign press secretary for DeSantis, expressed his belief that anyone running for president as a Republican should\u200b be willing to pledge their support\u2064 for the eventual nominee. He hopes that once DeSantis secures the party&#8217;s nomination, \u200call candidates will unite in the fight against Joe Biden in 2024.<\/p>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/trump-not-signing-loyalty-pledge-puts-rnc-in-a-pickle-analyst-says-5472084\">Trump Not Signing Loyalty Pledge Puts \u2063RNC in a &#8216;Pickle,&#8217; Analyst \u2063Says<\/a> (8\/17\/2023)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/trump-says-he-wont-sign-rnc-loyalty-pledge-needed-for-gop-primary-debate-5456114\">Trump Says He Won&#8217;t Sign RNC Loyalty Pledge Needed for GOP Primary Debate<\/a> (8\/10\/2023)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The loyalty oath language was officially\u200d removed during the party&#8217;s executive board \u2063meeting on\u2062 September 15. This decision was made behind closed doors \u200dat the Rosen Centre Hotel, where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israeli-military-retaliates-after-rockets-fired-from-syria\/\" title=\"Israeli military retaliates after rockets fired from Syria\">tensions ran high<\/a>. Trump supporters, concerned about the potential harm \u2062to their preferred candidate, stood out among the crowd of business suits. The atmosphere was intense, with \u2063passionate individuals expressing their support for Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Debi Stolte, a Trump supporter from Altamonte Springs, Florida, emphasized the importance of having Trump on the ballot. She praised DeSantis as a fantastic governor but\u2062 believed he should have waited to run, considering the\u200d impact Trump had on his \u200dcurrent \u2062position.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-figure\">\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"aligncenter\"><figcaption>Debi \u200dStolte \u200cof Altamonte Springs, Fla., stands outside a \u200dclosed-door meeting of the Florida GOP&#8217;s upper ranks\u200b on Sept. 15, 2023. (The Epoch Times)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>In\u200c May, the Florida Republican Party&#8217;s Executive Committee introduced the loyalty \u200dpledge requirement for appearing on the state&#8217;s primary ballot. The pledge stated that candidates should not run as independent or non-party affiliated candidates and should endorse the \u200b2024 Republican presidential nominee, regardless of who it\u200d is, if they fail to secure\u200d the nomination.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s worth \u200dnoting\u200d that Florida&#8217;s GOP is not\u200c the only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-florida-gop-removes-loyalty-oath-primary-condition-which-trump-opposed\/\" title=\"Florida GOP removes loyalty oath primary condition opposed by Trump.\">state party facing scrutiny<\/a> from Trump supporters regarding changes that could\u200d impact the former president. The California Republican Party Executive Committee recently approved a rules change for their primary, triggering \u2062criticism from Laura \u2062Loomer and other Trump supporters who believe it benefits \u2063DeSantis.\u2064 However, Republican leaders clarified that the change was necessary to comply with new Republican National Committee (RNC) requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Former President Trump \u2063did not attend the\u2062 first primary debate and is not expected to appear at the next one. While loyalty pledges have been a topic\u2064 of controversy, it&#8217;s not just Trump and his supporters who have criticized such measures. Former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson described the debate pledge as &#8220;unhelpful&#8221; during a \u200cCNN interview in March.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What was the \u2062reasoning behind the Republican Party of Florida&#8217;s decision\u200c to eliminate the loyalty oath\u2064 requirement and how does\u2062 it impact\u2064 the preferred candidate&#8217;s chances \u2064in the 2024 nomination\u200c race?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u2062 Rm to their \u2062preferred candidate&#8217;s chances, successfully argued that the loyalty oath was unnecessary and only served \u2062to create division within the party.<\/p>\n<p>The loyalty \u200coath \u2063requirement was seen by many\u200d as a reaction to the contentious relationship between \u2064Trump and the Republican establishment. It was seen as an attempt to prevent Trump from running for president in 2024, should he choose to do so. However, this decision to eliminate the requirement is seen as a victory\u200b for the former president and his loyal supporters.<\/p>\n<p>The move has sparked debate within the party, with some arguing that any candidate running for president as a Republican should be willing to pledge their support \u200dfor\u2062 the eventual nominee.\u2064 They believe that party unity is crucial in order to defeat the incumbent president, Joe Biden, in the next election. Others, however, see the elimination of the loyalty oath as a necessary step\u200d to ensure \u200ca fair and open nomination process, \u2062allowing for a wider range of candidates to compete for the party&#8217;s nomination.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen\u2064 how \u200dthis \u200ddecision will impact the \u20642024 nomination race in Florida. With the\u200b loyalty oath requirement removed, Trump now has the freedom to focus solely on his campaign without the burden of disqualification concerns.\u200b This could potentially give him an advantage over other contenders, including Governor Ron DeSantis, who had previously expressed\u2064 his support for the loyalty\u2062 oath \u200cand the importance of party unity.<\/p>\n<p>The decision by the Republican Party of Florida to eliminate the\u2063 loyalty \u200boath requirement\u2062 for\u2062 primary\u2063 participation is significant and could have far-reaching implications \u200cfor the 2024 nomination\u200d race. It\u200d reflects the ongoing tension \u200bwithin the party between the Trump loyalists and\u2062 the more traditional establishment Republicans.\u2062 Only time\u2063 will tell \u200bhow \u2063this decision \u2063will shape \u2064the future of\u200c the party and the direction \u2063it takes in\u2064 the upcoming election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Republican Party of Florida leaders voted to remove the loyalty oath for the state&#8217;s primary, a win for ex-President Donald Trump in his bid to outdo Governor Ron DeSantis and other contenders for the 2024 nomination. Trump stated he wouldn&#8217;t endorse such a requirement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":152,"featured_media":2034069,"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":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2034068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"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\/2034068","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\/152"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2034068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2034068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2034069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2034068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2034068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2034068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}