Eyes on 2024: What we heard from Will Hurd
Former Texas GOP Rep. Will Hurd joined "Meet the Press NOW" to discuss his presidential campaign.
In other campaign news…
“Not a No. 2 guy”: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told the “Wisconsin Right Now” radio show that he would not be Trump’s running mate in 2024 if he was asked to be, saying “I don’t think so. I’m not a No. 2 guy.”
Trump speaks out on Ukraine: The former president condemned a decision by President Biden to send cluster munitions to Ukraine, claiming in a statement that the decision could “[drag] us further to World War III.”
Clean sweep: Trump has earned endorsements from each Republican member of Michigan’s congressional delegation, including Reps. Jack Bergman, Bill Huizenga, John James, Lisa McClain, John Moolenaar and Tim Walberg, Fox News reports.
GOP donor scramble: Republican presidential candidates are scrambling to meet the requirements to make sure they earn a spot on the debate stage, resorting to unconventional tactics to ensure they have support from at least 40,000 individual donors, the Washington Post reports.
On the airwaves: SOS America PAC, a group backing GOP Miami Mayor Francis Suarez’ presidential bid, reserved $220,000 worth of time on the airwaves in Georgia, North Carolina, Alabama, California and Texas, according to AdImpact, an ad tracking firm.
No Labels: The bipartisan group No Labels is hosting a town hall in New Hampshire next week with West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin and former Utah Gov. John Huntsman amid the group’s flirtations with a 2024 presidential bid.
No, No Labels: Former House Democratic leader Richard A. Gephardt plans to launch a group opposing a potential No Labels bid to run a third-party ticket in the general election, the Washington Post reports. Several aides and consultants who have joined the effort say a No Labels ticket would pull votes away from Biden and hand Trump a victory, if the general election is a rematch.
Second quarter wrap up: West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice raised almost $1 million in the second quarter of this year in his bid to unseat Sen. Manchin in 2024, his campaign announced Wednesday. Manchin hasn’t yet announced whether he’ll seek re-election, but Justice faces GOP Rep. Alex Mooney in a Republican primary.
Comeback kid? Politico reports that former Republican Rep. Mayra Flores is launching a campaign to take back the South Texas district she held for a few short months after a 2022 special election, before Democratic Rep. Vicente Gonzalez flipped the seat back in November’s midterm elections.
