The conventional wisdom is that if former President Donald Trump wants the GOP presidential nomination in 2024, it’s his. But some Republicans are still jockeying for position to be the next leader of the party, the most prominent of which may be Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. He is considered to be in the political mold … Read more
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) talks to reporters during a break at the second impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump on February 12, 2021. (Photo by Nicholas Kamm / AFP via Getty Images) Ron Johnson is the Republican senator from Wisconsin. But his constituency has always been the billionaire investor class that seeks to depress … Read more
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantisMike Ehrmann/Getty Images GoFundMe shut down a fundraiser for a Canadian protest over cross-border trucker vaccine mandates. GoFundMe on Friday said it would work with organizers to redistribute the funds to other charities. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis called that plan “fraud” saying he’d investigate “deceptive practices.” gov. Ron DeSantis said he would … Read more
The Miami Herald delivered a blistering rebuke from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday, with the potential failure of the GOP 2024 hopeful to outright condemn neo-Nazi demonstrations in Orlando over the weekend. In a scathing essay, the editors of the newspaper DeSantis tore to pieces for downplaying the far-right group as “bastards” and for … Read more
Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) moderates a panel discussion titled “COVID 19: A Second Opinion” on January 24 in the Kennedy Caucus Room of the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, DC (Photo by Drew Angerer / Getty Images) Ron Johnson has apparently decided that his best chance for getting reelected is to inject a full … Read more
Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) swears in witnesses during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on Dec. 8, 2020. (Photo by Tom Williams / CQ Appeal) Ron Johnson, the Wisconsin Senator who made jaws drop by simultaneously promoting skepticism about Covid vaccines suggest that gargling with mouthwash could help fight the virus, is running … Read more