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2 years

Dr. Oz ended a three-stop day in Germantown and Kensington by driving off with several people who told him they were dealing with drug addictions. Oz (who said this was unplanned) said he was taking them to reserve spots at a detox center. #PASEN

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Gisele Fetterman with harsh words for NBC's Dasha Burns, saying her description of "small talk" with her husband left her feeling close to "rage." "I don't know how there were not consequences." Indicated that she wants an apology, but it hasn't come. Full quote below #PASEN

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Philadelphia's police union voted "almost unanimously" to endorse @JoshShapiroPA for governor, the group's pres John McNesby told reporters today. @dougmastriano did not meet the group's standards re: right to work, unions and "do as I say, not as I do." #PAGOV

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DeSantis in Rock Rapids on last night’s debate: “So it was me versus Hillary — I mean Nikki, I’m sorry.”

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DeSantis stops at an Iowa Dairy Queen, orders a Blizzard and answers questions. Still think the race is just between you and Trump? [Nods head] "Just watch, just watch." Worried about Tim Scott? "I'm not worried about anything, man. We've got a plan."

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DeSantis, asked why people should vote for him over Haley, a former UN ambassador, touts his Middle East experience, then rips the UN: "I think the UN is a worthless organization, quite frankly...All they do is sanction Israel, like, that's really what it exists for, okay?"

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DeSantis with a lakefront town hall to cap a marathon day in Iowa In Panora tonight

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At rallies yesterday in Johnstown and today in DelCo, Fetterman spoke as extensively on policy as he has at any event I’ve seen since his stroke. Also delivered what appear to be his two longest speeches since returning — both north of 20 min. #PASEN

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NEW: Jesse Ventura has not received a formal offer to be Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s running mate, his son told @ABC Wednesday. Kennedy said last night he has chosen someone, indicating to @ABC that the person -- whom he wouldn't name -- has accepted the position.

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Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers and former MN Gov. Jesse Ventura top RFK Jr's list of potential running mates, the independent candidate confirmed to @ABC -- though he has not made a formal offer to either man. @nytimes first reporting More:

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Over the loud speaker as DeSantis takes a voter’s question at a Derry town hall: “Ladies and gentlemen, this will be the last question.” DeSantis: “No, no, I’m gonna do some more. Don’t worry.”

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DeSantis in the Des Moines suburb of Grimes tonight: “Nikki Haley sided with Disney over Florida and over our kids. I’m sorry, that is disqualifying.”

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As he campaigns in South Carolina today, @RonDeSantis earns the endorsement of Brian Adams, a state senator who had backed Tim Scott before he dropped out, per a person familiar.

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DeSantis on Trump's telling Megyn Kelly he doesn't know who gave Fauci a presidential commendation: "What was that, the immaculate commendation that just happened to happen? It said, Donald Trump awards Fauci this commendation."

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DeSantis told @ABC tonight he’ll attend Bob Vander Plaats’ forum next week “no matter what happens.” “I think it’s an important part of this process. It’s been a part of this process for a long time. There’s no way that should cause the RNC to penalize any candidate.”

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Vander Plaats Won’t Cancel Iowa Forum Despite RNC Warning

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. @RonDeSantis suggested Saturday there's still time to make up ground in NH, where has endured a stretch of ugly poll results. Told @KitMaherCNN in Des Moines: "We're going to start doing some of the things we've done in Iowa there...you'll see us there a lot."

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. @RonDeSantis tells @DanaLoeschRadio he'd sign a bill to abolish the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

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Medics at a @DrOz event wheeled out a woman who appeared to collapse near the stage. Oz rushed in from backstage and stayed with her until the stretcher came. “Rita, god bless her, is doing well,” he said when he took the stage later. #PASEN

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Amid attacks on @DrOz for being elitist and out of touch, @JohnFetterman attended a fundraiser in East Hampton this month. His team (and some voters) say the trip was necessary to raise money in an important Senate race. Full story @ABC :

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The event was held at a home linked to an executive at a Dubai-based company that touts its work in metal mining and oil production in the Middle East. Fetterman has called for a quick transition to clean energy. #PASEN

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RFK's campaign manager Amaryllis Fox tells @ABC she spoke to Rita Palmer today and determined she was "operating as a private citizen" here. "She definitely does not speak on behalf of the campaign." Palmer told Fox this was a "health freedom event" she had attended before.

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video shows RFK Jr’s NY director laying out a clear plan: “The Kennedy voter & the Trump voter—our mutual enemy is Biden. … if nobody gets to 270, Congress picks the president. So who are they going to pick if it’s a R Congress? They’ll pick Trump.”

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NH Sen. candidate Don Bolduc tells @ABC tonight that he wouldn’t vote for the proposed 15-week nationwide ban on abortion. “I’m not going to look at it favorably because the Supreme Court has already said it’s a state issue, so let it be a state issue.” #NHSEN

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7 months

Last night in Iowa City: Ramaswamy’s mic got cut when he reached the speaking time limit for each candidate. He waited it out for a full minute.

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5 months

In addition to the two former AFP Action staffers (first reported by @semafor ), Never Back Down has poached eight former AFP canvassers who will knock doors across Iowa in support of Ron DeSantis, a source familiar tells @ABC .

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The ticket splitting is a blow to Mastriano, who repeatedly knocks Shapiro for being weak on crime and says he supports cops. Regan said Mastriano appeared supportive of law enforcement but not of unions. "He had a hard time answering" when asked about right to work. #PAGOV

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Additionally, the state union voted to support (but not officially endorse) Shapiro, by almost 2 to 1, Joe Regan, spokesman for the PA Fraternal Order of Police, tells @ABC . Oz got the union's endorsement this summer in a unanimous vote.

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4 months

Asked @RonDeSantis for a realistic goal in next week's New Hampshire primary: “Delegates. I want to pick up delegates. Everyone that goes out and votes for me is going to help me get delegates, and that’s what we want to do. That’s the nature of it."

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2 years

@JohnFetterman marches with the United Steelworkers in Pittsburgh. #PASEN

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10 months

Blizzard comments:

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9 months

Ron DeSantis will no longer appear at a scheduled campaign stop in Kershaw, SC Monday morning, Lancaster Co. GOP Chair Sandy McGarry tells @ABC . McGarry said the campaign informed her the governor is remaining in Florida to prepare for Tropical Storm Idalia.

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4 years

"How can you expect to win if you don't play?" Democratic activists in Florida are running down-ballot candidates in the reddest of districts this fall. The goal? Boost turnout, lift Biden, and flip a few seats along the way. From me:

Democratic activists hope down-ballot blitz in Florida pays off up-ballot

Activists said a change in tactics could be the key to Dems winning the state.

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2 years

Policy hits: - protecting abortion rights - eliminating the filibuster - fighting corporate greed - protecting unions - marriage equality - expanding healthcare - defending democracy - raising the minimum wage

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2 years

The Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate and PA governor greet each other. @JohnFetterman : “Our next governor!” @JoshShapiroPA : “The 51st vote!”

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@JohnFetterman marches with the United Steelworkers in Pittsburgh. #PASEN

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10 months

Made it clear he knew about Blizzards. "I've known what Blizzards are for a long time. It's a really important part. Happy to do it."

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2 years

A suit-donning @JohnFetterman and @SenBobCasey are among those joining POTUS this afternoon at the Fern Holllow Bridge in Pittsburgh

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5 months

. @NvrBackDown24 indicates it’s ceding the airwaves to another pro-DeSantis PAC, Fight Right, and spending its money on the ground. Taryn Fenske, a spokeswoman for that group, tells @ABC it’s reserving at least the same amount of ad money in IA and NH that NBD canceled.

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🚨Pro-Ron DeSantis group Never Back Down is canceling all of its 2024 reservations in Iowa and New Hampshire. So far, we've tracked cancelations totaling $2.5M.

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2 years

The #PASEN debate on Oct. 25 will last an hour, Nexstar has announced. Oz pushed hard to extend it to 90 minutes, citing potential delays due to the use of closed captioning for Fetterman. But 60 minutes it is.

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2 months

From Tyrel Ventura -- "There has been no formal offer from the Robert Kennedy camp. The Governor does not comment on political speculation."

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Campaign hired Palmer two weeks ago as a New York State ballot access consultant, per Fox. "She's never been to one of our strategy meetings or any kind of leadership meeting or electoral strategy in New York or nationally."

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RFK Jr’s sister to @GStephanopoulos : “It is a two-man race. There are only two people in this race who can get to 270 electoral votes.” She and members of her family will endorse Joe Biden today in Pennsylvania.

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“I think nobody competes with Pres. Biden when it comes to carrying on the legacies of John Kennedy and Robert Kennedy and Ted Kennedy.” Kerry Kennedy talks about endorsing Biden for president over her brother, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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4 months

"And, by the way, we're going to Nevada -- where Haley can't even win delegates. We're going to prove she has not path to victory." (2/2)

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2 years

Fetterman continues to hit back on soft-on-crime allegations while tying in his work on criminal justice. "Two things I'm most proud of...stopping the gun violence as a mayor and fighting for the innocent and other individuals for a second chance. That is my record on crime."

Emilia Winter Rowland

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2 years

Meanwhile… @JohnFetterman spoke to a crowd of 50 supporters packed into African Small Pot in Southwest Philly, his second jam-packed event of the day.

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On if the campaign plans to terminate Palmer's contract, Fox said it will depend "whether she made any representation to represent the campaign or that she, you know, was in any way pretending that she had access to strategy." But Fox said right now that doesn't seem to be case.

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4 months

DeSantis responded to Haley's Civil War answer today in Iowa: "I noticed that Nikki Haley has had some problems with some basic American history...It's not that difficult to identify and acknowledge the role that slavery played in the Civil War." Called her answer "word salad"

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2 years

Donald Trump, Jr., in Chambersburg Friday to stump for gubernatorial hopeful Doug Mastriano, spoke last and went nearly 25 minutes before mentioning the candidate he was there to support. Instead hit targets like Biden, Fetterman and the FBI #PAGOV

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h/t @Laurenjmayk , who asked McNesby the endorsement question

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2 years

Per @MollyNagle3 , Biden told Fetterman on the tarmac after landing, “You’re gonna win.” #PASEN

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A suit-donning @JohnFetterman and @SenBobCasey are among those joining POTUS this afternoon at the Fern Holllow Bridge in Pittsburgh

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2 years

Fetterman and Shapiro are with labor leaders this morning in the Philadelphia suburbs. #PAGOV #PASEN

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1 month

Palmer has not responded to an interview request.

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Kennedy, whose campaign just a day ago disavowed its own fundraising email, now acknowledges that his statement clarifying his Jan. 6 position had false information.

Allison Novelo

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RFK Jr. is now taking back earlier comments stating J6 protestors did not have weapons. "My understanding that none of the January 6 rioters who invaded the capitol were carrying firearms was incorrect," Kennedy said in an updated statement.

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A N.H. DeSantis campaign official says the governor's post-Iowa pit stop in S.C., first reported by @AP , means nothing for the candidate's N.H. plans. "We're not ceding ground anywhere. We're gonna show Haley can't even win her home state. We're going all in on N.H." (1/2)

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7 months

Flights carrying Floridians home from Israel will indeed take off today, DeSantis confirms to the press in Iowa. "We will have people arriving throughout the day tomorrow," he said. Governor's been saying he anticipated this timeline, but it now appears definite.

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More from this answer: "In order to come to this country, you have to believe in the principles and ideals that the country was founded on. And you've got to be willing to assimilate to this country. If you're not willing to do that, we don't have to do it."

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📍Davenport, IA Asked about what he’d do on legal immigration, DeSantis said this: “There's some Republicans that say, as long as it's legal, it doesn't matter. I don't subscribe to that. I think that immigration should only be done when it benefits the American people.”

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At a roundtable on illegal drugs Tuesday in Johnstown, Oz lost the support of one of his own panelists. "Outside of securing the border, I didn't hear a plan," Justyn Patton, a local addiction treatment worker, told @marykbruce . "I was pretty undecided. Not after today." #PASEN

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A local recovery counselor tells ABC's @marykbruce he will not support Mehmet Oz after participating in a panel focused on combatting illegal drugs and addiction with the Pennsylvania Senate candidate. Watch the stories unfold in #PowerTripABC on @hulu .

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. @RonDeSantis says he won't withdraw from the CO primary ballot, as @VivekGRamaswamy has pledged. "I think the the US Supreme Court is going to reverse this and, you know, I've done whatever I need to do to get on. Ultimately I don't think it's going to be an issue."

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Crowd forms in Erie, PA, for Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman’s first public campaign event since he suffered a stroke in May. #PASen

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Two women from a small Iowa progressive group protested a DeSantis stop today. Rang cowbells and yelled through a megaphone “Ron De-Fascist” and “Go back to Florida” In a particularly tense moment, a staffer for the pro-DeSantis super PAC swatted the megaphone.

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Tonight's Fetterman/Oz debate could be a signature moment in a race that has seen health challenges and personal attacks, with control of the evenly divided Senate on the line. #PASEN More via @ABC :

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With a blizzard warning about to go into effect in much of Iowa, the pro-DeSantis super PAC Never Back Down has postponed two of its four scheduled events with the governor today, the group announced. DeSantis is currently speaking at an event hosted by his campaign.

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To @hannahdemissie on if he might get Sununu's endorsement: “I think Chris is looking at it from the perspective of, who can actually defeat Donald Trump. And I think that I appreciate that." Argued he's the "only candidate" who can build a winning coalition of R voters.

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Campaign manager for Ron DeSantis, who said at the last debate he would sign a federal law restricting abortion after 15 weeks, argues the passage of such legislation is an "extreme hypothetical" being "shoved down our throats." @ABC

ABC News Live

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' campaign manager joins @dianermacedo ahead of tonight's GOP debate in Miami.

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Crime has become more central to Fetterman's stump speeches, amid a crush of R-funded ads labeling him soft on the issue. Today in Bristol, he defended his record as mayor of Braddock. "What has Dr. Oz ever known about fighting crime, living in a gated mansion in NJ?" #PASEN

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“Should we really be doing this?” On what went wrong with Ron DeSantis’ 2024 presidential bid — w/ @wsteaks , @hannahdemissie , & @rachelvscott for @ABC

'Should we really be doing this?': What went wrong for Ron DeSantis' campaign

Interviews with more than a dozen sources close to Ron DeSantis' campaign detailed some of his challenges as a candidate against Trump and what's next

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Craig Cerrito, assistant pastor at Rock Ministries, told @ABC in a text tonight that Oz "brought several people by for admission to detox," speaking to them outside before handing them off for treatment placement. He said the facility did not know Oz would be coming. #PASEN

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Dr. Oz ended a three-stop day in Germantown and Kensington by driving off with several people who told him they were dealing with drug addictions. Oz (who said this was unplanned) said he was taking them to reserve spots at a detox center. #PASEN

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DeSantis tells @ABC FL's GOP chair should step aside amid "very serious" accusations of sexual battery. "I think he should step aside and think he should attend to that. He's innocent until proven guilty, but we just can't have a party chair that is under that type of scrutiny."

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Asked by @wrmcduff if Florida GOP chair @ChrisMZiegler should resign following the sexual battery allegations against him, @RonDeSantis said he should step down. “I don't see how he can continue with that investigation ongoing given the gravity of those situations.”

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As he tries to reignite his run, DeSantis has campaigned more aggressively — particularly in Iowa. More intimate stops and more time with voters and the press. "I told him to relax," one Iowa ally said. “And I think he has." @ABC

How Ron DeSantis' campaign style has changed after early stumbles: Reporter's notebook

Observing Ron DeSantis in Iowa and New Hampshire in recent weeks exemplifies the reset he hopes will reignite his 2024 presidential campaign against Trump

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Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers and former MN Gov. Jesse Ventura top RFK Jr's list of potential running mates, the independent candidate confirmed to @ABC -- though he has not made a formal offer to either man. @nytimes first reporting More:

RFK Jr. says he's chosen his running mate after singling out Aaron Rodgers, Jesse Ventura

New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers and former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura top the list of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s preferred running mates

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Speaking to Anderson Cooper, DeSantis denied that he was 'petrified' when he called Christie. 'No, I mean, look, I've been to Fallujah and Ramadi. I mean, this is nothing.' Said he called to tell the former NJ governor that he had 'every right' to stay in the race.

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Chris Christie, on a hot mic before his Windham, NH event where it’s been reported he’ll drop out, said DeSantis called him, “petrified.” Said, “she’s not up this” & “she’s going to get smoked,” a potential reference to Haley but didn’t say her name explicitly.

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After a brutal primary, @DrOz has spent much of the general trying to assuage skeptical Republican voters and bring them home. Polling suggests he may be pulling it off. So did tonight's rally in Pennsburg. Hadn't seen that level of enthusiasm at his events all fall. #PASEN

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. @ABC asked DeSantis today about @orlandosentinel 's report that the contractors FL hired for the Israel flights were inexperienced and kept Americans in Cyprus for days -- chaos attributed partly to a "rush to help DeSantis score political points for his presidential campaign."

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The head of Project Dynamo, a nonprofit that has helped Florida identify American passengers fleeing Israel, said a state contractor delayed evacuations, partly due to inexperience. "The contractors did not know what they were doing." @jeffschweers

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He wanted something from a hot food section but it was out of items. “They have really good stuff over here normally, but look — ‘Kitchen closed.’ That’s a big heartbreaker when you come into a Casey’s,” he told reporters.

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Ron DeSantis shopping for snacks at a Casey’s. He bought a Quest bar.

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More from @RonDeSantis on this today when speaking to Iowa media: “He even suggested that the Civil War could have – he could have potentially negotiated that somehow. He couldn’t even negotiate funding for a border wall when he had a Republican Congress."

Rachel Scott

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New: DeSantis on Trump's claims the Civil War could have been negotiated - "I don't even know what he's talking about— Lincoln did what he had to do. He ended up ushering in the abolition of slavery & he saved the Union" "Relitigating that doesn't make much sense to me."

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Among the nearly three dozen immigration policy objectives @RonDeSantis is rolling out today in Texas: a pledge to seek the end of birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants. More w/ @hannahdemissie

DeSantis says he would seek to end birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants

Ron DeSantis announced Monday he would seek to eliminate the constitutional guarantee of citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants born in the United States

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Christie in Atlanta on what he'll do if DeSantis tries one of the lines from the Never Back Down-prepared debate memo Wednesday night. "Well I don't know. You know, a canned line used against me by a Florida politician on a debate stage. What the hell can go wrong?"

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A senior DeSantis campaign official indicates the governor is not leaving the race tonight: "They threw everything at Ron DeSantis. They couldn’t kill him. He is not only still standing, but he’s now earned his ticket out of Iowa. This is going to be a long battle ahead… (1/2)

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Asked directly if he'd be a 'no' on the Graham bill, Bolduc said "Yep." Several months ago, when asked by @WMUR9 about supporting a possible federal abortion ban, Bolduc said he would "always default for a system that protects lives from the beginning to the end." #NHSEN

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2 years

Asked several times now for a yes or no answer on Graham's abortion ban bill, @DrOz has yet to give one. Continues to insist he's for state control. #PASEN

Rick Klein

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Oz on the Graham bill: “I don't think the federal government should play a role in telling states how to make decisions around some of these issues, especially sensitive ones like those involving the pro-life movement.”

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DeSantis in May about balancing campaigning & crisis response: “Oh, I'm governor… We prepare for crisis, prepare for storms. When there’s a storm on the rise and everything you do stops and you're there and that's no different than when I was running for reelection last year.”

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@wrmcduff

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NEW: The SC GOP voted Saturday to hold their primary on Feb. 24, sources tell @ABC . With Nevada's primary scheduled for Feb. 6, the move would put SC front and center in the race for the GOP nomination for more than two full weeks. w/ @ibellamurray

South Carolina GOP votes to move back their 2024 primary: Sources

If approved, the move would put the the first-in-the-South presidential primary state front and center in the race for more than two full weeks.

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Will McDuffie

@wrmcduff

2 years

. @ABC can confirm, per two people familiar

Holly Otterbein

@hollyotterbein

2 years

Scoop: Josh Shapiro, the Democrat running for PA governor, has a notable co-host for a fundraiser tonight: Sheryl Bartos — wife of Jeff Bartos, a two-time statewide GOP candidate and, more pointedly, the co-chair of Dr. Oz’s Senate campaign.

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Republican @BradFinstad , a pro-life candidate in the #MN1 special election, did not answer multiple questions from @ABC last night on whether he supports abortion exceptions. Said there are "health issues that should be considered" but he's "not going to pretend to be a doctor."

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Will McDuffie

@wrmcduff

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Ron DeSantis will meet this week with high-dollar Republicans in Palm Beach to try to cement their support for Fight Right, Inc., the newest organization supporting his presidential bid. More w/ @hannahdemissie

DeSantis courts donors for new political group after tensions flared among allies

Ron DeSantis will meet this week with high-dollar Republicans to try to cement their support for the newest organization supporting his presidential bid

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Will McDuffie

@wrmcduff

9 months

Chris Sununu to Hugh Hewitt this morning on what he's advised DeSantis: "Don't worry about the policy stuff. We've got that. You've got to be about character, about looking people in the eye."

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@wrmcduff

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. @JohnFetterman 's health "has continued to improve" and he is speaking "without cognitive deficits" months after a stroke, the Democrat's primary-care physician said in a report released Wednesday by his campaign. Via @ABC

Fetterman is ready for 'full duty' and speaks with no 'cognitive deficits,' his doctor says

John Fetterman’s health “has continued to improve” and he is speaking “without cognitive deficits” months after a stroke, his doctor said in a report on Wednesday

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@wrmcduff

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OK Gov. Kevin Stitt -- a DeSantis endorser -- on whether he was disappointed NH Gov. Chris Sununu backed Haley: "No, I mean, listen, Sununu is gonna do what's gonna do...[he's] a good guy, good governor...Don't know what his rationale was for that..."

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Will McDuffie

@wrmcduff

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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds endorses DeSantis, giving him a needed boost dispatch from the Des Moines announcement w/ @kendall_ross_

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds endorses DeSantis, giving him a needed boost

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds endorsed Ron DeSantis Monday night at a rally in downtown Des Moines.

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Will McDuffie

@wrmcduff

2 years

Can confirm. Oz was “nothing but class,” per Fetterman spokesman Joe Calvello. Wished Fetterman all the best. #PASEN

Holly Otterbein

@hollyotterbein

2 years

Breaking: Dr. Oz just called John Fetterman to concede the Pennsylvania Senate race, the Democrat’s spokesman tells me.

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PA’s Democratic gubernatorial ticket is with Black leaders in Philadelphia to call out @dougmastriano ’s choice to wear a Confederate uniform in a 2013-14 Army War College faculty photo. #PAGOV

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@wrmcduff

2 years

Two reporters asked Oz if he would be a yes or a no on the bill. He insisted he's for state control over abortion rights and said he hasn't seen Graham's proposal. Fetterman's team has latched on to his resistance to answer the question directly. #PASEN

Julia Terruso

@JuliaTerruso

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Asked about the Graham 15 wk abortion ban bill (again) Oz repeated his answer from before (adding that he hasn't read it). "I haven’t even seen the bill but I am telling you as I have... for months that I do not believe the federal government should be involved in states issues.

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@wrmcduff

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. @JohnFetterman at times speaks haltingly, causing Republicans to argue he isn't fit for the Senate. But neurologists who spoke to @ABC call those claims reductive: for stroke victims at large, issues with speech don't imply issues with cognition. More:

Republicans suggest John Fetterman is too sick to serve. Neurologists call attacks uninformed

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Will McDuffie

@wrmcduff

2 years

At a Pittsburgh presser today, @DrOz ripped @JohnFetterman for not taking more questions on the trail. “It’s sort of surprising that this late in the campaign, he’s still not answering interviews on the campaign trail from voters...[and] from reporters like you." #PASEN

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Will McDuffie

@wrmcduff

4 years

Florida's lone statewide elected Democrat @nikkifried on Trump's Monday visit to Sanford, in a statement: "Hosting another super spreader event in Florida is only going to remind voters why we cannot afford another four years of such chaotic and dangerous leadership."

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@wrmcduff

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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Ron DeSantis begins a weekend swing through South Carolina in front of several hundred at a Myrtle Beach restaurant. Florence and Lexington later today.

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Will McDuffie

@wrmcduff

8 months

Republican and former hedge fund CEO Dave McCormick is expected to announce his candidacy for the U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania next week in Pittsburgh, two people familiar with the plans tell @ABC . @Reuters and @AP were on it first this week. w/ @ReporterCruz

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NEW from @MissBeaE for @ABC : Tulsi Gabbard turned down RFK Jr.'s offer to be his running mate, she says

Tulsi Gabbard turned down RFK Jr.'s offer to be his running mate, she says

Tulsi Gabbard declined an offer to be Robert F. Kennedy Jr's running mate in his independent presidential bid, she tells ABC News

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Will McDuffie

@wrmcduff

5 months

DeSantis swings at Haley at an event in Laconia, NH, bashing her call to end anonymous social media accounts… but it lands with only a few claps. DeSantis trying to run her down in the state, but polls show him going the other way.

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Will McDuffie

@wrmcduff

4 years

How did Seminole County, which hasn't voted for a Democratic presidential nominee in seven decades, become Florida's latest battleground? My latest:

Historically red, this Orlando-area county is Florida's surprising new battleground

Long a stronghold for Republicans, Seminole County has emerged as a surprising toss-up this fall in a state that recent polling suggests is up for grabs in November.

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Will McDuffie

@wrmcduff

5 months

. @RonDeSantis will file today to be on the Texas primary ballot, two people familiar tell @ABC .

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Will McDuffie

@wrmcduff

4 months

DeSantis on why he repeatedly mispronounces the Vice President's name: "Well, I mean, I don't think it's that much different. I mean, that's how I've always said it." Newsom ripped him for it on stage in Georgia last month.

Hannah Knowles

@KnowlesHannah

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Asked about past blowback to Florida’s education standards on slavery, DeSantis reiterates that he thinks the criticism from figures like VP Kamala Harris was unfair…. And @wrmcduff asks why he keeps mispronouncing Harris’s name as Ka-MAL-uh.

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Will McDuffie

@wrmcduff

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DeSantis today on if he's concerned by Haley's momentum: "No, not at all. I mean, I think anyone who watched that debate the other night saw that there was one person who acted like a president should act." Said the "carping" on stage was "very off-putting."

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1 year

Another postmortem from a Mastriano ally today. Jenna Ellis, a senior advisor, on Newsmax radio: "He was nowhere in media. His campaign could not be gotten ahold of...You can't just go and campaign in person." Implied that he didn't trust one of his most experienced consultants

Will McDuffie

@wrmcduff

2 years

Conservative radio host Dom Giordano, who interviewed Mastriano often this fall, slammed him today for needing to be "begged" to come to southeastern PA: "Some people get into this bubble in the rest of the state and they're a rock star there. There are not enough people there."

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