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The New York Times reports: Larry Elder, a conservative talk radio host from California whose run for the Republican presidential nomination never gained traction, ended his campaign on Thursday and endorsed Donald J. Trump, the front-runner in the crowded field. He never surpassed the Republican Party’s donation or polling thresholds to qualify for candidate debates. Mr. Elder, a Los Angeles …

Mediaite reports: The first Republican presidential primary debate takes place on Wednesday, but several GOP candidates did not have the numbers to take the stage. Now, one of the castoffs — Larry Elder — says he wants to sue the Republican National Committee for turning down what he says are qualifying polls. While Elder claims to have met that criteria …

The New York Times reports: The RNC had imposed a 9 p.m. deadline for candidates to accumulate at least 40,000 donors and hit 1 percent in a certain number of qualifying national and state polls. But two officials familiar with the R.N.C.’s decision said that three candidates all fell short: Perry Johnson, a businessman who previously tried to run for …

“Jason, thank you for having me. They should rally behind me because I’ve been talking about conservative issues for 40 years. I have a syndicated column. “I’ve been writing articles about this, 1,200 articles altogether, half a dozen books altogether, 30,000 hours of radio over the last 30 years. “You can trust me. I’m an America First guy. I’m a …

Politico reports: Conservative talk radio host Larry Elder launched a 2024 presidential campaign Thursday, joining a growing list of candidates seeking the GOP nomination. “America is in decline, but this decline is not inevitable,” Elder wrote on Twitter Thursday night. “We can enter a new American Golden Age, but we must choose a leader who can bring us there. That’s …

This can’t be anything but a money grift: Larry Elder is setting his sights on something bigger after losing in his bid to be governor of California; he might be running for President of the United States. During a recent appearance on the SiriusXM radio program The Megyn Kelly Show, Elder revealed the news. “if I decide to run, I’m …

The Des Moines Register reports: Republican radio host Larry Elder is considering a run for president — regardless of whether former President Donald Trump decides to seek the office again. “I don’t feel I’m running against him,” Elder told the Des Moines Register in an interview. “I’m running for president. And I’m not running against anybody on the Republican side. …

Yahoo News reports: California Governor Gavin Newsom easily survived a recall election Tuesday in a closely-watched race that drew national attention and campaign visits from President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, the Associated Press projected less than an hour after polls closed in the state. “No is not the only thing that was expressed tonight,” the governor said. “I …

NBC News reports: Republicans in Tuesday’s California gubernatorial recall election are already laying the groundwork to argue the election was stolen — even before a single ballot is reported or a victor declared, an increasingly common tactic in conservative circles. Republican Larry Elder appealed on Monday to his supporters to use an online form to report fraud, which claimed it …

Newsweek reports: At evangelical churches across California, this Sunday’s services were no different than those taking place over the past few months when it comes to emphasizing the importance that congregants vote in the state’s upcoming recall election. In the case of Tuesday’s special election, that means pastors not only preaching but also having ballots on hand and making pleas …

The Los Angeles Times reports: Momentum has turned strongly against the effort to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom with just days to go before voting ends, a change that comes after a deluge of political ads and support from leading Democrats who have slammed the effort as a Republican power grab. According to a UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll …

The Los Angeles Times reports: Larry Elder’s scheduled tour of homeless encampments in Venice ended shortly after it began Wednesday morning, with the leading Republican in the gubernatorial recall race hastily exiting in an SUV after being angrily confronted by a group of homeless people and advocates. Elder — who had arrived in his new “Recall Express” campaign bus shortly …

CNN reports: Former President Barack Obama urges Californians to reject the recall effort targeting Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom in a television ad released on Wednesday, telling voters that the outcome of Tuesday’s recall election could be the difference “between protecting our kids and putting them at risk.” “You’ve got a big choice to make by September 14. Governor Newsom has …

Fox News reports: Larry Elder charges that the 2020 presidential election was full of “shenanigans” and says he worried about potential voting irregularities in the Sept. 14 California recall election of embattled Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. “The 2020 election, in my opinion, was full of shenanigans. And my fear is they’re going to try that in this election right here …

The Insider reports: On a July 18 episode of Prager University’s “The Candace Owens Show,” Larry Elder said an argument could be made that slave owners were owed reparations after the Civil War because slavery was legal and their “property” had been taken. “When people talk about reparations, do they really want to have that conversation? Like it or not, …

The Los Angeles Times reports: Most likely California voters are opposed to the Republican-led recall effort against Gov. Gavin Newsom and a growing number fear the consequences of removing him from office with a hard-right conservative best positioned to take his place, according to new poll by the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California. The poll found that 58% of …

Politico reports: Alexandra Datig, the former fiancée and longtime radio producer for talk show host Larry Elder, said she has filed a formal police report with the Los Angeles Police Department alleging that she was subject to “several incidents of domestic abuse” while living with the GOP gubernatorial recall candidate. Datig said she delivered the statement to LAPD Wednesday, where …

The Los Angeles Times reports: California regulators have launched an investigation into whether recall election gubernatorial candidate Larry Elder failed to properly disclose his income sources, a spokesman with the Fair Political Practices Commission confirmed on Sunday. Elder, like all candidates for public office, was required to file a public statement of economic interests that discloses some aspects of his …

Politico reports: Alexandra Datig, the former fiancee and longtime radio producer for California GOP gubernatorial candidate Larry Elder, says she broke off an 18-month engagement with the conservative talk show host in 2015 after he waved a gun at her while high on marijuana. Datig’s claim, which she regards as the culmination of a series of humiliating disputes that made …

CNN reports: As he hit the campaign trail this weekend to fight the Republican-led effort to oust him, California Gov. Gavin Newsom leaned into the microphone with a message for all the disengaged Democrats who might be inclined to ignore the September 14 recall election. “Though we defeated Trump, we didn’t defeat Trumpism. Trumpism is still alive and well, even …