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The Hill reports: Republican presidential candidate Will Hurd announced on Monday that he was dropping out of the 2024 GOP primary and endorsing former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley instead. “Ambassador Haley has shown a willingness to articulate a different vision for the country than Donald Trump and has an unmatched grasp on the complexities of our foreign policy,” Hurd said. …

Bloomberg News reports: Long-shot presidential contender Will Hurd said Donald Trump, his rival for the Republican nomination, is only running to avoid prison as he urged the party to confront the frontrunner over his three criminal indictments. “He’s a bully, he’s a liar. And he’s only running in order to stay out of prison,” Hurd told Bloomberg Radio’s “Sound On” …

“The reason Donald Trump lost the election in 2020 is he failed to grow the GOP brand in areas like women with a college degree in the suburbs, black and brown communities, and people under the age of 35. “We need leaders who did like your governor Reynolds, who went to places that people didn’t expect. And that’s how y’all …

CNN reports: Former Texas Rep. Will Hurd, who announced his 2024 Republican presidential campaign earlier Thursday with an anti-Donald Trump message, said he won’t sign the Republican National Committee’s pledge to back the party’s ultimate nominee in order to participate in primary debates. “I won’t be signing any kind of pledges, and I don’t think parties should be trying to …

CBS News reports: Former Texas Congressman Will Hurd announced he’s running for president on “CBS Mornings” Thursday. “This morning, I filed to be the Republican nominee for president of the United States,” Hurd told “CBS Mornings.” Hurd, 45, was first elected to serve Texas’s 23rd Congressional District in 2014, beating a Democratic incumbent by two points. The majority-Hispanic district stretches …

The Texas Tribune reports: U.S. Rep. Will Hurd said Thursday he is considering a run for president in 2024. The third-term Republican congressman from Helotes is leaving the House at the end of this term, and his retirement announcement sent shockwaves throughout national politics. In an interview Thursday with The Texas Tribune CEO Evan Smith, Hurd addressed a slew of …

The Washington Post reports: Rep. Will Hurd, the lone black Republican in the House and the rare GOP lawmaker to criticize President Trump at times, will not seek reelection, he told The Washington Post. Hurd’s retirement is the third by a Texas Republican in the past week and the ninth by a party incumbent, dealing a blow to GOP efforts …

The Hill reports: Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas) on Monday became the first GOP lawmaker to publicly condemn recent tweets from President Trump as “racist.” Speaking to CNN host Christiane Amanpour, Hurd not only said Trump’s tweets were “racist” and “xenophobic,” but also labeled them “inaccurate.” “The four women he is referring to are actually citizens of the United States, three …