BREAKING NEWS: Nikki Haley set to drop out tonight, and all states called so far going to Trump, Trump campaign manager Jason Miller says, "This is much bigger than Nikki Haley. This is about beating Joe Biden in the fall."

Jason Miller: "This is much bigger than Nikki Haley — this is about beating Joe Biden in the fall." pic.twitter.com/wQ82DblJPo

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Another swamp creature! So Cook County Judge Tracie Porter put her ruling on hold until Friday, expecting Trump’s lawyers to appeal. They did so hours after the decision was handed down. For now, nothing has changed at the ballot box. If Porter’s ruling does go into effect, she ordered that “any votes cast” for Trump “be suppressed.”

"suppressed" well this sounds like election rigging to me! What they scared off? Border safety, lower inflation, energy independence, gas prices lowering, better work numbers for the people who are here legally?

But she isn't assigned to something like this she was assigned as a Judge for "Minor traffic violations" so wait how did she get permission or power to do this?

So The Koch family who are billionaires and have a libertarian policy advocacy group “Americans for Prosperity Action” has said that it is pulling back its financial backing of GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley. Following the former South Carolina governor’s performance in her home state’s primary on Saturday, in which she trailed former President Donald Trump, the Republican frontrunner, by about 20 percent of the vote, Americans For Prosperity (AFP) CEO Emily Seidel said on Sunday that the group’s policy arm had decided it was time to “take stock” of its campaign spending. President Trump received 47 of South Carolina’s delegates, while Ms. Haley got three.

In a memo to staff (pdf), Ms. Seidel said that while AFP Action “stands firm” behind their endorsement for Nikki Haley, it’s time to “take stock of where we are and—as we always do—make sure we’re optimizing our resources for maximum impact towards our goals.” She said the group would now turn its attention to competitive Senate and House races “where we can make the difference,” in a tacit acknowledgement of President Trump’s commanding support among a majority of voters in the primary.

President Trump’s performance on Feb. 24 broke records for the most votes of any presidential candidate for any party in a South Carolina presidential primary. Ms. Seidel added, “given the challenges in the primary states ahead, we don’t believe any outside group can make a material difference to widen her path to victory.” She praised Ms. Haley as a “special leader with conviction, resolve, and steel in her spine to jump into a tough race with a narrow path,” and wished her well, saying that the PAC would continue to “wholeheartedly support” her efforts in her run for president.

“Americans deserve a choice for president who brings out the best in our country and who can deliver bold solutions to big challenges,” the memo read. AFP last week was criticized by Vivek Ramaswamy, a former GOP candidate who has since pulled out of the race citing clear support for former President Trump in the early GOP primaries, who questioned why AFP Action was backing Ms. Haley and opposing President Trump.

He lauded Chris Maidment, one such staffer who was fired from by AFP over comments he made in response to the Haley endorsement. “Nikki Haley is totally sideways on [AFP]’s foreign policy stance. She’s anti-free speech,” Mr. Maidment wrote on X on Dec. 1, 2023, in a thread distancing himself from the endorsement. “I’m not giving up this fight when a majority of Americans disapprove of Donald Trump and Joe Biden,” Ms. Haley said in downtown Charleston after the race was called for President Trump. Ms. Haley trails the former president by 61 percentage points in national polling. Her campaign, has in large part, been fueled with cash from anti-Trump billionaires, according to federal disclosures.

So the house Republicans picked Rep. Steve Scalise as the nominee for speaker on Wednesday, but the Louisiana Republican lacks the votes needed to win the gavel and it remains unclear whether he will be able to win over any of the holdouts.



Some in the GOP do think that Scalise is facing grim prospects of becoming speaker as he confronts opposition within the ranks, a situation that threatens to prolong the GOP’s leadership crisis following Kevin McCarthy’s historic removal in recent days. So until a speaker is elected, the House remains effectively paralyzed following McCarthy’s removal, an unprecedented situation that has taken on new urgency amid Israel’s war against Hamas. Raising the stakes further, the longer it takes Republicans to elect a new speaker, the less time lawmakers will have to try to avert a government shutdown with a funding deadline looming in mid-November.



Scalise won out over Rep. Jim Jordan in a closed-door vote by the House GOP conference to pick their speaker nominee on Wednesday. The nomination was a blow to former President Donald Trump, who endorsed Jordan, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee who has made a name for himself as a staunch Trump ally.



But it quickly became clear that the fight over who will be speaker would not be rapidly resolved as a number of Republicans would not commit to voting for Scalise in a floor vote. When Republicans met behind closed doors Wednesday morning to select a speaker nominee, Scalise earned 113 votes to Jordan’s 99 putting Scalise below the 217-vote threshold needed to win the speakership in a full vote on the House floor.



The question now is whether Scalise will be able to lock down the votes he needs, a major obstacle in his path to the gavel. House Republicans hold a narrow majority and Scalise can only afford to lose four GOP votes on the floor and still win the speakership.



McCarthy’s ouster, which was driven by a group of hardline conservatives, has intensified deep divisions within the House GOP conference and escalated tensions. That threatens to make it even more challenging for Republicans to unite behind a new speaker.



It’s not yet clear when the House will hold a floor vote to elect a new speaker. House Republicans adjourned the chamber on Wednesday without scheduling a vote.



Scalise began meeting individually with GOP members later in the day as he and his whip operation try to convince more than a dozen holdouts to back him on the floor, according to multiple GOP sources.



Jordan is also working to convince his colleagues who voted for him to join him in supporting Scalise as Republicans try to avoid another messy floor fight. Jordan plans to vote for Scalise on the floor and is encouraging his colleagues to do the same, the source said. But it’s not yet clear if that will be enough to secure the needed votes.



“I’m not supporting Steve Scalise, I’ll be voting for Jim Jordan,” Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia told CNN’s Manu Raju. “Well, Jim Jordan presented a strong plan for a us, a detailed plan on how to move forward. We didn’t hear that plan from Steve Scalise. It was more vague answers.”



Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky wrote on X, “Surprises are for little kids at birthday parties, not Congress. So, I let Scalise know in person that he doesn’t have my vote on the floor, because he has not articulated a viable plan for avoiding an omnibus” a reference to a sweeping package of spending bills.



Later, Massie warned that Scalise has a tough fight ahead of him to secure the gavel. “I think there’s at least 20,” members ready to not vote for Scalise on the floor, he told reporters. McCarthy said that he will support Scalise, but said he hasn’t been involved in any conversations with the holdouts.



“Steve is going to have to talk to them all, see what their concerns are, but I support Steve,” he told reporters. Asked if he was trying to sway any holdouts, he said, “No.” The nomination vote quickly set off a scramble to fill other spots in GOP leadership. Oklahoma GOP Rep. Kevin Hern of Oklahoma announced on Wednesday that he will run for the position of majority leader.



According to a spokesperson for Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida, he is also running to become majority leader. A source familiar also told CNN that House Majority Whip Tom Emmer is making calls to members to be majority leader if Scalise is elected speaker.





During the closed-door meeting where Republicans nominated Scalise as speaker, the conference also rejected an effort to raise the threshold required to select a GOP speaker nominee a proposal that was aimed at preventing a messy public fight on the House floor.



The rules change would have raised the threshold to select a speaker nominee from a majority of the GOP conference or 111 votes to 217 votes, a majority of the full House, the number required to win the speaker’s gavel when the entire chamber holds its vote. Scalise has risen through the ranks of leadership during his time in Congress. In the position of House majority leader, Scalise has served as the second-highest-ranking House Republican after McCarthy, prior to the historic vote to oust the speaker.



Scalise is a prominent figure in the House GOP conference and has long been seen as either a potential successor, or rival, to McCarthy. Before he became majority leader, Scalise served as House GOP whip, a role focused on vote counting and ensuring support for key party priorities. The majority leader, his current role, oversees the House floor and schedules legislation for votes.



The Louisiana Republican is no stranger to adversity. A shooting in 2017 left him seriously wounded, with a grueling, monthslong recovery process. Scalise was shot by a gunman who opened fire as congressional Republicans were practicing for an annual charity baseball game.



In August, Scalise announced that he had been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, which he described as “a very treatable blood cancer.” In September, Scalise told reporters that in response to treatment, his cancer “has dropped dramatically.”




And so it's being reported that Scalise WON'T get the job due to not having full backing and is expected to drop out. He's fighting blood Cancer which is no joke. He shouldn't risk health for a job that seems he doesn't care to fight to get.

Personally I think JIM JORDAN or MATT GAETZ Should be the next Speaker of the house... I think either is a long shot but both could do a great job. Time to get this GOP house in order and let's get someone willing to get things done for the country and to stop Joe Biden from his over spending.

The PRESIDENT is live! No not Sniffing Joe Blow Biden but Donald Trump, and he’s smoking the left. This is one of his best speaches ever. He called LIZ Chaney a “WAR MONGERER!”MAN This was good… Trump commemorated the late conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh during his speech at CPAC also. It all started with a nice tribute to the late Rush Limbaugh who passed away January 12th 2021. “I also want to pay my love and respect to the great Rush Limbaugh, who is watching closely and smiling down on us. He is watching, he is loving it, and he loves Kathryn,” Trump said, addressing Limbaugh’s wife.Trump’s speech is the first major public appearance he has made since he left office in January.Since he became a private citizen, the former president remained relatively quiet, although resurfaced to make a media appearance to discuss Limbaugh’s death. Limbaugh died earlier this month after battling lung cancer at the age of 70.

This was a great event, and the house went nuts when Trump spoke, and almost everytime he said something of major importance they went crazy! It’s clear who is THE REPUBLICAN Party! This is why they fear him… They talk shit only after he’s gone cause they fear him in the Physical Form! He’s Troublesome! And he went hard at the democRATS, and the RINOS! He even called out names!!! He was brutal on those who didn’t have guts to do what was right. Now we’re stuck with a fraud President in the white house for who knows how long. But hope Trump runs again in 2024 and he gives a nice hint at the end. Anyway enjoy the footage.