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Books by and about 2020 presidential candidates |
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Crippled America,
by Donald J. Trump (2015) |
Fire and Fury,
by Michael Wolff (2018) |
Trump Revealed,
by Michael Kranish and Marc Fisher (2016) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2016) |
Promise Me, Dad ,
by Joe Biden (2017) |
The Book of Joe ,
by Jeff Wilser (2019; biography of Joe Biden) |
The Truths We Hold,
by Kamala Harris (2019) |
Smart on Crime,
by Kamala Harris (2010) |
Guide to Political Revolution,
by Bernie Sanders (2017) |
Where We Go From Here,
by Bernie Sanders (2018) |
Our Revolution,
by Bernie Sanders (2016) |
This Fight Is Our Fight,
by Elizabeth Warren (2017) |
United,
by Cory Booker (2016) |
Conscience of a Conservative,
by Jeff Flake (2017) |
Two Paths,
by Gov. John Kasich (2017) |
Every Other Monday,
by Rep. John Kasich (2010) |
Courage is Contagious,
by John Kasich (1998) |
Shortest Way Home,
by Pete Buttigieg (2019) |
Becoming,
by Michelle Obama (2018) |
Higher Loyalty,
by James Comey (2018) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2017) |
Trump vs. Hillary On The Issues ,
by Jesse Gordon (2016) |
Outsider in the White House,
by Bernie Sanders (2015) |
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Book Reviews |
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(click a book cover for a review or other books by or about the presidency from Amazon.com)
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NewsNation 2023 Republican primary debate in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
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from Fourth GOP presidential primary debate (number of quotes indicated):
- ACLU (3)
- Cato Institute (2)
- Chris Christie (5) New Jersey N.J. Governor; Republican Presidential candidate
- Donald Trump (2) Republican Presidential incumbent
- Nikki Haley (12) South Carolina Republican presidential contender; UN Ambassador 2017-2018
- Ron DeSantis (11) Florida Republican presidential contender; FL governor
- Ronald Reagan (1)
- Vivek Ramaswamy (9) District of Columbia Republican Challenger
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Citations for the fourth Republican presidential primary debate in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on Dec. 6, 2023, including...
- Rev.com, "RNC Fourth Presidential Primary Debate 12/06/23 Transcript," Dec. 7, 2023, (Link)
- The Hill, "RNC sets date, tougher criteria for 4th GOP debate," by Julia Mueller, 11/03/23, (Link)
- ACLU Research & Analysis, "License to Abuse: How ICE's 287(g) Program Empowers Racist Sheriffs," April 26, 2022, (Link)
- ACLU Ohio, "What Is 'The Great Replacement' Conspiracy, And Why Will It Be On Ohio's Ballot?" by Collin Marozzi, June 21, 2022, (Link)
- Cato Institute blog, "'Zuckerbucks' Didn't Throw the 2020 Election," by Walter Olson, Sept. 12, 2022 (Link)
- Cato Institute blog, "The Trouble With Ballot Harvesting," by Walter Olson, May 12, 2022 (Link)
… and Media_DC_2020
- Washington Post, "Before QAnon, Ronald Reagan and other Republicans purged John Birch Society extremists from the GOP," by Erick Trickey, Jan. 15, 2021, (Link)
- NewsNation Republican Primary Debate in Tuscaloosa (University of Alabama)
- Moderated by Megyn Kelly of SiriusXM; Elizabeth Vargas of NewsNation; and Eliana Johnson of Washington Free Beacon
- The fourth and final Republican Presidential Primary Debate of 2023, from the University of Alabama.
- Broadcast on News Nation and the CW.
The Republican National Committee established these qualifications for the 4th debate:
- Participants must have 6% of the vote in multiple polls (an increase from 4% in the 3rd debate)
- Participants must have 80,000 unique donors (an increase from 70,000 donors in the 3rd debate)
- Participants must sign a pledge to support the party's eventual 2024 nominee (Trump does not qualify for this criteria, but Trump was invited anyway. Trump did not counter-program against this debate).
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| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Drugs
Ron DeSantis: Shoot dead anyone crossing the border with fentanyl.
Vivek Ramaswamy: Annihilate fentanyl labs AND deal with demand side.
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Education
Ron DeSantis: Don't make truck drivers pay for brick-&-ivy gender studies.
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Families & Children
Chris Christie: Less government control over parenting choices .
Nikki Haley: Must be 18 to change your gender.
Nikki Haley: Private bathrooms instead of transgender girls' bathroom.
Ron DeSantis: Sex change operations in teens is gender mutilation.
Ron DeSantis: Disallow men from going into little girls' bathrooms.
Vivek Ramaswamy: Transgenderism is a mental health disorder.
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Foreign Policy
Nikki Haley: Iran, China, and Russia want to destroy the West.
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Free Trade
Chris Christie: Tariffs on China raise process for every American.
Nikki Haley: End trade relations with China until fentanyl stopped.
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Government Reform
Cato Institute: No massive ballot harvesting & no effect on 2020 election.
Cato Institute: Zuckerbucks are not some vast scheme to rig the outcome.
Ron DeSantis: Bring a reckoning & wreak havoc on this bureaucracy.
Ron DeSantis: No Zuckerbucks & no ballot harvesting.
Vivek Ramaswamy: 75% reduction in number of federal bureaucrats.
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Health Care
Ron DeSantis: Florida did not expand ObamaCare; need accountability.
Vivek Ramaswamy: Replace sick-care system with preventative medicine.
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Immigration
ACLU: Racist to enlist local police to assist ICE.
ACLU: OpEd: Great Replacement is new version of old conspiracy.
ACLU: Great Replacement is dangerous new version of old conspiracy.
Donald Trump: Don't give maniacs residency in our country.
Nikki Haley: End incentives like temporary protected status.
Nikki Haley: Restrict terrorist immigration, not Muslim immigration.
Ron DeSantis: Europe committing suicide with mass migration.
Vivek Ramaswamy: Enlist local police to assist ICE against illegals.
Vivek Ramaswamy: Real enemy is Deep State via the Great Replacement Theory.
Vivek Ramaswamy: OpEd: Great Replacement is new version of old conspiracy.
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Principles & Values
Chris Christie: Authored 2024 book: "What Would Reagan Do?".
Donald Trump: OpEd: "I am your retribution" means he'll exact retribution.
Ronald Reagan: 1965: Far right Birchers infiltrated by "lunatic fringe".
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Technology
Nikki Haley: Freedom of speech for Americans, not bots on social media .
Nikki Haley: Anti-Zionism is part of anti-Semitism, and so is TikTok.
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War & Peace
Chris Christie: I would send US military to defend Taiwan.
Chris Christie: Damn right I'd send US troops to Gaza.
Nikki Haley: Go hard after Iranian infrastructure in Syria & Iraq.
Nikki Haley: Win in Ukraine to protect Taiwan.
Nikki Haley: Win in Ukraine to protect Taiwan from China.
Ron DeSantis: Iran is attacking U.S. as part of Israel-Hamas war.
Ron DeSantis: Deter China from invading Taiwan: #1 national security task.
Vivek Ramaswamy: Hamas attack was dead wrong, but not an attack on America.
Vivek Ramaswamy: US will absolutely defend Taiwan: that's deterrence.
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Welfare & Poverty
Nikki Haley: Younger people can't get mortgages because of Fed actions.
Ron DeSantis: Inflation caused by borrowing by both parties.
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The above quotations are from NewsNation 2023 Republican primary debate in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
2023-24 Presidential primary debates:
- Fifth GOP primary debate, Jan. 10, 2024
- Fourth GOP primary debate, Dec. 6, 2023
- Third GOP primary debate, Nov. 8, 2023
- Second GOP primary debate, Sept. 27, 2023
- First GOP primary debate, Aug. 23, 2023
- 2023 Presidential primary Hopefuls early excerpts
- 2024 Presidential primary Hopefuls by OnTheIssues.org
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