A big -- and growing -- GOP presidential field for 2024

Diane Rehm: On My Mind

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🗓️ 9 June 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

The GOP presidential field continues to balloon.

The number of candidates for the 2024 Republican nomination jumped by three this week with former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, former Vice President Mike Pence, and North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum throwing their hats into the race.

They join a crowded field that already includes former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, as well as the state’s senator, Tim Scott.

But most eyes remain on former president Donald Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who many see as Trump’s main competitor.

Jonathan Weisman is a political reporter at The New York Times. He has been traveling the country listening to stump speeches and talking to GOP voters. He joins Diane to explain what he has learned, and what the current field says about today’s Republican party.

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0:00.0	By its Diane, on my mind, the ballooning GOP presidential field.
0:12.2	There is a sense that somehow the imminent collapse of Donald J. Trump will work in their
0:22.4	favor.
0:23.8	The number of candidates for the Republican nomination in 2024 jumped this week with
0:31.2	Chris Christie, Mike Pence and North Dakota Governor Doug Bergen throwing their hats
0:37.7	into the right.
0:39.3	They join a crowded field that includes former Governor Earth South Carolina and Nikki
0:45.1	Haley as well as that state senator, Tim Scott.
0:51.1	But most eyes remain on former President Donald Trump and Florida Governor Rondas
0:57.7	Actors.
0:58.7	Jonathan Weissman is a political reporter at the New York Times.
1:03.6	He's been traveling the country, listening to stunt speeches and talking to GOP voters.
1:16.1	Jonathan, you've been traveling all around.
1:20.8	There are so many Republican candidates and possibly more to come already out there.
1:29.5	What do you make of this long list?
1:32.2	I think there are a lot of people with very high opinions of themselves at this point.
1:36.4	I mean, I'm just returning from North Dakota where I just saw the governor, a Doug Bergen,
1:42.5	who nobody has ever heard of, just jump into the race.
1:46.8	He is sure that he is going to be the guy.
1:50.8	It is the same day that Mike Pence, the former Vice President, jumped in the day after Chris
1:56.0	Christie, the former governor of New Jersey.
1:58.9	And there is a sense that somehow the imminent collapse of Donald J. Trump will work in their
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