What you need to know about the GOP presidential race
Post Reports
The Washington Post
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🗓️ 6 June 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
We’re more than a year away from the 2024 presidential election and there are already 12 republican candidates. The question, as it’s been since 2016: Can anyone beat Trump?
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Michael Scherer is a national political reporter for The Post. He says even though 2024 is a ways away, this is still a pivotal time. Large donors are figuring out who to back and candidates are trying to make themselves stand out in a crowded field.
Scherer will tell you all you need to know at this point in the GOP race. Who are the candidates? What are they promising? And is any of it enough to unseat the front-running Trump?
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| 0:00.0 | The way to think of this is the pregame. |
| 0:04.6 | Michael Schur is a national political reporter for the post. |
| 0:10.9 | He's been looking at the very long and growing list of Republicans running for president. |
| 0:16.1 | I am running for president of the United States of America. |
| 0:20.8 | Well, I am running for president of the United States to lead our great American comeback. |
| 0:27.2 | I'm announcing today that I am running for president of the United States of America. |
| 0:42.8 | Yeah, the election is far off, but Michael says this is an important moment. |
| 0:48.1 | Right now we're serving the in the zone of, you know, insiders are sort of gaming things |
| 0:52.9 | out. |
| 0:53.9 | Just being set up, donors are trying to figure out where they want to put their money. |
| 0:57.8 | But you can learn a lot about how these races will develop. |
| 1:00.8 | And there's a lot of tells being given by the candidates right now. |
| 1:05.4 | And Michael says at this stage, a lot of the focus is on how these candidates compare to |
| 1:10.4 | the clear front runner, Donald Trump. |
| 1:13.5 | I think it's fair to say that so far this has not been an issue-driven Republican primary |
| 1:19.5 | process because the biggest issue is Trump. |
| 1:23.2 | And do you want Trump? |
| 1:24.2 | Do you not want Trump? |
| 1:25.9 | How has he heard the Republican Party? |
| 1:31.1 | From the newsroom of the Washington Post, this is Post Reports. |
| 1:34.7 | I'm L.I.A. |
| 1:35.7 | Izaddi. |
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