The third Republican presidential debate was held on Wednesday night in Miami. Five candidates took the stage: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.
Former President Donald Trump was again absent, choosing instead to hold a rally in a Miami suburb.
NBC News’ Lester Holt and Kristen Welker moderated the debate along with conservative talk show host Hugh Hewitt. They asked candidates how they would lead on issues of foreign policy, including in matters related to Israel. Candidates also discussed border security, China, and technology concerns.
Karen Jaroch, the Florida state director for Heritage Action for America, joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss her biggest takeaways from the third debate and offer analysis on the candidates’ responses. (The Daily Signal is the news outlet of The Heritage Foundation. Heritage Action for America is an independent nonprofit organization affiliated with Heritage.)
Parents should have the right to know what their children are being taught in school and to have their voices heard when they have concerns.
That’s why Rep. Julia Letlow, R-La., introduced the Parents Bill of Rights.
“It's actually appalling to me ... that we have to have a Parents Bill of Rights, but in today's age, it's absolutely necessary, because parents always deserve a seat at the table when it comes to their child's education,” Letlow says.
The House passed the bill in March without a single Democrat supporting the measure. The Senate has yet to bring the Parents Bill of Rights to the floor for a vote.
“I know there's been some interest from my Senate colleagues on the other side, but I'm hopeful that one of them will come forward and take it up,” Letlow says.
The Louisiana congresswoman joins “The Daily Signal Podcast" to discuss why a Parents Bill of Rights is needed. She also weighs in on the dismantling of the Department of Education, and why President Joe Biden’s student-loan forgiveness efforts are not the answer to young people’s college debt.
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Election Day 2023 is in full swing in the U.S.
A Jewish man who attended a pro-Israel rally “died as a result of injuries sustained during an altercation at a Pro-Israeli / Pro-Palestinian event,” according to the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office.
Nashville Police Chief John Drake confirmed that leaked pages of the Nashville shooter’s manifesto are real.
Ruffini spoke with The Daily Signal about the demographic changes that are rapidly transforming America’s two biggest political parties—and what it means for the 2024 presidential election and beyond.
“When I first started in politics, Republicans had this reputation as being the country club party,” Ruffini said. “Democrats had this reputation as being the party of the people, the party of the working class.”
He added, “Flash forward almost 20 years, and that trend has completely almost reversed.”
Recent election results show the GOP’s gains with working-class voters were not an aberration or confined to one candidate. Republicans today are increasing their support among non-college voters—the type of working-class American who once loyally supported Democrats.
“The parties used to be defined by income and now they’re defined by education,” Ruffini said. “I argue that that's good news for Republicans in the sense that you have many more working-class, non-college voters in the country than you have college-educated voters.”
The breakdown for 2024, according to Ruffini, is about 60% non-college voters compared to 40% who have a college degree. This, he surmises, will provide the GOP with an advantage in upcoming elections. Factor in Republican gains with Hispanic and black voters, and you have a different GOP than the one of yesteryear.
Most surprising to Ruffini, however, is how the political alignment happened.
“I did not expect Donald Trump to be the one who was able to pull this off, but my credit goes to him for getting us to this point,” Ruffini said.
“The fact that he was able to expand the Republican coalition first to include the Rust Belt states and dramatically expand Republican performance among working-class voters in 2016, and then in 2020, almost defying the odds and winning re-election with the help of more Hispanic voters and continued progress among black voters,” he added. “It really has upended what we think the two parties are about.”
Ruffini began writing “Party of the People” after observing the trends of the 2020 election, and he hopes it serves as a helpful guide for readers to understand the realignment.
The lead vocalist, bassist, and songwriter for a top Christian rock band is sounding the alarm about the "woke" ideology of critical race theory and transgender identity, insisting that Christians cannot afford to sit on the sidelines as this competing worldview takes over the culture.
Skillet's John Cooper will release a new book this month on the topic entitled "Wimpy, Weak, and Woke."
"The main premise of my entire book is that there is a revolution against America, to just tear America down," Cooper told The Daily Signal at the National Religious Broadcasters Convention. "Some of the Christian people just say, 'Well, you do have to admit there is systemic racism,' and I say to them, 'You don't understand. If you're saying we are structurally racist, we have to tear down the foundations.'"
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The House of Representatives passed a nearly $14.5 billion aid package for Israel on Thursday evening.
In related news, Israel is not in favor of Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s calls for a “humanitarian pause” in Gaza.
The terrorist organization Hezbollah has applauded the October 7 attack against Israel, which killed more than 1,400 Israeli citizens, and labeled it as “heroic.”
An investigation is underway to examine whether New York City Mayor Eric Adams received illegal foreign donations in his 2021 Mayoral campaign.
The House approved a resolution Thursday evening that aims at “condemning the support of Hamas, Hezbollah, and other terrorist organizations at institutions of higher education, which may lead to the creation of a hostile environment for Jewish students, faculty, and staff,” according to the resolution’s text.
The Biden administration should act quickly to support an aid package for Israel, thus sending a clear message to Iran as the Jewish state seeks to root out Tehran-backed Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip, Sen. Roger Marshall urges.
“Leave it to President Biden to blow an opportunity to bring a clear, precise, quick, unhesitant message to the people of Iran, the terrorists from Iran, the terrorists from Hamas, all the puppets of Iran,” Marshall told The Daily Signal.
Israel would receive at least $14.3 billion in aid under a stand-alone bill introduced last week by Marshall, R-Kan., and fellow Senate Republicans JD Vance of Ohio, Mike Lee of Utah, and Ted Cruz of Texas.
Marshall joins the show to discuss the importance of a stand-alone Israel aid package.
