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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) |
Higher Loyalty ,
by James Comey (2018) |
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 |
(from Amazon.com) |
(click a book cover for a review or other books by or about the presidency from Amazon.com)
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Interviews and analysis of presidential hopefuls for 2024
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from Sunday Political Talk Show interviews during 2020-2024 (number of quotes indicated):
- Bernie Sanders (4) Democratic Presidential candidate
- Chris Christie (4) New Jersey N.J. Governor; Republican Presidential candidate
- Cornel West (8) Green Party/People's Party candidate
- Donald Trump (2) Republican Presidential incumbent
- Doug Burgum (4) North Dakota 2024 Presidential contender; Republican Governor
- Elizabeth Warren (2) Massachusetts Senator
- Jeff Flake (1) Republican (Senate run 2012) U.S. Rep Arizona-6
- Joe Biden (2) Democratic President; former V.P.; former Senator
- Kamala Harris (1) California Democratic Vice President; former California Senator
- Larry Elder (3) California Republican presidential contender (withdrew Oct.2023)
- Nikki Haley (3) South Carolina Republican presidential contender; UN Ambassador 2017-2018
- Perry Johnson (3) Illinois Republican presidential challenger
- Ro Khanna (2) Democrat U.S. Rep California-17
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (4) District of Columbia Independent presidential Challenger
- Ted Cruz (2) Republican 2016 Primary Challenger
- Tim Scott (2) South Carolina Republican presidential challenger; SC Senator
- Vivek Ramaswamy (10) District of Columbia Republican Challenger
- Will Hurd (2) Texas Republican presidential challenger (withdrew Oct.2023)
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This collection of excerpts comes from articles about and interviews of 2024 presidential hopefuls.
Speculation on 2024 presidential contenders (sources for issue excerpts):
- Ernst.Senate.Gov press release: "Letter to Secretary of Education," [from ten Senators regarding Supreme Court ruling overtuning college affirmative action] Sept. 12, 2023, (Link)
- ABA Journal: "'Very, very wise and learned counsel' defense will be key in Trump's election trial, his lawyer says," by Debra Cassens Weiss, August 3, 2023, (Link)
- Inforum, "Guard's border deployment could cost North Dakota taxpayers $2.2 million," by April Baumgarten, June 13, 2023, (Link)
- CBS News, "What does the Presidential Records Act say, and how does it apply to Trump?," by Stefan Becket & Melissa Quinn, June 13, 2023, (Link)
- WMUR, "Burgum says he will not institute national abortion ban," by Arielle Mitropoulos, Jun 12, 2023, (Link)
- Iowa Capital Dispatch, "ND Gov. Doug Burgum launches campaign ads in Iowa, New Hampshire," by Robin Opsahl, June 12, 2023, (Link)
- Politico.com, "We get some specifics on Ramaswamy’s Ukraine plan," by Alexander Ward and Ari Hawkins 06/08/2023, (Link)
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- Slate e-zine, "Step Aside Wusses, It's Chris Christie Time," by Jim Newell, June 07, 2023, (Link)
- Democracy Now, "Cornel West on Third-Party Presidential Run, the Roots of His Political Activism & More," June 07, 2023, (Link)
- Politico, "Christie bashes Trump: 5 takeaways from Christie's presidential town hall," by Lisa Kashinsky, 06/06/2023, (Link)
- Pres-2024: Politico, "55 Things You Need to Know About Tim Scott," by Michael Kruse and Sydney Gold, 05/22/2023, (Link)
- ABC News, "Tim Scott joins the 2024 Republican race for president," by Libby Cathey and Mariam Khan, May 22, 2023, (Link)
- Politico.com blog, "Chris Christie calls Trump a 'puppet of Putin' after CNN town hall," by Matt Berg, 05/11/2023, (Link)
- AMBCrypto.com, "Presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr condemns Biden administration for its anti-crypto stance," May 4, 2023, (Link)
- FOX News, "Robert F Kennedy Jr slams Biden border 'chaos' after illegal immigrant allegedly slaughters five in Texas," by Louis Casiano, May 3, 2023, (Link)
- FOX News, "It's time for a competency test for politicians," by Nikki Haley, May 1, 2023, (Link)
- Newsweek magazine, "Biden Challenger RFK Jr. Aligns With GOP on Key Culture War Issue," by Fatma Khaled, 4/30/23, (Link)
- Lexington County Chronicle, "Presidential candidate stops at patriotism-emphasizing Lexington charter school," by Jordan Lawrence, April 28, 2023, (Link)
- Washington Examiner, "Ramaswamy signals support for six-week abortion ban at state level," by Ryan King, April 26, 2023, (Link)
- C-SPAN, "Vivek Ramaswamy Remarks to NRA Leadership Forum," 4/14/23, (Link)
- Washington Times, "GOP presidential candidate calls for guns in 'every Taiwanese household' to prevent Chinese invasion," by Seth McLaughlin, April 14, 2023, (Link)
- Iowa Capital Dispatch, "Faith & Freedom forum: 2024 Republicans say they'll fight 'gender ideology, 'woke' beliefs," by Robin Opsahl and Luke Clausen, April 22, 2023, (Link)
- Iowa Capital Dispatch, "Nikki Haley criticizes transgender influencer, talks LGBTQ topics in Iowa," by Robin Opsahl, April 12, 2023, (Link)
- Press release, "Vivek Ramaswamy Statement on Treating Transgenderism as a Mental Health Disorder and Funding School Marshals," March 28, 2023, (Link)
- Washington Times, "Why Vivek Ramaswamy deserves a look in 2024," by Kelly Sadler, March 28, 2023, (Link)
- Christian Post, "Larry Elder talks presidential run, fatherless epidemic, school choice and the '11th Commandment'," by Michael Gryboski, March 25, 2023, (Link)
- CNN, "State of the Union," interview of Vivek Ramaswamy, 3/12/23, (Link)
- CBN, "Fighting False Idols and a National Identity Crisis: Vivek Ramaswamy's Plan to Win the Presidency," by David Brody, 03-09-2023, (Link)
- Newsweek, "Republican's Remarks About Putin Stun CPAC 2023 Audience," by Darragh Roche, 3/3/23, (Link)
- ABC News: Full transcript of "This Week": interview of Sen. Bernie Sanders & Sen. Roy Blunt, moderated by George Stephanopoulos, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022, (Link)
- The Hill, "Five under-the-radar Democrats who could run for president in 2024," by Hanna Trudo and Amie Parnes, 06/27/22
- ABC News: Full transcript of "This Week": interview of Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Gov. Kristi Noem , moderated by Martha Raddatz, Sunday, June 26, 2022, (Link)
- FNS: 'Fox News Sunday' welcomed guest Ro Khanna; moderated by John Roberts, March 27, 2022, (Link)
- The New Yorker, "Cornel West Sees a Spiritual Decay in the Culture," by Vinson Cunningham, March 9, 2022, (Link)
- Associated Press, "Johnson kicks off governor campaign with focus on 'quality'," by David Eggert, February 23, 2022, (Link)
- New York Times, "In Munich, Kamala Harris says the West faces a 'defining moment'," by David E. Sanger, Feb. 19, 2022
- Pres. 2024: The Hill, "Haley criticizes US 'self-loathing': America is not a racist country," by Julia Manchester, 02/15/23, (Link)
- The Guardian (U.K.), "We must do everything possible to avoid an enormously destructive war in Ukraine," by Bernie Sanders, 8 Feb 2022
- White House Press Release, "President Biden Announces Former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu as Senior Advisor and Infrastructure Coordinator," November 14, 2021
- CityWatch Los Angeles, "Larry Elder: Trump 2.0," by Beth Cone Kramer, 13 September 2021, (Link)
- The Atlantic, "Cornel West on Why the Left Needs Jesus," by Emma Green, August 13, 2021, (Link)
- Los Angeles Times, "Larry Elder's outspoken conservative radio rhetoric is under scrutiny in recall election," by James Rainey & Seema Mehta, Aug. 10, 2021, (Link)
- Reason Magazine, "Ted Cruz's Eagerness to Fight Trump's Legal Battles Epitomizes the GOP's Complete Lack of Principles," by Jacob Sullum, 12.13.20
- On TX v. PA et al: Texas Tribune, "U.S. Supreme Court throws out Texas lawsuit contesting 2020 election results in four battleground states," by Emma Platoff, Dec. 11, 2020
- NewsMax, "Ted Cruz: Pennsylvania Election Case 'Raises Very Serious Issues'," by Jeffrey Rodack, 08 December 2020
- Al Jazeera, "Diversity is Nothing Without Solidarity," by Sarah Leonard, Dec 4, 2020, (Link)
- Twitter posting @WillHurd, Jun 8, 2020, (Link)
- CNBC: "Former UN ambassador Nikki Haley resigns from Boeing board, opposing government aid," by Leslie Josephs & Dan Mangan, Mar 19, 2020
- Senator Ted Cruz press release on H.R.6210: , "Sens. Cruz, Rubio Introduce Bipartisan Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act," March 12, 2020
- Spectrum News 1, "RFK Jr., Sussman File Lawsuit Challenging End To Religious Exemption For Vaccinations," July 10, 2019, (Link)
- Pres. 2024: Reason magazine, "North Dakota Makes it Harder for Police to Take Property Without a Conviction," by Scott Shackford, 5.6.2019, (Link)
- Medium.com blog, "The EU-U.S. Relationship: An Interview with Congressman Will Hurd," Apr 23, 2018, (Link)
- The Week on 2024 presidential hopefuls, "What Jeff Flake must do next," by Scott Lemieux, Oct. 25, 2017
- The Advocate, "New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu slammed as 'unprofessional' by U.S. Sen. John Kennedy in D.C. hearing," by Bryn Stole, Oct 18, 2017
- Lambda Legal, "Lambda Legal Honors New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu with 2016 Partners for Equality Award," October 7, 2016
- Atlanta Black Star, "Cornel West Talks Race and Gun Control," by Kevin Webb, December 26, 2012, (Link)
- Los Angeles Times, "Strict Louisiana Anti-Abortion Measure Vetoed but House Supports an Override," by Garry Boulard, July 7, 1990
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Abortion
Elizabeth Warren: We have never left individual rights to the states.
Vivek Ramaswamy: Supports state level ban at six weeks when brainwaves begin.
Cornel West: Wrong to be more concerned about abortion than child poverty.
Doug Burgum: Signed strict ban in North Dakota, opposes national ban.
Larry Elder: Abortion is murder, Roe one of the worst Court decisions.
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Budget & Economy
Nikki Haley: Resigned from Boeing directorship; opposed government aid.
Vivek Ramaswamy: Unleash the animal inside the heart of the American economy.
Doug Burgum: Balanced the budget every year and passed record tax cuts.
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Civil Rights
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: Against biological males participating in women's sports.
Vivek Ramaswamy: Identifying as transgender can be a sign of mental illness.
Cornel West: If you don't have deep solidarity, diversity means little.
Larry Elder: Opposes rights for transgender people in restrooms, sports.
Nikki Haley: America not racist, nothing could be further from the truth.
Nikki Haley: Transgender women in sports is "women's issue of our time".
Joe Biden: Dangerous to question LGBT rights and contraceptive rights.
Joe Biden: New standard to reinstate college affirmative action.
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Corporations
Jeff Flake: Deregulation counters ambition of federal workers.
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Crime
Chris Christie: If Trump is convicted, I can't imagine pardoning him.
Doug Burgum: Tightened rules on civil asset forfeiture; curtailed police.
Will Hurd: Defunding the police isn't the answer, follow best practices.
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Education
Bernie Sanders: Loan forgiveness helps working families & low-income people.
Vivek Ramaswamy: An advocate of school choice and government vouchers.
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Energy & Oil
Ro Khanna: Let's have a moonshot on renewable energy.
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Foreign Policy
Bernie Sanders: Russia has been clear about keeping Ukraine out of NATO.
Ro Khanna: We need India as an ally ultimately to contain China.
Vivek Ramaswamy: Defend Taiwan by giving the Taiwanese people guns.
Cornel West: Pro-Palestinians are accused of being anti-Semitic or naive.
Vivek Ramaswamy: Shift focus from NATO to PATO, for Pacific/Asian security.
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Free Trade
Will Hurd: Many people have forgotten why free trade is important .
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Government Reform
Ted Cruz: Bring Supreme Court case against mail-in ballots.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: Criticizes anti-cryptocurrency policies under Biden.
Perry Johnson: Voter ID will be mandatory; won't suppress votes.
Donald Trump: FactCheck: Presidential Records Act irrelevant to Boxes Hoax.
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Gun Control
Vivek Ramaswamy: The Second Amendment is our last line of defense.
Cornel West: Good to discuss gun control, but why only with white victims.
Perry Johnson: I am pro-Second Amendment; I am pro-freedom.
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Health Care
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: Un-American to end religious exemptions for vaccinations.
Perry Johnson: Never again will we allow transition therapy for minors.
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Homeland Security
Bernie Sanders: Cuba is in US sphere of influence; Ukraine is in Russia's.
Kamala Harris: Target Russian finances to oppose Ukraine invasion.
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Immigration
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: I will enforce a secure border & expand LEGAL immigration.
Cornel West: Treat immigrants with same dignity as any other human being.
Doug Burgum: Sending National Guard to Texas strengthens border security.
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Principles & Values
Ted Cruz: One-time critic of Trump ready to argue case on his behalf.
Elizabeth Warren: Supreme Court has lost legitimacy; we need more justices.
Vivek Ramaswamy: We should embrace our national identity and be proud of it.
Vivek Ramaswamy: Judeo-Christian values cornerstone of American identity.
Vivek Ramaswamy: Defining political debate is pro-American vs. anti-American.
Cornel West: Everybody could gain by having a relationship with Jesus.
Cornel West: America is one of the most anti-intellectual cultures.
Tim Scott: Chair of segregationist Strom Thurmond's Senate campaign.
Chris Christie: We can't dismiss the question of character anymore.
Chris Christie: A self-consumed, self-serving mirror hog is not a leader.
Larry Elder: The Bible is the foundation of who and what I am.
Tim Scott: America not in decline; America is the city on the hill.
Donald Trump: FactCheck: No advice-of-counsel defense on election denial.
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Tax Reform
Cornel West: Advocates taxing the rich; has $500K+ in federal tax liens.
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War & Peace
Bernie Sanders: Invading Ukraine is wrong, but no need to "get tough".
Chris Christie: Trump not backing Ukraine makes him Putin's puppet.
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Click for quotations from other sources by:
- Bernie Sanders Democratic Presidential candidate
- Chris Christie New Jersey N.J. Governor; Republican Presidential candidate
- Cornel West Green Party/People's Party candidate
- Donald Trump Republican Presidential incumbent
- Doug Burgum North Dakota 2024 Presidential contender; Republican Governor
- Elizabeth Warren Massachusetts Senator
- Jeff Flake Republican Challenger (retiring) Arizona
- Joe Biden Democratic President; former V.P.; former Senator
- Kamala Harris California Democratic Vice President; former California Senator
- Larry Elder California Republican presidential contender (withdrew Oct.2023)
- Nikki Haley South Carolina Republican presidential contender; UN Ambassador 2017-2018
- Perry Johnson Illinois Republican presidential challenger
- Ro Khanna Democrat U.S. Rep California-17
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. District of Columbia Independent presidential Challenger
- Ted Cruz Republican 2016 Primary Challenger
- Tim Scott South Carolina Republican presidential challenger; SC Senator
- Vivek Ramaswamy District of Columbia Republican Challenger
- Will Hurd Texas Republican presidential challenger (withdrew Oct.2023)
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