NEWS AND OPINION:

Republican presidential hopefuls are very busy this weekend.

For one factor, the Family Leadership Summit takes place on Friday in Des Moines, Iowa — described by the organizers as “The Midwest’s largest gathering of Christians seeking cultural transformation in the family, church, government and more.”

It’s a sold-out occasion.

The focus of the gathering is “principle over politics.” But it additionally will embrace a further theme titled “Choose Well 2024,” an initiative meant to “cultivate informed awareness so voters may embrace Christian values and a God-honoring vision for America, culminating in the General Election of 2024,” in accordance with advance press supplies.

The moderator for this occasion is none apart from Tucker Carlson, and the invited visitors embrace Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, eight Republican presidential hopefuls — and even President Biden and his challenger for the Democratic nomination, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

So far, the confirmed attendees are Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former Vice President Mike Pence, Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Hayley and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchison. Find extra particulars at TheFamilyChief.com.

Former President Donald Trump is skipping the massive gathering, showing as a substitute on the Student Action Summit, a two-day occasion in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Saturday and Sunday, organized by Turning Point USA.

The nonprofit group was based by Charlie Kirk, who advises that its mission is to “identify, educate, train, and organize students to promote freedom.”

Mr. Kirk was additionally chairman of Students for Trump throughout the 2020 election. Find his outreach at TPUSA.org.

The DeSantis expertise

Gov. DeSantis has revealed some particulars about life on the marketing campaign path.

“The corporate press in this country does not want me to be the Republican presidential candidate because they know I will beat the Democrats, I will beat President Joe Biden. But I think more importantly, they know I will actually get stuff done,” Mr. DeSantis instructed discuss radio host Howie Carr in an interview on Thursday.

“What we were able to do in Florida is take an evenly divided state politically, and go on a leadership path where we were doing huge things about illegal immigration. We’re leaning in on all these issues, and delivering big results. We stood up to COVID, and we ended up winning reelection,” the governor defined.

The press, he stated, was watching, and able to retaliate.

“They see all that — and ever since our reelection, they’ve been doing whatever they can to try to create narratives that trip me up,” Mr. DeSantis famous.

“At the end of the day, it’s just about putting in the work and letting people know my bio, my family, my achievements, and my vision for the country as president. And once that’s clear, we’ll do very well,” he stated.

The espresso issue

The state of the U.S. economic system throughout President Biden’s time in workplace continues to rile critics.

“Bidenomics is bad economics. Bidenomics makes no sense,” declares Americans for Prosperity, a grassroots advocacy group with 4 million members in 36 states.

The group advises every body to mull over the rickety U.S. economic system over a pleasant cup of espresso.

But brace your self.

“Have a cup of Joe. If the caffeine doesn’t wake you, the price of Bidenomics will jolt you awake,” the group advises, providing a comparability.

In January 2021, a pound of espresso price $4.60. By May of this yr, that worth had risen to $6.09, the group stated.

Find them at AmercansforProsperity.org.

Money talks

Some folks look like very anxious for the Republican Party to dominate Capitol Hill, judging by the record-breaking quantity of donations which have rolled in for the Congressional Leadership Fund, the tremendous PAC that's endorsed by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and different House Republican leaders.

“Congressional Leadership Fund and American Action Network announced raising a combined $35 million during the first six months of the off year, shattering the groups’ combined previous off-year, mid-year haul of $21.6 million in 2021,” the teams stated in a written assertion shared with the Beltway.

The American Action Network, by the best way, is a 501(c)(4) ‘action tank’ which creates, encourages and promotes “center-right policies based on the principles of freedom, limited government, American exceptionalism, and strong national security,” in accordance with its mission assertion.

“We continue to break records because of the results of the Republican-led House and the clear momentum to hold and expand the House majority behind Speaker McCarthy,” stated Dan Conston, president of the Congressional Leadership Fund.

This substantial fund is “firepower,” he stated, yielding  “critical investments that will yield major results next November.”

Weekend actual property

For sale: Elegant Eastside condo within the Imperial House, inbuilt 1959 in a “white-glove co-op in the heart of the Upper East Side,” and the previous dwelling of author Erica Jong. Three bedrooms, 4 baths, 30-foot entrance gallery, open panoramic views from each room, South-facing lounge with customized bookcase, eating room, library, workplace; 2,975 sq. toes. Custom kitchen and space for storing, wrap-around balcony plus enclosed solarium, storage out there. Priced at $3.9 million by Cbwarburg.com; enter APT 27G within the search operate.

Poll du jour

32% of U.S. adults assume that former President Donald Trump’s “perceived ideology” is conservative; 51% of conservatives, 22% of moderates and 26% of liberals agree.

26% assume that he's “very conservative”; 22% of conservatives, 21% of moderates and 40% of liberals agree.

21% are usually not positive about Mr. Trump’s ideology; 7% of conservatives, 26% of moderates and 21% of liberals agree.

14% say he's “moderate”; 17% of conservatives, 21% of moderates and 6% of liberals agree.

4% say he's “liberal”; 2% of conservatives, 5% of moderates and 4% of liberals agree.

3% say Mr. Trump is “very liberal”; 1% of conservatives, 5% of moderates and three% of liberals agree.

Source: An Economist/YouGov ballot of 1,500 U.S. adults carried out July 8-11.

Follow Jennifer Harper on Twitter @HarperBulletin.

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