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Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
* In a Fox News Radio interview this morning, Donald Trump made explicitly clear that he wants President Joe Biden to remain in the 2024 race. “You know, I hope that he can carry it on,” the Republican said, adding, “We planned for him.”
* In recent months, Trump has shown Nikki Haley nothing but disrespect — the former ambassador wasn’t even invited to the Republican National Convention — but the South Carolinian nevertheless released her delegates this week and urged them to support the party’s presumptive nominee.
* Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, on the other hand, will reportedly receive a speaking slot at the Republicans’ convention next week. [Updated with a new link.]
* Gov. J.B. Pritzker remains a prominent Biden supporter, but when the Illinois Democrat was asked if he’d consider a national campaign in the event the president were to step down, Pritzker replied, “What I can tell you is I’m not engaging in hypotheticals.”
* Despite the tumult in Democratic politics, Biden and his re-election team continue to focus on Trump and Project 2025. “Project 2025 will destroy America,” the incumbent president said in a video shared via social media this morning. “Look it up.”
* In his campaign rally last night in Miami, Trump spent far more time than usual going after Vice President Kamala Harris — whose name he repeatedly mispronounced. Given the broader circumstances, the shift did not go unnoticed.
* And while the political world waits for news about Trump’s new running mate, the former president told the NBC affiliate in Miami yesterday that Republican Sen. Marco Rubio “certainly will“ have a role in his prospective administration, even if the Florida senator isn’t the vice president.