"I'm Dean Phillips and I'm running for President of the United States of America and I'm coming to New Hampshire to answer your questions.
I love New Hampshire. I spent my Summers as a kid in the White Mountains going to camp.
Got to canoe the Saco River, learned how to fish, learned how to shoot a gun, got to climb the presidential range including Mount Washington.
And it's also where I learned to love my country and that's why I'm back, as a candidate for president, in the place where we begin.
Where presidential candidates stand before you the voters, walk through the snow, listen to your dreams, hear your concerns, and most of all discuss how we're going to work together to move to the future.
We've got some challenges that's for sure. We're going to repair this economy and we are going to repair America as long as we do it together.
Today, former U.S. Congressman Will Hurd (R-TX) released the following video and statement after filing paperwork formally launching his bid for the Republican nomination for president and announcing his candidacy on CBS Mornings.
“I'm running for president because our country is facing once-in-a-generation problems right now,” Hurd said. “But instead of talking about solutions, we're looking to the past. The Republican Party can and should be the party of the future. We need a forward-looking leader who is willing to tackle the most pressing problems facing our nation. But, in order to accomplish anything, we need to bring people together. Together, we can build a brighter future—one where common sense prevails, where unity triumphs, and where our great nation flourishes.”
Full transcript of Will Hurd 2024 launch video:
The soul of our country is under attack. Our enemies plot, create chaos, and threaten the American Dream. At home, illegal immigration and fentanyl stream into our country. Inflation, out of control. Crime and homelessness growing in our cities, and liberals do nothing.
President Biden can't solve these problems—or won't. And if we nominate a lawless, selfish, failed politician like Donald Trump—who lost the House, the Senate, and the White House—we all know Joe Biden will win again.
Republicans deserve better. America deserves better. It's common sense. Common sense says we're better together. I know it. You know it. There's more that unites us than divides us. And America needs common sense during these complicated times.
I’m Will Hurd, and for the past 20 years, I've been on the front lines of the most pressing fights facing our nation. I hunted down terrorists in the Middle East after 9/11. In Congress, I fought to lower taxes, secure our border, and provide more opportunities for the middle class. I've worked at the highest levels of business to harness technology and innovation for the future of America.
These experiences have shown me that this moment, this election, has never mattered more. That's why I'm running for the Republican nomination for the President of the United States of America.
I envision an America where the economy thrives because we harness technologies like artificial intelligence to grow American jobs, not unemployment. An America where every child, regardless of location or age, has access to a safe, world-class education. An America that acknowledges science, addresses mental health, and is inclusive and understanding.
It's not a given that this vision for America will happen, but it can if we focus on our timeless principles and limitless potential—not self-interested politics. As president, I'll put our American security and prosperity first, and I'll give us the common sense leadership America so desperately needs. I'm Will Hurd. I'm running for President, and I approve this message.
PENCE FOR PRESIDENT RELEASES CAMPAIGN LAUNCH VIDEO
Mike Pence for President today released its campaign launch video, "Best Days," which highlights Mike Pence's humble roots in the Heartland, traces his years in public service, and introduces Pence's positive vision for the future that will confront the country's current challenges and bring America back. As a former talk radio host, Pence narrates the entirety of the video.
Click the HERE or the thumbnail below to watch the entire video.
MIKE PENCE: The land of opportunity, beacon of democracy, the shining city on a hill. Land of the free, home of the brave. The United States of America.
As a son of the heartland, grandson of an Irish immigrant, those aren’t just words, my family has lived the American dream.
I had the great honor to serve in Congress, as governor, and as your Vice President, and I’ll always be proud of the progress we made together for a stronger, more prosperous America.
But today, our country is in a lot of trouble. President Joe Biden and the Radical Left have weakened America at home and abroad. The American Dream is being crushed under runaway inflation, wages are dropping, recession is looming, our southern border is under siege, and the enemies of freedom are on the march around the world. And worse still, timeless American values are under assault as never before.
We’re better than this. We can turn this country around. But different times call for different leadership. Today our party and our country need a leader that will appeal, as Lincoln said “to the better angels of our nature.” I have long believed "to whom much is given much will be required," my family and I have been blessed beyond measure with opportunities to serve this nation, it would be easy to stay on the sidelines, but that’s not how I was raised. That’s why today before God and my family, I’m announcing I’m running for President of the United States.
We can bring this country back, we can defend our nation and secure our border, we can revive our economy and put our nation back on a path to a balanced budget, defend our liberties, and give America a new beginning for life.
President Reagan described us as “a shining city on a hill,” and above all he called on Americans to renew optimism and believe in themselves again, to believe in each other. Every time our nation has produced leadership that has called upon this country to do hard things the American people have always risen to the challenge. And we will again. We just need government as good as our people to do it. I believe in the American people and I have faith God is not done with America yet and together we can bring this country back. And the best days for the greatest nation on earth are yet to come.
God bless you and God bless the United States of America.
TIM SCOTT LAUNCHES EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES “I will never back down in defense of the conservative values that make America exceptional.”
CHARLESTON, SC – Senator Tim Scott launched today his Exploratory Committee for President of the United States.
To announce the formation of the exploratory committee, Tim released a video on April 12, the day marking the beginning of the Civil War. Filmed by Fort Sumter, Tim shares how our nation is once again being tested.
Tim Scott’s exploratory launch precedes a swing this week through Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina as he continues his Faith in America tour.
EXCERPTS…
On this day, April 12, 1861, in this harbor, the first shots of the Civil War were fired and our country faced the defining moment: Would we truly be one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
America’s soul was put to the test – and we prevailed.
Today, our country is once again being tested. Once again, our divisions run deep and the threat to our future is real. Joe Biden and the radical left have chosen a culture of grievance over greatness. They’re promoting victimhood instead of personal responsibility and they’re indoctrinating our children to believe we live in an evil country.
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Because I disrupt their narrative. I threaten their control. They know the truth of my life disproves their lies.
See, I was raised by a single mother in poverty. The spoons in our apartment were plastic, not silver. But we had faith. We put in the work and we had an unwavering belief that we too could live the American dream.I know America is the land of opportunity, not a land of oppression. I know it because I’ve lived it. That’s why it pains my soul to see the Biden liberals attacking every rung of the ladder that helped me climb.
If the radical left gets their way millions more families will be trapped in failing schools, crime-ridden neighborhoods, and crushing inflation.
But not on my watch. This is personal to me. I will never back down in defense of the conservative values that make America exceptional.
And that’s why I’m announcing my exploratory committee for President of the United States.
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I bear witness that America can do for anyone what she has done for me!
But we must rise up to the challenges of our time. This is the fight we must win.
And that will take faith. Faith in God, faith in each other, and faith in America.
TIM SCOTT LAUNCHES EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
