Larry Elder announces bid for White House

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Former California GOP gubernatorial candidate Larry Elder announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for president on Thursday. He said he felt it was his patriotic duty to do so.

Elder, who lost to Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) during the recall election in 2021, announced the news to Fox News’s Tucker Carlson. Elder said he was the only male member of his family not to serve in the military and felt running for president was a moral and patriotic duty for him.

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