DNC chair says remaining candidates for GOP nomination are "ultra MAGA"
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On the day of the first Republican nominating contest, a Democratic National Committee memo is painting the remaining Republican field as a group of politicians driven so far to the right by former President Donald Trump that none of them can win a general election.
"The competition for the MAGA base has resulted in the most extreme, far right GOP field in history," DNC chair Jamie Harrison said in a memo shared first with CBS News.
The memo offers a glimpse into the thinking of President Biden's allies as the GOP enters a critical stage of the 2024 election — and following a CBS News poll released Sunday that showed a higher percentage of likely voters nationwide in a general election choosing any of the three of the likely GOP nominees for president over Mr. Biden. In the poll, former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley led by eight points, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis by three and Trump by two over Biden.
