Larry Elder joins expanding 2024 Republican presidential field

Conservative media figure Larry Elder, who previously ran for California governor during the state's 2021 gubernatorial recall contest, has announced a White House bid.

During a Thursday appearance on Fox News Channel's "Tucker Carlson Tonight," Elder said that his father and brothers served in the military and that he was the only person not to serve. "I don't feel good about that," he said, adding that he believes he has a "moral" and "religious" as well as "patriotic duty to give back" to the nation.

He called it a "disgraceful lie" for Democrats to claim that the country is systemically racist.

Elder also wants to draw attention to the problem of fatherless homes and America's welfare system.

"Since the mid-1960s, public policy has incentivized women to marry the government, and incentivized men to abandon their financial and moral responsibility. This is not a problem; it is a crisis," Elder has written.

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During California's 2021 gubernatorial recall contest, Elder trounced the field of potential replacement candidates. But Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom was not ultimately recalled by voters — he remained in office and then went on to win re-election during the state's 2022 governor's race.

"America is in decline, but this decline is not inevitable. It is a choice made by detached and cynical politicians. As a California resident, I've seen firsthand how decades of Democrat rule have turned the Golden State, for many, into an unaffordable dystopia. I won’t let them do the same to America. We can enter a new American Golden Age, but we must choose a leader who can bring us there. That's why I’m running for President," Elder noted on elderforpresident.com.

He joins a GOP presidential primary field that includes former President Donald Trump, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, entrepreneur and author Vivek Ramaswamy, and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is widely expected to jump into the race at some point, and U.S. Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina has announced an exploratory committee, a move that indicates he may eventually throw his hat into the ring.

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