when you want to get a debt deal done, go on vacation. that s the message from the president. that s where he will be? he is making fun of ron desantis roll-out. a great corvette there where he keeps his classified documents. have a good day. see you tomorrow. you can set your clock to january 20th, 2025, at high noon because on the west side of the u.s. capitol i will be taking the oath of office as the 47th president of the united states. no excuses. bill: there you have it. florida governor ron desantis is in and running for president. first, though, the republican nomination is on the line. can he shake up a race thus far dominated by the former president, donald trump? we begin with that question on thursday. i m bill hemmer in new york city.
the oath of office as the 47th president of the united states. no excuses, i will get the job done. desantis political rivals were quick to criticize. president joe biden posted a fund-raising tweet for his re-election campaign saying, this link works. desantis appeared on fox a short time later, listen. we had a huge audience. it was the biggest they d ever had. it did break the twitter space. and so we re really excited with the enthusiasm. more now from cnn s jessica dean. do you go with the crowd? or do you look at the data yourself and cut against the grain? and i chose to do the latter. reporter: florida governor ron desantis attempt to declare his candidacy for president in a unique way with twitter owner elon musk on twitter spaces, an audio-only platform, plagued by technical issues at the start. it keeps crashing, huh? i think we ve got just a
todd: take a look, that full screen just got deeper. that means the republican bench got deeper. florida governor ron desantis launching his campaign for president, presenting biggest challenge to former president trump we ve seen so far. the pledge i make for people is this, we need to win again as republicans, we got to dispense with this culture of losing. if you nominate me, i pledge on january twenty, 2025, at high noon, i ll be the guy on the west side of the capitol with the hand on the bible as 47th president of the united states. no excuses, get this one done. todd: so much detail, i can t get over it, he listed everything that will happen on inauguration day, that is wild. you are watching fox and friends first, i m todd piro. ashley: i m ashley strohmier in for carley shimkus. initial launch was not smooth, technical issues on twitter
the left hand on the bible and the right hand in the air as the 47th president of the united states. no excuses, we have to get this done. todd: detailed image of ron desantis. you re watching fox and friends first, i m todd piro. ashley: i m ashley strohmier in for carley shimkus. todd: doug luzader live in washington with more. doug: this was supposed to be an innovative campaign launch on the twitter space platform, but it quickly went south. the platform got overwhelmed before it got underway. i m pleased to introduce two individuals who have done more sorry about that, we ve got so many people here that i think we are kind of melting the
expanded by one. if you nominate me, you can set your clock to january 20th, 2025 at high noon because on the west side of the u.s. capitol, i will be taking the oath of office as the 47th president of the united states. no excuses. i will get the job done. okay. that is florida governor ron desantis on twitter spaces last night, an audio only platform making the case for why he should be the next leader in the oval office. but what was supposed to be his big moment was plagued by the glitches. keeps crashing? yeah, we got just a massive number of people online. we have so many people here that we re melting the servers. that was the moderator saying