, but i think we need a week off. i m not here to tell you a thank you for what you did but it has some stressful days. there s days were your black and you go, yeah, i. he rented to hit list of water biden accomplished trying to win black voters over. laura: it s late. thank you. that is it for us tonight, make sure to follow me on social media, thank you a watching. it s my son make my sons dimitris 16th birthday today. that is what he looked like when i saw him for the first time and that s what you looks like now. happy water happy birthday! so proud of you. great young man. jesse: welcome to jesse watters primetime . tonight. what he think about joe biden? he didn t do [ bleep ]. whatever he does. jesse: the left says off what was biden s head. sent a [ bleep ]. donald trump wins, people stop flying out of windows, they will end up in gulags as donald trump said,. jesse: the media fantasizing about trumpet the dictator. but what of biden loses and
The case. Certainly in the short term. Thats right, dana. And if you think back to 2022, at the peak of his popularity, every republican candidate wanted him to campaign for them. Every republican group wanted him at their events. He has this resounding election night victory, 19point, historic margin in florida. Every republican donor is handing him Money Hand over fist. And then he makes this decision to wait all the way until may to get into this race. And i know he told you earlier today that he wanted to make good on his promise to voters, that he wanted to act with his electoral mandate and stay true to his style. But when i talk to his supporters time and again, the people who are around him say that more than any other decision, this is the one they have been second guessing the most because it gave this large amount of time for trump to define him and attack him, for republicans to take another look at some of these other candidates who were expressing interest in the race
Some of those donors, by the way, were disenchanted by what he did in florida with that electoral mandate. They didnt like he passed the Sixweek Abortion Ban or that he went after disney. So, he started the race in may limping into this primary instead of sprinting into it. And he has been spending the last nine months fighting that those headwinds and trying to recapture some of that energy. He has done a lot to get some of that energy back. He is trying to manufacture enthusiasm, as you said, by visiting every county in iowa, by making more than 100 stops here and knocking on nearly A Million doors, doing all the work past Iowa Caucus winners have done. But they never anticipated all these indictments against trump. That the popularity of trump would endure to this degree. Now he comes into caucus night, again, trying to get momentum instead of running into this caucus. Yeah, steve, it was really
Is there a difference in 2024 versus 2016 when it comes to the amount that youre hearing from the Trump Campaign . Oh. Are they reaching out to you now more than they did . Definitely. We get flyers in the mail and things like that. And im well, on my email, so i get emails. That didnt happen in 2016 . No, huhuh. So, you feel like theres more of yeah, more engaged, yeah, definitely. So, go trump. That matters. It sure does. And he didnt have this organization eight years ago. He was leading cruz in the polls going into the final weekend. He ends up or he was winning the polls versus cruz. He ends up losing because cruz just had a much better turnout machine. You say its different for trump now . It is totally different this time. They have white hats with gold leaf, theyre very hot right now. They have a packet they send out
Several days that Donald Trumps team has been a bit concerned about turnout. Thats in part due to the frigid temperatures here in iowa. The Record Cold that we are seeing for a caucus. But its also, in part, due to his commanding lead in the polls. His advisers tell us that they are a bit concerned that people may look at his lead in the polls and assume that they can stay home, that Donald Trump is going to win this regardless. Really trump has been saying, dont do that. I need you to turn out and show up for me. Take a listen to what he told his supporters in indianola yesterday. Its nasty out there. From the airplane to the car was about 20 feet and im saying, wow, thats blowing. You have a hard time reaching it. But its getting better. I worry about that. You cant sit home. If youre sick as a dog, you say, im going to make it. Even if you vote and then pass away, its worth it, remember