inflame and divide. stuff that s gotten press. stuff that s gotten his name out there. just having a great idea and getting a great direction doesn t mean you re going to be successful an influential gop donor told ali vitali. you ve got to bring people together and get them to buy into what s going on. so far it appears to be working. desantis is decidedly trumpian politics have turned a once swing state into a deep red incubator for conservative policy. and it s made him a gop star. back in november, desantis won reelection by a margin of nearly 20%. all while as nbc news points out, imposing restrictions on classroom education and vaccine mandates, that infuriated progressives. the question on everyone s lips is when is he going to announce, and when he does, can someone seen as a more competent donald trump have the same success as the original. the divisive policies worked in florida, yes, but can they work nationally or to butcher the words of shakespeare, would a trump
he s got an e-mail out, patriots, you deserve the facts, i promised i would give you the truth regarding january 6th, and now i m delivering. he s using it to get money, garrett. reporter: yeah, katy, absolutely, and i think the answer to jeremy s question is this is part of the bargain mccarthy had to make with his base. one of the first reactions i saw anywhere to this news that mccarthy made the tapes available to tucker carlson is marjorie taylor greene, this is why she stood by mccarthy in the speakership fight, echoed by donald trump jr. saying this was weeks in the making a process to get this information out. there is a portion of the party that firmly does believe there s something nefarious about january 6th that isn t widely known. they want to push this stuff out here. as jeremy pointed out, it s been a loser electorally, at least it was in the last midterm. mccarthy is too far in the arrangement to see it through, and put this information out there. jeremy, there s ano