tomorrow thanks to at-home for joining us this hour. so today was the big day. the day the man who was widely seen as the strongest potential competitor to former president trump in the 2024 republican primary, today was the day this guy entered the race. it is the biggest day of florida governor ron desantis s political career so far. the biggest state, certainly, since he first stepped out into the national stage in 2018 as a candidate for florida governor. everyone knows my husband ron desantis is endorsed by president trump. but he is also an amazing dad. ron loves playing with the kids. build the wall. he read stories. that mr. trump said, you are fired. i love that part. he s teaching madison to talk. make america great again. people say ron is all about trump, but he is so much more. fake lead. so good. that ad was from way back in 2018 when desantis was positioning himself as a trump understudy. someone who knew all the lyrics, who had studied all
republicans in the legislature live doing what they were doing in the midnight hours of the closing session of that legislature which doesn t meet again until 2025. they re out. two years. two years. thanks, chris. you bet. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. so today was the big day, the day the man who was widely seen as the strongest potential competitor to president trump in the republican primary, today was the day this guy entered the race. it is the biggest day of florida governor ron desantis political career so far, biggest day certainly since he first stepped out onto the national stage in 2018 as a candidate for florida governor. everyone knows my husband ron desantis is endorsed by president trump but he s also an amazing dad. he loves playing with the kids. he reads stories. then mr. trump said you re fired. i love that part. he s teaching madison to talk. people say ron s all trump, but he is so much more. big league, so good.
course today, and then the shock, the parallel world in which the republicans in the legislature live, doing what they were doing in the midnight hours. of the closing section of that legislature, which doesn t need to get rid until 2025. they are out. yeah. two years. they are. out two years. thanks, chris. out > thanks to at-home for joining us this hour. so today was the big day. the day the man who was widely seen as the strongest potential competitor to former president trump in the 2024 republican primary, today was the day this guy entered the race. it is the biggest day of florida governor ron desantis s political career so far. the biggest state, certainly, since he first stepped out into the national stage in 2018 as a candidate for florida governor. everyone knows my husband ron desantis is endorsed by president trump. but he is also an amazing dad. ron loves playing with the kids. build the wall. he read stories. that mr. trump said, you are fired
primary for 2024, that is the kind of resume you need to be a viable contender. joining us now is michelle goldberg, opinion columnist for the new york times and author of kingdom coming, the rise of christian nationalism. michelle, just humble servant of the people, these men. the messiah complex bundled with the just vicious, very destructive policy. there is no building vision here. and i m really struck at how much desantis is obviously mimicking trump and whether you think that is just a naked play to be trump light, or whether you think he thinks these policies in florida is going to work for him on the national stage. i think he thinks that these policies are going to work for him on the national stage. and to be fair, these policies are the reason that until his personality sabotaged him he was seen as the most likely trump alternative. i think the only way in today s republican party that that you
limits third party voter registration and bolsters maintenance that often leads to voter purges just wrapped up together. trump meanwhile has become even more radical than he was office. in a recent town hall trump called the january 6th attack on the capitol a beautiful day, he plans to pardon rioters if he becomes president and failed to rule out separating families at the border again. at this point if you re running in the republican primary for 2024, that is the kind of résuée to be a viable contender. joining us now is michelle goldberg, opinion columnist for the new york times, and author of the kingdom coming, the rise of christian nationalism. michelle, just humble servants of the people. the messiah complex bundled with the just vicious, very destructive policy. like there s no building vision here, and i m really struck at how much desantis is obviously mimicking trump and whether you think that s just a naked play