state, you re going have to make compromises if you want to get things done, and i m also someone who speaks really directly, i m not looking to as you can see from tonight, i m not looking to, play bumper pool, here and not answer questions, so when you answer questions directly, you get reactions, and lastly, you know, i think that when you have political capital, which i have a lot of new jersey, you are there to spend it to do things on, consequences we have at a president s been willing to do that for a long, time that is the clip of president i will be when i win the election, i will have a lot of popularity, i will spend that popularity to do the difficult big things that this country needs to do. can you get your pulling up? enough will you make on the debate stage? sure. i m already from a pulling perspective, we are at 9% and some polls in new hampshire? what about on fund raising? we will not have any problem meaning the 43,000% threshold. you will be on the deba
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iowa. reporter: the race to take on the republican front-runner, former president trump, is getting more crowded with two former trump allies turned critics about to jump in. a source familiar with the planning tells nbc news former vice president mike pence is set to formally announce next wednesday in iowa. pence has recently blasted trump s actions on january 6th saying his reckless words endangered my family and everyone at the capitol that day and i know history will hold donald trump accountable. i think the times call for different leadership, and i m confident we ll have better choices. reporter: and now former new jersey governor chris christie is planning to announce he s running, sources tell nbc news. sources slam other republicans for not hitting the former president hard enough. you can t beat donald trump by playing bumper pool and hitting it off three cushions and hope it goes in the hole. that s not the way it works. reporter: trump s big lead in the polls no
reporter: and now former new jersey governor chris christie is planning to announce he s running, two sources tell nbc news. christie slammed other republicans for not hitting the former president hard enough. you can t beat donald trump by playing bumper pool and hitting it off three cushions and hope that it goes in the hole. that s not the way it works. reporter: trump s big lead in the polls not scaring away the competition. tonight the man seen as his toughest opponent, florida governor, ron desantis, on his first official campaign swing across iowa stepping up attacks on the former president. we chose freedom over fauciism, and we are getter off for having done that. reporter: and responding to new criticism from trump. even cuomo did better. reporter: who suggested new york s former democratic governor andrew cuomo handled covid better than desantis did in florida. six months ago he would have never said that, right? he used to say how great florida was. hell, hi