to court republican voters when he ran head first into the juggernaut named donald trump. that is what then governor walker actually look at that, that s the two of us back in 2015 riding his campaign bus, although he reminded me it was a winnebago. this was exactly eight years ago today. is trump good or bad for the race? you know, i will let donald trump speak for himself. to me i think a wide open field with as many different republican choices as possible is a good thing overall. joining me now from milwaukee, wisconsin, is that state s former governor, scott walker. it s crazy how we haven t aged in eight years, isn t it, governor? you look great in that picture and still today, too. you just heard that clip of the conversation we had eight years ago. donald trump was the front runner then, he is the front runner now. what s your overall impression of the picture of this race? yeah, it s certainly his to
that is that you have the chris christie s of the world who tweeted welcome to the party because desantis is finally going to get to trump, saying the only way to get the nomination is to go through the front runner. there is a real hunger among republicans for a different candidate. yes, donald trump has a sizable vocal enthusiastic unmovable block of supporters but there are republicanser worried about the vulnerabilities, the criminal indictments and the fact that he has failed in recent election cycles, failing again if he is the no, ma am nay. not a candidate that has figured out the right way to prosecute the argument against donald trump, desantis suggesting that donald trump has not been conservative enough on key policy issues. a lot of voters don t believe that. rather than getting into the electability argument. it will be interesting to see that he is fitting down with jake tapper tomorrow, a shift in his media strategy, what does that mean for his messaging as well. that
a lot of the money that his chief opponent, the front runner, donald trump, and his groups have spent, at least early on, was to define desantis and not in a flattering way. i think they made a big mistake by spending all that money against me. i don t think it had its intended effect. we have a pac i can t control it but i imagine they will start lighting up the airwaves with good stuff about me and that s going to give us a great lift so we look forward to that. if one were to have one. do you guys remember the pop up video from vh 1. yes. i remember vh 1. if there was a thought bubble it was like, come on, guys, start spending the money because he can t speak to them. he s also trying to say that don t worry we re going to get there. the question is is it too late? i mean, there are certainly examples in past elections where the answer is no it s not too late. what did we learn from 2016
trey: i think part of it is bad luck. his chief opponent, the front-runner, has been indicted twice and most gop candidate felt need to defend the former president, more so the state than the federal, it is hard to attack and defend at the same time. i think that is the challenge governor desantis and others are having, where is the opening? i ve heard republicans talk about the strategy they should have. attack him on his important, or attack him here. looking at polling from a week or two back, 15% said this is only going to make them les likely to vote for donald trump. about 43 or 42 said more likely and 42 or 43 said it wouldn t change how they were going to support him. if that s the case, if these are not making movement, i think
finger. i think part of it is bad luck his chief opponent the front runner has been indicted twice in most gop candidates have felt the need to defend the former president in the face of those indictments more so the state than the federal but both it s hard to attack and defend at the same time. i think that is the challenge that governor desantis and others are having where is the opening. i heard somebody republicans talking about the strategies attack them on his personality, attack him here. it seems like they have not found the sweet spot, the indictments i was looking at polling from a week or two back but 15% said this is only going to make them less likely to vote for donald trump about 43 or two said it would make them more likely in 42 or 43 said it would not change other going to support him and if that is the case in the not making any