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
child care and parental leave have long been campaign issues. they have talked about it in this administration, and other democrats have talked about it a lot. it has not happened beyond the federal government in congress. is this a way for the white house to get around that? to say that in some respect they are living up to the promise that they made on the campaign trail? a little bit. i mean, it s certainly not going to go nearly as far as what the president s, you know, national child care agenda would have done. this is a way to sort of take the successes of the biden economic agenda so far, which have mostly been things, physical things, infrastructure and manufacturing, and attempt to use them to leverage at least small down payments in the people, investments that biden has been able to get through congress thus far. jim tankersley, thank you very much for joining us on this story. and coming up, what did dilbert do? what did dilbert do y all wayfair s got just what you n
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that dn krrc hack. now the head of hillary clinton s campaign is ripping into the fbi, calling for an official investigation. while ivanka, she s at work. the future first daughter already calling members of congress, pushing her child care agenda. the big question is, what will her role really be? and a guilty verdict. dylann roof convicted on all 33 counts, including murder. a cathartic moment for those victims. thought he was starting a race war. look what love conquered. now the dramatic death penalty phase begins and dylann roof could act as his own lawyer. plus, getting real about fake news. facebook announces a new program to flag fake stories, but will it actually work? we re going to begin this morning with president obama. he s talking tough against russia, calling on republicans and democrats to stand up to vladimir putin and vowing to strike back. here s what he said on npr.