their best hope is to all gang up and in chorus to make that electability argument against donald trump and so far only folks like congressman will hurd and asa hutchinson have done that in a full-throated way and these are candidates that don t have much name i.d., they don t have a snowball s chance of winning, so right now there is not enough firepower going against donald trump on this argument. and i don t think that it is going to change anything for just a couple of candidates to be out there making the argument. and, just wondering, john, as someone who went up against trump at one time, how does this primary become about anything else but trump? you see, i think that s a problem. as i think as everybody has observed, if it is all about trump, then it is all about trump. and the problem that people are having is being able to have their voice heard. to me, you know, what is your
seem to stop. but he won t let that deter him. and he didn t tonight. i mean, this was not the best speech he s ever given. he was rushing through his script, trying to stick to the ten minute time limit. but nonetheless, he still grabbed everybody s attention and did what he always does best made it all about him. that s what all these other candidates are up against, what they re trying to compete with. one of the lesser known candidates, former congressman will hurd, well, he dared to say the only reason donald trump is running for president is to try and stay out of prison. well, he nearly got booed off the stage for that. ron desantis, well, he got a very enthusiastic reception, in fact, and he approached the whole issue rather differently. he didn t say donald trump s name, but he did say that if he s elected president, he would end the weaponisation of the federal government and fire the director of the fbi. that s his way of saying to trump supporters, look, iagree with you
DES MOINES, Iowa — Less than six months away from Iowa’s First-In-The-Nation caucuses and the conversations are heating up in the Hawkeye state. Former President Donald Trump made his first public appearance after a new set of charges were brought against him for the classified documents at Mar-a-Lago. Twelve other candidates, along with President Trump, […]
man was donald trump. this is the first speech he s given since the new criminal charges were unveiled against him. he s a man whose legal problems just keep piling up and up and never seem to stop. but he won t let that deter him. and he didn t tonight. i mean, this was not the best speech he s ever given. he was rushing through his script, trying to stick to the ten minute time limit. but nonetheless, he still grabbed everybody s attention and did what he always does best, made it all about him. that s what all these other candidates are up against, what they re trying to compete with. one of the lesser known candidates, former congressman will hurd, well, he dared to say the only reason donald trump is running for president is to try and stay out of prison. well, he nearly got booed off the stage for that. ron desantis, well, he got a very enthusiastic reception, in fact, and he approached the whole issue rather differently. he didn t say donald trump s name, but he did say that if