desantis upcoming announcement. what are we expecting from this audio event on twitter with elon musk? reporter: well, jake, ron desantis has already filed the paperwork to run for president this afternoon. so all that s left for him to do is to say the words i m running for president and we expect him to do that tonight at this virtual town hall with elon musk. it will start in about an hour. during that time, he ll take questions and give a statement, and he will finally enter this race. he s spent months and months in this slow rollout. he s been on the road, a book tour, he s done international travel. now it becomes official. his campaign has been hype thing moment for the last couple of days, including posting this video to twitter on his wife s account. do i have the courage? is it worth the sacrifice? america has been worth it, every single time. reporter: now, he also took care of a bit of housekeeping today. he officially signed a bill that makes clear he d
all the oxygen. in this case, they want to turn the narrative around, get the media attention away from ron desantis and this announcement. that includes releasing videos around the announcement and a social media blitz. they are going to be relying heavily on these big, conservative high profile social media stars, new media stars to get messaging out. they plan on hitting ron desantis on a number of issues. we have seen trump go after ron desantis on entitlements, and he s going to go after him on a range of policy issues, including trade policies, china, his covid-19 response when he was the governor of florida. i want to touch on one thing that you said. you mentioned at the top of your show whether or not donald trump would get back on twitter tonight. that is something his aides have been urging him to do, to get back on twitter. they believe it s easier for him to take control of the narrative in this gop primary if he s back on twitter. three months ago, a trump adviser floated