is putting it kindly while the competition kicks into high gear. it s been a little over one month since the president officially launched president campaign with a video announcement and biden hasn t had any campaign rallies were launch events since, not even from his basement. meanwhile florida governor ron desantis only announced 2024 ambitions last week. he is already on the road making multiple stops in the key swing state of iowa with a kickoff event in des moines. desantis will not be alone in the hawkeye state. former president trump and senator ted scott looking to get an edge with iowa voters. set to hold rallies there this week. but the contenders grow tighter by the day but it appears president biden isn t focused on his bonus. i could never keep up with it. you know, i m not being facetious. i m being very serious. a lot of competent candidates. so we will see. kayleigh: he said he doesn t focus on it that much. kellyanne, one time he didn t focus on the poll
the whole campaign and not have to answer tough questions, well, then we may be in danger of seeing a democrat sweep in 2024. steve: all right. good morning, everybody. it s 6:00 here in new york city and we start this wednesday morning with the race for the white house. the republican presidential primary heating up with former president donald trump expected to arrive in iowa today. ainsley: yeah. that s right. his visit to the hawkeye state comes just a day after florida s governor ron desantis kicked off his great american comeback tour. brian: right. here we go. lucas tomlinson joins us now to set the table. lucas? good morning, steve, ainsley and brian. first visit to iowa as a presidential candidate. florida governor ron desantis vowed to fix the border once and for all. i m frustrated on things like the border because i have been listening to these politicians talk about securing the border for years and years and years. i could tell you if i m president, th
you had conservatives from the house freedom caucus chip roy and dan bishop voting against it with all four democrat members of that committee refusing really to bail out the fractured g.o.p. conference over this bill that they didn t negotiate and would not have written themselves. this advances the legislation now to a full floor vote. and there is a considerable effort to whip the vote and count the votes on both sides. speaker mccarthy pledged yesterday that two thirds of republicans will end up supporting this on the floor. but conservatives like dan bishop are calling on their colleagues to oppose the bill saying that they expect it won t even get half of the conference in support. i m just fed up with the lies. i m fed up with the lack of courage. the cowardice. and i intend, in the time that i m here, i intend to see to it that those that there is somebody who is prepared to say what needs to be done. 434 members of congress, nobody could have done a worse job.
congressmen, they are ready to blow up this entire deal despite being just days from default. this deal fails, fails completely. and that s why these members and others will be absolutely opposed to the deal and we will do everything in our power to stop it and end it now. tomorrow s bill is a bunch of fake news and fake talking points that will do nothing to reign in out of control federal spending. in good conscious should support this. not one republican should vote for this deal. it is a bad deal. not only are republicans becoming deeply divided on this but there are even thefts to oust mccarthy as speaker because of the deal he made with biden. joining me now is texas congressman chip roy and by ronned donald both members of the freedom caucus both against the deal. welcome both. starting with you congressman chip roy, what is the realistic alternative to this? because i understand we wouldn t formally default we could pay the interest on our debt but our debt
ashley: i m ashley strohmier, in for carley shimkus. it is going down with elon musk on twitter. todd: what does this all mean? the republican primary bench keeps getting deeper and deeper. the governor is the latest candidate to turn his hat in the ring, on the heels of south carolina s tim scott. ashley: lucas tomlinson has more. lucas: president biden approval ratings continue to suffer, the highly anticipated official announcement from florida governor ron desantis coming tonight on twitter. here is elon musk with a preview. i ll be interviewing ron desantis and he has quite an announcement to make. and for the first time something like this is happening on social media and with realtime questions and answers, not scripted. lucas: florida s first lady showing a reminiscent of the movie the greatest showman. you can see brighter future, our best days lay ahead of us. is it worth the fight? do i have the courage? is it worth the sacrifice? america has been