i don t get involved in the daily this and that, the news cycle here and there and announcements will come at the appropriate time. aishah: ok, so that was florida governor ron desantis during a stop in israel ahead of a potential presidential run. abc news is new reporting desantis is expected to launch an exploratory committee as soon as next month and a possible bid shortly thereafter by mid june, we are hearing. this as a new fox news poll reveals former president donald trump still the top republican choice for 2024 at 53%. as governor desantis now falls for a second straight month, 21% of support from gop voters there. let s bring in doug collins, former georgia republican congressman and host of the doug collins podcast and david
on video attacking a former fire commissioner with a metal pipe appearing in court today. will the charges against him be dropped? aishah: speculation growing that florida governor ron desantis will soon be announcing a 2024 presidential bid, but poll shows support for him falling again. does he need to jump in the race now? our panel of doug collins and david carlucci are up on that next.
month, he s beginning to fade, donald trump is locking in that conservative right wing base, and so where does desantis go? he s having real problems trying to, you know, outtrump trump and trump is securing that base. i m believing more and more ron desantis will not run for president, a problem from the left, the right, from donald trump, nikki haley, they are attacking him already and has not even formally said he s going to run and he has to wait for the legislative session is over in florida to make a month so it s problematic for ron desantis. aishah: doug, david, thank you as always. always good to be here. john: i agree with david, not sure he s going to run. he has a calculation to make. if he doesn t run, people will
carlucci, former democratic state senator. thank you for joining us today. i m going to start with doug here. so, obviously we are waiting and watching and seeing if desantis is going to get in. do you think, though, looking at these new fox news polls out, do you think that waiting is actually hurting him in these polls? yes, i think it s very obvious it is hurting him. it s allowing donald trump to be donald trump, he is an excellent campaigner. donald trump can relate to people, he knows how to get under to throw out messages, his team also knows how to take down opponents, and what s happening here is donald trump has a free field here and a really good message, and i ve had a lot of friends in florida and other places, it s working and the idea desantis is being coy about this flying around the world, saying well, maybe i ll talk about it later, he s really hurting him, he has no way he s not fighting back in any form. and also i think frankly, also the first time he s had a