fired in the feud between governor newsom and florida governor ron desantis are getting louder, frankly. newsom has publicly criticized desantis policies on abortion, immigration, education. calling for a state investigation and possible kidnapping charges over desantis forced relocation of migrants from texas to california. desantis has as prompting a mass exodus over his policies. last week, after the interview aired, newsom said he would debate desantis. desantis responded by taunting newsom to challenge president biden for the democratic nomination in 2024. what do you make of these two heavyweight governors throwing jobs across the country. some say it could become a battle for the white house in 2028.
desantis is expected to announce formally during this twitter conversation that he will be a candidate for president of the united states. this is months in the making. he s spent most of the spring touring the country on a book tour, giving giving this poll see rollout and an agenda for him to run on and now it will be official that he will be challenging donald trump for supremacy of the republican party going forward. last night his wife, casey desantis teased this coming announcement with this video showing her husband about to walk out on the stage. but is it worth the fight? do i have the courage? is it worth the sacrifice? america has been worth it every single time. now obviously, this is not a conventional way it announce a campaign, but desantis has said he is not going to have a conventional campaign, and it is
he s in the position to make an announcement. you heard, obviously, tim scott is doing that. now they are looking at the potential opportunity in this field because the space has been left a little bit more wide open by wrong desantis. the culture war thing is a very narrow lane. the translation, so youngkin can make a case this way, the translation, if you were to look at, what i m doing as governor, what it took for me to, win in a better narrative for a youngkin than it is for a desantis. because of the banning of florida. the banning of books, going after corporate america. all youngkin did was show up and say, hey, we support moms and dads to our parents. we want them to be able to educate their kids. but a bed to national resonating message than watching what is happening playing out in florida for young people. so you mentioned glenn youngkin, nicholas
ron desantis inherited what is called a no more trump republican constituency, looking for anybody, he had a successful record in florida, they went to desantis, he has yet to take a trump voter which is why we see trump s numbers still going above 50%. if you are sununu, kristie, you might say, hey, desantis is, week i have a good shot as he does. on that point, i was about to ask about governor youngkin. i m old enough to remember, at the milken conference, earlier this month, late last month, told the milken conference in los angeles, i will not run for president. now he put out an ad that is basically likening himself to ronald reagan. is that why he is doing this? to david s point, that he views, or potentially views, governor desantis as being weak as a challenger to trump? yeah, i think that a spot on. i think for a number of these candidates, you heard chris christie referenced earlier, flowed on friday, you know,
someone like a chris christie, or ron desantis. and the reality of that is, he does not want to offend the blocks. he s not going to necessarily play into that lane the way you would think you should, if he wants to take out a competition competitor. that means you won t see him so much as a competitor. david, i would love your thoughts on senator scott, but, the wrong desantis, governor desantis, he has done a whole lot of stuff that i don t see how, i mean, it might work well in the republican primary, but to my mind, seems like it s the death nail for a general election candidate. i m thinking specifically about the six-week abortion ban he just signed into law. am i thinking about this correctly? i agree with you, jonathan,