but wake the, i caught myself there. [laughter] wake the hell up america. republican voters are behind this guy, more than they ever have been. the general election is starting now, we better wake up to that. ron desantis is probably learning that, in a very bitter way. this was the darling of the republican party a couple of years ago, had some big name republican backers, at least if they were not publicly willing to get behind him, thought that he would be able to derail trump. he has learned the hard way, or perhaps the obvious way, this is not going to happen for him this time around. yeah, i mean look, desantis ran to the right of trump, he was trump without the charisma. but why did that not work? because it s not authentic, or it s because? you would think that the base that wants so much red meat from a donald trump would go more to somebody who is to the right of trump. well, good point. in theory. in theory. i mean, i think the idea that trumpism is about policy
Miles. As a Florida Resident on this panel, 14 months ago, in november of 22, and Desantis Ran against a candidate who is not that great in florida, we saw what we thought would be the birth of the next wave of the gop field. Here we are all the chips are in the basket for Ron Desantis. If he does not finish in the top two here, this is going to be really scary stuff. I do not know if he will make any of those events. We will find out in the next seven to 10 days what the Desantis Camp will look like, a strong second place is a must. Anyone in the Desantis Camp that you talk to will tell you, iowa was always the focus, dont let them lie to you, iowa was always the focus. He has to finish in second place. What do you make of what Ron Desantis is saying . You heard him speaking earlier today about the end of the race, he is much more explicit in his
you know what, i can t answer that question. it is so bizarre. we live in a time when even the majority of republicans embrace the idea of equal rights for lgbtq members of our society where, you know, marriage equality, was overwhelmingly supported by the entire country including republicans, and the idea running a conservative campaign, where conservatives are supposed to be about preserving rights and to run a campaign that talks about overriding rights or trying to limit the rights of just certain people in our community makes no sense, and i ll tell you that that ad, that video that desantis ran and played on this, it s not just ineffective. it s really genuinely dishing, the imagery and messaging behind this over maleness, this extreme masculinity, and relating that to, you know, somehow being the
great governor. ron. reporter: desantis ran as a clone of trump. make america great again. reporter: today one of his rivals, former ambassador nikki haley said desantis is still trying to be donald trump. all of it is copying trump. he needs to be his own person. needs to get out there and say what he believes, what he thinks. he s just going to be an echo to trump, people will just vote for trump. reporter: after about 25 minutes of technical difficulties, ron desantis finally appeared with elon musk on twitter. the audio only discussion forum. he made the announcement although there wasn t much of a discussion. sounded more like a stump speech to say the least, david, not a smooth start to a presidential campaign. david: all right, jon karl with a sleep tonight. john, thank you. in the meantime to the battle over raising the debt ceiling tonight negotiator s row speaker kevin mccarthy did go to the white house today to try and make a deal but tonight no deal. june 1st de
we can t afford ron desalestax. donald trump constantly attacks ron desantis, who he sees as his biggest competitor. massive tax cuts. if you had to pick, ron desantis or donald trump? desantis. i would have to. why? trump has just proven to be unstable. i think we d have a better shot if desantis ran and took the republicans side of it. i think it ll be really- interesting to watch him and trump go at each other. get the popcorn ready for that. ron desantis is currently trailing badly in the polls behind donald trump. he hopes to sell himself as having trumpy policies, but without all the baggage that surrounds the former president and therefore attract a wider range of voters. a presidential campaign is an enormous test for any candidate. i don t know if i ever saw one in person before. critics claim mr desantis doesn t have the charisma required to persuade voters he s the person