the gym and let the trainer hit me because he can t take a hit. desantis almost wasn t there. he should have been in florida with trump. because both of them didn t show up last night. that s my opinion. and i think that, surprisingly, mike pence did well. yeah. i was surprised he came out of the ring unscathed, unscarred. i was surprised how tim scott underperformed. you almost forgot that he was there. i was watching it as somebody that s been in that ring. i was impressed that mike pence did not get punched, and i was actually impressed that nikki haley seemed to have the she came in with her fight game, and she did it. but i think that vivek was good the first five rounds, but they were telling em, take him out of the ring by the eighth round. yeah, waving that towel. waving that towel. so, yeah, very interesting. you brought up tim scott.
not you think he should be convicted in the court of law, okay, put that aside. his conduct alone is not what we want as american citizens. i think that might break through for some die-hard trump supporters. well, the jury is out on that, mika. that, i don t know about, but it was a revealing and depressing performance, a two-hour performance. chris christie, i think, was one of the people who scored some points. i don t know with whom, but he certainly scored some points. nikki haley, another. we ve seen her, she was very strong. the former vice president, mike pence, had a pretty good night. the rest of them, including the incredibly annoying vivek ramaswamy. unbelievably annoying human being, made for a long, long night. but my problem with watching the debate was this debate opened and joe eluded to this a couple moments ago when he was talking
if ron desantis is not willing to not even talk about the subject but defend trump on the subject, why are you running against him? a republican primary is meant to challenge and vet candidates, right? if you want to talk about electability, nikki haley sort of got there. she said donald trump is disliked. how about the fact that president biden and democrats are almost certain to make this a focus of their campaigns? these criminal charges, as this goes to the courts, is almost certainly going to dominate the news and our lives for the next two years. if you can t get to the point about saying we really have to grapple with the fact about how we prosecute alleged criminal conduct from a former president and that matters for rule of law, i would be there for that debate. i d like to have it, but i understand why ron desantis can t do it. why can t you just say, he s not going to be available to campaign against joe biden because he is going to be in court, right? you can make an elec
here tonight. that s not true. oh, it is very true. i am not going to bow to anyone when we have a president of the united states who disrespects the constitution. it s important to say that the president said, donald trump said, it s okay to suspend the constitution. now, the oath you take is to preserve, protect and defend, not suspend. i will always stand up for our constitution regardless of the political pressure. when it comes to whether president trump should serve or not, i trust the american people. let them vote. let them decide. but what they will tell you is that it is time for a new generational conservative leader. we have to look at the fact that three quarters of americans don t want a rematch between trump and biden. and we have to face the fact that trump is the most disliked politician in america. we can t win a general election that way.
i guess. i mean, it s kind of sad. it is almost old hat now. you know, what s really, really sad was the events of last night, which will be soon forgotten, where you had six candidates saying they would vote for a person who is a convicted felon. i mean, it s just absolutely stunning, but this is going to be 2016 i mean, 2016 is all over again because everybody, they re all attacking everyone but trump. they re all going to end up nominating a candidate who, you know, will maybe be a convicted felon, will probably die in prison, and was found by a federal district court to be a rapist. it s crazy. i don t know what the box is you get out of the box. it s crazy. look at this. first of all, i want to get back to you and talk about how hard it ll be for him to get out of this box.