politicsnation. ten nights lead, the showdowns to come. culture or politics have consumed the republican party as we approach an election year. threatening the legislative agenda in congress in the house speaker kevin mccarthy s concessions to the hard right flank of his caucus have led to the passage of a military spending bill. bogged down with amendments targeting diversity programs and lgbtq protections. in the meantime, alabama senator tommy tuberville is holding up dozens of military appointments over the pentagon s abortion policies. some colleagues are warning the blockade could endanger national security. against that backdrop, a potential government shutdown. the showdown looms and the first presidential caucus of 2024 is just six months away. delaware congresswoman lisa rochester joins me shortly to talk about all of it. plus, the phony war on critical race theory is still raging in state houses. and on school boards across the country one of the intellectual archi
at this point? first of all i gotta say how excited i am that we had that kind of outpouring of grassroots support think about it president biden out raised trump double to the one he outrace desantis 3 to 1 and the average it s interesting, when you look deeper at who gave 100 30% of these people are new givers to the campaign and then you add on top of that the average person and the average for suppression or teachers they are nurses and they are retirees and then the average giving is about 97% i m not mistaken. it was around $39. what this shows me is that a number one while the goes meant one thing it s the grassroots support and what people do at the voting polls.
now, this comes as new campaign finance numbers indicate flashing warning signs for desantis whose major donors have maxed out and small donations have been a struggle for trump s gop challenges. we ve seen political comebacks in recent history from then john mccain in 2008 and joe biden and 2020. whose campaigns seemed in danger of collapsing. is too early to can t desantis out in your opinion? oh, yes, it s too early to count desantis out. those two examples are exactly why. especially in the early stages. candidates often come from behind in the final stretch as a primary gets closer and closer. however, at the same time, what we see happening with ronda sentences campaign is not a good trend.
are listening to us talk about the. numbers they re looking for something else altogether. those republican voters want to hear about things like some of these very extreme issues. whether it is book banning, or lgbtq rights or rolling back women s rights to autonomy over their own bodies. these issues, but me stick with you one moment, aside from trump and desantis, tim scott raise the most from direct campaign contributions nearly $6 million in the second quarter. meanwhile, wealthy donors are considering backing scott as a more traditional republican alternative to donald trump and ron desantis. scott still faces an uphill climb in front. what are his chances of becoming a viable candidate, jennifer? ifer he has a good chance of becoming a viable third place