out of the military. leading people by 15, 16 points, why would you be doing a debate in. he should show up at the debates and defend his record. i m not running against anybody in this race. i m running for our country. yes, i m running for president of the united states. reporter: including former president donald trump. the gop front-runner who took aim at top rival ron desantis who skipped the home state event. i don t know why he s not here these couple of days. he should be here. he should be here representing himself. reporter: the florida governor spent the weekend campaigning in iowa and tennessee where he jabbed at president joe biden. my wife and i were in iowa earlier today and so this is the second state on our agenda. biden i think has been in two states, too, today, confusion and disorientation.
former president donald trump. so many people run for office and they promise big things, and then they under deliver on their promises. that s not what we do in florida. in florida, we do make bold promises, but we over deliver on our promises. reporter: as the race to win the republican nomination heats up. with presidential hopefuls hitting the campaign trail as commander in chief on day one, we rip out the political agenda out of the military. reporter: and the air waves this weekend. and leading people by 50 and 60 points and you say, why would you be doing a debate? he should show up at the debates and defend his record. reporter: some candidates including trump speaking to young conservatives at the turning point action conference in florida taking aim at top rival ron desantis who skipped the home state event. i don t know why he s not here this couple of days, but he should be here. he should be here representing himself. reporter: the florida governor camp
promises. that is not what we do in florida. in florida, we do make bold promises but we over deliver. as the race to win the nomation heats up. as commander in chief on day one, we rip out the political agenda out of the military. reporter: and the airwaves this weekend. you re leading people by 50 and 60 points and you say, why would you be doing a debate. you should show up at the debates and defend his record. reporter: some candidates including trump speaking to young conservatives at the turning point action conference in florida. taking aim at top rival ron desantis who skipped the home state event. i don t know why he s not here. this couple of days. but he should be here. he should be here representing himself. reporter: the florida governor campaigning in iowa and tennessee and downplaying trump s lead in the polls. at the end of the day, the brag indictment just elevated him, there was a lot of sympathy
so rand paul went home to kentucky this weekend to do a home state event alongside the republican candidate for governor in kentucky. that governor s race in kentucky is next month. so rand paul and mat itself bevin, the gubernatorial candidate in kentucky, they did a joint campaign appearance on saturday in kentucky, big home state event in the heat of the campaign. the presidential candidate in person and everything. they got a grand total of 50 people to turn out to see them and at that event which the local people called subdued, ran paul could not get himself a presidential endorsement from the guy he was there with. reporter: presidential candidate rand paul endorsing bevin days after bevin says he supports ben carson in the presidential race. it s immaterial to me. it s also something i understand. i mean, there are going to be people i know well who may not score me for the presidency.
so rand paul went home to kentucky this weekend to do a home state event alongside the republican candidate for governor in kentucky. that governor s race in kentucky is next month. so rand paul and matt bevin, the gubernatorial candidate in kentucky, they did a joint campaign appearance on saturday in kentucky, big home state event in the heat of the campaign. the presidential candidate in person and everything. they got a grand total of 50 people to turn out to see them and at that event which the rand paul could not get himself a presidential endorsement from the other guy he was there is campaigning with. reporter: presidential candidate senator rand paul