martha: thank you, kelly. with that, we bring in devin nunes. good to have you here. thank you. when you heard this story what went through your mind? it did take me back to over a decade ago when we went through the obama-biden administration. remember that name, lois learner? the only difference that i see right now is that back in those days, they were targeting the tea party, conservative groups, even conservative republican megadonors were all hit up. was sending a scare to a lot of donors to not donate. those are all republicans or center right. the big difference here is that matt taibbi is truly an independent journalist who is definitely not a conservative. i don t know if he s a democrat or not but he s not a conservative. that s what is new here. the weaponization here. they ll target anyone that doesn t go along with the
youngkin is raising new speakulation about a 2024 white house bid. the republican is expected to travel to dallas next month to meet with megadonors according to the washington post which cited a person familiar. the event will be hosted by the owner of nominee hotels. youngkin also recently met with donors in new york and charlottesville, virginia. due to state laws in virginia youngkin cannot run for re-election, can t serve consecutive terms. the white house buzz is growing as a potential trump-desantis alternative. still ahead in sports two teams advance to the field of 64 we ll have the highlights from last night s ncaa playing games and explain the major move for the 2026 world cup, which is going to be played across north america. that s all straight ahead. 20 gn for muscle health versus 16 grams in ensure® high protein. boost® high protein.
strong vocal base of support that might prove prohibitive for the other candidates, even, you know, governor desantis. i always say it goes back to the money, who generates the financial interest. something that we re going to be pursuing with charlie gasparino. i would follow the money early on. what does that tell you? well, we ve seen stories, neil, about how some donors are sort of shying away from trump, the megadonors. there s a general sense when there s a story in the new york times about the rnc, a story about reuters where they interviewed some republicans in new hampshire. these are people that supported trump heartedly in 2016 and 2020 that are now not as certain about him and would like to look at other alternatives because they fear he might not be able to get the job done against biden or whoever the democrat might be in 2024. so a lot we ve seen stories
he says donald j. trump is a declared candidate for president of the united states. we believe that the ban has dramatically distorted and inhibited the public discourse. moreover, every day his voice remains silenced, furthers interfering in the election process. here s the other part of this, though. this is obviously not surprising he s talking about free speech here. that s going to be one of the major platforms of his 2024 campaign. we ve reported on that before, but the other part that s not in this letter is about money. that s something you need a lot of if you are running for president, and we know from sources that not being on facebook has hurt trump s fund-raising. it has stopped his ability to find new donors. it has also hindered him from putting advertisements out even in his own voice that might get more donations and this is particularly interesting given the fact we have heard from so many megadonors who said they will not back trump this cycle. finding those donors
The hefty sums many billionaires give away place them in an age-old debate about wealth and charity – and whether it’s appropriate for donors to have a say over their wealth from the grave.