republican caucuses. the remaining contenders are brave and the snow and cold to make their final pitches this weekend. ironically the voted will take place of martin luther king day. so many of the gop candidates have to split a questionable commitment to the ideals of democracy and equality that the great late civil rights leader fought and died for. reverend kings spirit fills tonight s show and we are joined by his eldest son and namesake, his daughter-in-law arndrea and his granddaughter yolanda. they ll have plenty to say about the state of dr. king s dream. and a moment when racial tensions and the threat of political violence seem more real than perhaps any time since the height of the civil rights movement of the 60s. all of this tonight on this kicked a weekend edition of politicsnation. the king family will join us in a moment. but we start with congresswoman robin kelly, democrat of illinois. congresswoman kelly, thank you for joining us and let s start in your ne
joining me now is nikki fried, chair of the florida democratic party. miss fried, you know governor desantis very well. he s from your state of florida. what do you think he struggled to gain traction and the state of iowa? thanks for having me on. i think it s simple. the more and more he spends with people, the less they like him. you are seeing that not just in iowa but across the entire country. when you start to peel what the layers that is ron desantis, people just don t like him. and on top of it, they re seeing looks happen here in florida. right now, florida, there is three times higher inflation, three times higher than that national average. we have an insurance crisis that is crippling people, our middle classed, property insurance, middle class all over our state and our working class people are leaving. so they re seeing what s happened here in the state of florida. of course, what s happened this past week, we had a