ashley: i m ashley strohmier, in for carley shimkus. it is going down with elon musk on twitter. todd: what does this all mean? the republican primary bench keeps getting deeper and deeper. the governor is the latest candidate to turn his hat in the ring, on the heels of south carolina s tim scott. ashley: lucas tomlinson has more. lucas: president biden approval ratings continue to suffer, the highly anticipated official announcement from florida governor ron desantis coming tonight on twitter. here is elon musk with a preview. i ll be interviewing ron desantis and he has quite an announcement to make. and for the first time something like this is happening on social media and with realtime questions and answers, not scripted. lucas: florida s first lady showing a reminiscent of the movie the greatest showman. you can see brighter future, our best days lay ahead of us. is it worth the fight? do i have the courage? is it worth the sacrifice? america has been
with real questions and answers. not scripted. peter: no big kickoff rally today. so far all we have got is this very short teaser ad. courage? is it worth the sacrifice? america has been worth it every single time. peter: as usual, white house officials say they don t want to weigh in on elections because of the hatch act. but they are happy to speak about ron desantis florida. lawmakers, republicans in florida, have attacked diversity. they have an attacked inclusion efforts. they have limited the teaching of black history. and they have launched attacks on the lgbtq youth, immigrants, educators and women s reproductive freedom that s what you have seen from lawmakers in florida. desantis is not clearing the feecialtiond the primary field of other trump challengers. glenn youngkin, rumored to be considering a run. his top staffer says glenn youngkin is focused on virginia. anyone who anonymously says otherwise probably isn t as close to the governor as they wan
got to be some sort of video component to this. i guess a part of the drama of the announcement, no one knows what this thing is going to look like or sound like. we will be interviewing ron desantis and he quite an announcement to make. it will be the first time that something like this is happening on social media and with real time questions and answers. not scripted. jesse: not scripted. okay. this is obviously a nontraditional way to announce. usually candidates have a big rally with a huge crowd behind them holding up signs, clapping. you capture the raw energy of supporters live and then it s distributed everywhere. it s possible desantis didn t want to compete with the trump rally phenomenon. you don t want to get into a crowd measuring contest with the former president. trump also isn t on twitter he is on his own social media deal truth social so that could be a factor here. we are wondering how the event is going to be editing and distributed throughout the med
race? what his staffers are saying about his political future. so we have a lot going on and a lot more music to introduce. lucas tomlinson introduces live from washington without any music for you. just give us the facts, lucas. you got it, brian. good morning, after months of anticipation trips to iowa, new hampshire and abroad, it s now official. governor ron desantis will enter the presidential race tonight. florida s first lady teasing the announcement in this 30 second video. d do i have the courage? is it worth the sacrifice? america has been worth it every single time. elon musk offered a preview of the highly expected announcement take place tonight at 6:00 p.m. we ll be interviewing ron desantis and he has quite an announcement to make. and we ll be it will be the first time something like this is happening on social media. and with real time questions and answers. not scripted. president trump s super pac responding to the announcement this is one of th
that has been politicized and a doj weaponized. shocking new images from a woke new york city college professor, look at this. holding a machete to the neck of a new york post reporter, that reporter will tell the whole story right here coming up later in the show. but first, ready or not, 2024 is heating up. as of right now, former president trump has a wide lead in the republican primary. but tomorrow, florida governor ron desantis is expected to officially throw his hat into the ring during a live event on twitter with elon musk. already there is a diverse field of qualified interesting candidates running in the republican primary. even chris christie is apparently i think he left office with like a 15% approval rating, he is flirting with another run. he wants to be the i hate donald trump every second every minute every hour of every day candidate and dedicate his entire campaign trashing all things donald trump all the time. do you think that is the best use of your t