campaign video to position himself as a donald trump style conservative without the drama. mr desantis is widely seen as donald trump s main republican rival in the race. but the former president remains the dominant force in the republican party. now, ron desantis s announcement itself wasn t a suprise, but the way he made it was unorthodox a conversation on twitter spaces with elon musk. here s some of what he said. i am running for president of the united states to lead our great american comeback. look, we know our country is going in the wrong direction. we see it with our eyes and we feel it in our bones. our southern border s collapsed. drugs are pouring into the country. our cities are being hollowed out by spiking crime. the federal government s making it harderfor the average family to make ends meet and to attain and maintain a middle class lifestyle. and our president, well, he lacks vigour, flounders in the face of our nation s challenges, and he takes his cues
almost failed to launch. the live twitter chat with ceo elon musk ran into technical difficulties from the very begining, delaying the chat by more than 20 minutes. here is what listeners heard when they first tuned in. piercing electronic tone now it s quiet. well, ron desantis is officially entering a republican field that is dominated by one man former president donald trump. here s a look at the latest data. this poll released today by cnn shows donald trump with a big lead 53% of conservative voters prefer him as their top choice. governor desantis currently in second place with 26%. then former south carolina governor nikki haley and current south carolina senator tim scott trailing in the single digits. just a note this poll was conducted before ron desantis and tim scott had officially declared. well, earlier we discussed the launch with a group that had a lot to say.