tragic explosion one individuals you say was killed, others injured, but the lend itself separate from the area where the actual explosion took place, but we re going to continue to work their work. the plan of the cleanup ah ah, and, you know, continue to work with people in the community. governor dewine whatever here, you know, we have to talk politics, right? we ve got 2024 looming. so when it turned to that race now, the presidential race for governor rhonda santis is really inching closer to officially running for the gop nomination, but he s already appealing to ohio voters . this is what he said in his new book, and i m going to quote here, he says. i was geographically raised in tampa bay, but culturally, my upbringing reflected the working class communities in western pennsylvania. and northeast ohio. from weekly church attendance to the expectation that one would earn his keep. so can someone who is not from ohio culturally. from ohio would how
money, use it when you need it. twice. mark twain prize for american humor are celebrating adam sandler sunday on cnn. you might call this a reset of sorts for rhonda santis, the florida governor s poll standing down a bit after weeks of incoming from donald trump and other 2024 republican hopefuls, but in a new interview, done with the fox streaming service to santis urges republicans to contrast his style with that of the former president. i would have fired somebody like fauci. i think that he got way too big for his britches get personnel in the government who have the agenda of the people and share our agenda. the way we run. the government, i think is no daily drama focus on the big picture and put points on the board.
thing he knows is whatever he does whether he tries to ignore donald trump or whether he confronts donald trump. donald trump is going to be in his face. donald trump is going to follow the mike tyson strategy that everybody has a plan. and until they get punched in the face. and donald trump has brushed back to the santas yet again just in the last few minutes, posting this quote. the fact is, ron is an average governor, but the best by far in the country in one category, public relations where he easily ranks number one, but it is all a mirage. just look at the facts and figures they don t lie and we don t want want run as our president, end quote, wolf it, it s going to go back and forth, probably for a while between sanders and trump. i suspect you re right. brian todd reporting. thank you very much. let s get some analysis right now from our senior political commentator scott jennings. why do you think, scott that we re seeing two santis now go on the attack against trump. well it
mentioned rhonda santis because we have a sound bite from his interview with piers morgan that i want to play for everyone. listen to this. which is your favorite nickname that trump s given you so far as it run, rhonda, sanctimonious or meatball, right? why can t he went off meatball wrong? i can t i don t know how to spell the sanctimonious. i don t really know what it means. but you know, i kind of like it s long. it s got a lot of valves. i mean, so we ll go with that. that s fine. you know, you can call me you can call me whatever you want. i mean, just as long as you you know, also call me a winner because that s what we ve been able to do in florida has put a lot of points on the board and really take this state to the next level. this santis joking about the nicknames that trump has given him but also pointing out that, in contrast to trump in 2020, he won re election in the state of florida by a sizable margin. joe predicted that donald trump was likely to be the republican no
because this this is not well coordinated, well coordinated progressive conspiracy would not start with the porn star. it would start with the coup. and so i just think that the end of the day this he has made a decision yet. and we don t know it just before you go talk about rhonda santis in this new interview that he gave to piers morgan. i just want people to see a clip of it quick. your favorite nickname that trump s given you so far as it run rhonda, sanctimonious or meatball rock. why can t even he went off meatball wrong? i can t i don t know how to spell the sanctimonious. i don t really know what it means. but you know, i kind of like it s long. it s got a lot of valves. i mean, so we go with that. that s fine. you know, you can call me and you can call me whatever you want. i mean, just as long as you, you know, also call me a winner. no lack of confidence there from sanders, who also says by the way, i wouldn t be running against trump. i d be running against biden. you thin