reaction on the glitches and on desantis himself. good evening. reporter: governor ron desantis remains confident. he did his first tv interview as a presidential candidate tonight on fox news. he explain what his top three priorities would be as pres president. there s a lot you can do, ripping out biden s anti-american energy policy, which you probably could do most of that executive. and then reconstitution leising the administrative state. reporter: also, desantis who was already called ron desantis money is by former president donald trump said he is not fazed by nicknames. he says he is ready to take on his republican challengers. i don t mind being called different things. i have been called everything but a child of god as it is. it does not faze me. make sure you call me a winner because that is what we have done in the state of florida and that is what we would do nationally. reporter: the governor s video on twitter to announce his presidential run during
playing an old to popocatepetl. kidding. if you have a problem for you to share, far away @tracegallagher or at media. there you go. with ron desantis now in the republican presidential primary, it should be interesting to watch how he and former president trump appeal to key gop constituents pro-life voters. let s bring and live action president and founder lila rose. great to have you on. ron desantis on abortion tonight on fox news tonight. watch. i am proud as governor to stand for a culture of life and i think all republicans need to do that. we were able to sign legislation protecting unborn child with their charitable heartbeat and we think that is a humane thing to do. trace: there are slight differences in the way that he and the former president view abortion. what do you think on this.
ron desantis has been disloyal and ron desantis would not even be in this position if president tripp had not not endorsed his gubernatorial campaign back in 2018. and ron desantis ron desantis announcement today proves that this man is not ready for prime time. he is not ready to be the leader of the free world and save america from joe biden and the democrats disasters and gender. he announced his campaign on twitter. a big-time platform that the majority of republican primary voters don t even use, there was a plethora of technological difficulties. that were quite embarrassing and show his team is not ready but most importantly the message. did not mention ukraine. did not mention china, did not mention the foreign policy problems we have across the world. did not mention inflation or immigration either. issues that are at the top of the mind for american voters right now. trace: in fairness, he did talk about those issues with trey gowdy and others. my question is he has $120
trace: it is a big gap. desantis thinks he can close that. thank you. let s bring in the founder of the pro-desantis political action committee, former directory of homeland security. it is great to have you on. florida gop representative donald s made a good plays. listen to him and i will get your reaction. ron desantis has a great record. i represent the state. at the end of the day, all of his accomplishments, especially if you want to talk the abortion ban are now possible. trace: would desantis be as successful as governor without former president trump having that office? well, he most certainly wo would. i mean, desantis has distinguished himself from very good crop of chief executives including president trump. head and shoulders above them all in his accomplishment as governor of florida. i mean, the congressman only touched on one and that was his
pretty good starting point for ron desantis. this race is shaping up to be a lot like 2016 where president trump was outspent. he was not at work. ron desantis can continue to try and build himself as trump 2.0, trump of the future. but the truth of the matter is donald trump is leading this race by more than 40 points and some polls. he is leading in new hampshire, leading in iowa and why is that? because he has a clear contrast between life in joe biden s america and life into trump s america and we need they want leadership. only president truman can walk into the white house, call gmac to get america back on track. we can t gamble america s future. there is way too much at stake. seven people now in this race. the former president does not go after nikki haley or tim scott, it does not go after anyone else except for ron desantis. why?