were a biased source in 2020 at least and probably before that so they say will listen, i m going to show you i m unbiased you can come here. if donald trump comes out and says hey, twitter is terrible. he rode twitter to the presidency in 2016 and through his presidency. to twitter space is kind of an interesting thing because donald trump also doesn t want to go back on twitter. they kicked him out and invited him back and he doesn t want to do it. he could do it on truth social which would have been really interesting. he is in and right away the attacks came right back at him from the democratic side and donald trump side as you heard before. i think it s going to be fascinating to see him, also, after he does the twitter spaces he goes to the four seasons and then going to be on with trey gowdy tonight. this is the first time you will see if ron desantis will take on donald trump directly. and not insinuate and apply. say this is the attack. this is my answer.
great governor. ron. reporter: desantis ran as a clone of trump. make america great again. reporter: today one of his rivals, former ambassador nikki haley said desantis is still trying to be donald trump. all of it is copying trump. he needs to be his own person. needs to get out there and say what he believes, what he thinks. he s just going to be an echo to trump, people will just vote for trump. reporter: after about 25 minutes of technical difficulties, ron desantis finally appeared with elon musk on twitter. the audio only discussion forum. he made the announcement although there wasn t much of a discussion. sounded more like a stump speech to say the least, david, not a smooth start to a presidential campaign. david: all right, jon karl with a sleep tonight. john, thank you. in the meantime to the battle over raising the debt ceiling tonight negotiator s row speaker kevin mccarthy did go to the white house today to try and make a deal but tonight no deal. june 1st de
here is elon musk. he said he would like somebody with the keys to air force one who is normal. i m not at this time going to endorse any particular candidate. but i am interested in, you know, proximate result twitter being a town square where more and more organizations host content and big announcements on twitter. i think the preference of most americans is really to have someone fairly normal in office. [laughter] i think we would all be quite happy with that, actually. you know, i think someone that is representative of the moderate views that i think most the country holds in reality. brian: i think there is going to be other people jumping in, too. real clear average trump 56%. desantis 19. pence with 5.6.
brian: thanks, guys. steve: coming up on 7:00 here in new york city and we start this hour with a major shakeup in the race for the white house. florida governor ron desantis is set to announce his bid tonight to run for president on twitter. peter doocy is live at the white house at 7:00 eastern time and peter, tonight, is he going to be talking on twitter at 6:00 p.m. eastern time. peter: yes, and that means that this cycle, ron desantis is trying to do something that worked for the republican nominee in 2015 and 2016, which is to try to win primaries by using twitter. 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
florida governor ron desantis just made it official, announcing his bid for the republican nomination. and i cbs s robert costa reports, desantis joins an already crowded field, trying to defeat front-runner, former president donald trump. you need the courage to lead. reporter: a launch for president on twitter. i m ron desantis, and i m running for president, to lead our great american comeback. reporter: florida governor ron desantis posted a video making it official, and was expected to speak on twitter spaces alongside controversial billionaire and ceo elon musk, who was not expected to explicitly endorse desantis, but has said he would support a conventional candidate. the prefrence of most americans is really to have someone fairly normal in office. reporter: the desantis campaign hopes to capitalize on musk and his 140 million followers, as it now faces significant challenges, the g.o.p. field is expanding, and rivals are calling him out as an imitation of trump.