misspoke, and he had no choice but to take it back if he wanted to live another day. important point. it s interesting. trump and desantis trading barbs all day today in their dueling campaign events in new hampshire. does desantis have more to prove, though? i think, actually, all these candidates still have stuff to prove, right? we re not deep into this race yet. and donald trump has stuff to prove too. he s the front-runner, and he s ahead in all the polls by double-digit leads. so yes, desantis clearly still needs to prove that he can go toe to toe with trump that he has the stuff to be able to take him on. but i think the whole field of candidates still have to prove this. to me, the great question of this entire nomination season for the republican party is, is this a party that believes it is time to turn the page on donald trump and move in a new direction? or this is a party that believes donald trump is their best path to success in 2024?
that s 800-630-8900. paul: welcome to the journal editorial report, i m paul gigot. the republican primary field is about to get bigger with former vice president mike pence and former new jersey governor chris christie set to the launch their presidential campaigns next week. those expected announcements coming as the current g gop front-runners campaign in the early or primary sates with former president donald trump and florida governor ron desantis trading barbs along the way. you really e need to insure that we have a two-term
trump has recently gone on the offensive. he said amongst other things that ron desantis needed, as he put it, a personality overhaul. you can expect that the trading barbs from one direction to the other is going to only intensify in the months leading up to the republican primaries.- republican primaries. david, thank you republican primaries. david, thank you very republican primaries. david, thank you very much - republican primaries. david, thank you very much for - republican primaries. david, thank you very much for thati thank you very much for that update. he is 33 years younger than president trump. that s really tracking to me, it represents a whole new generation of republican leadership. he was in the us house of representatives before he went on to become governor of florida. during the pandemic
unknown. but police are assuring the community that there are no other known threats, at least at this time. we ll continue to monitor the situation in new mexico. now to the 2024 presidential race. a new escalation in the war of words between republicans donald trump and ron desantis. the former president and the florida governor going at it after trump canceled a rally after trump canceled a rally, some advisers had hoped would distract from a desantis swing through the state. we re talking about iowa. let s get some more on all of this. cnn s kristen holmes is joining us. kristen, are trump and desantis still, as of right now, still trading barbs? the barbs are unending. we believe this will continue to go out through this nomination process. the florida governor seizing on this moment from this weekend. it was him catching a break after a rough couple of weeks. we had seen those negative reports, particularly coming from donors saying they no longer knew if they were actually g
get 50 people to do one thing. it s not like there was five. there were 50 of them. let s get to this. the gloves are off between house speaker kevin mccarthy and president biden in the debt ceiling fight at this point. the chamber s top republican and the white house trading barbs just yesterday as experts are saying a default could loom. it got pretty chippy. let s watch. skipping town to deliver a speech in maryland rather than sitting down to address the debt ceiling. senator schumer is missing in action. just last month he approved it was maine s maple syrup month. president biden: this is really dangerous. congressman willing to default on the debt unless i speaker mccarthy is in hostage taken. no other speaker has done this