Showtime. mark this is a test of ron desantis leadership. how should he handle this? because the actual, whole country is watching what he is doing in his home state. exactly, winston churchill and ron emanuel said don t let crisis go to waste. ron desantis is taking advantage of that. this is why governors had a leg up in electoral politics, and campaigns. and they have big things to deal with. and you can see them deal with really big problems. we have two very significant crisis in florida with a shooting, and that shull weather disaster. this is an opportunity for desantis to put the campaign on hold. which is great because what he really wants to do is show leadership, and executive ability. which is what people want to see any president. so this is much better than being on the campaign trail. this is a so big it handled it well. and the jury is out on that. i think that s the important
Crisis go to waste. ron desantis is taking advantage of that. this is why governors had a leg up in electoral politics, and campaigns. and they have big things to deal with. and you can see them deal with really big problems. we have two very significant crisis in florida with a shooting, and that shull weather disaster. this is an opportunity for desantis to put the campaign on hold. which is great because what he really wants to do is show leadership, and executive ability. which is what people want to see any president. so this is much better than being on the campaign trail. this is a so big it handled it well. and the jury is out on that. i think that s the important part. assuming he handles it well. it s an opportunity to step up. but also a chance to with.
Here s the thing, anderson. why is he gaining so much? because nobody that is running for president, with the exception of chris christie, asa hutchinson, and will hurd, are speaking out and saying that what donald trump did was wrong. if you re a republican voter, and all these people who you trust, even if you re gonna vote for somebody else, all these people running for president are telling you, that this is a hit job by the doj, you re gonna believe this is a hit job, because the people that you trust are telling you that. and then you re gonna rally behind the guy that s getting this hit job against him from the doj. it s really simple. these people running for president that are too cowardly to speak out, i, mean like i said this a few times now, just drop out and endorsed donald trump then. maybe you ll get a cabinet position, you re obviously running for, or if you truly want to be president of the united states, show leadership. show sacrifice. tell people the truth. i can ex
Is going to move their numbers one way or the other. i just don t, these candidates have to make their own news. they have to show something about who they are, in terms of leadership, and if it s only based on donald trump, again, they re giving trump all the airtime. they re only quitting themselves, based on his image and his likeness, and how they compared to that. trump loves that. you re playing right into his hand if you think every candidate really be out there taking aside on trump or not. they have to be themselves. show leadership without him. i don t think it s about taking a side on trump. it s a question of taking aside on what he s saying is true or false. before you go, governor, just a final question, we were getting at this earlier, four indictments in, if trump is the nominee, will you vote for him? again, i don t think he s gonna be the nominee, and that s a question for a year from now with 100 other variables will come to play. i would say, whether i vote for
Ton or will hurd, to directly criticize their biggest challenger? i think they ll get there. i know a lot of these candidates are trying to lay groundwork, laying their policy, who they are and what they re about. but to your point, they ve got to start swinging, whether it starts with a light zinger, or you go chris christie full board and lay out trump s failed agenda and lack of agenda for the future of this party. one way or the other they re going to have to get there. the idea you re going to cater to a trump voter by not attacking the former president makes no sense because here s a memo for you. it s a trump voter. they re voting for the former president. you re not going to win them over. so, they ve got to stand on their own, show leadership, show you have the courage to push back, call it like you see it, call the balls and strikes like you see them. some of them are a little hesitant and taking bad political advice. this is a six-month roller coaster. it really starts ton