in purple states, and he s leaving and aren t many more left. he s referring or they are referring to these republicans that appeal in not say republicans areas and that s dwindling and it s an echo chamber. do you worry about that? new hampshire is purple, we re not a democrat state, our congress is led by republicans, we re one election away from becoming like massachusetts. sorry, massachusetts, i mean, really. [laughter]. look, we have the fastest population growth, the fastest business growth, the most pro business state in northeast, all of these great things for us. i ve been here four terms, going on eight years now and i still have 18 months to go to be sure. i kind wanted folks to know where i was. and it s not a public career, it s called public service and i think that folks have to stay disciplined. i could win a fifth term, that s nice to know, but you ve
from new york, california, heading down to florida, it was a pro business state. and i think that what they are kind of speaking to is this idea that desantis, or somebody sandra: and he is speaking live in iowa on the ground in council bluffs, jessica. he might be able to pick off some of those independents and republican moderates that voted for joe biden and they want to make sure that is not going to happen. he is extreme. he signed a six week abortion bill in florida, did not even have a press conference about it but he did it. it s something on his record now and something we should all be concerned about. sandra: to quote jeffrey mccall, for much of the established media, a need to create a bogeyman out of whichever right of center politician will disrupt the ideological vision. is that what is happening? headlines, no one more dangerous for the white house than desantis, including donald trump. donald trump makes desantis so
we are supposed to be a pro business state. a business friendly state. what this is going to do is already her to the thousands and thousands of individuals who are living in this area. we are going to see a 25% increase in property taxes. the governor is proud of, this that he is going to be hurting the people of the state, so that he can get a win for his agenda and run for president of the united states. let s bring in our panel. don calloway is a democratic strategist, part of the national border production fund. we have with us to msnbc members. david jolly, former republican congressman from you just ignores our sunday family. basically. nikki frayed, who may face off with desantis come november, what do you make of her comments? do you think governor desantis and his success and targeting didi doesn t in the culture war helps him score political
against that. joining me is florida agriculture commissioner nicki freed, she is also a democratic candidate for governor. welcome back to the broadcast. it s good to see you. so let me ask you about what the governor did yesterday adding that he would have signed this bill revoking disney s special status. he says he would have done it three years ago had it crossed his desk. do you buy that? has disney s special status been an issue before? am i can you hear me? i can hear you, sorry. good. i was frozen for a second. what this governor has done time and time again is taken revenge on opposition. and that s exactly what this is. this was when a company regardless of who they were went after a piece of legislation that was a culture war. and instead of, you know, just trying to work with people in getting above it, he used his power as a governor to force this piece of legislation during our special session. we re supposed to be a pro
requires a covid vaccine for worksers directly conflicting with the federal mandate. now, most employers want their workers vaccinated. it dramatically reduces health care costs and sick days. most workers say they want it, too. now, southwest and american airlines say they will follow president biden s vaccine requirement for federal contractors rather than governor abbott s contrary order. and dell still plans on january 4th return to the office with vaccine requirements and testing protocols in place. here s the mayor of austin. it also seems to be inconsistent not only with the federal orders coming from the president, but this is texas. i mean, this is a pro business state. and for us to be telling businesses in their own businesses what they can or can t do in order to be able to protect their employees and their customers just doesn t seem to be in keeping with the freedoms and liberties we talk about here in texas. this shouldn t be political,