host: david drucker. on the political front, in terms of the response to covid, certainly governor rick scott in florida, a potential 2024 candidate has touted their success. his view of their success in florida infighting covid. is that a strong point for him and a potential -- in a potential 2024 run? guest: senator rick scott has pointed to florida and a lot of republicans point to florida saying what governor ron desantis has been able to do and local governments have been able to do was better balanced for financial and health concerns posed by the pandemic. a lot of people forget this, and i reference it briefly in "in trump's shadow," the fact that in many states that were run -- majority democrats states, they prioritized health concerns and a lot of their voters are extreme he happy with that, but there are other states like tennessee under governor bill lee, florida under governor ron desantis, that felt as though that state and local governments had to do a better job balancing the economic fal

host: david drucker.the political front, in terms of the response to covid, certainly governor rick scott in florida, a potential 2024 candidate has touted their success. his view of their success in florida infighting covid. is that a strong point for him and a potential -- in a potential 2024 run? guest: senator rick scott has pointed to florida and a lot of republicans point to florida saying what governor ron desantis has been able to do and local governments have been able to do was better balanced for financial and health concerns posed by the pandemic. a lot of people forget this, and i reference it briefly in "in trump's shadow," the fact that in many states that were run -- majority democrats states, they prioritized health concerns and a lot of their voters are extreme he happy with that, but there are other states like tennessee under governor bill lee, florida under governor ron desantis, that felt as though that state and local governments had to do a better job balancing the economic fallout

david drucker, welcome back. guest: good to be here. what was your original inspiration for writing this book? guest: it started out as a collection of stories about republicans planning for 2024 long before president trump at even run for reelection. we knew he was going to run, he was preparing to run and normally when your party controls the white house, uri an

. >> david drucker is senior political correspondent with the washington examiner and a longtime washington reporter and the author of the brand-new book, in trump's shadow, the battle for 2024 and the future of the gop. welcome back to washington journal. what was your original inspiration for writing this book? guest: it started out as a collection of stories about republicans planning for 2024 long before president trump at even run for reelection. we knew he was

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alrod and david drucker, the author of "in trump's show." and also the host of "way too early," jonathan lemire. >> of course does it have a future? you actually can write about three minutes and you are in a state that's selected a former governor and cabinet overwhelmingly. >> and 24 hours a day and we saw over night of kevin mccarthy's speech. >> yesterday on pennsylvania avenue, democrats were so distressed. they just seemed to be this is a general feeling on the hill, we are lost and we don't know what they are doing. i went away from it and i thought this is how democrats felt in 1981 when ronald reagan won the landslide, republicans took over a year later. republicans had if you talk to people that had been around, their most heartbreaking lost in midterm elections in 1982. i always saw about carl rode for talking about after the -- >> permanent majority. >> two years later, nancy pelosi is speaker of the house. >> i say it all the time. it needs to be said in 2008. barack obama wins and that's the end of the world as republicans know

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