asked for nicky healey. she of course is a declared candidate, but this was our 1st real test. she was out of the comfort bubble of supporters in south carolina coming here to what essentially was a less than half fool whole to speak to the rank and file. and she started her speech with a criticism of both joe biden and donald trump. when i liked my campaign, i said, every politician over 75 years, all and should be required to take a man on competency test. have you seen daisy lately? we shall start with joe biden, and we shouldn't stop there. if you want to talk about the elephant, not in the room, then that's the florida governor on desantis, nor many people would suspect that he would be a very strong opponent for donald trump if he were to run. and many people think he will declare. but he's decided to opt out of c fact he's going to make a big speech in texas on saturday. but there are supporters here. and if you put donald trump up against ron de santis, who is very popular in florida and is brought in some policies that are very popular with the rank and file of the rep

i see once was ah, former un ambassador, nicky healey, we once said she would never run against our president has entered the race for the republican nomination and tank. trump is too old for office and we are. 2 more than ready for a new generation to lead us into that it's a battle which is come to represent the rift leaving the republican party a point as to losing the white house in 2020, the week performance. some candidates, he backed in the mid terms. many republicans think it's time to move on from donald j. trump. they desperately do not want to talk about donald trump anymore. they want to ignore him, or hope he gets killed by a shark or, or, or that gets, you know, a struck by a media right, or some other outcome. i'm there with the washington lobbyist consulting establishment. that's the kevin mccarthy. that's mitch mcconnell, the hardline party loyalists. so gathering for the annual c pike conference, the center of the republican universe for 4 days. and the divisions will be on shore. trump is the headline act. he's going to do what he did in 2016, destroy his republican, oppose

they're nicky healey will speaking here in the next couple of hours. what will be interesting is whether or not you see all the empty seats, briley, whether or not she's able to fill some of them, cuz we know when donald trump speaks here on saturday afternoon, every single seat will be full, very interesting. so possible divide there between, you know, what a party and leaders who the party leaders might want and who the public is still supporting. and what about florida gavin iran de santis add that he seems to be conspicuous by his absence. that oh well he's considered the man most likely to challenge donald trump. he's hugely popular in florida. of course he had a great midterms. he has, he won his state and the, the governor rafia very handily indeed. but he's opted not to come here and people think that because he hasn't yet declared, we'll think he's going to be hasn't yet. and he doesn't want to get into a direct fight with donald trump. donald trump nice daily. he be coming here to see park. no one de santis will be speaking elsewhere in texas

whole and the are 100 percent behind. trump said they might look at someone like ron de santis or nicky healey. but the reality is, donald trump still has a big hold over the republican party. he will get a rapturous welcome when he steps on to this stage. here in maryland, at the, the party faithful is still very much behind donald trump. and for those who are thinking of enter the race, like mike pompeo, like mike pans a like tim scott, all these other politicians, the reaction that he gets here from grassroots supporters is going to make them think twice about whether or not they want to expand the field and perhaps challenge donald trump for that nomination. yeah, and i mentioned that brazil's ex president job bull sonata was going to be speaking as well. he, to, of course, no stranger to controversy, any idea what his angle is going to be. oh certainly as we suspect having had from his son on a panel in the last hour or so that he will again attack a president at the present in brazil. seeing that it was an illegitimate victory, that you can understand why that was the frustration, of cou