maria: president trump is sharing a full list of ron de santis endorsements who have actually flippedstory in terms of the donor community, in terms of the endorsements when you look at ron de santis versus donald trump? >> i think the donors -- gop donors are a little bit more realistic, i think probably than some of those on the left. on the left they look at it as the cause, on the right they look at it as an investment. they're always hedging their investment and want to make a smart one. as the donors re-evaluate who they think is most likely to, one, win the nomination and two, win the election, they'll keep shifting and try make the best investment p. i think that's going to explain a little bit of this is the changing perception. again, if you look at the poll numbers, fox poll demonstrates, in february this was a more competitive race than it is now and now is when de santis is getting in the race. maria: is the that because of his move on abortion? on disney? to what do you attribute de santis losing some ground since february? >> actually, i don't think it's as much de sant

maria: you think it will be donald trump. >> ron de santis wasted six months. and a recent poll has president trump up 43 points on de santis, doug. >> yeah. at this point in time, kelly's right. it's trump's t path to victory right here and de santis getting in, i think the thing that's been the most interesting to watch ron de santis wait for these few months while being vetted for the first time on a national stage. when your policies and your actions get vetted on a national stage with somebody like donald trump, yeah, it's going to get shown and rights now it is donald trump's but i disagree with ron de santis. the republicans can beat joe biden if we as republicans make the clear case that america under joe biden has gone wrong and we've got to get back to the right. maria: i don't think that's a hard a case to make. i mean, look at everywhere you look it's incredible, there's a fire to put out everywhere. doug, thank you. it's always a pleasure to see you. 40e7 you're doing -- hope you're doing well. doug collins this morning. thank you, sir. >> thank yo

de santis moving forward. >> yeah. i very much appreciate the fight that ron de santis has gotten in. of that is de santis' attack versus disney's own problems with over-investment and losing the streaming wars, et cetera. but my question for you is why does it seem that all of these public companies, all of these major companies are forcing these fringe idea you controllings down our -- ideologies down our throats. when you go in target you see satanic stuff, not seeing a christian message. if bud light or target or walmart were to come out with pro life or pro christian message, what do you think the reaction would be to that and why do these companies keep doing this to us? >> in a simple answer, they do it because they're stupid. they don't understand that their core business is not of offendig half the people of america. they cape doing it. they hire 20 something-year-old marketing geniuses who think their job is to pander to people on the extreme fringe and in doing so they alienate a lot of the customers in flyover country and i think even on the coast who say enough of this. i

we're expecting ron de santis to announce his presidency bid this week. day, we're told. have you decided who of you're supporting for president in 2024, congressman? will it be ron de santis? >> i'm supporting the republican candidate but at this point i have thrown my hat in with president trump and so at the end this process will work itself out. we'll have a nominee. whoever that nominee, we're all going to get behind but at this point i support the president. maria: president trump is certainly leading in the polls. much higher than ron de santis. but we'll see what happens when de santis announces this week. congressman, good to see you this morning. thank you, sir. >> good seeing you too. maria: carlos jiminez joining us in miami. quick break an then the 2024 presidential race heating up, two republican contenders expected to make it official this week, ron de santis and one other. we'll tell you who they are when we come back. stay was us. ♪ country girl shake it for me, girl. ♪ shake it for me, girl. shake t for me. ♪ country girl shake it for me,

him and that is not ron de santis versus trump, it's ron de santis versus biden and to try to get thata little momentum as he goes up against the juggernaut of the republican party. with reference to the polls, maria, cause and effect. i think when we start to look at ideology, whether it's republican ideology or democratic ideology, versus cause and results, this is what eventually happens. these are big, long-term oriented decisions that are being made with short-term looking data. it's starting to have a major impact on the economy and we think the economy's continuing to slow so it's only going to get worse. maria: yeah. i mean, many people are expeexpecting recession later on this year. we'll see what ron de santis has to say about that. liz, he has lost some shine over the last month for sure. >> yes. i think there are a couple reasons for that. one, trump has been going at him very hard. the trump campaign launched ad after ad attacking ron de santis in a pretty brutal way and that's why if he skips the exploratory committee my guess is because he wants to get out there and star

[cheers and applause] maria: florida governor ron de santis kicking off his 2024 presidential cam nang showing de santis is losing ground to president trump. lee, you say de santis has a likability problem. tell us. >> he definitely does have a likability problem. maria: you say the campaign needs a reset. >> the campaign does need a reset. the polls have dropped significantly over the last couple months. i think he's focused on the wrong issues, focused on the woke wars. he talked about how he want toeo be to the right of drum. what was working for him, what meme love about him is what they did in florida, they love the florida blueprint, want to hear more about what he did for the economy in florida, keeping freedom open, parental choice and involvement. all of that is popular. the woke wars are hurting him quite a bit. at the same time as the polling numbers against donald trump have been going down, so has his likability. his likability n numbers have ge down 20 points. if more people see him, the more they don't like him. it seemed like he was reading the speech, seemed robotic.

vivek ramaswamy is taking a swing at it in terms of maybe taking on ron de santis with a lot of his commentarya significant amount of attention. cheryl: so if vivek goes after de santis, that ends up helping donald trump. >> it does. cheryl: final thought? >> listen, it's going to be a battle for who gets the vice presidential nomination or are we going to see some actual debates between the various different people? we've seen the ads tearing each other apart. i think ripping apart the republican party is not the way to go at this point. cheryl: august, get ready. the debates will be this year. coming up, homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas shifting the blame over the border crisis ahead of title 42's end next week. we'll talk about it. plus, an attempted fix at new york city's -- for new york s city's crime crisis, featuring apple technology. we're going to tell you about that. stay with us. we'll be right back. ♪ all he wants to do is dance, dance, dance. ♪ wild eyed pistol wavers who ain't you afraid to die. ♪ and all she wants to do is, all she wants to do is dance. maria: this

i don't know how ron de santis is going to deal with the biden laptop or russia collusion story or alln de santis comes up with that. >> i'm all for giving him a chance. let's get someone else in there and give him a chance. we have to take on the issues head on. people vote on one or two issues. the other things are tertiary and secondary. >> de santis and trump have staked out their platforms. you know where they stand. i haven't heard that from anybody else. nikki haley, love her. where does she stand? what are the issues? for me it's about trump and he desantis. >> good nicknames coming out. maria: when we come back, more retaliation claims from the irs whistleblowers who are assigned to the hunter biden tax case, what you need to know on that score. keep your passwords close, netflix new rules on sharing accounts, all right here, next. ♪ because it's the heat of the moment. ♪ the heat of the moment. ♪ the heat of the moment. ♪ showed in your eyes sam who make...? ...everyday products... ...designed smarter. like a smart coffee grinder - that orders fresh beans for you. oh, genius!

the race for the 2024 gop nomination just officially got more crowded with florida governor ron de santis his long anticipated announcement wednesday in a historic first on twitter spaces without showing his face, and we should choose a new direction, a path that will lead to american revitalization. we must restore sanity to our nation, but it didn't go as planned tech issues plagued the social media platform throughout the event. yeah a just a massive number of people online to its, um services training somewhat. we had a huge audience it did. it was the biggest they'd ever had . it did break the twitter space , and so we're really excited with the enthusiasm the dnc taking aim at the twitter events. failure to launch releasing this statement in true rhonda santos fashion, his presidential launch was quite literally not ready for prime time. welcome to the race for the mega bass ron minutes before the events planned start descent , is released his first campaign video i'm ron de santis and i'm running for president to lead our great american come back. but he has a long way to go. polli

we turn now to florida governor and likely presidential candidate ron de santis and his new crackdown on college campuses against so called diversity and inclusion programs . he's explaining a new law as he takes another step toward a possible white house campaign. this morning, florida governor rhonda santis appears to be just days from officially jumping into the 2024 presidential race source says his team is telling donors to expect a gathering in miami next week. coinciding with the campaign launch around memorial day. it comes as two santas signs a new bill into law prohibiting state colleges in florida from spending money on diversity, equity and inclusion programs also known as d e. i programs e e. i is better, um, viewed as standing for discrimination, exclusion and indoctrination, and that has no place in our public institutions . the law also says state college courses cannot include a curriculum that teaches identity politics. or teach theories that systemic racism, sexism, oppression and privilege are inherent in the institutions of the united states. florida is getting ou

disney doesn't have a florida or ron de santis problem. it has a disney problem. and disney. how does this play out? >> so i'm 17 years in this process. i'm about making customers happy. i've not once, not twice, i've pleaded bob iger needs to come to the table and quit this nonsense. right now, they're losing millions of subscribers -- they're closing the flagship flagshipstar wars hotel, they'rg decisions like they have to, laying off people. it's convenient to blame ron de santis. he's a high profile target. it makes stockholders and directors have a scapegoat to blame it on. look, bob iger is doing what he needs to do to survive and unfortunately getting $2,000 a night for a hotel doesn't fly anymore in the united states. maria: well, look, i'm glad that you're pulling back and pushing back on these banks that are p putting these woke id ideologies ahead of decisions and standards that we're hoping are fair. jimmy, according to the bureau of labor statistics for the first time in at least 40 years, there are more jobs in florida than there are jobs in new york.

he said i'm ron de-santis. he past few years. how fascinating, he went back to the ron de-santis pronunciation. >> everything about his run seems like a missed opportunity. you think of bobs for jobs, that was a great campaign. he can't be ron desantis for jobs with his big fight with disney and them moving out. by the way, what a missed opportunity on disney. he and his wife got married there. that could be such a love story for jobs and the growth that disney was going to bring to florida canceled. there's just -- everything he does seems to be negative. >> he doesn't have any range. there's no calibration. >> no touch. >> there's no touch. there's no calibration with the guy. he could have been an effective governor of florida of be doing well with the republican voters that want to move on from trump. instead, he just double, triple, quadrupled down on a very mean-spirited, pretty nasty maga agenda that i don't think -- six week abortion ban. >> what are you doing? >> i think i could argue donald trump is mo

nikki, larry, y tambiÉn berry johnson, ademÁs son probables aspirantes al gobernador de la florida ron de santissenado formalizÓ su campaÑa prometiendo restaurar el patriotismo estadounidense de una cultura de responsabilidad personal. motivarÉ, inspirar y exigirle a todos los ciudadanos capaces que asuma su responsabilidad y se pongan a trabajar. desde el senado se ha puesto al derecho al aborto y ha impulsado recortes fiscales para luchar contra la pobreza, aunque es una figura prominente en su estado, en el resto del paÍs es poco conocido, las encuestas lo colocan en un lejano 1%, trump sigue con un sÓlido 58%, el mÁs cercanas el de la florida con un 16%. >> mÁs vale uno conocido que uno malo por conocer. >> hoy el expresidente reaccionÓ al anuncio de scott dÁndole la bienvenida y reconociendo que la contienda republicana se estÁ llenando, y aprovechando para criticar a desantis, este analista asegura que la llegada de mÁs precandidatos favorece a trump. >> porque tiene un piso muy sÓlido de un 30%, es muy difÍcil ganar una campaÑa presidencial si son dos candidatos, pero si son siete u ocho

i'm ron de santis and i'm running for president to lead our rate. americans come back with the florida governor, made his actual presidential campaign launch on the social media platform, twitter that's involved a half hour delay due to technical issues tonight. and police introduce to individuals who have done more solution like this sound costs out to him into freedom. it's a freedom and is when you were put his money will just change the store, change or without the full $120000.00 listeners. at its peak, desantis loan was over all the underwhelming, particularly for a man who's made his political career by successfully courting the right. our bottom line is we do not surrender to the work mob. florida is where woke goes to die. this is a republican heavy weight who stacked up a number of wins folds the right. those include defined on discussing gender identity on sexual orientation in schools in florida. that's meant to use president to page has already prevents protests including in miami. but it's this mine who is defense is his biggest hurdle to securing the republican candidacy

i'm ron de santis and i'm running for president to lead our great american come back. from ktvu. fox two news. this is the fourth combating violent crime is top of mind for city leaders in oakland as they walk with merchants today following a string of attacks on residents and businesses. welcome everyone to the four this afternoon. i'm alex savage, and i'm heather holmes calls for more action are growing louder after this latest series of crimes are crime reporter henry lee was in the rock ridge neighborhood where a council member is trying henry to ease concerns. alex and heather. the message is clear. oakland merchants and residents say they want both a strong police presence as well as violence prevention programs to help tackle crime. oakland city council member dan cobb, who represents the rockbridge district, joined police officers in a walk along college avenue meeting merchants and residents . after a recent spree of robberies they started at the rockridge bart station across the street from margaret hall, where a woman was pushed the ground robbed and attacked on sunday

. >> ron de santis and i'm running for president to lead our great american comeback. >> florida governor ron desantis launching his 2024 presidential campaign today. this was a twitter announcement, but it was delayed by technical glitches. the center is initially announced his decision in a video posted on social media but then decided to talk about it. and first of its kind conversation with twitter ceo elon musk on twitter spaces. but the audio stream crashed repeatedly making it virtually impossible for most users to hear the high-profile announcement in real time. center's so stepping into a crowded republican primary, one that will test his national appeal as an outspoken cultural conservative today kron four's political analyst weighed in on what this might mean for the gop presidential race going forward. >> i think part of his message is going to be his ability to actually get things because trump for all his bluster and all it is is rhetoric was in very poor president and he's going to try offer the care that everything that you wanted trump to do. i can do better. but, rou kno

i'm ron de santis and i'm running for president to lead our rate. americans come back. but the florida a governor, made his actual presidential campaign launch on the social media platform, twitter that's involved a half hour delay due to technical issues tonight. and police introduce to individuals who have done more solution like the sound costs out to average $3.00 documents of freedom and is when you were put his money will just change the store, change or without the full 120000 listen is that it's pete desantis launch was over all the underwhelming, particularly for a mine who's made his political career by successfully quoting the right. our bottom line is we do not surrender to the wealth mob. florida is where woke goes to die. this is a republican heavy weight who stepped up a number of wins folds of right. those include defined on discussing gender identity on sexual orientation in schools in florida. that's meant to use president to page has already prevents protests including in miami. but it's this mine who is defense is his biggest hurdle to securing the r

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even compared with jackie kennedy, everyone knows that my husband ron de santis was supported by theas 4 years ago that trump was like a light in a window for the de santis candidate. he even his own son in example set range. after that , mr trump said you were fired. now trump would proudly say this phrase to the desantis himself in the face. their roads. dispersed, the former president also scoffs at the failure of the opponent at the start, but be that as it may, but the governor of florida for trump is the number one competitor, although still far behind 54% against 24% support among republicans. wow , the performance of the paratroopers. twitter is a disaster his entire company is going to be a disaster. but with the money everything is in order for an hour on twitter, a million dollars are collected, and the entire sponsor has already transferred 110 million to the landing party. more than trump. the republican establishment is also loyal to him and prime time for an interview on fox. news found me called whatever. just not a child of god. so that doesn't bother me. you can cal

it was billed as the moment when ron de santis would launch himself as a major rival to donald trumpn. and he did — at least eventually. the event — held on twitter with elon musk , didn't go entirely to plan. it was hit by a series of technical problems, before the florida governor could get his message across. nomia iqbal reports from florida. decline is a choice. success is attainable. a big american flag, dramatic music and a warning only he can fix the problems. just what you would expect from a candidate aiming for the top job. ..and integrity to our institutions. i'm ron desantis and i'm running for president to lead our great american comeback. we have so many people here that i think we are melting the servers. but over on social media, spacex owner elon musk was unable to launch governor ron desantis on his twitter spaces. he had better luck with his announcement on tv. i'm running to lead a great american comeback. technical glitches aside, ron desantis is the man who republicans see as donald trump without the drama. a conservative hero who delivers policies. florida is w

florida governor ron de santis kicked off his first campaign tour tonight as a republican presidential candidate tonight's event in iowa, his first big speech since entering the race last week. it starts a four day 12 city swing , where he will also make appearances in the key early primary states of new hampshire and south carolina, speaking at an evangelical church into moin dissent, has criticized the bipartisan debt deal struck over the weekend. this is not going to solve we run budget surpluses . we have a $1.2 trillion gdp in florida, the 13th largest santa's will be campaigning in iowa for two days. the iowa caucuses will be held early next year. former president donald trump also scheduled to visit iowa this week. the u. s house of representatives is scheduled to vote on the debt ceiling bill tomorrow. the house rules committee cleared the bill tonight. paving the way for full house vote. still the legislation is facing some hurdles. multiple gop members argue the bill doesn't cut spending enough and are aiming to vote it down. come tomorrow. supporters say the deal does includ

more than double governor ron de santis, his nearest opponent. the poll was conducted before trump was found liable for the sexual abuse of writer e. jean carroll. and the sentence has been expected to make even more moves this week toward establishing an official white house campaign. presidential runoff is now expected in turkey after neither candidate appeared to clear the 50% threshold needed to win. it is president erdogan's toughest fight after 20 years in power, his challenger has promised to restore democracy after years of tension with the west tennessee company is now pushing back fighting a federal demand to recall millions of airbag inflators. the national highway traffic safety administration once rc automotive to recall 67 million of the device is saying a defect could cause explosions and throw shrapnel into cars. two deaths have been blamed on the problem, but a r c says it's testing has not found any defects. the conflict could now be headed to court. general motors is recalling nearly one million vehicles with rc inflators, the

even compared with jackie kennedy , everyone knows that my husband ron de santis was supported by theas 4 years ago that trump was like a light in a window for the de santis candidate. he even set the range as an example to his own son. after that , mr trump said you were fired. now trump would proudly say this phrase to the desantis himself in the face. their roads. dispersed, the former president also mocks the opponent's failure at start. be that as it may, the governor of florida has it for trump's number one competitor, albeit still far behind 54% against 24% support among republicans. wow , the performance of the paratroopers. twitter is a disaster his entire company is going to be a disaster. but with the money, everything is in order in an hour on twitter, a million dollars were collected, and the entire sponsor was transferred to the landing party already 110 million. more than trump. the republican establishment is also loyal to him and there was time in prime time for an interview on fox news. and ben khalde called me whatever you like. only not a child of god, so that it d

here's jon karl as ron de santis moves towards a presidential run. his aides tell abc news he will announce around memorial day he is now facing off against donald trump on a critical issue for republican primary voters. abortion it comes after trump criticized the santis for signing a law banning almost all abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. if you look at what to santa's did a lot of people don't even know if he knew what he was doing. trump told the new site. the messenger. but he signed six weeks and many people within the pro life movement feel that was too harsh. that comment triggered immediate backlash from a key social conservative in iowa, who responded quote. no mr former president, many in the pro life community do not believe saving babies is too harsh and today to santis jumped on it to protecting an unborn child. when there's the detectable heartbeat is something that almost probably 99% of pro life or support. such abortion bans are only possible because the supreme court overturned roe v. wade last year with the votes of all thr

thank you for talking us through _ now to the us where ron de santis has taken his campaign to iowa,t big rally since confirming he was running for the white house, he took aim at president biden's record on crime and the economy. ilil" president biden's record on crime and the economy.— and the economy. our country is auoin in and the economy. our country is going in the _ and the economy. our country is going in the wrong _ and the economy. our country is going in the wrong direction. - and the economy. our country is going in the wrong direction. we and the economy. our country is - going in the wrong direction. we can see it, and we can feel it. our southern border has collapsed. look at the economy. the biden administration is doing all it can to make it harderfor the average family to make ends meet and attain and maintain a middle class lifestyle. and that was ron desanity. this is bbc news. bye. —— that was ron we have two types of weather and a tale of two beaches, here in northern ireland, barely a cloud in the sky, beautiful sunshine and feeling warm but it is not like tha

but what president trump has, let's say a ron de santis doesn't you can point to his 4 years. so he delivered on the economy twice. actually he delivered on crime i and actually on criminal justice reform as well. so we had folks on both sides of the debate who are bracing it. no new wars who did not invade ukraine. he buried ukraine under obama innovative ukraine under binding, did not under president trump, and i think people saw the america's that much stronger standing on the world stage . what we see now is feebleness, weakness, and once biden completely botched the withdrawal of american troops from afghanistan. every leader, every adversary in the world had our number. so let's take a look at this week, for example, rather than picking a fight, i'm speaking to the president bind right now. he's going to have to pop a new guinea in ally by the way. what fights are you picking a pop? a new guinea when we have these issues at the southern border with title 42 and the expiration there inflation be out of control? certainly the word ukraine is not getting any better. that's

former president donald trump and florida governor ron de santis. president biden is heading back to the u. s. after the g seven summit in japan. he is cutting his trip short because of the ongoing debt ceiling fight in washington. just a few hours ago, he said. republicans demands are not realistic, much of what they've already proposed , is simply, uh, quite frankly, unacceptable. it's time for republicans, except that there's no bipartisan deal. to be made solely solely on their partisan terms. they have to move as well. president biden said he's willing to cut spending but not to the extent republicans are demanding. the u. s has 12 days until the potential default. the president also said the crisis is up to lawmakers to resolve he ruled out using executive action through the 14th amendment. for now, as some democratic lawmakers have pushed for time now is a 37 2 major airports near mexico city or open again this morning after volcanic ash shut them both down for several hours yesterday. the volcano pope, okay, tip. it'll is about 45 miles sout

. >> that is the first thing that president trump or ron de santis, when they are asked why should theyite house, i think with their first comment should be because i'm going to get gas back down to about $2.30 a gallon. that is music to people's ears very daniel, you are such a voice of reason, thank you so much. >> thanks, laura. >> laura: a special mother's day message when we return. we're carvana we created a brand new way for you to sell your car go to carvana answer a few questions and our techno wizardry calculates your car's value and gives you a real offer in seconds we'll come to you pay you on the spot then pick up your car that's it at carvana >> laura: happy mother's day to all the moms out there, you are special, you are unique, yo have such an important role for raising your kids great i miss my own mother every single day so if you still have your mom and you're lucky enough to have her blessed enough to have her, do something wonderful for her my own kids, they will have something wildland. i hope they garden with me it all goes by fast. from the time there little unti

. >> civil rights group says governor ron de santis' policies are an attack on black americans.ive with the story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this is despite florida being the second most diverse state in the country, black residents make up 18% of the state's population, hispanic american hads make up 26%. the naacp says, he though, that people of color are not welcome in florida. stating this, quote, under the leadership of governor de santis, the state of florida has become hostile to black americans and in direct conflict with democratic ideals that our union was founded upon. the naacp hereby issues a travey to african-americans and other people of color regarding the hostility towards african-americans in florida. the naacp taking issue with policies spearheaded by the governor, particularly in education. last week governor de santis signed legislation to stop taxpayer dollars being used to pay for diversity, equity and inclusion programs at public universities. the governor's press secretary responded on twitter by posting a subtitled video of de santis from

. >> ron de santis and i'm running for president to lead our great american comeback. >> after months of speculation, florida governor ron desantis is officially running for president. he announced his candidacy today with a video posted to social media centers originally planned to announce his campaign during a livestream conversation with elan musk on twitter. >> but the audio stream crashed repeatedly making it virtually impossible for most users to hear the high-profile announcement in real time. >> is stepping into crowded republican primary. one that, of course, will test his national appeal as an outspoken cultural conservative and kron 4 analysts and political science lecturer at san jose state. donna crane is joining us now to kind of sift through some of the current politicalp issues of the day. donna, thank you for being with us. so let's start with. >> the desantis your assessment of him? you know, he he's long been considered the main challenger to donald trump. although some have said that his introduction to the national stage has been flat. what is your assessment of

rachel: cash governor ron de santis live on "fox & friends" tomorrow as he kicks off his campaign a.to chief meteorologist rick reichmuth for the forecast. >> we've had the last two memorial day weekends in the northeast have been washouts. this one is really nice. the southeast this time a washout. take a look at the weather map. not only a washout but all of the moisture and rain and cloud cover is keeping temps cool. these are high temperatures, charlotte, 59 degrees. and we're here at a memorial day weekend. tomorrow, you warm up. we'll see warmer conditions across the coast. still some scattered showers across the area. all part of this system that you see that's been stubborn. what it has done has brought nicer conditions to florida, that will hang out through monday and tuesday then the rain returns to florida. back to you inside. will: thank you, rick. coming up, we're going to take a minute to really hit home the reason for memorial day. the men and women who died fighting for our freedom. don't miss it. that's next. we know patients are more than their disease. that's why,

we'll talk a bit more about ron de santis in a moment. first, take a look at this. to the announcement today. timeline leading up to the announcement toda . ., announcement today. good morning ladies and gentlemen, _ announcement today. good morning ladies and gentlemen, this - announcement today. good morning ladies and gentlemen, this is - announcement today. good morning ladies and gentlemen, this is your i ladies and gentlemen, this is your governor speaking. ladies and gentlemen, this is your governorspeaking. i ladies and gentlemen, this is your governor speaking. i won't let this date descend into some woke dumpster fire. i am date descend into some woke dumpster fire. iam ron date descend into some woke dumpster fire. i am ron desantis. woke ideologies. woke ideology... woke executives. florida is where woke was to die. you do not have to wear this mass, please have to take it off, honestly, it's not doing anything. people know florida is a free state. ., , , anything. people know florida is a freestate. ., , , free state. ron desantis has taken credit for f

what you think about elon musk being involved in the ron de santis coming out party. >> this is a time when we can d things differently. nothing has to be cookie-cutter we don't have to have at your image of every single launch campaign. reading the democratic party response to it it's clear that it has been a democrat candidat and had it been happening under different ownership than twitter , they would've talked about how innovative it was, bu instead trying to give a backhanded compliment. >> gop operative with 2024 campaign said this. he has made clear this will be the largest grant and most well-financed campaign in the history of campaigns freight expectations could not be higher . anything short of that is further proof his threat is nonexistent. we will see it once the selection start happening. we've seen candidates come into the race that have had plans to bypass, new hampshire or iowa, and that didn't work out for them because the big momentum that comes from winning those early races. we will see lots of changes between now and then and once the voting starts happening. >>

. >> ron de santis and i'm running for president to lead our great american comeback. >> florida governor ron desantis launching his 2024 presidential campaign today. it was a twitter announcement delayed by technical desantis. initially announced his decision in a video posted on social media. then he talked about it in the first of its kind conversation with twitter ceo elon musk on twitter spaces. but the audio stream crash repeatedly making it virtually impossible for most users to hear the high-profile announcement in real time. desantis is stepping into a crowded republican primary contest. one that will test his national appeal as an outspoken cultural conservative today kron four's political analyst weighed in on what this means for the gop presidential race going forward. >> i think part of his message is going to be his ability to actually get things done because trump for all his bluster, knowledge is is rhetoric was in very poor president and he's going to try to offer the care that everything that you wanted trump to do. i can do better. but, you know, that's going to be that

. >> ron de santis and i'm running for president to lead our great american comeback. >> florida governor ron desantis made it official announcing his bid for the republican presidential nomination in a campaign video and live on twitter's audio. only platform cold spaces. the unusual method didn't go as smoothly as the sentence would have liked. it was delayed by 20 minutes in twitter's servers crashed shortly after the announcement he appeared on fox news. >> you know, as president i'm going make sure woke ideology ends up in the dustbin of history. >> desantis will take on former president trump who is wasting no time with the attacks. ron desantis today they have to the sanctimonious other gop candidates include former united nations ambassador nikki haley and south carolina senator tim scott who jumped in the race this week. gore and kerry, president biden's campaign joined in on the action poking fun at desantis is glitchy start tweeting this link works linking to his campaign donation page. and as it relates to support for desantis here in washington, many republican lawmakers have

. >> ron de santis and i'm running for president to lead our great american comeback. >> florida governor ron desantis made it official announcing his bid for the republican presidential nomination in a campaign video and live on twitter's audio. only platform cold spaces. the unusual method didn't go as smoothly as the sentence would have liked. it was delayed by 20 minutes in twitter's servers crashed shortly after the announcement he appeared on fox news. >> you know, as president i'm going make sure woke ideology ends up in the dustbin of history. >> desantis will take on former president trump who is wasting no time with the attacks. ron desantis today they have to the sanctimonious other gop candidates include former united nations ambassador nikki haley and south carolina senator tim scott who jumped in the race this week. gore and kerry, president biden's campaign joined in on the action poking fun at desantis is glitchy start tweeting this link works linking to his campaign donation page. and as it relates to support for desantis here in washington, many republican lawmakers have

i know right now ron de santis in florida is pushing back on a digital dollar from the central bank becauseance threats. >> i mean, some would argue we have to get -- we've got to compete with the digital dollar versus the digital yuan that china's on. china's in 140 different countries. belt and road. each of those countries have signed up for the digital yuan. you do the math. eventually, their goal is that the dollar's going to be the second rate currency and it will be the digital yuan. this is a great power competition here in. maria: this is an incredible story right here and really an inconincredible development. in my view. do you agree? >> i y agree. it's not talked about often. they want to dominate everything, not just military, it's economic. they want the global currency, that being the digital yuan. they're well on their way to doing that. maria: they made sure you knew they meant business when you were in taiwan. how does that feel when you're on the ground with the leeredship of taiwan and you're surrounded by military, what, fighter jets from china? tell me about that. what

one speaker was associating ron de santis with the holocaust.p with the genocide guy. one speaker did this -- he advocated programs to deny people, to shut down their websites, to close their meetings and to physically prevent them from assembling in public. physically prevent them from assembling in public. by the way, that speaker also said -- and this is a quote that we have to remember. he's a member of antifa. he said a lot of things we are doing are illegal. a lot of it involves breaking the law. they put it all together, they wrapped it up and sent it to the dhs and dhs awarded them a grant of $358,000 to continue doing it. maria: wow. and this is why the republicans continue to say that this administration looks for terrorists in america whether it's parents, you know, going after parents because they want to know more about their kids in school. rather than going after china as an adversary, you're calling now for the department of homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas to step down. there have been calls to impeach this guy ove