ron desantis appearing as well. one other headline wrapping up that event, we will show you more from it throughout this segment. this from the washington post. gop 2024 hopefuls chart path against and around trump and eagerness to take on the former president is clear at that las vegas gathering. asking you, should ron desantis run for president in 2024? phone lines as usual, democrats (202) 748-8000, republicans (202) 748-8001, independents (202) 748-8002, and we especially want to hear from florida residents after the governor was reelected earlier this month. reelected by 1.5 billion votes. -- 1.5 million votes. the number for florida (202) 748-800 >> i do like ron desantis. i think he can unify people. trump will never unify people. if he gets in there, it will be more division. ron desantis, he is right. he said something after the election. we are doing the same thing in south carolina. people are flogging here from new england states -- flocking to hear from new england states. evidently in florida, what hap

for example he attacks ron desantis over lockdowns, that is idiotic because ron desantis could attackump over lockdowns ever get to get into that. but once they get into talking about the issues and the issue of toughness, who can stand up because it's not like the media is going to be nice to run desantis because is not donald trump. gerry: very quickly, we got to go, i think were all convinced desantis is going to run, there's not a question about that now. >> i guess but he just one governor and he hasn't said, we know that trump is but that's my assumption, who knows. gerry: laura very quickly one thing striking about desantis is a support among hispanics and increasing among blacks two. that's been a big factor in democratic politics for such a long time, is he changing the demographics of the republican party and that one? >> i think so dems have been criticized for taking minorities and granted but they like what they see in ron desantis. gerry: joe biden was taking a victory lap over the victor results. were boaters endorsing him and his party, or sending a message for change,

ron desantis appearing as well.ne other headline wrapping up that event, we will show you more from it throughout this segment. this from the washington post. gop 2024 hopefuls chart path against and around trump and eagerness to take on the former president is clear at that las vegas gathering. asking you, should ron desantis run for president in 2024? phone lines as usual, democrats (202) 748-8000, republicans (202) 748-8001, independents (202) 748-8002, and we especially want to hear from florida residents after the governor was reelected earlier this month. reelected by 1.5 billion votes. -- 1.5 million votes. the number for florida (202) 748-8003. we begin on the republican line. rory in california. up very early. caller: i think desantis should run better as vice president and trump as president. so if they try to impeach trump they will get desantis. that way you will have a republican for up to 12 years. four with trump and ate with desantis. the conservatives will finally be able to drill and american soil

ron desantis is formidable.epublicans will have the courage or conviction to take on donald trump. conservatives, then they can't defeat donald trump. donald trump will win. if it's one-on-one, it's a fair fight, and donald trump could lose. >> john: jason was on with harris falkner earlier today and said a knock down, drag 'em down, bloody fight is in no one's interest in the republican party. listen here. >> i don't think republicans want to hear infighting between donald trump and ron desantis. and right now donald trump keeps taking shots at ron desantis, that is not going to play well. >> john: what do you think? >> well, i think prior to a primary nobody wants to hear that, republicans want to unify and win in 2024. in the course of a primary, get ready for it and i do think there will be a primary, i don't know that desantis wants to run, we'll see. that's up to him individually. but if he does run, it's going to be rough. i mean, we just know that, that's how donald trump runs. it lets it rip, zing and e

and ron desantis as his vice president. ron desantis is a good man. i think he's done a lot for florida but he's so young. i think if he steps into second place, you know. but, of course, good old trump has his powers. you know, there's talk that he might go into be speaker of the house. well, at least that's not being president. >> host: before we go, again with mike pence, is it a a specific quality he has? is a some things done his will vice president or sign in the senate, that kind of attracted to him? >> caller: well, he stood up to trump and did not do what trump wanted him to do. and he's a good god-fearing man and i think that's what this country needs. the santa's will have his heyday. i'm sure he will make a wonderful president, but i'm not so sure right now is the right time. >> host: donna there in florida giving us your thoughts on who currently leads the republican party again for pumpkins and the audience that solar you in this hour. gary in north carolina you are next. >> caller: i want to do two things. i'm going to make a concession

he did well, ron desantis did well. they're not running away from the maga doctrine but they are trying to say hey, i have my own agenda and i am not going to be beholding. i am not just a puppet of this person. again donald trump is still wildly popular. don't get me wrong and policies wildly popular. but there is a point to which you have to actually be able to say -- the two people we just heard you can see why they are good candidates and why he won. it was the night of the incumbent. 98% of the incumbents won re-election. >> harris: the "new york post" said gop controlled house has plenty to investigate on the big guy joe biden and house minority leader kevin mccarthy gave a preview of what the gop might be looking into. >> a government that is accountable. we should know where the origins of covid began and the last 60 days of afghanistan so it never happens again. we should also make sure that the d.o.j. stops going after parents simply because they go to a school board meeting and want a say in their kids' educa

what explains ron desantis's success? >> 2018 was more of a democratic year. trump was president at the time, voters expressed dissatisfaction. desantis's narrow win was part of a larger nationwide trend, he was affected to gain ground. that aside we can agree ron desantis has managed to piece together a conservative coalition in florida larger than anyone could have expected and done that by exciting conservative voters with his penchant for taking on the left, things like fighting doctrines of progressivism in public schools, things like opposing vaccine mandates, mask mandate and general lockdowns but also managed to reach out to moderate voters with business oriented policies, keeping florida as a business friendly state and other practical governing initiatives that have increased his appeal among democrat voters so that the combination you want to get to that 60% margin. jerry: is there a coherent philosophy on the part of ron desantis? is this a plausible applicable model for the republican party? >> i would call it trumpisam without the baggage of the s

if ron desantis does ron and breaks new in iowa or new hampshire or both we could have a real fight on kennedy: what happens if ron desantis does win the nomination, what is to keep former president from going third party? >> nothing. kennedy: fracturing republican party. >> nothing. >> that is a terrifying thought. there is nothing that could stop him, he is an agent of chaos, he relishes, that he sees ron desantis as his biggest competition. i see both on twitter right now he might announce his campaign tonight for 2024. kennedy: that could happen in 13 minutes. former president could announce his next bids for presidency in 14 minutes. >> terrifying, i think that not really what is best for country, most people would like to see him move on, i think ron desantis would probably wipe the floor with him, he is an ego maniac. kennedy: i will give people credit for, they loved the policies, where they were two years ago 4 years ago, they are not there right now, people are hurting. how ever, if he runs he would be a one term president, ron desantis could be two term that could be a lot m

there is ron desantis. then in 2020 there was joe biden. so we'll get to this later. wanted to put that out there. people like desantis. if he gets in this race for primary battle. he will make a big case, latinos cuban weres and democrats to live in blue county. now to georgia, with walker, i see this. there are two other candidates on ticket, one picking up a point and a half, the other a half. in real close battle. if you peal off 2%, maybe you don't get 50%. or you keep below at the margin. sharing this, here is walker statewide 30%. kemp and abrams, you see difference he is stayed at that margin. about 4 to 4 1/2 no more than 5, there was a separation about 4.529 between what kemp is toking in governor race and walker in senator race. i mentioned the incumbent, coming back to this. republicans trying to hang on to their incumbents, otherwise all gains don't matter, this is ohio 1, cincinnati. steve chabot, a political cockroach in best sent they chopped up his district. with about a third of vote he is trailing, if greg lands man holds on and beats chabot that wou

ryam: well, governor ron desantis there.ear from our reporter in florida, net adelphi. >> florida has now cemented its status of a wright state. the story of the election is both of enthusiasm and turnout from democratic voters. that really helped republicans take former democratic strongholds like miami-dade along with palm beach and broward county. and of course, all eyes are now on ron desantis and whether he will be making a they for the presidency in 2024. i mean, his victory speech sure sounded like a play for the presidency. he said florida had redrawn the political map, and he has restarted his fight. maryam: join us now is chity elder, who served as an adviser to mike bloomberg, and she is also the author ofpower: the rise of blacmen in america." what are your main takeaways in this mterm? >> thank you for having me. i'm happy to be here. my main take away in the overall race is biden is coming out looking better than what people thought. biden and the democratic party beat expectations. we are now coming down to th

, i think, they liked to remind people without his help, ron desantis got you know with his help ron is almost lost. but they are on the same team, i promise you, that i will -- >> how will that manifest itself? >> they have been out there campaigning for the same candidates, you have ron desantis, campaigning for i believe, well certainly doug in pennsylvania. >> and joe o'day. >> it you know that causes heart burn. >> we'll talk with shannon bream, tracking turn out in a new way, with a preview how this election night voter analysis will work. >> we're excited to use our new survey approach this election. fox news voter analysis combined a survey of more than 100,000 voters with real-time vote data, we can understand who voteed and why. we interview voters on cell phones and land lines and on-line october 31 to end of voting on eel election day, provided a full profile of american voters that include tens of millions who vote early, by mail or not rip represented in the in-person poll, why are they supporting a particular candidate, that is key. is inflation most important factor in

myself or ron desantis. if ron desantis gets re-elected, a woman's right to choose will be gone in the state of florida. they won't have that respect, they won't have that decision to make anymore. if on the other hand i get elected five days from today, a woman's right to choose, i will sign an executive order on thefirst day of my administration to protect a woman's right to choose. >> the other thing, i spent a lot of time on the radio this morning, calling in to radio stations and encouraging people to vote. i called a lot of black and caribbean stations. the message i got back from the hosts was alarming to me. the lines in communities of color are short. people are not lining up. people are not coming out and voting in the kind of numbers you're seeing in places like georgia, in places like pennsylvania. and one of the things that a friend of mine who is down here works in politics told me, she's hearing a lot of fear among black voters that even if they have never done anything wrong, never had any ki

some republicans did better than ron desantis. so, it is like to me when the media says on the local florida media that you have a white suburban educator voter clause ron desantis, i do not understand when they say they want to pick ron desantis for republicans. why would they push trump to ron desantis when it sounds like they are pretty much the same. guest: michael, i think it is very interesting. there is a wing of the republican party that wants to get rid of trump. they have come cited the way to do it is we really need to elevate one candidate in particular to make it a one-on-one match. they have a ron desantis. you can see that coming over the way over the last five to six months. he got some big numbers. the race was not expected to be that close. in the end, voters are going to decide. in 1980 41 a lot of the media was anointing john glenn was going to be the democrat, he did not get out of new hampshire. i would just think, beware of candidates that are peaking 18 months before the first primary vote is cast. i think

okay, i said ron desantis is flying it. on't know who is behind the banners but that's not ring-kissing behavior if it is coming from the desantis camp. and what's emerging here is a story line that the losses effectively, or the nonwins of election day, republicans, like ron desantis, are trying to peg that on donald trump. donald trump does not seem to be bothered by that. or at least the argument he's making is that they weren't really losses, but wins. do you have an understanding of how much the results of the election have bothered -- actually bothered trump behind closed doors? >> well, certainly, two things. one is he -- he is savvy about politics. he does understand winning and losing. and this was not a win for republicans, any way you cut it or what, you know, donald trump has said tonight. but what bothers him more than that, fundamentally, he doesn't care about the republican party. he's willing to burn it to the ground and recently became a member of until ron was president. what bothers him more is the results

they were voting for ron desantis. pretty amazing actually. rding to desantis, this is a realignment. here he is. >> you know over these past four years, we've seen major challenges for the people of our state, for the citizens of the united states, and above all for the cause of freedom. we saw freedom and our very way of life, and so many other jurisdictions in this country, wither on the vine. florida held the line. we chose facts over fear. we chose education over indoctrination. we chose law and order over rioting and disorder. thanks to the overwhelming support of the people of florida, we not only won election, we have rewritten the political map. >> tucker: so as disappointed as you may have been by the results last night, what happened in florida is legitimately a big deal. probably be a while before we know exactly what it means, but we know for certain that it was out of the ordinary, unexpected, and profound. as we told you a minute ago, the other thing that happened, that's kind of great, that we're enjoying, the guy in charge of g

ron desantis took it from trump.out ron desantis, there is some truth to the idea that he owes donald trump everything, that that 0.4% margin or whatever it was he got back in 2018 was simply because trump got on his bandwagon. so, trump knows that. he's also sort of vaguely threatened him by saying he seems to know something about his wife. -- >> it was really direct, i should say that. that's a more accurate way to put it. the one caveat that i have is that there have been so many moments where republicans have started to say, this is the moment for donald trump, this is where we can finally -- i mean, indication of a lot of them, i talk to privately, they're like, yes, we can break free of free of him -- it never turns out to be the case. the voters take with trump inside the republican party. so i will believe it when i see it. but i'm going to be hesitant to buy it until it actually plays out. >> -- republicans want desantis to be the guy who takes trump out. but they are not willing to do it it takes, which rea

. >> ron desantis. >> sorry, rick. desantis. >> the governor of florida. >> yes, someone who won overwhelmingly, double digits, and lots of republicans are now talking about as the heir apparent. so we don't know how that's going to turn out. we don't know what donald trump's future holds right now, but i would have to say that ron desantis is somebody who rises above the pack after this election. >> let's get more reaction. this is major breaking news. we have just projected that senator catherine cortez masto will be reelected, defeating the challenger, adam laxalt. as a result we have now projected that the democrats will maintain their majority in the united states senate. ashley alison is joining us right now. let me get your reaction first, ashley. >> i'm excited for our country. i think americans showed up. if there was ever a question whether your vote mattered, these tight races tell you that every single vote matters. i'm so proud of young people. i'm proud of my generation, the millennials who showed up, gen

he is taking a shot at ron desantis, the governor of the great state of florida. the president wrote: he calls him ron desanctimonious says he is playing games. the fake news asks him if he's gone to run if president trump runs and he says i'm only focused on the governor's race and i'm not looking into the future. well, in terms of loyalty and class, that's really not the right answer. if you know the president, you know how he feels about loyalty, and he feels like he has helped ron desantis in the past. and that the right thing to say, at least is i will stand down until and unless i hear what the president wants to do. he didn't say that. someone argued that's politically the smart thing to do. a little back and forthright there, guys. a little infighting by the g.o.p. >> will: all right, kevin. thank you for that report this morning. that's a bomb. that statement by president trump last night was the beginning of a republican civil war. i want to get to that in just one moment. first, can we just address this quickly? it's been said it needs to be hammered. i

so, i think florida wants to keep ron desantis. i hope he considers doing that because that is how we save our country. with strong republican governors, not just in florida but in our state of georgia, i was really sad, really devastated, actually, at the loss in arizona, kari lake should have one, and she would have been an incredible governor for arizona. but i want to see more governors like ron desantis and i want to see our country and our families and businesses thrive in these red states. that's the way i see. a two phase plan. strong republican governors and working hard on the federal level for america first policies. >> why do you think somebody trump endorsed candidates lost, including -- >> i would say, i went say it depends on the districts. i think there is a lot of varying factors. redistricting happened, and that was based on the census that was pretty much pre-covid. a lot of people moved out of those districts over the past two years. i think that plays a part. i think it is candidate by candidate. sometimes one

they love ron desantis. with everything that's going on this country, and i hope ron desantis hears this from a democrat, and don't cut me off, please. [laughter] i want him instead of imitating the former guy trump, start reading something on ronald reagan and bring this country back together. one thing we always had in this country, whether a democratic president one or a republican president won, we always had a president that cared about everybody in the country. and that's what the republicans aren't giving us. this is why they lost. and they lost the suburban woman with roe v. wade. if they don't get their act together, they are going to lose again. women are not going to give up their autonomy of their bodies. they are not going to do it. their wives are voting against them. that's why we had all these split tickets. host: i want to come back to you saying you are a stone cold liberal, as you describe yourself. would you vote for ron desantis if he ran in 2024? caller: listen, this guy is a harvard gr

donald trump started it, _ much the ron desantis? a swing state again, i don't know, we'll have to wait and see with 202k. if we do have the two heavyweight republicans from the state go at it. , ., ., ,., at it. drilling down into some of those numbers _ at it. drilling down into some of those numbers from - at it. drilling down into some of those numbers from the l at it. drilling down into some l of those numbers from the cbs news exit poll, our partner cbs tonight, it does reaffirm how well these two republican candidates did with latino voters. ron desantis, governor, won latino voters as a group, which he lost by ten points in 2018, six in ten latino voters approve of hisjob 2018, six in ten latino voters approve of his job as governor. the same in the senate, marco rubio won latino voters by some margin, and he lost them by 2% in 2016. margin, and he lost them by 296 in 2016. i, ., , in 2016. both candidates ickin: in 2016. both candidates picking up _ in 2016. both candidates picking up a _ in 2016. both candidates picking up

i think this is the great conundrum somebody like ron desantis is in, and he's in the okay place right now, because it's the idea of desantis versus trump, and people like chris jansing asking you, what do you think about the latest crazy thing trump said? he has to decide every day whether he will agree or disagree with what trump said, and the base will want him to agree nine times out of ten. that gets you in trouble with the mainstream volters -- voters that moved away in the mid-term. it's doable, but not easy. >> yes, i did cover the jeb campaign, but you never held those questions against me, did you, tim? >> no. >>> if trump voters are holding out for a fight over the mid-term ballots, and kari lake might be willing to give it to them. it has been 14 hours since nbc called the governor's race for katie hobbs, and lake has not conceded. but she tweeted this, arizonans know bs when they see it. what exactly does that mean? is she going to concede? is she not going to concede? >> reporter: the problem here, chris, is that that's the whole tweet. there's no supporting evidence. the

ron desantis won miami.also speaking tonight at the republican governor's association saying oh, talk about trump. who won last week? who was the winner? the republican winner cynthia lummis was asked whether she would support trump in 2024. the reply was who is the current leader of the republican party? oh, i know who it is, ron desantis. do you agree with her? >> well, ron desantis is a very heavyweight player for the republicans. he has done an excellent job as governor of florida. i served with him in the house for a couple of terms. he is widely respected. people think he can raise the money. he is the counterpunch certainly to donald trump, which is why trump is starting to slam him with, you know, innuendos and name-calling, that type of thing, something trump has a history of doing. but the problem that desantis will have should he get in is there may be other candidates who get in as well. trump has his base. he has at least a 30 or 35% hard-core following that are not going to leave him under any

what happens now that ron desantis gained sizeable victory, desantis versus trump, how do you see this>> cory: i'm not really sure on whether it is a trump versus desantis ticket or trump-desantis ticket or who putses their hat where. i am blessed in florida we have another four years with a great governor who has went against political science and opted for medical science. he knew not to shut down our schools, we are third highest in education in the country and second lowest in taxes in the country. by leaving blue states people are coming to florida looking for america to be more like florida. >> todd: looking ahead to future election, what lessons can republicans waking up in states that they did not see the success they did in florida, what lessons can those republicans learn from ron desantis, from cory mills, from marco rubio as to how to campaign better >> cory: voter contact is the big deal, we walked probably i couldn't tell you how many miles, knocked 150,000 plus doors since march of 2021, when it came to events, we've done hundreds of events and given town halls and meet-

florida where ron desantis 1, 7 .8 murder rate. georgia 10.5 and finally the state i used to live in with my cajun boyfriend with the murder capital of america louisiana with a 19.9 rate in mississippi 20.5. third wave tells us that in 2020 the per capita murder rate was 40% higher in states won by donald trump rather than those one by joe biden. eight of the 10 states with the highest murder rates in 2020 voted for republican presidential nominees in every election this century. thank goodness nancy pelosi's husband live in san francisco. democrats have to vote always. we have to vote a straight democratic ticket in order to save us from the worst crime which is murder. you don't recover from murder. host: is the red state murder problem, is that the report you are referring to the third wave report you are referring to? this is carla in missouri, and independent. caller: good morning john. i am 90 years old and i remember elections clear back to the second term of franklin roosevelt and i have to tell you . people say the america

and ron desantis as his vice president. ron desantis is a good man. think he has done a lot for florida. but he is so young, i think if he steps into second place, you know -- but of course, donald trump has his powers. you know, there's talk that he might go in to be speaker of the house. well, at least that is not being president. host: before we go, with mike pence, is it a specific quality he has? is it something he did well vice president or in his time in the senate that attracts you to him? caller: well, he stood up to trump and did not do it trump wanted him to do. and he is a good man. and i think that is what this country needs. just santos will have his -- just santos will have his heyday. i am sure he will make a wonderful president. but i am not so sure right now is the right time. host: donna there in florida, giving us her thoughts on who currently leads the republican party. the republicans in the audience, that is what we are asking you in this hour. gary in fletcher, north carolina, you are next. caller: i am going to do two things.

and i think what we saw in florida was the result of great leadership from ron desantis and floridiansd him. and we saw that all over the country with republican governors who had done a great job leading out of 9 pandemic. that's what governor desantis did. i think this is all about results. and at the end of the day voters want their elected leaders to deliver results and they are a lot less inclined about making sure that they are either republicans or democrats whether they're delivering for him. that's exactly what ron desantis has done in florida and i think we will see it across the nation as we look at these final, final results where, you know, governor kemp in georgia and governor dewine in ohio and governor abbott in texas all had the exact same kinds of strong showings because they delivered results, particularly coming out of the pandemic. that's what we saw in virginia as well, jesse. last year when we brought folks together about delivering results, i think that we were able to bring people to the republican party who may not have ever been there before. and that's direc

we talked a lot about florida governor ron desantis. what say you, sir?, i mean, look, i think the big thing that's coming out of this midterm is that democrats did so well and i'm kind of going, okay, why did democrats do to well despite the fact that joe biden is unpopular? let's take a look, though, at the national polling that essentially looks at those who have a favorable view of only biden, only trump. biden and trump, neither biden or trump. look at that, only 38% of voters had only a favorable view of trump when you add in that 1% that had a favorable view of both biden and trump, donald trump's favorability nationwide just 39%. now, i want to zone in on that 18%, right, that did not like donald trump nor did they like joe biden. what you see is that the republicans were able to win there by 17 points in the national house vote but historically speaking if you had an unfavorable view of the presidential incumbent that margin should be much, much wider. so it does seem to me that donald trump being in the minds of voters very much cost republicans

ron desantis, there is very little on which he and trump disagree in terms of policy and style. in fact desantis goes beyond , trump in some ways when you think of things like grabbing some undocumented immigrants in texas and putting them on a plane to martha's vineyard. trump had never thought of that. and then taking these two months before the election, going out with your election fraud unit, clearly embarrassed to be arresting these voters, former felons who had been encouraged to register to vote and now they are being taken to jail. youngkin tries to be or look more moderate but desantis is in your face. jerry: i would just add that i am glad you raised glenn youngkin because in the republicans who will now be under pressure from the party to run in 2024, even though he has only been governor for a year, he will be. he strikes me as the kind of guy who is susceptible to that kind of pressure, to be honest. there is a search underway in certain parts of the republican party to find the main stream bob dole type traditional conservative who is not weighed down with trump ba

and they see ron desantis at this point as being different. >> jen psaki, it's interesting.g earlier about establishment republicans turning on donald trump and for donald trump that doesn't mean too much. i gave you a speech following the midterm election, a lot of republicans came up to me. they were trump supporters, voted for him twice. they're exhausted. like frank said, they're exhausted. and then when they start talking about the fact that mitch mcconnell, you know, gave hundreds of millions of dollars, donald trump sat on his money, they actually -- they do get angry. >> mm-hmm. >> and we think a lot of times that people aren't as focused on some of these -- they are. the base is focused. and that's spreading around, you know, internet like wildfire that trump had all this money, kept it to himself, let these candidates lose. >> yeah. i mean, the words that came up in these focus groups is why they are so interesting, and they're so starkly different. you have trump, as frank said and you said, everyone is basically saying they're exhausted, they're tired. the themat

what are your thoughts of that assessment of ron desantis? how ron desantis has led florida? caller: good morning. i think the caller had it all wrong. ron desantis -- the republicans ground game in florida -- democrats -- host: you're going in and out we will try to fix that line if you want to stay on the line and we will return to talking about florida politics. let's head to nevada. the other race we have been focusing on that has yet to be called in the united states senate, the republican there at 49.4%, incumbent senator catherine cortez masto at 47.6%. joining us via zoom to talk about the latest from nevada is the deputy editor of the nevada current. good morning. thanks for joining us. guest: is 83% reporting -- host: it is 83% reporting. when will it be 100%? guest: not as quick as everyone would like. county officials have emphasized time and again they care more about getting it right than they care about media plantains being able to call the race. they are counting through the weekend and they should be done by saturday because there is a deadline for them. hos

so i think ron desantis does feel time. so i think ron desantis does feet tike _ time.himself with trump in a way they can get enough support to actually— they can get enough support to actually push through and win the nomination, we'll see. i actually push through and win the nomination, we'll see.— nomination, we'll see. i spoke to someone earlier _ nomination, we'll see. i spoke to someone earlier who _ nomination, we'll see. i spoke to someone earlier who told - nomination, we'll see. i spoke to someone earlier who told me - nomination, we'll see. i spoke to| someone earlier who told me that it's not about personalities, it's about policies and that ron desantis, if he were to go forward and move ahead, it will be moving ahead with trump policies anyway and that some people think matters. is that some people think matters. is that true, do you think? i that some people think matters. is that true, do you think?— that true, do you think? i think that true, do you think? i think that it is still _ that true, do you think? i think that it is still very _ that true, do

ron desantis was not along them. he did not mention the name ron desantis this evening. he did tease the other night in o'that he will have more to say about his own future on november 15. trace: there are a lot of races yet to be called on the west coast. christina coleman has more on this. reporter: let's start off with arizona's high profile governor's race between kari lake and hobbs. a lot of people are waiting for that. and we have two other races we are covering. early voting numbers show democrat senator mark kelly leading against republican blake masters. but that race is too early to call. the fox decision desk. in oregon there had not been a republican governor for 40 years. but that could soon change. that race too early to cause. in nevada, democrat incumbent steve sisolak has the lead over joe lombardo. and cortez masto has the lead. both of those races are too early to call. and in los angeles, a former republican caruso registered as a democrat is in a tight race against former veteran congresswoman karen bass. bass has got be a lot of support from celebr

let me ask you whether you think that last night was as good a night as it seems to me for ron desantis the governor of florida as a potential alternate to donald trump in 2024. jackie: yeah. so much so that as of the weekend when trump was at rallies calling him ron de sanctimonious, so you knew he had gotten into trump's head, and you were hearing all the anonymous people from ron desantis cap saying he is only 44 and has years and he can wait to run for president. here we are days later and he won against a former governor, he is one of the biggest winners of the night and suddenly people are saying, again, tom cotton took himself out of the race days ago because people were thinking trump is going to run, he will run right over any of us. and now desantis, i had assumed he was in the same basket as tom cotton and now you know that behind the scene, people are urging him, people want him to run in 2024. people at his rally were openly chanting it and he was smiling really big. trump is a real loser now. i think people see a chance for him to actually be taken out. exit polls of flori

ron desantis had a good night.hurricane ian well and worked with joe biden on that and he won his election bid handily. he will be the biggest challenger to donald trump. the question is whether or not people can move away from him. right now, we still have republicans that don't even want to publicly criticize trump. that are willing to just go the extra mile for him. if they decide to stick with him, i don't think they will do well in 2024. >> who will republicans be facing in 2024? that's the question. joe biden after these midterms was sounding very positive. and talking about running again. here is what he said. >> the answer is yes. the plan was the run for reelection. that is my expectation. >> do you plan to run for reelection? >> yes. look, my intentions i said to begin with is i would run again. is it a firm decision that i would run again? that remains to be seen. >> you think you will make a decision before the end of the year? >> look, i'm not going to make this about my decision. after that is done in

ron desantis. so, i think the bottom line, though, is that whether donald runs or not, if he's challenged in a primary, or if he feels disrespected, he'll do whatever he can to tear the entire republican party down anyway. >> yes. definitely. he has no loyalty to the gop or anyone else. one last question for you, may. donald trump has been lashing out at mitch mcconnell and mcconnell's wife, elaine chao. he's been wet lashing out at virginia governor -- and racist terms. he's going after elaine chao's name, he's going after youngkin's name, which he thinks sounds chinese. i feel that we've become numb to trump's casual, yet relentless racism. it's not even news these days, let alone headline news. >> and that's been a problem since the very beginning. as racism, his antisemitism, his anti immigrant hatred, as misogyny, i've been normalized to the point that they are discussed in terms of good strategy. and it's gotta stop. the problem is, at this point, the only people who can really stop it at the

and third call ron desantis and ask him to come to georgia. that would be a winning recipe for herschel walker. >> he's smart. >> mike pence wasn't in any of those three recommendations. >> i think, look, just my opinion, i think mike pence has a difficult, you know, hole to thread because he's going to have to explain the four years of being alongside donald trump. there's a process there that is an angry and vile process that we have to move past. i think republicans are now in a window of opportunity. if we don't actually get stuff done. if we just complain about immigration, health care, complain about all of these issues but don't actually do something then we have problems. then 2024 becomes blurred and it doesn't become an easy target. the first 100 days of our congress, if it's a donald trump, you know, wish list, we have problems. if we go to work for the actual average american getting worried about getting laid off in the next two hours we have a chance to move the needle. >> brian kemp stood up to donald trump and said the election

wonderful wife, great human story and ron desantis is leading the story. u: to todd piro, is desantis e leader of the republican party? >> florida is the leader of the republican party. you look at how florida went. everything republicans wanted to do they did in florida. the same cannot be said for the rest of the country. we have to wait on other states but you're not going to see the results that we saw in florida. they didn't just win in florida, they whopped and got their policies across the finish line in large part because of the disaffected nature. >> todd's point is exactly right and i think that nevada goes to the republican and i do think masters still pulls it off in arizona. those late votes, those are same day voters, those traditionally go to republican way. i'm dade has second congressional district in nevada and he's winning 60/40 and haven't counted that vote and less than half has been counted and nevada clearly in my mind, clearly goes to laxalt. >> we could say republicans could take the race. >> they could. stu: at this point, we don't

lee zeldin will join us, he has been on the campaign trail with ron desantis. here's a new green garage first. i love when you're right, newt. i have to identify that you are ahead of the curve. you've been saying confidently for some time now that this is going to be a wave election. if these pulse pan out, and i'm urging people not to trust them, i'm urging people to keep that sense of urgency and resolve, but if it pans out you'll be read again. i'll have to say, newt gingrich was red again. >> first of all, your key point is, everybody is watching has to go vote. and they have to get their friends, the relatives, everyone they know to go forward. if that happens, if we get the kind of a turnout, were going to win a historical action, maybe the biggest republican victory since 1920, over hundred years ago. but that's can happen only if the american people turn up and vote. all the indicators of the last few days are that in fact, if you would get the recent gallup poll material, people are totally disgusted with biden and with the democrats who feel deeply t

trump's generosity carries a price and she's expressed bewilderment that ron desantis has not displayedory amount of loyalty according to people close to the former president. what do you make of this? >> that's true, i've heard the same thing. trump's line is i made desantis, he should not be positioning himself to run against me. it's a possibility, not a probability, but a possibility that tonight trump at his rally in ohio might announce his bid for president. he doesn't want to have a mitch mcconnell getting any credit for flipping the senate. that happens and he's been itching to do this for quite some time. there's a variety of factors. not only is this federal investigation into him, but also he's looking at guys like ron desantis. he wants to make sure that if a ron desantis runs against him, he's running against trump. that is, this person is being disloyal. that will be part of his argument. what you saw in the pennsylvania rally where he unveiled the nickname, trump is detraying his annoyance and interest in getting in the ring and throwing punches. he's letting people know,

what was ron desantis's secret in florida? empower the parents. >> we are never ever surrender to the woke mob. florida is where woke goes to die. dan: who know who is taking notes? the hispanic community. it turns out they love freedom, too. ah, these bills are crazy. she has no idea she's sitting on a goldmine. well she doesn't know that if she owns a life insurance policy of $100,000 or more she can sell all or part of it to coventry for cash. even a term policy. even a term policy? even a term policy! find out if you're sitting on a goldmine. call coventry direct today at the number on your screen, or visit coventrydirect.com. dan: welcome back to "unfiltered." th was a republican wave on tuesday. it happened and landed in the state of florida thanks to ron desantis and a slate of strong gop candidate. what used to be a democrat stronghold. here to react is tell * gop congresswoman elect, anna paulina luna. you ran a great race. i ran in florida my sell. nobody knows what people are talking about better than you. his tanni

>> ron desantis is the binner. he didn't just win florida, he completely wiped away democrat opposition. i think both parties are looking for a transition to the next generation. >> florida's going to stay free. we did our part to take back the majority in the house in flipping four seats in florida alone. >> investors have been positioning for something a red wave, as was expected, a red wave would result in a 4, 5, 6% pop, but it doesn't look so good this morning. >> huge disappointment for republicans. there's no other way to put a sugar coat on it. >> gridlock is good from a market perspective because of the fact that we don't have to worry about any major tax reform or regulations over the next two years. ♪ ♪ ooh, i got a few attitude ♪ stuart: i've got a new attitude, is that what it is? lauren: patti labelle. stuart: i guess you could say i'm rather disappointed, but let's not go on. drone on, stu. 11:00 eastern, it is wednesday, november the 9th, the day after, and look what's happening on the markets, they

others i think are waiting and seeing what happens with ron desantis in florida.t is a big silence with a side of which way is the air blowing for republicans, especially on former president trump. judy: so the democrats, they are still in control of both houses the next few weeks. what is on their agenda? lisa: they hope to legislate and there are some big things we need to watch. first of all, funding government, the deadline coming up in december. president biden also would like more funding for ukraine and covid. also on the list, it is imrtant to look at same-sex marriage, which we will be talking about probably in the next day and othergenda items, including some related to january 6. there's a lot of stuff to talk about not just politics but policy. i am wearing my one inch heels, not the bigger heels. judy: we need a video of you running in heels. lisa desjardins, thank you. meantime, questions over republican leadership extend far beyond congress with much of the debate focused on the influence former president donald trump still holds in the party. laura