Desantis Alienating News Today

-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good evening, everyone. im tom king in for alisyn camera at that. debt ceiling drama. were closer to a debt ceiling deal, closer but not there yet. janet yellen gave them four more days, and weve got a ways to go. even if they make a deal tomorrow morning, can they get it done in time? plus, can a trump-like candidate beat donald trump? thats the question, as ron desantis gets his campaign in high gear. the florida governor not being shy at all...

good evening everyone. im john king. welcome to "cnn tonight." debt ceiling drama. we are closer to a deal but not there yet. the fact that janet yellen essentially gave them four more days means, well, we have a ways to go. even if they make a deal tomorrow morning can they get it done in time? plus can a trump-like candidate beat donald trump? that is the question as ron desantis gets his campaign in high gear. the florida governor not shy at all about taking on the former president,...

The way that he is going at him ideologically, as you point out, is constantly trying to get to his right. you can think of donald trump as this kind of mack truck rolling down the right lane of republican freeway. and with all these lanes to his left and center, desantis is trying to pass him in the shoulder, the 6 inches of the shoulder on the right. the problem with that is that the better argument, even in a republican primary, may be that donald trump can promise you all these things but he...

Desantis has better odds of convincing the republican base donald trump is insufficiently conservative or that he is insufficiently electable because the two goals i think are in conflict. the way that he is going at him ideologically as you point out is constantly trying to get to his right. you could think of donald trump as this kind of mack truck rolling down the right lane of the republican freeway and with all these lanes to his left and center desantis is trying to pass him in the shoulde...