him with the base voters. that puts ron desantis at a big disadvantage. they believe that he that joe biden would never be able to stand up to ron desantis on a debate stage. he would talk ringers around him. he would let do something that donald trump didn t do during the last debate and let joe biden dig himself into a hole. that s what the big donors are saying. are they abandoned ron desantis now in his in a time that is very difficult for him? the polls are moving against him amid the indictment. it s pretty remarkable that the donors are right. it is helping trump. from what i understand, they re sticking with desantis as of now. they believe that he s the best hope to dislodge trump. they believe that trump cannot beat joe biden. they also believe that trump will be a drag on the ticket for the house and the senate as he s been in the past. i want to tell you, neil, when i report stuff like this, i got feedback on twitter, obviously
and social media. i m not endorsing this. i m reporting what the big donors are saying. it s not my role to get in there and say in is what i believe. this is what they are saying. they are pretty adamant. you know, here s their evidence. look what has happened since 2016. republicans have lost the house obviously. they lost everything in 2020. donald trump s hand picked candidates did not do well in the mid-terms and they re worried that him having a hold on the base voters becoming the nominee is going to be a drag on the ticket going forward. so they re still not abandoning desantis as of now. back to you. neil: that s what makes you a good reporter. your opinion doesn t matter. my opinion doesn t matter. i have very strong opinions. it s not for me to share them on this show. my wife s opinion does matter. just so you know. neil: yeah. dinner. all right. charlie, thanks very much.
this is a lot to deal with. thanks, griff. charlie gasparino has been following this and what the donors are thinking and doing and maybe responding to, this charlie what can you tell us? we should talk about the big donors. that s where ron desantis has an advantage over donald trump or could be the opposite. he has the big donors, the people at the private equity firms, the people on wall street banking other industries, he has them locked up. i ve been talking to them. what do they think of the state of the race particularly after the alvin bragg indictment. what they were all worried about and listen, take this for what it s worth, they believe the indictment was a way to put trump in the center of the news flow that bragg, biden, the democrats want trump to be the nominee so an indictment helps
is she the boogie man? governor i can t johnson is a school teacher, a public school teacher. a special education school teacher. she s a sister, she s a daughter, she s an american. she s a tennessean. she s a farragut graduate, a graduate of the university of tennessee and a girl scout. she s not a felon, she s not a sex offender, she s not a target of a federal grand jury investigation she s never had a single ethics violation not one time in her service in tennessee. she s never broken the public trust. never. not one time.
this stuff done. remember, he wanted to increase the retirement age before the pandemic. it got knocked down then, too. other presidents in the past have. the french government, the french state is a very, very solid institution. the french people like to take a few kicks. back to you. neil: thank you. be safe. following the fallout from the president of the united states and his indictment unprecedented though it may be, he s raising a lot of money. so is desantis. now it s the push and pull between the two to see who can gain the most after this. emerge tremfyant®. with tremfya®, most people saw 90% clearer skin at 16 weeks. the majority of people saw 90% clearer skin even at 5 years. serious allergic reactions may occur. tremfya® may increase your risk of infections and lower your ability to fight them. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms