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Advocating tax cuts and those sorts of things but it is all things that donald trump also says he is in favour of. so i think what we really see is more of a just a position on character and on style, with trump being trump and desantis kind of pitching himself as a more electable version. someone who could get through a general election. i think one of the challenges for desantis in making the electability argument as it is not necessarily something that galvanises the republican base. it may appeal to donors or elites but for lots of rank—and—file republicans, they are very much driven b...

>> there is certainly no doubt about that and i think his performance over the last several months definitely contributed to what you're talking about. but would you noted that he's now going to turn the page to become an official candidate and start selling this electability argument. to your point, he's also going to need to sell, both to voters and to donors of which he will have plenty, i'm not suggesting he won't have a ton of money, but he'll have to prove that he could take as good as he gives, that he could take these trump purges and push back on him effectively. beyond just the elect...

This winning coalition. that is the trickiest line for any of the candidates to walk, how you bridge those two divides if the party. >> and i think, molly, you made a good point. it is a real question. i mean, is policy going to win the day here for ron desantis? >> and if it does matter, you do hear from heart burn from the donor collar and establishment republicans about how right wing his agenda is in florida. having been re-elected last november, he used that as a mandate to push even more right-wing legislation and so a lot of republicans are looking at his electability argument and sayin...

South carolina senator tim scott has entered the race for the white house. that's according to a filing on the federal election commission website. the senate's only black republican is expected to make a formal announcement about his bid on monday. last month, scott reported nearly $22 million in his senate campaign account. that money could be used for a presidential bid. another likely candidate for the race for 1600 pennsylvania avenue the ron desantis. the governor is expected to file to enter the fray next week. we have more on how the quest for the 2024 nomination is shaping up. >> how ...

Issues. these were issues that he -- the florida legislature gave him significant vehicle troi victore range of cultural issues with the legislative session wrapping up a short time ago. he does think these are important. he has many supporters in the state of florida who think -- they support him on the cultural issues and on the issue with disney, attacking what he views as, quote, woke corporations. these are winning issues in the minds of the desantis viewers. that remains to be seen whether that will go -- work out in a general election, as phil mentioned. at this point, he seems focused ...