Washington doesn't think Ron DeSantis can win
Democrats are blasé about the Florida governor, while Republicans know he won’t beat Donald Trump.
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Democrats are blasé about the Florida governor, while Republicans know he won’t beat Donald Trump.
CLAY: Can you remember a time when America has felt weaker to you than it does right now?
>> that's a big question and terry mcauliffe is not an unknown, started with the clintons, ran the party, has been the governor there, so he has that potential distinction as not a "generic democrat" and still struggling to your point the other side of this race, headline here, biden easily won virginia, why is mcauliffe struggling? experience works against him in a political environment that continues to favor outsiders. your view? >> yes, look, i think virginia has a long history of this. it's the first election, this weird off year, to be kind of a check, right, any time a president one par...
Party a shot. that is what is hurting mcauliffe. can he run on a successful governorship and then wedging youngkin with trump and northern virginia and by telling the voters out state that's not trumpy enough for them can that work for him? i felt pretty good about that six weeks ago but then the numbers are really turning towards youngkin and i think this is going to be an important test case that will teach democrat ace lot for next. >> and do you think that democrats get anywhere raising the alarm about democracy in america or does that play as process even if that's not true? there's a rea...