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These candidates are going to have to confront and donald trump knows it. they won't challenge him. >> ali, what are you hearing from inside the scott campaign? michael steele may be the most passionate, but he isn't alone in that belief. what's the strategy? how are they going to take on donald trump? >> reporter: i'm also of the mindset that michael has put out here, which is that it's hard to go against trump without actually going at trump. we've all covered trump for a long time now. we know what that looks like. for the tim scott team, according to the officials i've talked to, that's no...

People like michael that he's doing enough. certainly it will be fascinating to watch these candidates how they deal with trump and how they get on the stage and either offer silence or go after him as a matter of contrast. seeing how they do with that is going to be important. if i watch what i do in my other day job on the hill, scott is beloved by his party there. john thune was leading off this event. he sees this as an opportunity for a different kind of republican to be out there, a different kind of an option for voters at least to entertain. we look at the polls, and it's clear that th...

Tim scott message was today. watch. >> this is the freest, fairest land where you can go as high as your character and your grit and your talent will take you. i bear witness to that. i testify to that. that's why i'm the candidate the far left fears the most. i disrupt their narrative. i threaten their control. the truth of my life disrupts their lives. >> reporter: again, chris, the whole point of the speech today was to offer a pulled up by the boot straps kind of story from tim scott which is the kind of story i've seen him offering up across the country. it's striking to watch the way he ...

Leadership and close deputy of senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. all these republicans are skeptical of trump and want to stop him can read a poll and say that ron desantis is their best option to do that. they're not sold on ron desantis' brand of politics. they don't want a standard-bearer waging battles with the business community and worry about electability fears not just with trump but someone like ron desantis. that's where tim scott is, part of his strength on capitol hill. senate endorsements do not win you a nomination. you can ask senator more co-rubio about that. he cleaned u...

The idea that despite being in congress, ron desantis has gotten zero endorsements from members of the u.s. senate. not so, right, with rick scott. >> reporter: that's right. i think you meant tim scott here. >> sorry. tim scott. >> reporter: tim scott has great relationships with lawmakers on capitol hill in a way that ron desantis did not and never did, including here serve as a house member of the far right freedom caucus. there is that philosophical element as well that ali was pointing to, tim scott represents the type of party, the party of business, party of optimism, not a party define...