>> Well, I want to thank everybody. This has been some period of time and most
importantly we want to thank the great people of Iowa. Thank you. We love what a turnout,
what a crowd. And I really think this is time now for everybody our country to come together. We
want to come together. Whether it's Republican or Democrat, or liberal or conservative,
it would be so nice if we could come together and straighten out the world and straightened
out the problems and straighten out all of the death and destruction that we're witnessing that
practically never been like this. It's just so important and I want to make that a very
big part of our message. We're going to come together. It's going to happen soon
to going to happen >> I wanted to
>> Thank some of the great people we have so many senatoif I go through every
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senator if I go through every name will be well night and everybody is
going to get angry at me. >> But the senators,
>> The congressman from Washington, they came down from all different states.
>> I >> Want to thank you
very much. I want to congratulate Ron and Nikki for having a good a good time together. We're all
having a good time together >> And
>> I think they both actually did very well. I really do. I think they both did very well.
We don't even know what the outcome of second places. And I see Kari lake. Congratulations.
Spotted her have to announce because she's terrific. Senator, great senator. I predict,
right. You're going to be a great senator. >> And I also want to congratulate Vivek
because he did a hell of a job. He came from zero and he's got a big percent probably 8%,
almost 8%, and that's an amazing job. They all very smart people, very capable people.
>> Interesting, we understand at least Kristen said they got rid of the teleprompter right before
you we started to speak. >> And then as Jake
>> Emphasize, very uncharacteristic, you don't want to read too much into it,
but clearly he got the message that this is when he was saying a Kaitlan, know,
come together praising his rivals, that that was what he wanted people to hear in this moment.
>> Yeah, it shows how confident he feels coming off of this one. I mean, I haven't heard Donald
Trump give a speech it's like that probably an eight years and I've been to a lot of Donald
Trump's speeches. I mean, he hasn't called Ron Desantis. Ron since Ron Desantis entered the
presidential race, ammonias, he is only called him by nicknames and called him disloyal. And to
see him give that speech, I think speaks to how he feels after this victory tonight. But I also
think this is a speech that he's giving there. He has not had any wins in several years. I mean,
he lost the 2020 election. He's facing 91 criminal counts. He's going to be in a New York courtroom
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be in a New York courtroom tomorrow for a trial where a jury will determine how much he owes
the columnist E. Jean Carroll for defaming her something that they've already decided they're
not deciding that they're deciding how much he owes her. And I think that is what is fueling that
attitude that you saw there where he was speaking graciously of his opponents clearly calling on
them to drop out of the race and talking about this notion of uniting the country which struck
me given obviously how polarized the country at this moment and is idea of uniting liberals and
conservatives in that speech. But I think it's also because he has not had a wind like that.
And so long I mean, he's only dealing with criminal charges and civil suits and trials.
>> Keep an >> A sense of inevitability
about this. I mean, this is the kind of speech you would expect to hear. From a candidate after super
Tuesday if they've won or six states and they're rolling to the nomination. This is the very first
contact. The first one. >> And he was sending
>> All kinds of signals to capitol hill, to his rivals. He
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capitol hill, to his rivals. He just two days ago was attacking vivek Ramaswamy tonight. He
was praising him. He was using Ron Desantis is actual name. I mean he's sending a signal
to his party. This thing is over and he wants them to get on board, we'll see what happens,
but that that was the signal that was unmistakable to me as he heads into this next week going into
new and I was struck by that number senators and congressmen that were there. I mean,
just shows you that as he has a grip on the electorate and grip on the base,
he has a grip on the establishment to very much so. I mean, at the beginning of trump's candidacy,
there's a lot of hesitation on capitol hill among members they were looking at Ron Desantis and you
started to see slowly member after member started getting the behind them. That's been an increasing
trickle over the last several days and you're seeing the Republican leadership in the house all
fall behind him. One of the first people to praise Donald Trump for his victory tonight was a new
speaker, Mike Johnson coming out early, very early thing is time to unite the party. There's still
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the party. There's still divisions. Mitch Mcconnell, John Thune, the 1.2 Republicans
in the senate are not behind Donald Trump yet they clearly want to move on from trump,
but they're going to almost looks like they can be stuck with them as the nominee. But
trump expecting the days ahead that more of those Republicans, they'll decide to get on
board behind trump because they don't want to be in the wrong side of the party's nominee,
potentially when all the congressional endorsements mainly of him. I think there
were five for Ron Desantis. And with what Abby just said that trump's clearly calling on the
party to fall in line. Ron Desantis is not falling in line. A senior campaign official
says that he is staying in the 2024 race. He is going O on to New Hampshire as we know, he is
a town hall scheduled with CNN tomorrow night, but but they said they do believe based on the
numbers that they've seen so far after they were complaining about how early this race was called,
that he has earned his ticket out of Iowa. So Ron Desantis is not dropping out of the race.