NEIL: DOESN’T CHANGE.
THANK YOU FOR THAT,
ASHLEY WEBSTER FOLLOWING THAT
LITTLE DRAMA.
MEANTIME POLITICAL ACTION
COMMITTEES ARE PUSHING THEIR
RESPECTIVE CANDIDATES.
YOU’VE SEEN A LOT OF NASTY ADS
ON BOTH THE PART OF DONALD TRUMP
AND OF COURSE THE, AS YET
UNANNOUNCED CANDIDATE RON
DESANTIS BUT THIS PARTICULAR AD
FOR RON DESANTIS IS AN
INTERESTING ONE TO WATCH
PARTICULARLY RIGHT AFTERWARDS I
WILL TELL YOU WHO IS BEHIND IT.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> DONALD TRUMP IS BEING
ATTACKED BY A DEMOCRAT
PROSECUTOR IN NEW YORK.
SO WHY IS HE SPENDING MILLIONS
ATTACKING THE REPUBLICAN
GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA?
TRUMP IS STEALING PAGES FROM THE
BIDEN-PELOSI PLAYBOOK, REPEATING
LIES ABOUT SOCIAL SECURITY.
HERE’S THE TRUTH FROM GOVERNOR
RON DESANTIS.
>> WE’RE NOT GOING TO MESS WITH
SOCIAL SECURITY AS REPUBLICAN.
NEIL: THEY GO TIT-FOR-TAT, THE
GUY BEHIND IT KEN CUCCINELLI,
HIS PAC IS NEVER BACK DOWN
POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
WORKING TO SEE RON DESANTIS AS A
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.
INTERESTING TO NOTE BECAUSE YOU
REMEMBER IN THE CASE OF KEN HE
WAS FORMER DEPUTY SECRETARY OF
HOMELAND SECURITY FOR THE FORMER
PRESIDENT.
JOINS US RIGHT NOW.
KEN, GOOD TO HAVE YOU.
WHY RON DESANTIS?
>> GOOD TO BE WITH YOU, NEIL.
RON DESANTIS IS THE MOST
SUCCESSFUL REPUBLICAN CHIEF
EXECUTIVE WE’VE SEEN IN DECADES
IN AMERICA AND, HE HAS DONE A
SPECTACULAR JOB IN FLORIDA AS
DEMONSTRATED BY HIS WINNING
RECORD WITHOUT EVER BACKING DOWN
ON HIS CONSERVATIVE PRINCIPLES.
HE WON OVER, ALMOST BY 20% IN
THE LARGEST SWING STATE IN THE
AMERICA.
HE HAD THE BIGGEST COATTAILS
WE’VE SEEN IN A LONG TIME RIGHT
DOWN TO SCHOOL BOARDS.
NOBODY ELSE WHO IS LOOKING AT
RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT CAN SAY
THAT, OR ANYTHING LIKE IT.
SO WE HOPE HE GETS IN THIS RACE
AND BELIEVE HE IS THE BEST
OPPORTUNITY FOR THE FUTURE OF
AMERICA, STARTING IN 2025.
NEIL: KEN, HAS YOUR OLD BOSS
GOTTEN BACK TO YOU ON THIS AND
CALLED YOU A TRAITOR?
>> NO.
IT HASN’T GOTTEN PERSONAL WITH
ME EVEN THOUGH HE HAS GOTTEN
PERSONAL WITH GOVERNOR DESANTIS.
NEIL: RIGHT.
>> I EXPLAIN IN SHORT TERMS THAT
I THOUGHT DESANTIS WAS THE BEST
CHOICE.
IT WAS POLITE, CIVIL EXCHANGE
BUT, VIA TEXT BUT THAT’S IT.
NEIL: DID HE TEXT YOU BACK?
DID HE TEXT YOU BACK ON THAT?
>> NO, NOT AFTER THAT, NOT AFTER
THAT.
HE INITIATED BUT, I FOUND THAT
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
I’VE BEEN TRAVELING TO STATES
ALL ACROSS AMERICA.
ORDINARY VOTERS, CONSERVATIVES
REPUBLICANS, INDEPENDENTS, ARE,
THEY CAN’T WAIT FOR RON DESANTIS
TO GET IN THIS RACE.
THEY ARE SO IMPRESSES WITH WHAT
HE HAS DONE IN FLORIDA.
WHEN WE TELL THEM THE REST OF
THE DESANTIS STORY, HIS PERSONAL
STORY, WORKING HIS WAY THROUGH
COLLEGE, WINNING, HAVING THE
COATTAILS THEY DON’T NECESSARILY
KNOW THE REST OF THE COUNTRY
THEY GET VERY EXCITED TO SUPPORT
A DESANTIS FOR PRESIDENT
CAMPAIGN WE HOPE WILL ARISE
SOMETIME IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF
MONTHS.
NEIL: BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THE POLL
NUMBERS DON’T BEAR THAT OUT.
OF COURSE IT IS VERY EARLY AND
YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT THESE
KIND OF THINGS AT DIFFERENT
TIMES.
>> YES.
NEIL: RIGHT NOW DONALD TRUMP,
EVEN ODDLY AFTER THE INDICTMENT,
THE FIRST-EVER FOR A FORMER
PRESIDENT, IS AS POPULAR AS HE
HAS EVER BEEN IN THE PARTY THAT
MIGHT BE SHORT-LIVED TO YOUR
POINT.
TO YOUR POINT, RON DESANTIS IS
RAISING A LOT OF MONEY, NORTH OF
$30 MILLION SUPPORTING A
PRESIDENTIAL RUN IF HE EVER
DECIDES TO PULL THE TRIGGER.
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHEN HE
WILL PULL THE TRIGGER?
>> I DON’T HAVE ANYMORE IDEA
THAN YOU DO, NEIL.
HE IS OBVIOUSLY WORKING HARD IN
THE FLORIDA SESSION AND GETTING
AN AWFUL LOT DONE.
YOU ALL WERE CATALOGING THE
BATTLE WITH DISNEY.
FRANKLY REPUBLICAN VOTERS WANT
TO SEE A FIGHTER.
HERE WE HAVE THE BEST
CONSERVATIVE PRINCIPLED FIGHTER
IN AMERICA WHO IS ALSO THE MOST
ELECTABLE POTENTIAL CANDIDATE.
CONTINUING THE FIGHT WITH DISNEY
AND WINNING THE FIGHT IS
IMPORTANT ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
NEIL: WHY IS IT IMPORTANT, KEN?
>> LET ME GET TO THAT.
THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
NEIL: -- I UNDERSTAND OVER THIS
WHOLE DON’T SAY GAY THING I GET
THAT, DISNEY IS A BIG STATE
EMPLOYER.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE FOND VIEWS
WITH DISNEY.
>> YEAH.
NEIL: THIS IS SORT OF MESSING
UP, IS HE PRO FOR BIG EMPLOYER
IN HIS STATE?
IS HE NOT?
IS IT MUDDYING THE WATERS, WHAT
DO YOU THINK?
>> WELL LOOK, HE DIDN’T START
TAKING ON DISNEY UNTIL DISNEY
STARTED INTERFERING WITH THE
EFFORTS TO PROTECT CHILDREN IN
SCHOOLS IN FLORIDA.
SO IF YOU WANT TO KIND OF LOOK
BACK TO THE BEGINNING BUT WHEN
RON DESANTIS ENGAGED HE DID NOT
BACK DOWN.
YOU ALL WERE REPORTING ON SOME
OF THE MANUEVERS DISNEY IS
TRYING AND GOVERNOR DESANTIS
KEEPS ON FIGHTING.
WE’RE SO USED TO SEEING
REPUBLICANS ROLL OVER WHEN THEY
GET CHALLENGED LIKE THIS.
IT IS A BETH OF FRESH AIR FOR
REPUBLICANS AND CONSERVATIVE
GRASSROOTS FOLKS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY TO SEE SOMEONE ACTUALLY
KEEP UP THE FIGHT LIKE THIS ALL
THE WAY THIS TO WINNING.
IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT OTHERS
WHO ARE ALREADY IN OR LOOKING AT
GETTING IN THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE
ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE.
THEY’RE ON DISNEY’S SIDE.
THIS CULTURAL FIGHT, THAT IS
WHAT IT IS, IS IMPORTANT TO A
LOT OF VOTERS BECAUSE THEY
UNDERSTAND IT IS REALLY ABOUT
THE VALUES THAT MAKE AMERICA A
GREAT COUNTRY.
ONLY ONE CANDIDATE, ONLY ONE
GOVERNOR, HAS EVER PROTECTED
AMERICA AGAINST THIS SCOURGE
THAT DISNEY HAS BECOME THE LAST
COUPLE OF DECADES.
THE FOND MEMORIES THAT PEOPLE
HAVE YOU REFERRED TO OF DISNEY
ARE FROM A LONG TIME AGO.
DISNEY HAS BECOME MORE OF A
FORCE TO UNDERMINE GOOD,
HEALTHY, POSITIVE, PATRIOTIC
AMERICA CULTURE THAN A SUPPORTER
OF IT.
NEIL: I DON’T KNOW, KEN, THE
PARKS ARE STILL PACKED, RIGHT?
PEOPLE ARE WALL TO WALL THERE.
IT IS NOT EVERYONE.
>> THAT IS ALL RIGHT.
HE GOT A 20 POINT REELECT IN
FLORIDA WITH EVERYBODY SEEING
THIS FIGHT GOING ON.
NEIL: YEAH.
IT IS A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL.
>> VOTERS CHOSE.
NEIL: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
VERY GOOD SEEING YOU.
>> AS LONG AS YOU DON’T HAVE TO