All of the big mega donors for Ron DeSantis got together, and they're trying
to tweak the campaign because he's kind of stalled out in the polls.
Well, now there's a story out about and we touched on this briefly a little
while ago about how governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia,
Glenn Youngkin has a record high approval rating.
You look at a Republican governor in a purple state for the most part, and
you're thinking, I wonder if that guy could possibly run for president.
Doesn't have to get in right now.
Nobody's in a hurry.
What about later?
>> Speaker 2: Republicans are looking for someone, anyone, to take Ron DeSantis'
place in attempting to beat Donald Trump in the Republican primary.
Now, DeSantis was the favorite until recently, and
his polling makes it abundantly clear that the gap between where DeSantis is and
where Trump is just doesn't look good for
DeSantis and makes it nearly impossible for him to catch up.
So they're like clamoring for anyone else.
And apparently freshman Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin is the guy.
And that's according to Steve Ducey,
who mentions his incredibly high approval rating.
And look, to be fair, at the moment, Glenn Youngkin's approval rating is at 57%.
That's a pretty good approval rating in today's current political climate.
But Jank, what do you make of all of this?
>> Speaker 3: Steve Ducey is Rupert Murdoch's guy.
So if you watch succession, the family every once in a while comes in and
talks to the hosts of what is they're portraying Fox News, right?
And there are some hosts who are yes, sir, what do you need, sir?
That's Steve Ducey.
Now, in some ways, it's been not so
bad lately because Murdoch is the owner of the station.
He's a little bit of a voice of sanity compared to the Frankenstein's monsters
that has run away from him on his own channel.
>> Which is insane.
>> Speaker 3: Yeah, because Murdoch's like a Sith Lord.
He's a terrible, terrible guy.
But Trump has outdone him, so he's, reel it back in a little bit.
So I love how Ducey's like, there's a story out recently.
Yeah, some papers wrote about it.
But the main thing was big news was Murdoch last week was,
I'm souring on DeSantis maybe you should be Youngken.
So Deuces goes on TV.
Everybody's saying it.
No, brother, your boss is saying it.
Let's keep it real.
>> Speaker 2: So let's actually get to some of the specifics.
We've shared this with you before, but the New York Times had reported on this.
Writing that Murdoch has privately told people that he would still like to see
Governor Glenn Youngkin of Virginia enter the race,
according to a person with knowledge of the remarks.
And he has made clear in private discussions over the last two years that
he thinks Trump, despite his popularity with Fox News viewers,
is unhealthy for the Republican Party.
Now, again, the initial favorite was DeSantis.
DeSantis not doing so well.
Now they're trying to prop up Glenn Youngkin, which, by the way, the claim to
fame for Glenn Youngkin, at least as far as I know at this point in time,
is the same branding that DeSantis has, the anti woke branding, right?
That's how he won the election in Virginia.
And just to give you some more info on this,
the report that I just shared with you from the New York Times also pointed
out how DeSantis is facing tougher questions on Fox than he previously was.
We got a quick example of that.
>> Speaker 4: Why is it, in your estimation,
the numbers have not reflected your success in Florida?
>> Speaker 5: Why?
If think if you look at the people like the corporate media,
who are they going after?
Who do they not want to be the nominee?
They're going after me.
Who's the President of Mexico attacking because he knows we'll be strong on
the border and hold him accountable in the cartels.
He's going after me.
So I think if you look at all these people that are responsible for
a lot of the ills in our society,
they're targeting me as the person they don't want to see as the candidate.
And so this campaign just started, but
I think it's pretty clear that I'm the guy that not only can beat Biden,
I'm the guy that can beat the left on all these different issues.
I'm running to win in January and February.
I'm not running to Juice polling now.
>> Speaker 4: I do believe there is some truth in the saying that you shall be
defined by your enemies.
So I appreciate you bringing up those who are attacking you in your run for
president.
>> Speaker 2: Sure, he might appreciate what Ron DeSantis is saying there, but
Fox News apparently isn't buying DeSantis because just today,
Bret Baer and Bret Stevens put out a pretty brutal segment on Ron DeSantis.
I just wanna show you that video and then we'll open it up for discussion.
>> Speaker 6: There were real concerns by big donors.
We were told of the spending, the burn rate, and
they were spending a lot of money but not getting a lot of bang for their buck.
He is trailing in every poll by 2030, sometimes 40 points,
depending on the poll, depending on the state.
And you just haven't seen the traction for the guy that was supposed to be the guy.
>> Speaker 7: April DeSantis super Pac debuts its very first television ad.
May 24 is the announcement by July 6 circulation of a confidential
campaign memo.
July 15 campaign fires a dozen staffers, July 24 The New York Times reports
the campaign is moving into leaner, meaner operation cutting costs.
We now find out that they're cutting 38 staffers.
DeSantis says he's going to hold smaller scale events in earlier states and then
engage more with the mainstream media, which would dovetail right into the idea
that you've got this interview with him coming up Monday in New Hampshire.
But that's an awful lot of trouble for a campaign that's barely two months old.
>> Speaker 2: That is correct.
Firing 38 staffers this early on in the primary process spells
a lot of trouble for DeSantis in his campaign.
>> Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that I'm a little bit stunned how clueless,
incredibly powerful and wealthy people are.
And especially Murdoch, cuz he's done a brilliant job of manipulating politics his
whole life in several different countries.
And by brilliant, I don't mean positive.
I just mean he has done it in an evil way, but an effective way.
But he's apparently lost it cuz they don't understand what's going on here.
But first, I'm gonna address with DeSantis' video the mainstream media and
Mexico is attacking me more than any other candidate.
Dude, who are you kidding?
Everybody knows mainstream media hates Donald Trump, and
they hate him way more than they hate you.
And they largely helped you throughout.
And Trump said the Mexicans were rapists and criminals and
that he was gonna make the Mexicans pay for a wall against them.
No, they hate him more.
So just spare me with that nonsense.
Now, why are they all wrong?
Why is Murdoch wrong?
They're looking for
the candidate that's gonna capture the mythical moderate Republican.
Well, we know from 2020 what percentage of the Republican Party that is.
7%.
So how is 7% going to beat 93%?
So, okay, look, you could look at different polls, and
that was the breakdown of Republicans voting for Trump in 2020 versus Biden.
Okay, but let's look at other numbers.
But the most you'll ever see in any poll, like,
I'm a little uncomfortable with Trump.
I would prefer someone that wasn't so vitriolic, etc.
It's like 30% of the Republican Party at its maximum.
Well, 30% ain't gonna beat 70%.
That's why Trump has a massive lead.
So there is no magical candidate.
They thought DeSantis was the magical candidate.
That's why in the beginning, Murdoch and all, they were, DeSantis, DeSantis.
DeSantis is gonna win.
DeSantis, DeSantis.
And he comes in and he tries to out hate Trump, and Trump's like, right?
And so now if you bring in Youngkin, I will guarantee it, write it down in stone.
He's not gonna do any better than DeSantis or any of these guys,
because DeSantis is trying to go to the right of Donald Trump.
There's no space to the right of Donald Trump.
None.
But if you go to the left of Donald Trump, then Republicans hate you.
So it's an unwinnable race.
Trump is their messiah.
The only way Trump loses is that the Republican voters see that he's about to
go to jail, and they're, this is gonna be weird.
But even that's helping him.
So he's like as we're right back to 2015, 2016.
He's that monster in Star Trek.
When you fire the phasers at him, he doesn't get weaker, he gets stronger.
So now with this giant lead that he has somehow trump has to blow himself
up because these guys cannot beat him, and Youngkin is a false hope.
And the fact that they can't see that is stunning.
>> Speaker 2: Yeah. And look,
I think that you're focusing too much on ideology and
not enough on some of the other characteristics that speak to voters.
Right. The same characteristics that led to
Republican voters supporting George W Bush as the guy they'd like
to have a beer with.
Ron DeSantis has no personality.
I would venture to say that Glenn Youngkin is riddled with the same issue.
All politicians, except for, unfortunately, someone like Donald Trump.
>> Speaker 3: Totally. >> Speaker 2: He loves to be in
the public, in the limelight.
He loves to do his rallies.
He's a charismatic guy, and he knows how to market himself in ways that I think
other Republican candidates have really failed at.
>> Speaker 3: There are only two people in almost my entire life of covering politics
who have not seemed like fake, plastic, robotic politicians.
Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders.
>> Speaker 2: Yeah, it's true.
>> Speaker 3: One of them absolutely means it when he says he's looking out for
the average American, and the other one doesn't mean it at all.
He's just looking out for himself.
But they both look authentic right?
Bernie actually is authentic.
And of course,
that's why the Democratic leadership had to kill off his political chances.
So now all we have left is Trump, and that's why he's got this giant lead, and
they're not getting it at all.